News5

TV5 News and Current Affairs (News5)
Division of	TV5 Network, Inc.
Country	Philippines
Slogan	Nasa Frontline ng mga Balita (transl. Delivering News from the Frontlines); Tapat at tamang pagbabalita para sa may alam at may pakialam (transl. Honest and correct reporting for those who know and care)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Patrick Paez (First Vice President, News and Information); Jackie Sierda (Head, News Operations); Mary Grace Navarro (Head, News Production); Jay Cesora Orense (Head, Public Affairs Unit); Cherry Bayle (OIC-Station Manager, True FM); Ed Lingao (Chief of the Reporters);
Headquarters	TV5 Media Center, Reliance corner Sheridan Streets, Brgy. Buayang Bato, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Former names	ABC News and Public Affairs; TV5 News and Public Affairs; TV5 News and Information;
Predecessor	Nine Media News and Current Affairs (2011–2024)
Language	Tagalog (main); English (secondary, primary for One News);
Website	news.tv5.com.ph

TV5 News and Current Affairs, also known on-air as News5 (formerly ABC News and Public Affairs and TV5 News and Public Affairs and later TV5 News and Information), is the news and current affairs division of the Philippine media company TV5 Network Inc. It is headquartered at the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines.

News5 generates news, infotainment, and entertainment output for TV5's media assets including its namesake network, RPTV, and other television stations, radio through the 105.9 True FM network, cable television through One News and One PH, internationally through Kapatid Channel, AksyonTV International, and news websites news5.com.ph and InterAksyon (part of the PhilStar Group). Luchi Cruz-Valdes served as News5 and Public Affairs department chief since 2009 until her retirement on September 30, 2024.^[1]

Firsts

News5 set a number of firsts in news reporting in the country. These include the use of Live-Pack and a virtual news set, the first news FM station (105.9 True FM) and, prior to December 2013, the first and only 24-hour Filipino language free TV news channel (AksyonTV) along with the first English-language business news channel (Bloomberg TV Philippines) since October 5, 2015, prior to its launching in full broadcast, which is owned by Bloomberg L.P. in partnership with Bloomberg Television and Cignal. It is also the first news organization to shoot and produce its newscasts in high-definition (HD) in April 2015 and the first digital (online)-only news video channel thru News5 Digital (formerly News5 Everywhere), which was launched on June 28, 2017.

Programs

Currently aired

TV5

Budol Alert (2024–present)
Gus Abelgas Forensics (2024–present)
Frontline Express (2024–present)
Frontline Pilipinas (2020–present)
Frontline Pilipinas Weekend (2023–present)
Frontline Tonight (2021–present)
Gud Morning Kapatid (2023–present)
Julius Babao Unplugged (2024-present)
Kapatid Mo, Idol Raffy Tulfo (2024–present)
News5 Alerts (2020–present)
Top 5 Mga Kwentong Marc Logan (2024–present)

RPTV

Frontline Express (2024–present)
Frontline Pilipinas (2024–present)
Frontline Pilipinas Weekend (2024–present)
Frontline Tonight (2024–present)
Gud Morning Kapatid (2024–present)
Gus Abelgas Forensics (2024–present)
Ted Failon at DJ Chacha sa True FM (2024–present)
Wanted sa Radyo (2024–present)

One Sports

Basketball Science

One PH

Alagang Kapatid (2015–present)
Cristy FerMinute (2011–present)
Frontline Pilipinas (2020–present)
Gus Abelgas Forensics (2023–present)
Kapatid Mo, Idol Raffy Tulfo (2024–present)
Mojo Mukha ng Balita (2024–present)
One Balita Bai (2024–present)
One Balita Pilipinas (2020–present)
Sa Totoo Lang (2019–present)
Ted Failon at DJ Chacha sa True FM (2020–present)
The Big Story (2024–present)
Top 5 Mga Kwentong Marc Logan (2024–present)
Wanted sa Radyo (2011–present)
Woman in Action (2022–present)

One News

Bank On It
Bright Ideas
Chronicles
Go Local
One News Documentaries
One News Now (2018–2023, 2024–present)
Political Capital
Private Convos
Real Deal
Round Table
The Big Story (2016–present)
The Chiefs (2018–present)
The View from Manila (2023–present)
Thought Leaders (2023–present)
The Men's Room (2023–present)
Woman in Action (2022–present)

Regional newscasts

Frontline Eastern Visayas (TV5 Leyte)
Dateline Zamboanga (TV5 Zamboanga)

Defunct programs

Defunct regional newscasts

Aksyon Bisaya^[2] (TV5 Cebu)
Aksyon Dabaw (TV5 Davao)

References

^ Mallorca, Hannah (September 24, 2024). "Luchi Cruz-Valdes treated to send-off as she retires from TV5". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
^ Atty. Ruphil ug Darlanne ang mu-aksyon! PhilStar.com. Retrieved June 26, 2022.

External links

Media related to News5 at Wikimedia Commons
TV5 website
News5 Everywhere website
News5's channel on YouTube

[1] Mallorca, Hannah (September 24, 2024). "Luchi Cruz-Valdes treated to send-off as she retires from TV5". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

[2] Atty. Ruphil ug Darlanne ang mu-aksyon! PhilStar.com. Retrieved June 26, 2022.

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