Maria Perpetua Concepcion "Connie" Del Rosario-Escudero[1] (Tagalog: [ˈkɔnɪ ˈsisɔn]; 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.
[3] Later on, Sison became an anchor of La Niña Watch, a program that focused on climate change, and she was also included in Hoy Gising!, ABS-CBN's public service show.
Among those shows were DoQmentaries (a monthly documentary program),[8] News on Q,[9] On Call: Siksik Sa Impormasyon.
Bilis na Pag-Aksyon,[10] and Balitanghali (a late morning newscast on GMA News TV and GTV which she co-hosted with Raffy Tima).
[14] 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.
[17] 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).