''CNN Philippines Cebuano News'' was the flagship Cebuano-language newscast of

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. It aired weekdays at 1:00 p.m. before ''

Kapampangan News ''CNN Philippines Kapampangan News'' was the flagship Kapampangan-language newscast of CNN Philippines. It aired weekdays at 1:15 p.m. ( PST) after '' Cebuano News''. It was the second regional newscast produced by CNN Philippines, premie ...

''. It was the first regional newscast produced by

that premiered under its predecessor

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and the first national newscast in Cebuano aired nationwide.

Background

As ''Solar News Cebuano''

The newscast was first known as ''Solar News Cebuano'', an innovative program by

to deliver its trademark newsgathering into

Cebuano language Cebuano ( )Cebuano
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, the second widely spoken language in the

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. Solar News Cebuano was launched on January 28, 2013, and was first anchored by Menchu Macapagal.

''Cebuano News''

The newscast was then rebranded into ''Cebuano News'' on July 21, 2014, upon the impending acquisition of Solar Television Network to the ALC Group of Companies a month later, with a new titlecard and graphic introduced on August 25, 2014, following channels rebrand to

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. The current incarnation was launched on March 16, 2015, in lieu of the launch of

along with a CNN-themed graphics and a revamped news studio. Prior to its current incarnation, the text in the lower third of the screen and most of its graphics used the

Cebuano language Cebuano ( )Cebuano
on Merriam-Webster.com is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken i ...

. However, the text was switched to the English language several weeks before the launch of CNN Philippines. On February 15, 2016, ''Cebuano News'' and ''

'' reduced their timeslot from their half-hour running time to 15 minutes. On March 18, 2016, Menchu Macapagal anchored her final newscast on Cebuano News as she was relegated to a regular correspondent but remained anchor of Traffic Center on the afternoons (until her departure on the network on end of October 2016). She was replaced by her relief anchor Jun Tariman, doubling his duty as executive producer of the program. Macapagal, prior to her reassignment had been heavily criticized by viewers due to her notoriety as a former disc jockey.

Cancellation

Cebuano News was quietly axed by the network on March 31, 2017. The cancellation has been lengthily planned by the network partly due to the continuing revamps under

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and partly due to mounting viewer complaints of both Cebuano and

not limited to be carried by CNN PH's regional stations. A simulcast of

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's 1 AM EDT/12 MN EST slot with Cyril Vanier and Natalie Allen (Monday) and

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and

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(Tuesday to Friday) replaced both regional newscasts and the 1:30 pm current affairs filler slot on April 3, 2017.

Anchors

Final anchor

* Jun Tariman

Final reporters

* Dale G. Israel * Ben Tesiorna * Erwin Cabilbigan * Liza Jocson

Final substitute anchors

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'', ''CNN Philippines Newsroom ''CNN Philip ...

* Hillary Isaac

Former anchor

* Menchu Macapagal (2013–2016)

References

{{Reflist 2013 Philippine television series debuts 2017 Philippine television series endings CNN Philippines original programming