Rowena Cordero-Erquieza (; born 1 November 1966), professionally known as Winnie Cordero, is a

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comedian,

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and

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Biography

Education

Cordero is a Communication Arts graduate from the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Migue ...

Career

Cordero started her career as a cast member in the live-action children's edutainment program ''

Batibot ''Batibot'' is a Philippine television educational show produced by the Philippine Children's Television Foundation (PCTF). It debuted in 1984 as the replacement of ''Sesame'', a co-production of PCTV and the Children's Television Workshop (CTW ...

'' when she was in her 3rd year of college. She started her career at

DZMM DZMM (630 AM) Radyo Patrol was a commercial news/talk radio station broadcasting from Quezon City, Philippines, serving the Mega Manila market. It was the flagship station of the Radyo Patrol Network owned by ABS-CBN. The station's studio w ...

from 1996 to 1997 when she talked with then DZMM anchor Joey Galvez who mentioned that DZMM needed a new voice to join him in his new showbiz program ''Showbiz Today''. Cordero was a host of the Philippine morning television show, ''

Umagang Kay Ganda ''Umagang Kay Ganda'' (, also known as UKG) was a Philippine morning show that aired on ABS-CBN from June 25, 2007, to May 5, 2020. Prior to broadcast stoppage and the COVID-19 pandemic, the program was aired every weekday mornings from 5:00 ...

'', a segment anchor of Winner sa Life! for ''

TV Patrol ''TV Patrol'' is a Philippine television newscast produced by ABS-CBN News. It premiered on March 2, 1987, at the former ABS-CBN television network, replacing ''Balita Ngayon''. ''TV Patrol'' is the flagship national newscast of the network a ...

'' and a co-anchor of DZMM's ''Todo-Todo Walang Preno'' with

Ariel Ureta Ariel Ureta (; born November 5, 1946) is a Filipino comedian, actor and TV host. Biography Early career Ureta's first movie was ''Zoom Zoom Superman'' a fantasy comedy movie with the former child wonder Niño Muhlach in 1973, followed by hi ...

.. As of August 29, 2020, the former segment of ''TV Patrols Winner Sa Life is now a newest weekly informative magazine program hosted by Cordero.

Filmography

Television

Film

Radio

References

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* Living people Filipino television journalists Filipino radio journalists Filipino women journalists People from Manila 1966 births ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs people University of Santo Tomas alumni Filipino women comedians Filipino women television presenters {{Philippines-actor-stub