Aksyon (lit. Action), whose weekday edition is also known as Aksyon Prime, is the flagship news program broadcast by TV5 in the Philippines.^[1] It is anchored by Cheryl Cosim and Erwin Tulfo, with special segments hosted by Shawn Yao and Lourd de Veyra on weekdays, while its weekend edition is anchored by Atty. Mike Templo, Maricel Halili, and Jove Francisco.

The program is broadcast Weeknights at 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (PST), Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30 p.m. to 12:00 midnight (PST) except for some News5 special programs like News5 Debates and Dokyu5, airs on Sunday.^[2] The newscast is simulcasted on AksyonTV and on radio thru 92.3 News FM in Mega Manila.

About the show[link]

The newscast is based on News5's slogan "Higit sa Balita, Impormasyon at Kaganapan, Aksyon" which literally means "Beyond the news, information, and events, Action." Aksyon premiered on April 5, 2010 at 9:00 pm with Paolo Bediones and Cheryl Cosim as its first anchors. The news program used a touch-screen television called "Aksyon Board." It is the first local newscast to report via Live-Pack in contrast to the OB Vans used by its competitors. There is also a round-up news update called Aksyon Ngayon anchored by Dindo Flora, Cristina Lazo, and former Tambayan 101.9 DJ Reggie Valdez.

On October 25, 2010, Erwin Tulfo of the police-report-and-public-service-segment Aksyon Metro joined the newscast and their time slot was moved from 9:30 pm to 5:45 pm. The same day, the newscast also introduced a new augmented virtuality set and OBB.

On November 8, 2010, the newscast began its simulcast on the newly launched 92.3 News FM.

On February 17, 2011, Paolo Bediones left the newscast for Aksyon JournalisMO, leaving Cosim and Tulfo as the main anchors, with Shawn Yao (showbiz and weather) and Makata Tawanan (Makata's Super Bidyo) as segment anchors. The newscast was also given new weekday graphics and new virtual background while starting its simulcast on AksyonTV on February 21, 2011.

On June 6, 2011, the newscast added a news desk while updating their graphics and title card. "Makata's Super Bidyo," a video features segment, was reformatted with its new name "Makatang Gala" (The Stray Poet), where Makata Tawanan goes on streets to bring information to its viewers.

On July 25, 2011, Lourd de Veyra joined the newscast, hosting his weather-and-trivia-segment "Weather or Not."

On February 6, 2012, Aksyon divided into two parts, Metro Aksyon focussed on police reports around Metro Manila, and Rodolfo Jun Sabayton hosted "Anong Problema Mo", and the remaining 30 minutes is the national and other news.

On February 20, 2012, Aksyon modified its newsdesk and updating its graphics and title card.

Weekend editions[link]

Aksyon's weekend edition, then called Aksyon Weekend, premiered on April 10, 2010 at 5:00 pm. Co-anchoring the weekend edition were Cheri Mercado, Jove Francisco and Martin Andanar, all final anchors of Aksyon's predecessor, TEN: The Evening News. Mercado, pregnant when the weekend edition first aired, was replaced by Maricel Halili in early August 2010. The weekend edition was moved to late nights on October 10, 2010 to make way for the pilot episodes of Willing Willie. Being absent on his last five weeks, Andanar was pulled out of the newscast to anchor the late-night newscast Aksyon JournalisMO on October 24, 2010.

On October 30, 2010, Andanar was replaced on Aksyon's weekend edition by his co-host on the weekday morning program Sapul sa Singko, Atty. Mike Templo. He joined Halili and Francisco, who remained in the weekend newscast although he was also assigned to the late night newscast. The weekend edition was split into Aksyon Sabado and Aksyon Linggo.

Regional versions[link]

Aksyon has one regional version: Aksyon Bisaya, a late afternoon regional newscast aired on TV5 Cebu. It was launched on July 18, 2011, following the station's launch in Cebu.^[3]

Hourly news bulletins[link]

Aksyon has hourly news bulletin spin-offs on television and radio. These are:

• Aksyon Alert (formerly Aksyon Ngayon), the hourly news bulletin of TV5 airing every day with several anchors in different hours.
  • Aksyon Alerto, an hourly regional news update of TV5 Cebu.
  • Aksyon Alert Davao, an hourly regional news bulletin aired on TV5 Davao.
• Aksyon Breaking, AksyonTV's top-of-the-hour news update. It airs the latest news on the hour, with the day's headlines presented before the end of the newscast. After the newscast, global and Asia-Pacific weather conditions are displayed.
• Aksyon Weather, the hourly weather bulletin of AksyonTV airing every day in several hours. It is named after the previous weather segment of the early evening newscast. It is also the name of the weather segment of other newscasts aired on TV5 and AksyonTV, except for CNN Konek, Aksyon, Good Morning Club and Andar ng mga Balita. Foreign exchange rates are displayed right after the closing billboard.
• Aksyon News Update, the radio news bulletin of Radyo5 92.3 News FM airing every 30 minutes of every day. Aside from latest news, this radio news bulletin also airs reports from Radyo5 News Team. News FM airs Aksyon News Alert interrupting an ongoing program when a developing story breaks instead of Aksyon News Update.

Anchors[link]

Weeknight anchors[link]

• Cheryl Cosim (2010-present)
• Erwin Tulfo (2010-present)
• Lourd de Veyra - Weather or Not anchor (2011-present)
• Shawn Yao - Lights, Camera,...Showbiz Aksyon anchor (2010-present)

Weekend anchors[link]

• Mike Templo (2010-present)
• Maricel Halili (2010-present)
• Jove Francisco (2010-present)
• Joseph Ubalde Aksyon Weather (2011-present)

Former anchors[link]

• Martin Andanar (2010, weekend edition; currently as an relif anchor for Tulfo)
• Paolo Bediones (2010-2011, weekday edition)
• Cherie Mercado (2010, weekend edition; currently as an relif anchor for Cosim)
• Patricia Fernandez (2012, Showbiz Aksyon anchor; currently as an relif anchor for Yao)
• Paloma Esmeria (2010, Showbiz Aksyon anchor)
• Ferdinand Clemente (a.k.a. Makata Tawanan) - Makatang Gala anchor (2010-2011, moved to Balitaang Tapat)
• Rodolfo "Jun" Sabayton, Jr. - Anong Problema Mo? segment host (2012-present)

Aksyon Alert/Breaking edition[link]

• Marlene Alcaide
• Chi Bocobo
• Fritzie Cabial
• Naomi Dayrit
• Cristina Lazo
• Carla Lim
• Twink Macaraig
• Karen Padilla-Tulfo
• Roices Naguit
• Edison Reyes
• Trish Roque
• Ina Zara

Aksyon Weather edition[link]

• Lia Cruz
• Patricia Fernandez
• Erika Padilla
• Ice Martinez
• France Noguera
• Manu Sandejas
• Claudine Trillo
• Joseph Ubalde
• Marga Vargas
• Shawn Yao

See also[link]

• AksyonTV - the country's first 24/7 news and sports channel in Filipino language on free television named after the title of the TV5's flagship newscast.
• Aksyon JournalisMO
• News5
• List of programs broadcast by TV5
• List of programs broadcast by AksyonTV

References[link]

External links[link]

• Program Site
• Aksyon on Facebook (under the user name news5aksyon)
• News5 AKSYON on Twitter (under the user name news5aksyon)