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| Aksyon | |
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 The primetime edition titlecard from August 14, 2017 to March 16, 2020 | |
| Genre | News broadcasting Public service |
| Created by | TV5 Network, Inc. (then ABC Development Corporation) |
| Directed by | Dodge Dillague (2010–11) Benedict Carlos (2011–20) |
| Presented by | Luchi Cruz-Valdes Ed Lingao |
| Narrated by | Paolo Bediones (2010–11) Erwin Tulfo (2011–17) Ed Lingao (2018–20) |
| Theme music composer | Jimmy Antiporda & Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo |
| Opening theme | "Aksyon" (2017 arrangement) |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Tagalog |
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| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 30 minutes (2010, 2012–13) 45 minutes (2010–11) (2011–12, 2013–14) 60 minutes (2011, 2014–17) 90 minutes (2017–20) |
| Production company | News5 |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV5 |
| Release | April 5, 2010 (2010-04-05) – March 16, 2020 (2020-03-16) |
Aksyon (transl. Action) is aPhilippine television news broadcasting show that aired onTV5. Originally anchored byPaolo Bediones,Erwin Tulfo andCheryl Cosim, it premiered on April 5, 2010, on the network's evening line up replacingTEN: The Evening News. The show concluded on March 16, 2020.Luchi Cruz-Valdes and Ed Lingao served as the final anchors. It was replaced byFrontline Pilipinas in its timeslot.
The name of the newscast is based on News5's slogan "Higit sa Balita, Aksyon!", (trans."Beyond the news, Action!").
Aksyon premiered on April 5, 2010, at 9:00 PM withPaolo Bediones andCheryl Cosim as its first anchors. The news program used a touch-screen television called"Aksyon Board". It is the first local newscast to report via Live-Pack in contrast to theOB Vans used by its competitors. There is also a round-up news update calledAksyon Ngayon.
On October 25, 2010,Erwin Tulfo of the police-report-and-public-service-segmentAksyon Metro joined the newscast and their time slot was moved to 6:00 PM, then 5:45 PM, and then 5:30 PM serving as a former lead-in to the network's former variety showsWilling Willie/Wil Time Bigtime. On that same day, the newscast also introduced a newaugmented virtuality set and OBB. On November 8, 2010, the newscast began its simulcast on the then-newly launchedRadyo5 92.3 News FM (now105.9 True FM).
On February 18, 2011,Paolo Bediones left the newscast forAksyon JournalisMO, leaving Tulfo and Cosim as the main anchors, with Shawn Yao (showbiz and weather) and Makata Tawanan (Makata's Super Bidyo) as segment anchors. The newscast was also given new weekday graphics and new virtual background while starting its simulcast onAksyonTV on February 21, 2011.
On June 6, 2011, the newscast added a news desk while updating their graphics and title card. "Makata's Super Bidyo," a video features segment, was reformatted with its new name "Makatang Gala" (The Stray Poet), where Makata Tawanan goes on streets to bring information to its viewers. By July 25, 2011,Lourd de Veyra joined the newscast, hosting his weather-and-trivia-segment "Weather or Not", which includes relevant and historical bites after de Veyra presents the weather.
On February 6, 2012, Aksyon divided into two parts, Metro Aksyon focused on police reports around Metro Manila, andJun Sabayton hosted "Anong Problema Mo", while remaining 30 minutes is the national and other news. It then became an emergency protocol when its former lead-in public service program,T3: Kapatid, Sagot Kita, of the Tulfo brothers was given a long-term suspension by theMovie and Television Review and Classification Board following numerous controversies that hounded the show. By February 20, 2012, Aksyon modified its newsdesk and updating its graphics and title card.
On January 7, 2013, Aksyon reexpand its time to 45 minutes, from 6:00 PM to 6:45 PM. It then launched a new segment entitledHappy News, a segment that focuses on light-hearted topics (e.g., travel, food, festivals, etc.) that reflects the Filipino's happy spirit. It has become the newscast's closing segment since its launch.
In June 2013, whenSports5 did not renew a blocktime agreement withIBC to air theAKTV sports block due to high blocktime costs and low ratings, the newscast's simulcast onAksyonTV was limited to give way for the primetime sports programming on AksyonTV.
On October 14, 2013, along with the launch of News5's primetime blockKBO: Karunungan, Balita, Opinyon, Aksyon updated its newsdesk, graphics and title card. later, Aksyon became a 1-hour newscast from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
On December 23, 2013, Aksyon, along with otherNews5 programs, transferred from its former TV5 Studio Complex in Novaliches, Quezon City to a largerTV5 Media Center in Reliance,Mandaluyong.[1]
In March 2014, the newscast has two new segments. Caught in Aksyon focuses on issues – accidents, violation, and wrongful activities caught on CCTV Cameras.Makatarugan Ba? is about the issues that one or more individuals has a violations in a law, as explained by Atty. Mel Sta. Maria.
On July 21, 2014, "Aksyon" expanded its newscast by revamping four separate newscasts:Aksyon sa Umaga (replacingGood Morning Club),Aksyon sa Tanghali (replacingBalitaang Tapat) back-to-back withT3 :Enforced (after moving to noontime slot), the reformatted flagshipAksyon Prime, andAksyon Tonite (replacing Pilipinas News due to man-polling of its anchors like Cherie Mercado and Jove Francisco).
On October 21, 2014,Aksyon Prime cut its runtime to 45 minutes wheneverPBAgames are at hand on weeknights.Reaksyon once again had a separate program afterAksyon Tonite.
In June 2015, allAksyon newscasts updated their graphic packages in full16:9 presentation, which is currently used by major television networks in the U.S., Australia, most of Europe and other countries. The studio set was also renovated and expanded to accommodate an LED screen at the back of the studio with a desk for the anchor. This also the first time thatAksyon sa Umaga doesn't have a separate studio set.
On July 20, 2015, allAksyon newscasts rescaled their graphics to allow TV5 to fit the newscast to the conventional4:3 broadcast format. However, the letterboxing output shall remain to be used for some circumstances (such as events likePresident Noynoy Aquino's 2015 State of the Nation Address where the originating source only applies to 16:9 widescreen TVs).
After Shawn Yao's controversy on one of her live reports on TV and before anchoring a program on Bloomberg TV Philippines (and laterOne News), she left her segment inAksyon and replaced permanently by MJ Marfori.
On January 18, 2016, Tulfo replaced Lourd de Veyra as one of the anchors/hosts ofAksyon sa Umaga. Erwin and Martin's tandem in early morning television show made a return afterGood Morning Sir; their radio programPunto Asintado became a segment again inAksyon sa Umaga. Erwin Tulfo is still one of the anchors ofAksyon Prime.
On February 15, 2016,Aksyon sa Tanghali introducedBalitaserye, a five-minute crime investigation segments, anchored by Gary de Leon.
On April 18, 2016, Cheryl Cosim and TV5's resident legal analyst Atty. Mel Sta. Maria replaced Martin Andanar and Erwin Tulfo as anchors/hosts ofAksyon sa Umaga. This is Cheryl Cosim's return as a morning anchor/host afterGood Morning Club, though she still anchoredAksyon Tonite at that time. This is also Atty. Mel Sta. Maria's first time to become a main anchor of a television newscast. Public service format was added on his arrival. Before this, he already became part of a segment in some newscasts of News5 where he gave similar advice to that which he gave on his radio programRelasyon.
In April 2016, after many years of anchoring various newscasts, this is the first time that Martin Andanar doesn't have any television-produced programs except the continuous rerun ofCrime Klasik and as host ofPunto Asintado from Radyo5. He then focused on his radio and podcast career, while continuing his job as the official voice over of all News5 platforms: Radyo5, AksyonTV (exceptSports5 programs), N5E, and News5 programs on TV5. But in June 2016, it was revealed that Andanar was appointed as the new head ofPCOO (Presidential Communication Operations Office) under theDuterte administration, which supervises the government's media infrastructure.
In May 2016, after theBilang Pilipino 2016 election coverage, all Aksyon newscasts continued to utilize the new studio with a large LED. UnlikeABS-CBN News, andGMA News who came back in their respective newscast studios after the coverage, News5 considered the Election studio as their new studio for all of its editions. However, 4:3 graphics, title cards, and OBB didn't change. There was also a time thatSports5 used the studio for the announcement of theGilas Pilipinas line-up prior to theFIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in July (with the Philippines as one of the host countries).
On July 15, 2016,Cherie Mercado left the newscast after six years with TV5 (fromAksyon Weekend,Aksyon JournalisMO,Pilipinas News, toAksyon sa Tanghali), after she was appointed as the Press Officer and spokesperson to the newly createdDepartment of Transportation.[2] She, went to a private life with her family after resigning from her post in May the following year.[3] In 2018, she was hired byCNN Philippines (a local franchise of CNN which, ironically, became TV5's former partner in sharing international news content via AksyonTV's defunctCNN Konek, currently asRPTV) to anchor the late evening edition ofNewsroom, replacing Mitzi Borromeo who'll leave the channel to pursue an advance degree in college.[4]
Following her departure,Aksyon was downgraded to single-presenter format by August 1. Cheryl Cosim retained her role to the morning newscast, but she left her co-presenter ofAksyon Tonite Ed Lingao who went solo for a week until Roices Naguit took over Cosim's vacated anchor's chair on the Late Night Edition in the height of the network's coverage to the2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than two months later, on October 17, the edition's segment anchorLia Cruz and former Aksyon sa Tanghali segment anchor Marga Vargas are named as new rotating co-anchors to Lingao.[5] The primetime edition however, was spared from these changes and continued to be co-anchored by Valdez and Tulfo during the time.[6]
On December 19, 2016, the newscast's graphic package gained rounded edges (in exception in the flipper) with orange as the standard color. It was initially used in the morning and early evening editions before implementing on the rest of the newscast. The color is now similar with theirCignal business channel Bloomberg TV Philippines.
On January 9, 2017,Aksyon Prime extended its runtime every Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays to 75 minutes, withAksyon sa Tanghali extending its runtime to a full hour seven days before the main edition. However,Aksyon Prime was scaled back to 60 minutes by February 23.
On March 31, 2017, Erwin Tulfo and News5 reached an agreement for the former to leaveAksyon Prime.[7][8] replaced by Ed Lingao, on April 3, 2017, JoiningLuchi Cruz-Valdes
Series of possible budget cuts forcedAksyon sa Umaga to reduce its airing time to 75 minutes from June 5; followed by Aksyon Prime on July 3, when it shortened its airing time to its original 45 minutes. As a compromise for the latter, however, News5 offered a separate online streaming on News5 Everywhere and News5's Facebook Live, where it can continue to run beyond its television broadcast. The said extension was discontinued months later.
New soundtrack, openers, title cards and transition graphics (except Aksyon sa Umaga) were refreshed across all editions by August 14, 2017, replacing its 2014 version. The morning edition also replaced the AksyonTV theme with the newAksyon soundtrack.
On September 4, 2017,Aksyon sa Umaga reduced its airtime from 75 minutes to 60 minutes to give way to some programming changes within the network.
On October 12, 2017, TV5 announced its partnership agreement between the network and U.S.-based sports television networkESPN, who returned to Philippine television after a 5-year long hiatus. Thus the former Sports5 rebranded as ESPN5 a day after, during the coverage of Game 1 of the2017 PBA Governor's Cup Finals between theBarangay Ginebra San Miguel and theMeralco Bolts.[9] The new sports deal showed drastic changes within News5 andAksyon:Aksyon sa Umaga was axed for good on November 3 to give way for the upcoming ESPN U.S.' primetime programming simulcast overnight.[10] This ended Cheryl Cosim's role as the main anchor of a News5 newscast after 7 years, although she continues radio duties at Radyo5 as well as filling-in for Cruz-Valdes on the primetime edition. WeekendAksyon News Alert bulletins were also axed as part of the sports division's expansion.[11] Also, since November 6, during daylight saving time,Aksyon sa Tanghali adjusted its timeslot to 12:30 PM, every Monday, Tuesday, & Friday (to accommodate live coverage of the USNational Football League) with a more public service focus along with reading the day's Main Headlines.Aksyon Tonite also cutback its airtime to 15 minutes by November 6. Presenter changes in the newscast also occurred, as Lia Cruz left the newscast three days earlier to join ESPN5's new on air talents, while Marga Vargas moved back toAksyon sa Tanghali a week after;[12] leaving Ed Lingao as the main solo presenter for the newscast.[13]
Weeks after these changes, News5 chief Luchi Cruz-Valdes made an indefinite absence onAksyon Prime. Ed Lingao and Cheryl Cosim temporarily replaced Luchi Cruz-Valdes in the newscast. Cosim served as the main anchor of the primetime edition from its inception In 2010 until 2014. While Lingao is on the primetime edition, News5 correspondent Maricel Halili took Lingao's post as sit-in anchor forAksyon Tonite.
On December 11, 2017, the newscast had a minor change on their studio set-up and a newsdesk, which was previously used by now-defunct News5 programReaksyon. The newscast also shares its set withSportsCenter Philippines of ESPN5 andThe Big Story of Bloomberg TV Philippines (before it was moved to newly launchedOne News studio as the newscast was relaunched in the news channel).Aksyon Tonite also moved its timeslot at 11:00 PM to also give way to the said sports newscast. The said edition also re-extended its broadcast by 15 minutes.
On January 10, 2018,Aksyon Prime reduced airtime by 15 minutes on a PBA game day. This is due to adjustment of the PBA broadcast schedule which starts at 4:30 PM, on Wednesdays and Fridays. The runtime remains the same for the non-PBA game days.
On March 21, 2018, the noontime and primetime edition began airing on weekday mornings at 5:00 AM as a replay telecast, serving as the morning timeslot formerly occupied byAksyon sa Umaga.
During the third week of April,Aksyon sa Tanghali was given a SPG (Strong Parental Guidance) rating by the MTRCB due to its public service segments profane nature. The rating also includes the news segments of the said edition.
On July 2, 2018, after her almost 7 months of absence,Aksyon Prime main anchor Luchi Cruz-Valdes returns in the newscast, joining Ed Lingao, who serves as one of the sit-in presenters while she was on her leave. Meanwhile, another sit-in anchor Cheryl Cosim made a comeback toAksyon Tonite as main anchor. Cosim permanently replaced Lingao, who also been her former co-anchor in the late-night edition.
On January 14, 2019, upon the rebranding ofAksyonTV to5 Plus, and laterOne Sports,Aksyon Prime's simulcast on the channel was axed to give way to the channel's repositioning as an all-sports channel. However, the audio simulcast on Radyo5 remains intact, with added TV presence on a standalone Cignal channel of the same name, which is also aired on selected UHF free TV stations run by the radio station's owner,Nation Broadcasting Corporation.
On February 11, 2019, Aksyon Tonite moved its timeslot at 10:30 PM, to give way for the special program as part of News5's coverage of the 2019 mid-term elections,Aplikante sa Senado.
On February 18, 2019, Aksyon Primetime began simulcasting onOne PH, a "Teleradyo" channel of Radyo5, on Cignal TV channel 6. Four days later, News5 announced that Aksyon Tonite will be replaced by a rebroadcast ofThe Big Story, the flagship newscast of 5's sister English news channelOne News starting March 4.
On July 15, 2019,Aksyon Prime began airing a replay once again at 6:15 AM every weekday morning. It serves as a replacement for the timeslot formerly occupied by Aksyon sa Umaga and theKids on 5 block. The replay once again ended after a month. It was replaced by a simulcast ofRadyo5'sMorning Calls.
On September 23, 2019,Aksyon Prime re-extends its broadcast to 60 minutes during non-PBA game days. In accordance with the changes,Aksyon airs at 6:00 PM every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Its PBA game day timeslot remains unchanged. These changes were brought about by TV5's expansion of its news content through programs from sister stationOne PH; like its newscast serviceOne Balita and late night talk showWag Po!. Weeks prior to the change, Aksyon Prime had already reintroduced their online-only extension onNews5 Always On.
In November 2019,Aksyon sa Tanghali andAksyon Prime brought the2019 Southeast Asian Games telecast in their respective newscast.
On March 16, 2020, a day before theEnhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon due to theCOVID-19 pandemic,Aksyon sa Tanghali andAksyon Prime aired their final newscasts. They were later replaced byOne News Now as for TV5's Provisional Programming.
On March 8, 2025, all editions ofAksyon's successorFrontline Pilipinas (which launched on October 5, 2020, except forNews5 Alerts until June 8, 2025) used the former's theme soundtrack from 2010 to 2017 and theme composed by Jimmy Antiporda and Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo throughout their broadcasts for unknown reason. The same thing also applies toPasada Balita segment ofGud Morning Kapatid as of March 10.
The primetime edition is promoted to air at 6:30 PM on weeknights, with some exceptions. In almost every PBA game day, the newscast would start at or after 6:30 PM on 5 to allow the afternoon PBA game to end with the final score of the match. Start time is also subjected to change outside PBA games, only if necessary.
Aksyon sa Tanghali, an afternoon edition ofAksyon, aired onTV5 from July 21, 2014 to March 16, 2020, replacingBalitaang Tapat and was replaced byFrontline Express. The one-hour midday edition of the newscast is aired Weekdays from 12:30 to 1:30 pm, and is presented byRaffy Tulfo (who also hosts hisIpa-Raffy Tulfo Mo segment (formerly called asItimbre Mo Kay Tulfo), a spin off fromWanted sa Radyo) with Marga Vargas presenting news segmentBalita 1.2.3. This edition always changes the schedule since the launch, due to blocktime programming or competing with other noontime newscasts. In 2018, it holds the reputation of being the only SPG-rated newscast in the country due to its public service format which they are featuring some sensitive complaints, and profanity which cannot be censored in a live program. During Daylight time changes from November–December, in order to accommodate NFL games, the show airs at 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm instead.
On November 6, 2017, this edition has largely abandoned its newscast format and adopted a public service format, which occasionally serves as extension of Wanted sa Radyo. However, in occasions that Tulfo is absent, Aksyon sa Tanghali reverts to its original newscast format, anchored by rotating News5 correspondents.
On September 10, 2018, a new title card was released for the noontime edition presenting the public service and news.
Aside fromIpa-Raffy Tulfo Mo segment, two additional segments have been included in the newscast. The first segment, namedOFW Alert, is a public service for Overseas Filipino Workers or OFW, and the second segment, namedRaffy Tulfo in Aksyon, is a public service through social media, and is about uploaded videos that show unexpected events or wrongful activities happening in the community or on the road.
Tulfo is the only news presenter with the most segments in a newscast. In his three segments, it focuses on public service for Walk-In Complainants, Overseas Filipino Workers, and Uploaded Videos in Social Media that shows wrongful activities in the community.
The Main presenter sitting comfortably in a news desk in the studio. Respondents and interviewees are video taped while they are on the discussion with him. A straight forward, hard hitting line of questioning is present throughout all the segments. The segments regularly emphasizes no nonsense approach and interrogation, sometimes laced with profanity.
Despite each cases is taking several minutes of discussion, it still remains a newscast by delivering and reading some national, community, and weather news of the day in the segment calledBalita 1.2.3. presented by Marga Vargas.
Aside from reporting onAksyon, the following correspondents occasionally file reports forRadyo5 92.3 News FM as well asCignal TV's satellite TV news channelsOne News andOne PH.
Note
1 Absorbed from News5 Davao/Aksyon Dabaw
2 Full-time correspondent forOne News
3 Also a correspondent forOne Sports'sSportsCenter Philippines
Aksyon also had three regional versions:Aksyon Bisaya, a late afternoon regional newscast aired onTV5 Cebu, launched on July 18, 2011, following the station's launch in Cebu;,[14]Aksyon Leyte launched on 2010 later becameBalita ha Singko aired on TV5 Tacloban hosted by Bob Abellanosa[15] andAksyon Dabaw, which was launched on May 5, 2014, on TV5 Davao.[16] These were the only regional editions that TV5 managed to produce, since they did not have a regional newscast for years in the network's history.
However, On September 8, 2016, the two regional newscasts were cancelled due to cost-cutting measures by the network to sustain the day-by-day operations of these regional stations. Although the newscast was ended, the reporters and cameramen were remaining employed and they will continue to give reports for all national Aksyon newscasts and for Radyo5.[17]
Although it didn't consolidate with Aksyon,Golden Broadcast ProfessionalsDXGB-11 Zamboanga, a TV5 affiliate, adopted the soundtrack of the newscast for the station's flagshipDateline Zamboanga which its only the 2014 version.
Aksyon has hourly update spin-offs on television and radio.
Formerly known asAksyon Ngayon andAksyon News Alert, the news bulletin ofTV5 airs every morning and afternoon on weekdays (formerly aired every weekends), delivering the top stories of the hour. it aired from April 5, 2010 to March 15, 2020, replaced byOne News Now (from March 16, 2020 to October 4, 2020) andNews5 Alerts (from October 5, 2020 onwards).
Aksyon JournalisMO, roughly translated as "Action: Your Journalism" (JournalisMO is a portmanteau of journalismo and mo, Filipino words meaning journalism and your, respectively), was the flagship late night news program broadcast by TV5. Originally anchored by Martin Andanar, Cherie Mercado, and Jove Francisco, it aired on TV5 from October 25, 2010 to February 17, 2012, replacingTEN: The Evening News and was replaced byPilipinas News. Simulcast on AksyonTV and on the radio through Radyo 92.3 News FM in Mega Manila, the program is broadcast Monday to Friday from 10:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. (PST). The newscast is based on News5's Facebook fan page JournalisMO. In JournalisMO, citizens can express their opinions on the different issues of the country. Paolo Bediones, Mercado and Francisco served as the final anchors.
Aksyon's weekend edition, then calledAksyon Weekend, premiered on April 10, 2010 at 5:00 pm, co-anchoring the weekend edition wereCherie Mercado,Jove Francisco andMartin Andanar, all final anchors of Aksyon's predecessor,TEN: The Evening News. Mercado, pregnant when the weekend edition first aired, when she got gave birth to her child, she was replaced by Amelyn Veloso, Naomi Dayrit, and then Maricel Halili, when she was the permanent replacement for Mercado. The weekend edition, along withTutok Tulfo was moved to late nights in October 30, 2010 to make way for the pilot episodes ofWilling Willie. Being absent on his last five weeks, Andanar was pulled out of the newscast to anchor the late-night newscastAksyon JournalisMO in October 2010.
In October 2010, Andanar was replaced on Aksyon Weekend by his co-host on the weekday morning programSapul sa Singko, Atty. Mike Templo. He joined Halili and Francisco, who remained in the weekend newscast although he was also assigned to the late night newscast. The weekend edition was split intoAksyon Sabado andAksyon Linggo.
On August 5, 2012, Aksyon Sabado/Linggo made its final broadcast and was replaced byPilipinas News Weekend. from August 11, 2012 to July 13, 2014.
On January 26, 2013, the weekend edition returned on air. But this time, it is now being anchored byRaffy Tulfo andGrace Lee. And it is being aired on Saturdays only because of the weekend edition of Pilipinas News which is aired every Saturday and Sunday around midnight, with Aksyon being aired on Sundays as Aksyon Alert only. Tulfo has a new segment called "Itimbre Mo, Tol". The final episode of Aksyon Weekend aired on July 12, 2014, and was replaced byFrontline Pilipinas Weekend. with Raffy Tulfo moving to Aksyon sa Tanghali and Grace Lee being assigned to Aksyon sa Umaga starting July 21, 2014.
The following week,Aksyon Alert extended their broadcast to weekends with the bulletin airing every top of the hour in the morning and a number of times in the afternoon and the evening. Later on, it was expanded and now airs every 30 minutes in the morning starting 9:00 am, and still a number of times in the afternoon and the evening, before it was stopped airing on November 4, 2017, but still continues on weekdays.
Aksyon sa Umaga, a morning edition ofAksyon, aired onTV5 from July 21, 2014 to November 3, 2017, replacingGood Morning Club and was replaced byFrontline sa Umaga. The news broadcasting in its last iteration from 5:00 to 6:00 am, PST on TV5 with simulcast on AksyonTV and Radyo5 92.3 News FM. This was the only edition that has frequently changing its presenters due to several commitments. It was the first edition that was axed on November 3, 2017, due to ESPN5's upcoming expansion.
Aksyon Tonite, an late-night edition ofAksyon, aired onTV5 from July 21, 2014 to March 1, 2019, replacingPilipinas News and was replaced byFrontline Tonight. The news broadcasting from 10:30 to 10:45 pm, on Weeknights, presented byCheryl Cosim. The late-night edition recaps the top stories of the day. This edition show concluded on March 1, 2019, to give way for the telecast of the English newscastThe Big Story on March 4. Cosim will later return on late-night newscast through 5's delayed telecast ofOne Balita Pilipinas, which replaces The Big Story's timeslot on September 23.