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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY March 1 - 15, 2019
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Birthday: November 16
Place of Birth: Manila, Philippines
Present City: Vancouver, BC
Profession: Urban Planning
Training: Bachelor of Science in Biology (UBC), Master of Education
for Sustainability (UBC)
Current Project: I am the founder and captain of team Fast andCure-ious.
Our team will fundraise at least $2,500 each in order to participate in the
Ride to Conquer Cancer, which is a 200 km journey from Vancouver to
Hope over 2 days.
Biggest Influence: My parents. The strongest woman I know – my mom!
She is the reason I do this ride, because she has survived cancer 3
times and still continues to perform and run her daycare. Also, my dad
for always encouraging and empowering me!
Joyce Pring embarks on
passionate pursuits
This 2019, Kapuso
host
Joyce
Pring
faces another thrilling
challenge as she co-
anchors GMA News
and Public Affairs’
online newscast Stand
for Truth: powered by
GMA’s Digital Video
Lab.
Headlined by award-
winning
broadcast
journalist Atom Araullo
with GMA Resident
Analyst
Richard
Heydarian, and Joyce,
together with a fresh
group of reporters from
all over the Philippines,
the weeknight news
premieres in April via
GMA News Online and
GMA Public Affairs
YouTube channel.
Joyce, a musician
and a former radio jock,
will be in charge of the
music segment of the
online news program.
“I’m excited to be a
part of GMA’s constant
efforts to engage their audience
with new materials in the digital
platform. It’ll be interesting to see
how viewers, especially people my
age who are so engrossed in social
media & the internet, will respond
to this digital newscast. I’m also
looking forward to working with my
co-hosts, and meeting the amazing
roster of Filipino musicians to be
featured on my segment,” Joyce
shared.
Joyce feels ecstatic to be given
the opportunity to express her
love for broadcasting and hosting
in different platforms. Through
“Stand for Truth,” she hopes
to inspire the youth to become
better individuals, both online and
offline.
“Gusto kong magkaroon ng
pagkakataon to serve the public
in this way. Gusto ko makita ng
aming audience na we can use
social media properly, in terms
of creating substantial content,
spreading only truthful material,
and trusting that the Filipinos
yearn to know more and be more,
for the greater good.”
Also a sought-after events host,
WWW.PHILIPPINEASIANNEWSTODAY.COM
vlogger, writer and a World Vision
Ambassador, Joyce has lent her
voice to the audiobook of Pierra
Calasanz-Labrador’s second book
of poems and Anvil Publishing’s first
audiobook, “Dear Universe: Poems
on Love, Longing, and Finding
Your Place in the Cosmos.”
She has also hosted various
Kapuso programs since she
joined GMA Artist Center’s roster
of talents including the web series
“All Access” where she brought
viewers behind the scenes of GMA
shows, and the top-rating singing
competition “The Clash” alongside
Kapuso actor Andre Paras, as
backstage hosts.
Currently, Joyce is one of
the hosts of the longest-running
morning show Unang Hirit
and
Kapuso
Artistambayan.
She
produces
podcast
#AdultingWithJoycePring
and
uploads vlogs on her YouTube
channel every week, as well.
In the second quarter of this
year, Joyce will be releasing a
single she wrote.