Aksyon Balita

Aksyon Balita
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

For News5 program, see Aksyon

Aksyon Balita (Filipino for "Action News", formerly RPN Aksyon News later became RPN 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 (UTC+8).

It was created as a spin-off of the network's longest-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 (2007)

In April 9, 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 now PTV.

Sambilay-Yan era and final years (2007-2008)

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)

Reporters

Past personalities

See also