''CNN Philippines Newsroom'' or simply Newsroom is
CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated as CNN PH) is a commercial broadcast, cable and satellite television network in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network (RPN) as the main content ...
' flagship rolling newscast service. Premiered on March 16, 2015, as a standalone noontime newscast and expanded into different editions since February 15, 2016, the 8:00am edition is currently anchored by Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo, the 3:00pm edition dubbed as ''Newsroom Ngayon'' is anchored by Ruth Cabal. The weekend newscasts consist of ''Newsroom Weekend'', anchored by Menchu Macapagal at 6:00pm on weekends and Mai Rodriguez at 9:00 am on Saturdays and 10:00 am on Sundays, and a 15-minute weekend morning show ''Newsroom Junior Edition'' anchored by young contributors trained by CNN Philippines. It formerly aired the original weekday noontime edition from 2015 to 2016, the 3:00pm edition dubbed as ''Global Newsroom'' from 2016 to 2017, and the 9:00 pm edition from 2016 to 2020, to give way for
The Final Word with Rico Hizon
''The Final Word with Rico Hizon'' (or simply ''The Final Word'') is CNN Philippines' flagship late-night news program. The show first aired on April 20, 2020, as a replacement to the network's 9pm edition of ''Newsroom''. The show is anchored ...
.
Background
As a noontime newscast
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The newscast was launched on March 16, 2015, as a 60-minute standalone noontime newscast as a replacement for ''Solar/9TV Newsday'' (which ran across CNN Philippines' predecessors TalkTV, Solar News Channel and 9TV). It was first anchored by former CNN Philippines First Vice President for News and Public Affairs Jing Magsaysay and journalist Mai Rodriguez, who was held over from ''Newsday''.
In September 2015, Magsaysay left the newscast after his resignation following the "right-sizing" retrenchment of 70 junior staffers and contractual employees, who worked in the company for Programming and Technical Engineering divisions, leaving Rodriguez as the sole anchor for the rest of its run.
Expansion
On February 15, 2016, the newscast expanded its airtime, aligning with
its international counterpart. (with a touch of bluer hue on the title card). However, the expansion reformatted from a single 60-minute newscast to three 30-minute editions in its initial run. The 8 am edition was first anchored by the late
Amelyn Veloso
Amelyn Esther Veloso-Zapanta (April 25, 1974 – August 24, 2017) was a Filipina broadcast journalist of CNN Philippines.
Before her death, she was the anchor of the morning show '' New Day'', '' Morning Newsroom'', and the public service ...
, who formerly anchored ''
CNN Philippines Headline News'' and was concurrently hosting ''
Serbisyo All Access
''CNN Philippines Serbisyo All Access'' (simply Serbisyo All Access, lit. ''All Access Service'') was the flagship public-service program of CNN Philippines and its predecessors Solar News Channel and 9TV. It aired on the weekdays from 10:00&nb ...
'' and a holdover of the newly-launched Philippine version of
New Day.
Claire Celdran
Claire Celdran Rodriguez (born August 22, 1980) is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She is a news anchor for various programs at CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated as CNN PH) is a commercial broadcast, cable and satellite te ...
replaced Rodriguez in the noontime edition while the latter became the anchor of the network's weekend newscasts. The 9:00 pm edition replaced ''
CNN Philippines Nightly News
''CNN Philippines Nightly News'' (titled as CNN Philippines Nightly News with Mitzi Borromeo) or simply ''Nightly News'' was the flagship late night newscast of CNN Philippines that aired every weeknights 9:00-9:30 pm and replayed Tuesdays-Satu ...
'', anchored by its holdover, Mitzi Borromeo. The English-language noontime edition and the original broadcast of ''Newsroom'' were axed on April 4, 2016, to give way for the first-ever Filipino-language noontime newscast ''
Balitaan'' with
Pinky Webb
Joanna Marie "Pinky" Pagaspas Webb (born June 11, 1970) is a Filipina broadcast journalist currently working for CNN Philippines. She is the daughter of Freddie Webb and a sister of Jason and Hubert Webb.
Education
She attended high school at ...
.
On April 11, 2016, ''Newsroom'' debuted a 3 pm edition dubbed as Global Newsroom catering on international news relevant to Filipinos, first hosted by
Claire Celdran
Claire Celdran Rodriguez (born August 22, 1980) is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She is a news anchor for various programs at CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated as CNN PH) is a commercial broadcast, cable and satellite te ...
. It carries the similar format of
Global Conversations
''Global Conversations'' is a public affairs show produced by Nine Media Corporation which has been broadcast by CNN Philippines since 2015 which talks about some of the international issues from CNN programs like The Situation Room hosted by W ...
, which was canceled four months later (August 26).
On January 30, 2017, ''Newsroom'' launched its mid-morning edition in
Filipino
Filipino may refer to:
* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
language dubbed as Newsroom Ngayon, anchored by Ruth Cabal replacing
Serbisyo All Access
''CNN Philippines Serbisyo All Access'' (simply Serbisyo All Access, lit. ''All Access Service'') was the flagship public-service program of CNN Philippines and its predecessors Solar News Channel and 9TV. It aired on the weekdays from 10:00&nb ...
.
''Newsroom Ngayon'' serves as a sister newscast with CNN Philippines' first Filipino language newscast, ''
Balitaan'', which airs at midday. The name of ''Serbisyo All Access'' remains in the newscast and dubbed as ''Serbisyo Ngayon''.
On February 27, 2017, due to personnel reshuffling, Claire Celdran replaced Veloso at the 8 am slot while
Network News
News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or televi ...
anchor
Pia Hontiveros
Ana Patricia Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan (born Ana Patricia Navarro Hontiveros; March 10, 1967), better known as Pia Hontiveros, is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is the sister of Ginggay and Risa Hontiveros. She is also the cousin of the 80' ...
took over the ''Global Newsroom'' chair. Veloso would occasionally appear in special editions, until she died of cancer on August 24.
On March 4, 2017, ''Newsroom'' launched its weekend edition, dubbed as Newsroom Weekend, anchored by the pioneer weekday noontime anchor Mai Rodriguez. It started out at the Saturday noontime slot until April 1, 2017, when it expanded to include broadcasts on weekend evenings at 6 pm, following the cancellation of
Network News
News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or televi ...
a week before as a result of the launching of ''
News Night'' on weeknights from March 27. Newsroom Weekend later added a Sunday noontime edition on May 28, 2017
at the wake of the Marawi City crisis. Prior to a permanent weekend expansion, Rodriguez anchored special newscasts during severe weather coverage and other news of utmost importance.
Global Newsroom aired its last broadcast on December 29, 2017, to give way to the extension of
Amanpour
''Amanpour'' (stylized as ''Amanpour.'') is a global affairs interview television program hosted by British-Iranian journalist Christiane Amanpour, airing weeknights
6pm GMT/ 1pm ET & 7PM CET on CNN International.
The program is also aired on ...
on January 1, 2018, as part of the network reorganization. Prior to the extension, some segments of the latter were usually aired on Global Newsroom.
On January 31, 2018, Mitzi Borromeo left the evening edition to pursue an advanced degree while retaining her position as host of Profiles and will appear on special editions. It was announced that former
TV5 anchor and former
Department of Transportation undersecretary
Cherie Mercado
Cherie Mercado-Santos is a Filipina broadcast journalist in the Philippines.
Cherie is married to Mike Santos, a stockbroker, and they have two children, Christiana and Anabella.
Career
With 24 years of experience as a writer, reporter, produc ...
will replace Borromeo on the anchor chair beginning February 12. from February 1 to 9,
Pia Hontiveros
Ana Patricia Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan (born Ana Patricia Navarro Hontiveros; March 10, 1967), better known as Pia Hontiveros, is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is the sister of Ginggay and Risa Hontiveros. She is also the cousin of the 80' ...
and correspondent Joyce Ilas took turns in anchoring the newscast in the interim.
In 2018,
Claire Celdran
Claire Celdran Rodriguez (born August 22, 1980) is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She is a news anchor for various programs at CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated as CNN PH) is a commercial broadcast, cable and satellite te ...
left both
New Day and the morning edition, citing more time to spend for her family. Former
ANC
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anchor Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo replaced Celdran on both shows. Prior to this, Mai Rodriguez and Ruth Cabal took turns in filling-up Celdran's vacant spot.
On September 3, 2018, Ruth Cabal and Cherie Mercado switched anchoring duties, with Cabal leading the 9 pm primetime edition and Mercado anchoring Newsroom Ngayon, citing personal reasons. CNN Philippines also launched a 15-minute weekend Newsroom Junior Edition on September 1 as part of the ''CNN PH Junior'' weekend morning block, featuring kids and young teens anchoring news bites of the day, similar to its predecessor
RPN's
RPN NewsWatch Junior Edition
''RPN NewsWatch Junior Edition'' is another installation to the longest-running news program NewsWatch (Philippine TV program), NewsWatch aired on Radio Philippines Network in the Philippines and the first reality-based TV workshop for future jour ...
(2008–2009) and
Jr. NewsWatch (2005).
In May 2019, Cherie Mercado left Newsroom Ngayon, citing her move to Canada to study. Mai Rodriguez was tapped to replace Mercado while selected correspondents are doing the weekend edition for the month of June and July. On August 3, 2019,
Claire Celdran
Claire Celdran Rodriguez (born August 22, 1980) is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She is a news anchor for various programs at CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated as CNN PH) is a commercial broadcast, cable and satellite te ...
, who is returning to the network after a year, is named as the interim replacement for Rodriguez on Newsroom Weekend but she only anchors the Saturday midday edition and the Sunday edition with selected correspondents still anchoring the Saturday Primetime edition.
On October 7, 2019, Ruth Cabal returns to Newsroom Ngayon after more than a year doing the evening edition. She replaced Mai Rodriguez who is named as the new anchor for the evening edition.
On March 30, 2020, former
BBC World News
BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...
and
CNBC
CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
anchor Rico Hizon takes over the 9 pm edition, his first after coming home to the Philippines from international news stints in Singapore and Hong Kong.
On April 17, 2020, the evening edition was replaced by
The Final Word, anchored by Hizon.
Special editions
When warranted, ''Newsroom'' would air special editions of the newscast, either within or beyond the current four-edition format. Emulating
its international counterpart, ''Newsroom'' preempts programming for rolling news coverage and breaking stories (i.e.
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
and
Congress
A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...
hearings, and hooking up to
CNN International
CNN International (CNNI, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel that is owned by CNN Global. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network CNN's national and inter ...
during major relevant overseas coverage). However, when special events warrant during the early primetime slot, this function goes to ''
News Night with Pia Hontiveros'' until 8:00 pm and only under the direst situations would warrant preemption of the weeknight 9:00 pm edition in favor of uninterrupted coverage starting from where ''News Night'' leaves off.
EDSA and Muhammad Ali
Under the initial three-split schedule, ''Newsroom'' aired additional editions on the 30th anniversary of the
People Power Revolution
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular Demonstration (people), demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a ...
and the aftermath of
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...
's death, respectively, with the broadcast airing four times on February 25, 2016, all but one edition airing a full hour. On June 6, 2016, ''Global Newsroom'' ran a full hour covering the aftermath of the boxer's death.
Mico Halili
Mico Halili is a Filipino sports television personality, sportscaster and sports journalist. He is best known as the lead sportscaster for the basketball games of the PBA and UAAP. In October 2020, he became the Creative Director for sports pro ...
co-anchored the broadcast with
Claire Celdran
Claire Celdran Rodriguez (born August 22, 1980) is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She is a news anchor for various programs at CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated as CNN PH) is a commercial broadcast, cable and satellite te ...
and Dr. Freddie Gomez providing medical perspective, augmenting the network's extended bulletins done on the day of Ali's death.
The Marawi City crisis
At
Battle of Marawi
The siege of Marawi ( fil, Pagkubkob sa Marawi), also known as the Marawi crisis (), and the Battle of Marawi (), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Philippines, that started on May 23, 2017, between Philippine government security ...
on May 23, 2017, the entire primetime current affairs block gave way to initial developments of the unfolding situation in the city with
Pia Hontiveros
Ana Patricia Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan (born Ana Patricia Navarro Hontiveros; March 10, 1967), better known as Pia Hontiveros, is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is the sister of Ginggay and Risa Hontiveros. She is also the cousin of the 80' ...
anchoring uninterrupted coverage for four hours from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. Only the usual 10:00 pm edition of ''Sportsdesk'' was greenlit before Mitzi Borromeo resumed coverage for another half-hour. To further cope up with the developments in the city, ''Newsroom Ngayon'' added a special 2:00 pm edition during the third day of the conflict and ''Newsroom Weekend'' added a special Saturday morning edition on May 27 and a Sunday noontime edition on May 28. On the latter days of the conflict, ''Mindanao Hour'' press conferences were broadcast to serve as a lead in to ''
Balitaan''.
Resorts World Manila robbery
The incident marked the program's lengthiest uninterrupted coverage outside of scheduled political functions, totaling almost six hours. Ruth Cabal anchored a three-hour block from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, before breaking away to simulcast
CNN Newsroom International. Pia Hontiveros took the air from 2:00 to 2:30 and 3:00–5:00 pm. The coverage was heavily delivered in Filipino on the first two blocks before reverting to English on the extended slot of ''Global Newsroom''. Again, ''SportsDesk'' was greenlit but the planned morning edition was broadcast live-to-tape at 2:30 pm, deviating from the regular protocol of replaying the live 11:00 am broadcast on the slot. The following day, three editions were aired instead of the usual two for Saturdays. A special edition was aired at 10:00 am followed by the usual broadcast at 12:00 noon and the 6:00 pm edition was temporarily moved up to 5:30 pm and ran one and half-hours covering the press conference revealing CCTV footage of the incident.
COVID-19 pandemic
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On March 17, 2020, it was announced that some newscasts including all the weekday editions of Newsroom are temporarily called off until things normalize due to the skeletal workforce imposed by the network due to the coronavirus pandemic. On March 30, 2020, the network brought back a special edition of Newsroom on its 9 pm timeslot with
Rico Hizon
Rico Hizon (; born March 24, 1966) is a Filipino people, Filipino broadcast journalist. He is currently a senior anchor and director for news content development at CNN Philippines. During his time with BBC World News, he anchored ''Newsday (pro ...
as an anchor. The special edition was replaced by ''The Final Word'' which aired beginning April 20, 2020. On April 2, 2020, ''Newsroom Ngayon'' was moved to 3 pm timeslot while the Saturday noontime edition was replaced by a 9 am Saturday edition and a 10 am Sunday Edition with Ina Andolong-Chavenia as an anchor, in the following months, Mai Rodriguez replaced Andolong on both morning weekend edition, while Menchu Macapagal replaced Claire Celdran on its 6 pm weekend edition. Currently, the weekday morning and junior editions remain off the air, and the weekend editions were anchored in Filipino language.
Current presenters
The presenters of the broadcasts are arranged according to assigned slots and priority when special editions would warrant across their timeslots.
* Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo
(2018–present, morning edition; on hiatus)
* Ruth Cabal
(2017–2018; 2019–present, ''Newsroom Ngayon''; 2018–2019, evening edition)
* Mai Rodriguez
(2015–2016, original noontime edition; 2017–2019, weekend edition; 2019, ''Newsroom Ngayon''; 2019–2020, evening edition; 2020–present weekend morning edition)
* Menchu Macapagal
(2020–present, weekend evening edition)
Segments
Newsroom
*CNN Philippines Investigates (investigative report)
*The Business Report (business news)
Newsroom Ngayon
*Serbisyo Ngayon (public service)
*Isyu Ngayon (hottest topics of the day)
*Trabaho Ngayon (classifieds and job search)
*Good Juan (human interest and inspiring stories)
Newsroom Junior Edition
*Here at Home (national news)
*Did You Know That? (facts and trivia)
*Word of the Day
*Pop Quiz (trivia questions)
*Around the World (world news)
*Weather Report (weekend weather forecast)
*Lights, Camera, Action! (entertainment news)
*Ready, Set, Go! (sports news)
Former presenters
* Jing Magsaysay (2015, original noontime edition)
*
Pia Hontiveros
Ana Patricia Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan (born Ana Patricia Navarro Hontiveros; March 10, 1967), better known as Pia Hontiveros, is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is the sister of Ginggay and Risa Hontiveros. She is also the cousin of the 80' ...
(2016–2017, ''Global Newsroom'')
*
Amelyn Veloso
Amelyn Esther Veloso-Zapanta (April 25, 1974 – August 24, 2017) was a Filipina broadcast journalist of CNN Philippines.
Before her death, she was the anchor of the morning show '' New Day'', '' Morning Newsroom'', and the public service ...
(2016–2017, morning and special editions; now deceased)
* Mitzi Borromeo (2016–2018, weeknights evening and special editions)
*
Cherie Mercado
Cherie Mercado-Santos is a Filipina broadcast journalist in the Philippines.
Cherie is married to Mike Santos, a stockbroker, and they have two children, Christiana and Anabella.
Career
With 24 years of experience as a writer, reporter, produc ...
(2018, evening edition; 2018–2019, ''Newsroom Ngayon'')
*
Claire Celdran
Claire Celdran Rodriguez (born August 22, 1980) is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She is a news anchor for various programs at CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated as CNN PH) is a commercial broadcast, cable and satellite te ...
(2016, original noontime edition; 2016–2017, ''Global Newsroom''; 2017–2018, morning edition; 2019–2020, weekend edition)
*
Rico Hizon
Rico Hizon (; born March 24, 1966) is a Filipino people, Filipino broadcast journalist. He is currently a senior anchor and director for news content development at CNN Philippines. During his time with BBC World News, he anchored ''Newsday (pro ...
(2020, evening edition)
*Ina Andolong-Chavenia (2020, weekend morning edition)
Substitute and rotating anchors
* Anjo Alimario (weekend and 9 pm edition)
* Greg Chiles (weekend edition)
* Joyce Ilas (all editions)
* AC Nicholls (weekend edition)
* David Santos (all editions)
* Carolyn Bonquin (weekend edition)
* Makoi Popioco (weekend edition)
Awards
KBP Golden Dove Awards (
Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas
The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP; en, Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines) is a broadcast media organization in the Philippines which provides its members broadcasting standards. The KBP was organized on April 27, 19 ...
)
*2016 – Best TV Newscaster – Mitzi Borromeo
*2017 – Best TV Newscaster – Mitzi Borromeo
*2017 – Best TV Newscast – Newsroom
*2019 – Best TV Newscast – Newsroom Ngayon
Gawad Tanglaw Awards
*2017 – Best News Program – Newsroom
*2017 – Best News Anchor (Female) – Mitzi Borromeo
See also
*
List of programs broadcast by CNN Philippines
This is a list of programs being broadcast by CNN Philippines, airing on VHF terrestrial television station DZKB-TV, RPN-TV 9 Manila and List of Radio Philippines Network affiliate stations, other RPN stations nationwide, owned and managed by Ni ...
*
References
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Philippine television news shows
CNN Philippines original programming
CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines News and Current Affairs
English-language television shows
Filipino-language television shows
2015 Philippine television series debuts
2020s Philippine television series
Flagship evening news shows
Television productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic