Isyu Ngayon

Isyu Ngayon
Isyu Ngayon Promotional Poster (2010)
Also known as	Isyu Karon (Cebu, Cagayan De Oro, Davao, and General Santos) Isyu Subong (Iloilo and Bacolod) Isyu Ngonian (Naga)
Genre	Newscast Live action Magazine Public affairs Documentary
Created by	GMA Regional TV
Developed by	GMA Regional News and Public Affairs
Presented by	Alfie Tulagan (Dagupan) Elmer Caseles (Naga) Fabienne Paderes (Iloilo) Enrico Surita Jr. (Iloilo) Gretchen Varela-Ochoa (Bacolod) Lou-Anne Mae Rondina (Cebu) Sylvia Aguhob (Cagayan de Oro) John Paul Seniel (Davao) Helen Quiñanola (Davao) Jennifer Solis (General Santos)
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Filipino (Dagupan) Cebuano (Cebu, Davao, Cagayan de Oro and General Santos) Bicolano (Naga) Hiligaynon (Iloilo and Bacolod)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Marissa L. Flores Luz Annalee O. Escudero-Catibog
Running time	60 minutes, weekly (Dagupan, Iloilo, Cebu and Davao) 30-45 minutes, daily (Naga, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro and General Santos)
Distributor	GMA News TV International
Release
Original network	GMA Network
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original release	October 30, 2010 (2010-10-30) – April 24, 2015 (2015-04-24)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Amianan Agenda (for GMA Dagupan) The Ilonggo Agenda (for GMA Iloilo) The Visayan Agenda (for GMA Cebu) The Mindanao Agenda (for GMA Davao) Ratsada (for GMA Bacolod)
Followed by	Let's Fiesta (2011-2015) (for GMA Dagupan, GMA Cebu, GMA Iloilo and GMA Davao) Baretang Bikol (2012-2014) (for GMA Bicol) Testigo Northern Mindanao (2013-2014) (for GMA Northern Mindanao) Isyu ug Istorya (2014-2015) (for GMA Northern Mindanao, GMA Davao and GMA General Santos) 24 Oras Western Visayas (2014-2015) (for GMA Bacolod) One Mindanao (2017) (for GMA General Santos) One Western Visayas (2018) (for GMA Bacolod)

The Isyu Ngayon series (Issues Today) were a brand of regional news magazine shows of different GMA Regional TV stations in the Philippines. They were weekly basis aired in Dagupan, Cebu, Iloilo and Davao every Saturday mornings; and followed by daily basis aired in Naga, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro and General Santos which were aired side by side with GMA's flagship national newscast 24 Oras. The Isyu Ngayon family of programs were not available in the Metro Manila market. Its editions in Naga, Iloilo, Bacolod and Davao were aired internationally via GMA News TV International.

Airing History

Isyu Ngayon premiered on October 30, 2010 as a Saturday morning news magazine program replacing the Agenda series of GMA Regional TV in Dagupan,^[1] Cebu,^[2][3] Iloilo and Davao, a special series of forums and documentaries for the 2010 national and local elections. The program well known of being patterned with Sunday morning talk shows in the United States tackling political issues and human interest stories and was the network's answer to Mag TV Na. It was also launched on November 22, 2010 as a daily news magazine program following the launch of regional news and public affairs teams on their satellite stations in Naga,^[4] Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro^[5] and General Santos^[6][7] as answer to the regional editions of TV Patrol in these areas.

However, its editions in Dagupan, Cebu, Iloilo and General Santos were cancelled during the last quarter of 2011 to first quarter of 2012 despite garnering good ratings, the three weekly editions were replaced by a travel show Let's Fiesta aired every Sunday while the operations of General Santos station was later on absorbed by the Davao station with Flash Bulletin as its solely produced program. Despite the cancellation of four editions, Isyu Ngayon remained in some areas.^{[8][9][10][11]}

With the plans of GMA to extend their Serbisyong Totoo and because of the outgrowing performance in the provinces, it led for two Isyu Ngayon to transform into live newscasts. On September 14, 2012, the Naga edition successfully ended following the launch of GMA Bicol originating station and was replaced by its flagship regional newscast Baretang Bikol, which later on became 24 Oras Bikol.^[12] Then it was followed on February 4, 2013 when the Cagayan de Oro edition was replaced by Testigo Northern Mindanao, which later on became 24 Oras Northern Mindanao following the launch of the GMA Northern Mindanao originating station.

On October 13, 2012, Isyu Mindanao was launched as a consolidation for Northern Mindanao, Davao and General Santos editions.^[13] Eventually it was replaced by Isyu ug Istorya on July 19, 2014.

The Bacolod edition, which was the only daily edition using the Isyu Ngayon brand, was aired side by side with Ratsada of GMA Iloilo^[14] and later stopped, this edition became the flagship news and public affairs program of GMA Bacolod. Unlike other GMA regional newscasts which were aired live from their respective studios, the program was taped on location except for covering local events when they were being broadcast live. The edition however, was not included to the news programs of the network rebranded to 24 Oras. However, the program's episode for April 24, 2015 turned out to be their last episode after the network decided to strategically streamline its regional operations which led to the termination of some employees and talents and cancellation of other morning and afternoon programs as well as closing down other regional news departments in Ilocos, Bicol and Northern Mindanao on the same day, followed by Iloilo news department on November.^[15][16][17]

Segments

• Nangungunang Isyu - Story on the biggest ongoing event in the region with interviews with the biggest newsmaker in the locality.
• Developing Story - Features an ongoing topic that impacts the majority, for instance issue of livelihood, the environment, politics, and the economy.
• Sari Sari - Features on pasyal, food, handicrafts, travel, and significant social events in the community.
• In na In - Features on technological breakthroughs, trends, and fashion.
• Anong Isyu Mo? - Man on the street interviews on different prevailing topics such as price hikes, use of contraceptives, service activities and the like.

List of Isyu Ngayon Editions (final composition)

Isyu Ngayon Areas

Note: Isyu Mindanao, the successor of the three Isyu Ngayon Mindanao editions, was produced by GMA Davao.

References