Pia Arcangel

Maria Pia Concepcion Nieva Arcangel-Halili (Tagalog: [ˈpija aɾkaŋˈhɛl]; born December 8, 1978) is a Filipino television news presenter and journalist.

Career

Arcangel started as a courtside reporter for the UAAP basketball games aired over Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports and Action). In 2003, she became one of the hosts of the morning show Unang Hirit of GMA Network. She also hosted the children's show Art Angel with Tonipet Gaba and Krystal Reyes where she along with his co-hosts won awards during the 21st, 22nd and 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television as Best Children Show Hosts. In QTV/Q (now GMA News TV, then GTV), she co-anchored Balitanghali with Raffy Tima for 9 years until Connie Sison permanently replaced her since November 10, 2014.

She is currently a co-anchor of 24 Oras Weekend and Saksi.

Personal life

Arcangel is the daughter of Clotilde Nieva-Arcangel, Dean of the UST College of Education.

She finished high school at Assumption Antipolo and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2000.

Arcangel has been married to sportscaster Mico Halili since 2004. She has 1 child, a daughter named Mickey.

References

External links

• Pia Arcangel at IMDb