Catherine "Cathy" Yap-Yang (born February 1, 1971) is a multi-awarded Filipina business journalist who has worked in various international news outfits across the Asia-Pacific region over a span of 15 years. She is currently the head of the PLDT corporate communications group and a host at Cignal TV's One News.

Background

She graduated with an AB Communication Arts degree from the

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in 1991. After graduation, Yap-Yang joined ABS-CBN and tenured for eight years (1992-2000) as reporter, researcher and pinch-hitter for the former Philippine Vice-president Noli de Castro on '' TV Patrol''. She succeedingly became a business news presenter for several Sarimanok News Network (SNN, later called the

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or ANC) shows, such as ''Stock Market Live'', '' The World Tonight'', and ''The Weekend News''. She also co-hosted the show, ''

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'' in tandem with Ces Drilon on ABS-CBN. In 2000, the Reuters Foundation sent Yang to the Oxford University to take a Masters in Journalism and in

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in the United Kingdom. Months later, she joined Bloomberg TV in Tokyo, and then moved afterward to Hong Kong. Yang also joined

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as their news anchor from 2010 to 2013, and CCTV News as their reporter covering the whole of Hong Kong from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, Yang re-joined ABS-CBN as the face of its business news coverage, as well as becoming its managing editor. She served as the anchor of ANC's '' Market Edge'' and of ''Business Nightly'' (replacing Warren de Guzman) in September 2015. On August 6, 2020, Yang joined PLDT as First Vice President and Group Communications Officer. She will also oversee the communications needs of the MVP Group of Companies, which includes

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and TV5 Network. On April 21, 2023, it was reported that Yang would be making her TV comeback via Cignal TV's One News, as host of a new interview program set to air second quarter of the year.

Recognition

*Asian TV Awards- Best TV News Presenter 2019 *Asian Academy Awards- Best TV News Anchor 2019 *Asian Television Awards - Best TV Newscaster (2001, 2002, 2003) *Fleetstreet Award by the British Council *Excellence in Media Award - De La Salle University

References

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