Sentro
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Sentro was an evening news broadcast of TV5
in the Philippines
anchored by Martin Andanar
.
The newscast premiered on May 3, 2004, replacing Balitang Balita
. It was first anchored by John Susi and Ali Sotto. On October 2, 2006, the newscast exchanged timeslots with Big News
, the evening news program of the network. Susi and Sotto were replaced by Martin Andanar
, who became the final anchor of the newscast.
On June 25, 2007, Sentro was reformatted into an all-English news show, despite the retention of the name and some of the opening text and ending reminders still in Filipino. This used to be the format of Big News
before its main language was changed to Filipino.
On August 8, 2008, Sentro, together with Big News
aired its final broadcast.
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in the Philippines
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anchored by Martin Andanar
Martin Andanar
Martin Andanar is a Filipino TV news anchor in TV5. He currently anchors Sapul sa Singko, Dokumentado and Andar ng mga Balita on Radyo5 92.3 News FM and AksyonTV, sister stations of TV5. He is also a voice-over of News5, AksyonTV, and Radyo5 92.3 News FM...
.
The newscast premiered on May 3, 2004, replacing Balitang Balita
Balitang Balita
The Balitang Balita is the second Filipino language newscast of TV5 from February 17, 1992 to April 7, 2004. The first one was Pangunahing Balita , anchored by Paul Lacanilao in 1962...
. It was first anchored by John Susi and Ali Sotto. On October 2, 2006, the newscast exchanged timeslots with Big News
Big News
Big News is the first ever newscast on Philippine television. It was the primetime news broadcast of Associated Broadcasting Company in the Philippines. It was anchored by Cheri Mercado and Amelyn Veloso. The show was originally first aired in 1962, and went off the air in 1972 due to martial law,...
, the evening news program of the network. Susi and Sotto were replaced by Martin Andanar
Martin Andanar
Martin Andanar is a Filipino TV news anchor in TV5. He currently anchors Sapul sa Singko, Dokumentado and Andar ng mga Balita on Radyo5 92.3 News FM and AksyonTV, sister stations of TV5. He is also a voice-over of News5, AksyonTV, and Radyo5 92.3 News FM...
, who became the final anchor of the newscast.
On June 25, 2007, Sentro was reformatted into an all-English news show, despite the retention of the name and some of the opening text and ending reminders still in Filipino. This used to be the format of Big News
Big News
Big News is the first ever newscast on Philippine television. It was the primetime news broadcast of Associated Broadcasting Company in the Philippines. It was anchored by Cheri Mercado and Amelyn Veloso. The show was originally first aired in 1962, and went off the air in 1972 due to martial law,...
before its main language was changed to Filipino.
On August 8, 2008, Sentro, together with Big News
Big News
Big News is the first ever newscast on Philippine television. It was the primetime news broadcast of Associated Broadcasting Company in the Philippines. It was anchored by Cheri Mercado and Amelyn Veloso. The show was originally first aired in 1962, and went off the air in 1972 due to martial law,...
aired its final broadcast.