Acting

Mel Tiangco

Carmela "Mel" Corro Tiangco (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈtʃaŋkɔ]) is a Filipino television newscaster and television host. She is one of the news pillars of GMA News and Public Affairs and a multi-awarded news anchor. After graduating from De La Salle University, she became one of the leading presenters in Philippine television journal programs. Tiangco's media career began in the last years of Marcos presidency. She began in broadcasting when she was hired by government-owned MBS-4 as a newscaster after being discovered in an audition in RPN-9 by its network's news director Edwin Fargas. After the People Power Revolution in 1986, the former did not renew the workers' contracts. Meanwhile, she began in radio through DZXL of Radio Mindanao Network.