Award-winning TV journalist Rico Hizon is hosting Season 2 of “Decades La Salle,” De La Salle University’s institutional podcast featuring distinguished alumni sharing their Lasallian experiences and career achievements.
Hizon, winner of Best News Presenter in the latest editions of the Asian TV Awards and the Asian Academy Creative Awards, interviews fellow 15 notable alumni from fields such as television, business, entrepreneurship, government service, education, and sports, in 10 episodes of the Lasallian podcast series now streaming every Wednesday on YouTube and Spotify.
The new season of “Decades La Salle” was launched on May 12, 2024, alongside the celebration of 50 years of the University Charter Golden Jubilee with the theme, “Singkwentang Kwento: Five Decades in Shared Mission.”
Veteran newsman Rico Hizon @RicoHizon returns to his alma mater as he interviews Lasallian alumni in the “Decades La Salle” podcast of @DLSUManila. The DLSU podcast streams on Wednesdays via YouTube and Spotify. My full report on @GoodNewsPinas_ pic.twitter.com/Yoevq8r5ZB
— Angie Quadra Balibay (@AngieQBalibay) May 22, 2024
First episode: Lasallian showbiz couple
The first episode aired on May 15 featured one of the most popular showbiz couples in the Philippines. Lasallian husband and wife and television personalities Iya Villania (AB-PSM, ’09) and Drew Arellano (BS-MKT, ’01) chatted with Hizon about their campus days as students, how they became a couple, their teamwork as parents, building their careers on Philippine television, work-life balance, and giving back to the society that welcomed them.
WATCH the first episode here:
Veteran newsman Rico Hizon returned to the Philippines after 25 years of delivering the news to international audiences. The former BBC News Presenter joined CNN Philippines in 2020 until the channel stopped operations in January this year. Hizon now serves as Editor-in-Chief of GoodNewsPilipinas.com while taking on a new corporate challenge as the SVP for Corporate Affairs at SM Investments, also acting as Spokesperson for the SM Group of Companies.
Stay tuned every Wednesday for Decades La Salle’s new episodes on YouTube and Spotify, hosted by veteran news anchor Rico Hizon and produced by the DLSU Advancement and Alumni Relations Office. Watching and Subscribing to their channel supports scholars and students through the program, “Lasallian Giving.”
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