| “ | Sa ngalan ng bayan, sa ilalim ng nag-iisa nating... Bandila. | ” | |
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Bandila is a late-night newscast of ABS-CBN. It premiered on July 3, 2006 with Korina Sanchez, Henry Omaga-Diaz, and Ces Oreña-Drilon as its original anchors. In 2010, Julius Babao and Karen Davila became anchors. In 2020, the newscast was suspended due to the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, when a curfew was imposed that limited the news gathering capabilities of the network and was later cancelled due to the shutdown of ABS-CBN.
History[]
Bandila debuted on July 3, 2006 replacing ABS-CBN Insider, with Korina Sanchez, Henry Omaga-Diaz and Ces Oreña-Drilon as its original anchors.
On May 8, 2009, Sanchez took an indefinite leave and eventually left the newscast for good, leaving Omaga-Diaz and Oreña-Drilon as the anchors.
On November 3, 2010, ABS-CBN announced the appointment of outgoing TV Patrol anchors Julius Babao and Karen Davila to Bandila, replacing Omaga-Diaz after Noli de Castro and Korina Sanchez re-joined Ted Failon on the said primetime newscast. Their arrival to the late-night newscast was scheduled for November 8, but it was postponed when Babao was on vacation. The changes finally took effect on November 22.
On April 25, 2011, Bandila launched its official webpage as its additional online citizen journalism site.
On October 3, 2011, Bandila moved to an earlier timeslot with the addition of Boy Abunda as one of the anchors, upon which it focuses on entertainment, hosting the segment Ikaw Na!, where Abunda interviews showbiz personalities. Abunda left the newscast on February 7, 2014, to host Aquino & Abunda Tonight, a new nightly talk show with Kris Aquino that would air right before Bandila.
On April 17, 2017, Bandila returned to DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo after six years. Unlike the previous iteration which was a slightly delayed simulcast of the show that aired on the main ABS-CBN network, Bandila had a separate and standalone edition for DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 and DZMM TeleRadyo and aired at 10:00 PM. The DZMM version ended again on May 20, 2019.
On December 21, 2017, Oreña-Drilon announced that she would be leaving Bandila to focus on her new position in the network as "lifestyle content head".
On April 2, 2018, Bandila (along with the other news programs of ABS-CBN) finally switched to high definition (1080i, 16:9 HDTV) format.
Cancellation[]
On March 17, 2020, Bandila's production was suspended due to the enhanced community quarantine implemented to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, with a curfew imposed from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM being the main reason for it's airing being halted, which limited the news gathering capabilities of the country's networks. Its timeslot was temporarily replaced by the replays of TV Patrol. Furthermore, with the network shutting down operations due to the expiration of its legislative franchise and in compliance with the NTC's cease and desist order, the newscast was eventually cancelled.
Instead, ABS-CBN's former and ANC's current English late-night newscast, The World Tonight, was aired on the network's replacement channel, Kapamilya Channel on July 27, 2020, marking its return to the original network for last 21 years. A2Z, the ad interim replacement for ABS-CBN Channel 2, launched Balitang A2Z as its replacement for the late-night news program on July 26, 2021.
Anchors[]
- Korina Sanchez (2006-2009)
- Henry Omaga-Diaz (2006-2010)
- Ces Oreña-Drilon (2006-2017)
- Julius Babao (2010-2020)
- Karen Davila (2010-2020)
- Segment anchors
- Boy Abunda (2011-2014; Ikaw Na!)
- Tony Velasquez (2014-2016; Tatak Noypi)
Trivia[]
- The newscast was spoofed in Goin' Bulilit in 2008 under the title "Mantika" and later in Banana Nite from 2013 to 2014 under the title "Kandila".
- Its tagline, "Sa ngalan ng bayan, sa ilalim ng nag-iisa nating... Bandila" was parodied in Banana Nite's "Kandila" as "Ipaparating sa inyo, sa ilalim ng ilaw na nag-iisa nating... Kandila".
- The newscast's segment Ikaw Na! is also spoofed as "Ihaw Na!", with Jayson Gainza reprising his role as Tito Bhoy from "NNNN: Ntertainment News Na Naman" (itself a spoof of SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon).
