Nationality Filipino Parents Rey Umali | Years active 2001–present | |
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Full Name Marie Grace Michelle Umali Born 1979/1980 (age 36–38) Philippines Alma mater University of the Philippines Nominations PMPC Star Awards for TV Best Morning Show Host TV shows Balitanghali, Kape at Balita, GMA Weekend Report, Travel: More fun in the Philip, May Trabaho Ka! Similar Raffy Tima, Pia Arcangel, Kara David, Connie Sison, Mel Tiangco Profiles | ||
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Marie Grace Michelle Umali-Tima (born c. 1979/1980), widely known as Mariz Umali, is a broadcast journalist from the Philippines. She is known for being the main newscaster of the weekend edition of GMA News TV's Balitanghali. She finished Broadcast Communications course at the University of the Philippines Diliman but she started as a Pharmacy student. She started to work at GMA Network as a researcher and producer of news content for the 2001 Philippine general elections. Besides Balintanghali, she also appeared as host or documentarian in other television shows such as I-Witness, Out of Control and Born to Be Wild.
Contents
- How raffy tima proposed to mariz umali with the help of the cast of amaya
- Ntg mariz umali di umaasa ng sorry sa pagsipol ni duterte
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Ntg mariz umali di umaasa ng sorry sa pagsipol ni duterte
Career
Umali wanted to be a doctor and this is the reason why she entered to a course related to medicine, which is Pharmacy, but Umali transferred to Broadcast Communications at University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) where she graduated cum laude. In 2000, she ran as Chairman of UPD University Student Council but she lost to Raymond Palatino who is the future Representative of the Kabataan Partylist at the House of Representatives of the Philippines. She also joined UP-CMC Broadcast Association, a non-profit organization of UPD College of Mass Communication.
At the age of almost 21, Umali started as a producer and researcher at GMA Network reporting for the 2001 general elections in the Philippines. Later on, she became a news reporter. According to Umali, she considers the exclusive interview of the suspects of the Nida Blanca murder case as her big break of her career. She also had reported dangerous coverage such as Manila Peninsula siege and Typhoon Pepeng.
Other than being a reporter, Umali became a newscaster and host in various television programs of GMA Network and GMA News TV such as Balitanghali, News TV Live, Born to Be Wild and Out of Control. She also delivered news in the now defunct hourly news update program GMA Flash Report. In the television program Hired of the former QTV-11 (now GMA News TV), Umali received an Anak TV Seal award. She also became one of the host of the travel and lifestyle show entitled Travel: More Fun In The Philippines and she along with other hosts Kara David, Susan Enriquez, Cesar Apolinario, Maey Bautista and Betong Sumaya were nominated as Best Lifestyle/Travel Show Hosts in the 26th PMPC Star Awards for Television in 2012. In the morning news show Kape at Balita, Umali along with her co-hosts Susan Enriquez, Joel Reyes Zobel, Michael Fajatin and Valerie Tan were nominated as Best Morning Show Hosts in the 27th PMPC Star Awards for Television in 2013. From time to time, she is invited to be a host or speaker in various events.
In 2016, during a press conference for the incoming President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, Duterte catcalled Umali. Due to this incident, Raffy Tima, Umali's husband, commented on social media that the catcalling done to his wife is "uncalled for and disrespectful to women". Umali on her part did not expect an apology from Duterte. In defense, a spokesperson of Duterte, Salvador Panelo said that Duterte did not intend to hurt the feelings of Umali. Panelo added that the catcall was "a joke and a compliment".
Personal life
Raised in a Roman Catholic family, Umali has said: "I am Catholic … and I am proud". Umali has been married to fellow journalist Raffy Tima since 2012. She had worked with Tima in GMA Network's Reporter's Notebook in 2001. In 2012, Umali was named as "hottest newswomen" by Spot.ph, an entertainment website.
