GMA Balita

GMA Balita (transl. GMA news) is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA Network. Originally anchored by Mike Lacanilao and Helen Vela, it premiered on May 19, 1986. In 1995, it was moved to weekday mornings and reformatted as a morning news show. Lacanilao, Veronica Baluyot, Lyn Ching, Alex Tinsay and Arnold Clavio served as the final anchors. The newscast concluded on April 8, 1998.

GMA Balita
Title card from 1986 to 1988
Genre	News broadcasting
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Tagalog
Production
Running time	30–60 minutes
Production company	GMA News and Public Affairs
Original release
Network	GMA Network
Release	May 19, 1986 (1986-05-19) – April 8, 1998 (1998-04-08)

Anchors

• Mike Lacanilao (1986–98)
• Helen Vela (1986–92)
• Rene Jose (1988–89)^[1]
• Bobby Guanzon (1989–95)
• Veronica Baluyut-Jimenez (1989–92 as substitute anchor for Vela, 1992–98 as anchor)
• Karen Davila (substitute anchor of Vela and Baluyut-Jimenez, 1994–95)
• Amado Pineda (weatherman, 1986–96)
• Lyn Ching-Pascual (showbiz and lifestyle anchor, 1994–98)
• Alex Tinsay (1995–98)
• Arnold Clavio (1995–98)
• Rey Pacheco (weatherman, 1996–98)