Ulat Bayan
Ulat Bayan (transl. Report (to the) nation) is the flagship national primetime newscast of PTV, Originally anchored by Aljo Bendijo and Catherine Vital, it premiered on July 10, 2017, replacing PTV News and was replaced by the weekday edition of PTV News. The newscasts will be back on September 7, 2020, replacing the weekday edition of PTV News. The newscast airs from Monday to Sunday from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM and is streamed live on the network's Facebook and YouTube pages. It is also heard on Radyo Pilipinas 738. The weekday newscasts is now anchored by Audrey Gorriceta, Diane Querrer and Maan Macapagal currently serve as the anchors. The weekend editions, meanwhile, are anchored by PTV News Tonight anchor Joee Guilas and Rise and Shine Pilipinas host Chi Atienza-Valdepeñas every Saturday, and it is anchored by various PTV correspondents every Sunday.
| Ulat Bayan | |
|---|---|
 Title card since 2020 | |
| Genre | Newscast Live television |
| Created by | PTV News |
| Directed by | John Cruz Boy Osoyos |
| Presented by | Weeknight anchors Audrey Gorriceta Diane Querrer Maan Macapagal Saturday anchors Joee Guilas Chi Atienza-Valdepeñas Sunday anchors Various contributors |
| Narrated by | Erwin Tulfo (2020–2021) Audrey Gorriceta (2022–present) Aljo Bendijo (2021–2022) |
| Opening theme | "Headlight News" by 2B Studio [1] |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Filipino |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Kiko Cueto (Weeknights) KC Santos Juan (Weeknights) Dionisio Torres (Weekends) Juliet Caranguian (Weekends) |
| Producers | Maria Angela 'Chit' Gatan (OIC, News and Public Affairs Division) |
| Production locations | PTV 4 Studio A, Quezon City (2017–2020) PTV 4 Studio B, Quezon City (2020–present) |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 60 minutes (weekdays) 60 minutes (weekends) |
| Release | |
| Original network | People's Television Network |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | July 10, 2017 – present |
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History
Ulat Bayan started airing as a daily primetime newscast on July 10, 2017, replacing PTV News, as part of programming changes brought about by the relaunch of PTV on June 28, 2017. PTV News holdover Aljo Bendijo and Catherine Vital (from the late-night edition) first served as anchors. Roughly after two months, the weekday edition was axed and reverted to PTV News, with anchoring changes also made in the chair. Tulfo and Querrer began anchoring the relaunched PTV News, while Ulat Bayan became a weekend newscast which aired on Saturdays and Sundays from 6:00 to 7:00 PM PST and with the Sunday edition being replayed every Monday from 6:00 to 7:00 AM PST. It was also simulcasted on government radio network Radyo Pilipinas.
Before its 2022 relaunch, the program it was anchored by a rotation of weekend anchors which included Guilas, Atienza-Valdepeñas, Rocky Ignacio, Ralph Obina (now with GMA's DZBB), Joseph Parafina, Marita Moaje, Juliet Caranguian, and a rotation of PTV News' Senior Correspondents. This competed the newscast against other networks such as ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Channel TV Patrol Weekend, GMA and GTV's 24 Oras Weekend and Net 25's Mata Ng Agila Weekend.
It was slated to air again on weekday evenings beginning August 12, 2020, but was put on hold after COVID-19 infections in the People's Television Network, as well as disinfection procedures. This delayed the relaunch to almost a month, with the new Ulat Bayan plugs teasing Tulfo's return airing before September 7.
On its debut episode, Ulat Bayan, alongside new morning show Rise and Shine Pilipinas, afternoon newscast Sentro Balita with PTV Balita Ngayon and late-night news program PTV News Tonight, transferred to a revamped Studio B, while updating its graphics, theme music, and title card, leaving PTV Studio A for use of the network's other programs including its public service program, Public Briefing: #LagingHandaPH and Digong 8888 Hotline. In addition, it adopted a new presenter format of four main presenters (as opposed to one or two to three presenters on other networks' news broadcasts), mirroring competitor TV Patrol on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Channel which adopted the four-presenter format in its broadcasts from 1987 to 1996 and again on January 9, 2023.
On April 5, 2021, Aljo Bendijo who left the show. leaving Erwin Tulfo, Diane Querrer and Alex Santos serves as main anchors.
From May 21 to July 16, 2021, Tulfo was on self-quarantine, To given this Sentro Balita anchor Gani Oro serves as the Weeknight Co-Anchor along with Querrer & Santos, due to the reimposed enhanced community quarantine caused by the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Greater Manila Area as well as a full bed capacity in different Hospitals that started in March 2021. Tulfo returned anchor to the Studio on July 19, 2021. Bendijo also returned to Ulat Bayan beginning October 29, 2021 as rejoins also Tulfo, Querrer and Santos.
Santos, Bendijo and Tulfo's departure
On December 22, 2021, Alex Santos who left also the newscast as he moves to Net 25 as host for Responde, and anchoring for Mata ng Agila. He was replaced by Audrey Gorriceta. as he rejoins also Querrer. In the same month, Laterly, Aljo Bendijo moved to where he as host for Public Briefing: #LagingHandaPH and anchoring for Sentro Balita, Erwin Tulfo bid farewell to the newscast to concentrate on campaigning for ACT-CIS Partylist where he is the chairman and his brother Raffy who ran for senator at the 2022 elections. Maan Macapagal and Gani Oro served as Tulfo's replacement since March 21, 2022.
Anchors
Weekday anchors
- Audrey Gorriceta ( 2022–present)
- Diane Querrer (2020–present)
- Maan Macapagal (2022–present)
Weekend anchors
- Joee Guilas (Saturday anchor, 2020–present)
- Chi Atienza-Valdepeñas (Saturday anchor, 2022–present)
- Allan Francisco (Sunday anchor, 2020–present)
- Daniel Manalastas (Sunday anchor, 2020–present)
- Kenneth Paciente (Sunday anchor, 2020–present)
- Mela Lesmoras (Sunday anchor, 2020–present)
Former anchors
- Catherine Vital (2017)
- Alex Santos (2020–2021, moved to Net 25)
- Aljo Bendijo (2017, 2020–2022, moved to Sentro Balita)
- Erwin Tulfo (2020–2021, now with DSWD Secretary)
- Rocky Ignacio (Saturday anchor, 2017–2022)
- Ralph Obina (Saturday anchor, 2017–2019)
- Joseph Parafina (Sunday anchor, 2017–2019)
- Marita Moaje (Sunday anchor, 2017–2019)
- Eunice Samonte (Sunday anchor, 2017–2022 now PPA Spokesperson)
- Caesar Soriano (Saturday and Sunday anchor, 2019)
- Sweeden Velado-Ramirez (Sunday anchor, 2018, 2020–2022)
- Gani Oro (2022)
Former segment anchors
- Ice Martinez-Pajarillo (PTV InfoWeather Weekend)
- Trixie Jaafar-Tiu (PTV InfoWeather Weekend)
- Arrian Jeff Ignacio (Traffic Watch)
- Greco Belgica (Pahirap Ang Korap: PACC in Action: 2021)
Segments
- Current
Weeknights
- PTV Exclusive (since 2020)
- Ulat Serye (since 2020)
- Police Report (since 2017)
- Metro Express (since 2020)
- Salot na Droga (since 2020)
- PTV InfoWeather (since 2017)
- Pasada Probinsya (since 2020)
- Ulat Abroad (since 2017)
- Balitang ASEAN (since 2017)
- PTV Sports (since 2017)
- Ulat Showbiz (since 2022)
- Patok sa Bayan (formerly Good News 2020–2022) (since 2020)
- Trip Ko 'To (since 2022)
Weekends
- Police Report (since 2022)
- Ulat Negosyo (since 2017)
- Salot na Droga (since 2018)
- PTV InfoWeather (since 2017)
- Ulat Abroad (since 2017)
- CSC in Action – hosted by Karlo Nograles. (since 2023)
- Pasada Probinsya (since 2020)
- Balitang ASEAN (since 2017)
- PTV Sports (since 2017)
- Patok sa Bayan (formerly Good News 2020–2022) (since 2020)
- Former
Weeknights
- Government at Work (2020–2022)
- Trending Balita (2020–2021)
Weekends
- Batas at Katarungan (2020–2022)
- Serbisyo OFW (2020–2021)