1. Jessica Soho is the host of the news magazine program Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho on GMA, and was the news anchor for State of the Nation on GMA News TV from 2011 to 2021.
17 Facts About Jessica Soho
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In 1998, Soho became the first Filipino to win the British Fleet Street Award for Journalism.
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Maria Jessica Aspiras Soho was born on March 27,1964, in San Fernando, La Union, Philippines.
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Jessica Soho's parents are Abelardo Soho, a government employee, and Maura Aspiras, an agriculturist.
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Jessica Soho is of Chinese descent through her paternal grandfather with a surname Szeto, who immigrated to the Philippines from Kaiping County, Guangdong, China, in the early 20th century.
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Jessica Soho attended the University of the Philippines Diliman to study mass communication.
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Jessica Soho joined GMA News and Public Affairs in January 1985.
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Jessica Soho's first voice-over report was a feature story on the inauguration of the Manila Line 1 from Baclaran to Monumento.
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Jessica Soho was later assigned to the defense and military beats.
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In 1991, Jessica Soho earned a Bronze Award at the New York Film Festival for her coverage of a hostage crisis in Cagayan Valley, the first for a Filipino.
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Jessica Soho received the Ka Doroy Valencia Award given by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas.
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Jessica Soho is included in the list of 100 Filipino Women of Distinction chosen during the Philippine Centennial celebrations.
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Jessica Soho helped conceptualize the one-hour documentary television program I-Witness, which she co-presented from its premiere in 1999 to 2004.
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Jessica Soho won the Asian Television Award for Best News and Current Affairs Special for the 2001 "Saksi Sa Kasaysayan" documentary.
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In 2015, Jessica Soho was given an honorary doctorate in humanities by the University of Northeastern Philippines during its 67th commencement exercises on April.
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Jessica Soho later acknowledged Vice's apology but she denied any intent to close any further discussion with the comedian.
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However, following the Whang-od controversy, Jessica Soho has made a statement that she would no longer pursue the Jessica Soho course in Nas Academy.