''Balita Pilipinas Primetime'' () is a

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news broadcasting show broadcast by

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. Anchored by

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, it premiered on March 5, 2011. The show concluded on February 15, 2014.

Format

The newscast was anchored by

from the GMA Network Studios in

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with its regional anchors from GMA stations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. It features different news from the different regions in the Philippines. The news from Luzon are reported by CJ Torida of GMA Dagupan while from Visayas are by Bobby Nalzaro of GMA Cebu and from Mindanao by Tek Ocampo of GMA Davao. By July 11, 2011, its spin-off was premiered every Weekdays at 4:00pm as ''

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'', anchored by Mark Salazar and

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. This newscast became known as ''Balita Pilipinas Primetime''. With its final broadcast on February 15, 2014, the weekday afternoon edition outlived the original Saturday night edition, making it the first series whose spin-off outlives the original.

Anchors

*Jorge Guerrero (

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) *CJ Torida (

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) *Elmer Caseles (

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) *Gerthrode Charlotte Tan (

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) *Adrian Bobe / Gretchen Varela (

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) *

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(

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) *Joe Legaspina (

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) *Tek Ocampo (

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) *Jennifer Solis (

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)

References

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