About Me

Manuel L. Quezon III was born in 1970 and currently hosts the weekly programs The Explainer and The Explainer Dialogues on the ANC cable news channel. He has been an opinion and editorial writer and editor since 1994. At present he is head of the Speaker’s Bureau, columnist, and an editorial writer for The Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper; and Assistant Managing Editor and editorial writer for The Philippines Free Press weekly news magazine. He is also a blogger. He has received various awards for his professional work, including a Palance Award for the Essay in English and being named Opinion Writer of the Year in 1994 and 2005 by the Rotary Club of Manila’s Journalism Awards, the oldest journalism awards in the country.