Connie Sison

Maria Perpetua Concepcion "Connie" Del Rosario-Escudero (; born December 8, 1975) is a Filipino broadcast journalist, reporter, host, and news anchor. She is an anchor of the GTV newscast Balitanghali since 2014, and was one of the hosts of GMA Network's morning show Unang Hirit from 2010 until 2023. She also hosts Pinoy M.D. and its radio counterpart on Super Radyo DZBB 594, Pinoy M.D. sa Dobol B. Her hosting skills in Pinoy M.D. got her a Bantog award for Media Practitioner in Television given by Department of Science and Technology in 2018.

Television career In 1997, Sison was a walk-in applicant in RPN 9 for a position of a news anchor. Her first job was being a substitute anchor for Cielo Villaluna's co-anchor who was on leave that time. Her appearance at RPN 9 caught the attention of ABS-CBN where she also applied and subsequently joined Studio 23, ABS-CBN's sister network owned by ABS-CBN Corporation, as a features reporter and SNN (later rebranded as ANC). ABS-CBN promoted her after 8 months and she became a reporter for hard news in TV Patrol. as one of the show's hosts. Sison also hosted a reality television program called Kakasa Ka Ba? that she co-hosted with JV Villar. In 2006, she exited ABS-CBN through a retirement package.

In 2007, 10 years of her career, as soon as her non-compete clause contract ended in ABS-CBN, Sison continued her career in GMA Network. News on Q, On Call: Siksik Sa Impormasyon. Bilis na Pag-Aksyon, and Balitanghali (a late morning newscast on GMA News TV and GTV which she co-hosted with Raffy Tima). In GMA's main channel, she is one of the hosts of the morning program Unang Hirit. She also hosts the medical-focused show Pinoy M.D., which got a radio version in DZBB (GMA's flagship radio station) and officially titled as Pinoy M.D. sa Dobol B.

In 2018, she is the very first recipient of the Bantog award for Media Practitioner in Television given by Department of Science and Technology as a result of her hosting of Pinoy M.D. She was also rewarded with a P100,000 cash, which she opted to give to the Kapuso Foundation as a donation. Despite the situation, Sison remained calm and some netizens condemned Gordon's actions as being rude and lauded Sison's composure.

In 2023, she announced she will retire hosting Unang Hirit after 13 years to focus on her family and health, while she retains anchoring Balitanghali, and as a host of Pinoy MD and two of DZBB shows (Pinoy MD sa Super Radyo DZBB, and as a co-host of Arnold Clavio on One on One: Walang Personalan).

Personal life Connie Sison was born as Maria Perpetua Concepcion Sison Del Rosario on December 8, 1975, in Pasig, Philippines. and they have three daughters. Filipino actor Martin del Rosario is her nephew (Martin's father is Connie's older brother, Robert del Rosario).

Sison was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and tried to confront the disease through doing exercise and proper diet.