- If you were looking for the singer, see Jessica Villarubin.
Jessica Soho is a newscaster, TV host, and a GMA Integrated News pillar.
Early life and career[]
Soho was born in La Union, Philippines. Daughter to Abelardo Soho, a government employee, and Maura Aspiras, an agriculturist.[1]
Soho's grandmothers, Sixta "Apo Ittang" Aspiras and Concepcion "Cion" Soho influenced her in telling stories.[1]
At the UP College of Mass Communications, Soho met the journalist Luis Beltran who inspired Soho to finish Mass Communications.[1]
Soho's first voiceover report was a feature story on the inauguration of the Light Rail Transit from Baclaran to Monumento. Later she was assigned to the defense and military beat. Eventually, Soho's reputation and responsibility have increased dramatically since then.
For almost two decades now, she has become the familiar face in front of the camera whenever a crisis breaks out in the country, be it natural or man-made. Her assignments have included the numerous coup d'état attempts in Aquino administration, the killer earthquake in 1990, the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991, EDSA 1 and 2, Oakwood Mutiny, and she also rode on the coaster of the Aquino family in August 5, 2009, to Cory Aquino's burial.
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
| 1991–1993 | Kape at Balita | News presenter | GMA Network |
| 1996–present | Saksi | Presenter, Jessica Soho Reports segment | |
| 1998–2001 | Brigada Siete | Host | |
| 1999 | i-Witness | Host, "Kidneys for Sale" episode | |
| 2001–2004 | Jessica Soho Reports | Host | |
| 2004–present | Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho | Host | |
| 2005–2011 | Sana'y Muling Makapiling/ Reunions | Host | Q |
| 2007 | Philippine Agenda | Host, "Edukasyon" and "Reporma sa Eleksyon" episodes | GMA Network |
| 2008 | Hot Seat | Host | Q |
| 2011–2021 | State of the Nation with Jessica Soho | News anchor | GMA News TV |
| 2011–2019 | Brigada | Host | |
| 2016 | PiliPinas Debates 2016 | Debate moderator, Mindanao leg | GMA Network |
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