Pia Hontiveros

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Pia Hontiveros
Born
Ana Patricia Navarro Hontiveros

(1967-03-10) March 10, 1967 (age 57)
Nationality Filipino
Alma mater Ateneo de Manila University (BA)
Occupation(s) Broadcast journalist, Talk show host
SpouseR’win Pagkalinawan
Children2
Relatives Risa Hontiveros (sister)
Jose Hontiveros (grandparent)
Nita Hontiveros-Lichauco (aunt)
Eduardo Hontiveros (uncle)
Daisy Avellana (aunt)
Leah Navarro (cousin)
Barbie Almalbis (niece)
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Ana Patricia Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan (born Ana Patricia Navarro Hontiveros; March 10, 1967), professionally known as Pia Hontiveros (Tagalog: [ˈpijaɔntɪˈverɔs] ), is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is the sister of Ginggay and Risa Hontiveros. She is also a cousin of singer Leah Navarro and singer-songwriter Barbie Almalbis.

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Career

Hontiveros is the Chief Correspondent for CNN Philippines, the anchor of the network's flagship newscast News Night, and the host of weekly political talk show Politics As Usual. [1] She was the host of the political talk show News.PH from 2012–2017, and anchor of the global newscast Global Newsroom from 2016–2017. [2]

She was a correspondent for the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) from 1996 to 2011 and as a reporter from 1989 to 1996. She served as Political Correspondent and as an anchor and host of the television shows Top Story, Shop Talk, and Strictly Politics on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC). [3]

Hontiveros graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary studies at the Ateneo de Manila University. [4]

Filmography

YearTitlePositionNetwork
2020–2021Front & CenterHost CNN Philippines
2019–2024Politics as UsualHost
2017–2024 News Night News Anchor
2016–2017 Global Newsroom News Anchor
2016–2019On The RecordHost
2012–2022 News.PH Host/News Anchor Solar News Channel
9TV
CNN Philippines
2012–2017 Network News News Anchor Solar News Channel
9TV
CNN Philippines
2010–2012Top StoryNews Anchor ANC
2006–2010Shop TalkHost
2000–2011Strictly PoliticsHost
1995–2004 The Weekend News News Anchor ABS-CBN

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References

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