Newsnight Pilipinas

( Newsnight Philippines) is a Philippine television newscast broadcast by Pilipinas Central and produced by Central News' Philippine Bureau. Known as the Philippine counterpart of the network's newscast Newsnight, the program originally premiered on June 22, 1992, led by Eric Eloriaga and Cathy Santillan. Currently, Pia Arcangel, Jiggy Manicad and Alex Santos serve as the main anchors. It is also simulcast on Pilipinas News 1 and online via livestreaming on YouTube and Facebook and CentralNews.ph.
==History==
Until the newscast's premiere, Philippines Central (its corporate network name at the time) rebroadcast the English-languaged Newsnight at 6:30pm local time, and the only form of "in-housed" newscasts around Central's stations in the country at the time were local newscasts from its three regional stations. The network's bureau in Manila was at the time limited on staff, although under the leadership of Central News' prominent producer Ed Sardella, the network began hiring and recruiting veteran anchors and reporters, as well as newspaper correspondents, including Eric Eloriaga, Cathy Santillan, Bong Lapira, among many others. Sardella teamed up with Eloriaga and Lapira to create Central's first Filipino-language newscast, Newsnight Pilipinas in early 1992.
Newsnight Pilipinas launched at 6:30pm on June 22, 1992, with Eloriaga and Santillan as the original anchors. Segment anchors included Amado Pineda who served as the newscast's chief meteorologist and June Keithley (Castro) on entertainment.
Eloriaga left the newscast in 1997 and was replaced by Mari Kaimo; Santillan dropped out as anchor in 1999 and replaced by Marga Ortigas. Also in 1999 its airtime expanded from 30 minutes to one hour.
Newsnight Pilipinas has since been rebroadcast on the network's news channel, Pilipinas News 1 since its inception on January 1, 2000. Segments were anchored by Keithley (who swapped positions from being an entertainment anchor), Pineda and Dan Andrew. Kaimo dropped as anchorman in 2002 and was replaced by Dante Luzon. Pineda retired in 2004; the newscast was left without a meteorologist until 2011, when Nathaniel "Mang Tani" Cruz was hired to become its chief meteorologist.
On March 5, 2007, Alex Santos joined the newscast, replacing Luzon.
In April 2009, the newscast introduced its website as well as its Twitter (now X) and Facebook pages.
On June 18, 2012, the newscast celebrated its 20th anniversary; with a documentary special titled Ang Aming Newsnight: 20 Taon ( Our Newsnight: 20 Years). Ortigas was reassigned to the network's Middle East bureau (in Jerusalem) and was replaced by Pia Arcangel. In January 2006, the newscast began broadcasting in high definition; from 2019 onwards graphics has since been fitted to anamorphic widescreen (prior to it, using 4:3-safe graphics).
Santos left the newscast on March 11, 2016; he was replaced by Diego Castro III on March 14 of that year. He is the son of the late June Keithley and veteran newscaster Angelo Castro Jr. Mang Tani retired in 2021, and was replaced by Ariel Rojas as the newscast's meteorologist.
Coinciding with the newscasts' broadcast in full high definition on June 20, 2022; Newsnight Pilipinas celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Castro was replaced by Jiggy Manicad on January 8, 2024. Andrei Felix joined Arcangel and Manicad as anchors on April 27, 2024.
==Newsnight Pilipinas Weekend==
Originally airing during special occasions, the weekend edition of Newsnight Pilipinas premiered during the weekend of June 23-24, 2007. They are aired thirty minutes earlier than the weeknight editions, at 6:00pm PHT. Ces Oreña-Drilon and Martin Andanar served as the original anchors of both weekend editions; both anchored the weekend newscasts until June 26, 2016, when they were replaced by Kara David and Emil Sumangil (on July 2), because of Andanar being appointed as secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office.
==Anchors==
===Current===
====Weeknight editions====
*Pia Arcangel (2012-present)
*Andrei Felix (2024-present)
*Jiggy Manicad (2024-present)
====Weekend editions====
*Kara David (2016-present)
*Emil Sumangil (2016-present)
====Segment anchors====
*Iya Villania-Arellano (2018-present, "Swiftertainment")
*Lourd de Veyra (2010-present, "Word of the Lourd)
*Alvin Elchico (2009-present, consumer reports)
*Pia Hontiveros (2024-present, "Lingkod Kasentro")
*Ariel Rojas (2011-present, "Gary England Weather Central" resident meteorologist)
*Mikee Reyes (2021-present, "Sports Central")
===Former===
====Weeknight editions====
*Angelo Diego Castro III (2014-2024)
*Eric Eloriaga (1992-1997; deceased)
*Mari Kaimo (1997-2002; now heads news bureau)
*Dante Luzon (2002-2007)
*Marga Ortigas (1999-2012; now working for the parent news organization's Middle East bureau)
*Cathy Santillan (1992-1999; retired)
*Alex Santos (2007-2014)
====Weekend editions====
*Martin Andanar (2006-2016; later secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office, now at CGTN)
*Ces Oreña-Drilon (2006-2016)
*Raffy Tulfo (2016-2022; currently serving as a Senator and host of Wanted sa Radyo on Radyo5 92.3 TRUE FM)
====Segment anchors====
*Nathaniel "Mang Tani" Cruz (2011-2024, "Gary England Weather Central" resident meteorologist)
==Gallery==
NNPH open 2000.png|Former opening billboard (OBB) from 2000 to 2007.
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