''The Big Story'' is a primetime newscast currently broadcast on One News every weeknights at 7:30 PM ( PST). It also served as the '' de facto'' late-night newscast of TV5 from March to September 2019. It is anchored by

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, Shawn Yao and Pauline Verzosa.

History

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launches its first-ever primetime news program, ''The Big Story'', which was first aired on October 24, 2016, at 8:45 pm. It continued to run until the local Bloomberg channel relaunched as One News on May 28, 2018, and expanded its airtime, with an earlier timeslot at 8:00 pm. On March 4, 2019, the program began broadcasting on free TV via One News sister channel, TV5, replacing '' Aksyon Tonite'' as a late-night newscast and airs every weeknights at 10:00 PM, ( PST). It is the first English-language newscast of the network since '' Big News'' from 1962 to 2004 and '' Sentro'' from 2007 to 2008. However, it was replaced by the delayed telecast of ''

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'', produced by sister station

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beginning September 23, 2019, anchored by former '' Aksyon Tonite'' anchor

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. On February 1, 2021,

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served as the main presenter of the program. She was later joined by Regina Lay and Shawn Yao on April 10, 2023. In early-2025, Lay was replaced by former

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personality Pauline Verzosa. On February 23, 2025, Media Newser Philippines reported that Ces Oreña-Drilon would be joining The Big Story. Her role was officially confirmed after she signed a contract with News5, Cignal TV, and MediaQuest on February 26, 2025. She began anchoring the newscast on March 3, 2025.

Anchors

Main presenters

(2025-present) * Shawn Yao (2023–present) * Pauline Verzosa (2025–present)

Substitute presenters

* Rizza Diaz (2022–present) * Angela Lagunzad Castro (2023–present) * Maricel Halili (2021–present) * Jay Taruc (2021) * Jester "Jes" Delos Santos (2020)

Former anchors

* Roby Alampay (2018–23) *

(2021–25) * Regina Lay (2023–25)

References

External links

* (on TV5) {{DEFAULTSORT:Big Story 2016 Philippine television series debuts One News (TV channel) original programming TV5 (Philippine TV network) news shows Philippine English-language television shows Flagship evening news shows