Mariz Umali
Mariz Umali | |
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| Born | Marie Grace Michelle Bade Umali March 4, 1980 |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines (BA) |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Television | Balitanghali Weekend i-Witness Born to Be Wild |
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Marie Grace Michelle "Mariz" Bade Umali-Tima (Tagalog: [mɐˈɾis ʊˈmali ˈtimɐ]; born March 4, 1980) is a Filipino television news anchor and journalist. She is known for being the main newscaster of the weekend edition of GMA News TV's Balitanghali (first aired in Q in 2010 and she is with former co-anchor Jun Veneracion until 2019). 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 Balitanghali, she also appeared as host or documentarian in other television shows such as i-Witness, Out of Control and Born to Be Wild. She also appears as one of the host of the Unang Hirit, GMA Network's morning show.