Aksyon Balita

Aksyon Balita
Format	Newscast Live action
Created by	Radio Philippines Network
Developed by	RPN News and Public Affairs
Starring	Vikki Sambilay Bobby Yan Various contributors
Country of origin	Philippines
No. of episodes	n/a (airs Monday to Friday)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Radio Philippines Network
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	April 17, 2006 – January 4, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Arangkada Balita
Followed by	NewsWatch: First Edition
External links
Website

Aksyon Balita (Filipino for "Action News", formerly RPN Aksyon News later bacameNewsWatch Aksyon Balita) is the final Filipino-language newscast and the late afternoon news broadcast of Radio Philippines Network in the Philippines. Launched in 2006, it is broadcast at 5:30 PM Philippine time (GMT +8).

It was created as a spin-off of the network's nlong-running news program, NewsWatch. With the latter program's final episode on January 4, 2008, the Filipino edition dropped the "NewsWatch" tag and is retitled to, simply, Aksyon Balita, apparently to complement the network's new English newscast, i-Watch News.

Background

Tulfo era

It was first aired on April 17, 2006 as a replacement for Arangkada Balita and was anchored by former ABS-CBN news anchor and reporter Erwin Tulfo.

Tulfo-Sison-Bendijo era

Months ago he was joined by Aljo Bendijo and Connie Sison who were Tulfo's fellow news anchors from ABS-CBN. But, Tulfo resigned as its news anchor because of the controversy of his brothers Raffy and Mon with First Gentleman Mike Arroyo.

Sison-Bendijo-Morales era

Afterwards, Tulfo was replaced by Jake Morales until Sison and Bendijo remained as its main anchors.

Sison-Sambilay era

On April 2007, Sison moved to GMA Network and replaced by Vikki Sambilay. Bendijo and Sambilay became the newscast's main anchors until Sambilay went solo, when Bendijo moved to NBN.

Sambilay-Yan era and final years

On October 15, 2007, Sambilay was joined by Bobby Yan who was a former ABS-CBN TV Host, San Juan City councilor, the current host of One Morning and the brother of the late Movie and TV star Rico Yan. Last January 4, 2008, it went its final airing. It was replaced by NewsWatch which went back on the air on January 7, 2008.

Anchors (Final)

• Vikki Sambilay
• Bobby Yan
• Dr. Esperanza Cabral (InfoMediko segment)

Reporters

• Roma Agsalud (still with RPN)
• Marlene Alcaide (current News5 reporter and anchor)
• Rina Andolong
• Grace Asuncion
• Carlo Carongoy (still with RPN)
• Jason Cruz Luna
• Kiko Dagohoy
• Jeffrey Espiritu (current radio DJ)
• Stephanie Ongkiko
• Thirdy Policarpio
• Vikki Sambilay
• Ethel Santo Domingo
• Jamie Santos (current GMA News reporter)
• Trisha Zafra (current GMA News reporter and anchor)

Past personalities

• Erwin Tulfo (current News5 anchor)
• Lia Mañalac (current GMA News reporter and anchor)
• Connie Sison (current GMA News reporter and anchor)
• Paolo Capino
• Jorge Bandola (current NBN reporter)
• Aljo Bendijo (current NBN anchor)
• Jake Morales
• Jeremiah Odra

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Radio Philippines Network
• Newswatch
• i-Watch News