''Bandila'' () was a

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program broadcast by

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with simulcast worldwide via TFC, Originally anchored by

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and

Ces Oreña-Drilon Cecilia Victoria Oreña-Drilon (; born July 8, 1961), simply known as Ces Drilon, is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She presented news and public affairs programs for the News and Current Affairs division of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation ...

. The program premiered on July 3, 2006, and most recently aired weeknights from 10:50PM to 11:20PM before it was suspended on March 17, 2020 and eventually cancelled after the

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ordered the shutdown of ABS-CBN.

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and

Karen Davila Kristine Karen Lising Davila-Sta. Ana (; born November 21, 1970), professionally known as Karen Davila, is a Filipino journalist. Early life Davila went to high school at the Colegio San Agustin – Makati. She took a degree of Bachelor of A ...

served as the final anchors. Babao and Davila later participated on ''

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'' as interim anchors until the former's departure for TV5 and the latter was named a main anchor of the said newscast.

History

''Bandila'' debuted on July 3, 2006 replacing ''

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'', with

and

as its original anchors. It was the competitor of GMA Network's

Saksi ''Saksi'' () formerly ''Saksi: GMA Headline Balita'' and ''Saksi: Liga ng Katotohanan'' is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA Network. Originally anchored by Mike Enriquez and Karen Davila, it premiered on October ...

. On May 8, 2009, Sanchez took an indefinite leave and eventually left the newscast for good, leaving Omaga-Diaz and Drilon as the anchors. On November 3, 2010, ABS-CBN announced the appointment of outgoing ''

'' anchors

and

to ''Bandila''. Their arrival to the late-night newscast was scheduled to November 8, but was postponed when Babao was on a vacation at that time. They finally arrived to the newscast on November 22, replacing Omaga-Diaz who decided to return to field reporting. On April 25, 2011, ''Bandila'' launched it
official webpage
as its additional online citizen journalism site. On October 3, 2011, ''Bandila'' moved to an earlier timeslot with the addition of

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as one of the anchors, upon which it focuses on entertainment, hosting the segment ''Ikaw Na!'', where Abunda interviews showbiz personalities. Abunda left the newscast on February 7, 2014 to host ''

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'', a new nightly talk show with Kris Aquino that would air right before ''Bandila''. On April 17, 2017, ''Bandila'' returned to

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and DZMM TeleRadyo after six years. Unlike the previous iteration which was a slightly delayed simulcast of the show that aired on the main ABS-CBN network, Bandila had a separate and standalone edition for DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo and aired at 10:00 PM. The DZMM version ended again on May 20, 2019. On December 21, 2017, Ces Oreña-Drilon announced that she would be leaving ''Bandila'' to focus on her new position in the network as "lifestyle content head". On April 2, 2018, ''Bandila'' (along with the other news programs of ABS-CBN) has finally switched to high definition (

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, 16:9

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) format. On March 17, 2020, Bandila's production was suspended due to the enhanced community quarantine implemented to manage the

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. Its timeslot was replaced by replays of

. Furthermore, with the network shutting down operations due to the expiration of its legislative franchise and in compliance with the NTC's cease and desist order, the current status of the newscast remained unknown until it was eventually cancelled. Instead, ABS-CBN's former and ANC's current English late-night newscast, ''

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'', was aired on the network's replacement channel,

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on July 27, 2020 marking its return to original network for last 21 years.

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, the ad interim replacement for

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, launched '' Balitang A2Z'' as its replacement for the late-night news program on July 26, 2021.

Anchors

Final anchors

(2010–2020) *

(2010–2020)

Former anchors

(2006–2009) *

(2006–2010) *

(main anchor, 2006–2017) *

(2011–2014; ''Ikaw Na!'' anchor) *Tony Velasquez (2014–2016; ''Tatak Noypi'' anchor)

International broadcast

''Bandila'' aired worldwide (with roughly one-day delay) on

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in Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and the United States. In Australia, SBS first aired the program with a delayed telecast on the next morning at 6:50AM from Tuesdays to Saturdays, replacing PTV's ''Teledyaryo'' as the Filipino news service on ''

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''. It was later moved to 8:05AM timeslot from Tuesday to Saturday with replays at 2:30PM on

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, while ''TV Patrol Weekend'' is shown every Sunday and Monday. It was replaced by ''

'' when the newscast's production was suspended due to the enhanced community quarantine implemented to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines and eventually cancelled.

Accolades

''Bandila''s coverage of the

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earned the news program a nomination for the Philippines in the International Emmy Awards spearheaded by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. *Henry Omaga Diaz was awarded as one of the Ten Outstanding Media Personalities by International Media Associates Inc. (IMAI) on November 29, 2006. *Korina Sanchez was also included as one of the Most Well-Liked Female Personalities in the Anak TV Seal Awards 2006. In 2007, she was recognized in the same category but became number one among ten most well-liked female TV Personalities. *''Bandila'' earned its first ever nomination for an International Emmy Award for their report "The Subic Rape Case Promulgation". It was the first time that an entry from the Philippines became a finalist on the award giving body. It became one of the four nominees in the News category out of the eight semi-finalists. Incidentally, ''

'', the network's primetime news program, was also chosen as one of the eight semi-finalists for the news category. *''Bandila'' received a Golden Dove Award for Best News Program during the 16th KBP Golden Dove Awards.

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was established by the broadcast media practitioners to regulate the industry and elevate standards, promote social change, help disseminate government information, strengthen trade ties with the advertising industry, and promote the public welfare. *In 2007, ''Bandila'' won the Best News Program category in the

21st PMPC Star Awards for Television The 21st PMPC Star Awards for Television ceremony was held at the Henry Lee Irwin Theater in Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City on November 18, 2007 and broadcast over RPN 9 on November 25, 2007. The ceremony was hosted by Boy Abunda, Pops ...

. *''Bandila'' was hailed as the Best News Program during the 2007

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, featuring their news coverage of the Subic Rape Case Promulgation *''Bandila'' was awarded again with a Golden Dove Award for Best News Program during the 19th KBP (

) Golden Dove Awards last November 2010. *Henry Omaga-Diaz was awarded with a Golden Dove Award as the "Best TV newscaster" during the 19th KBP Golden Dove Awards last November 2010. *''Bandila'' won the categories for Best News Program and Best Male News Program Anchors (Julius Babao) at the 10th Gawad Tanglaw Awards (2012)

References

External links

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