GMA Balita

{{Short description|Philippine television news show}} {{One source|date=March 2026}} {{Use Philippine English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox television | image = GMA Balita title card.jpg | alt = An image of the Earth's map. The show title is displayed on the upper side of the image. The logo of GMA Network is displayed on the upper right side of the image. The text "parental guidance" is displayed on the lower right side of the image. | caption = Title card from 1986 to 1988 | genre = News broadcasting | language = Tagalog | country = Philippines | runtime = 30–60 minutes | company = GMA News and Public Affairs | network = GMA Network | first_aired = {{Start date|1986|5|19}} | last_aired = {{End date|1998|4|8}} }}

'''''GMA'' {{Lang|tl|Balita}}''' ({{Translation|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.

==Anchors== {{Div col}} * Mike Lacanilao {{Small|(1986–98)}} * Helen Vela {{Small|(1986–92)}} * Rene Jose {{Small|(1988–89)}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19881014&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=''TV Patrol''{{'}}s blood and gore |author=Mendoza, Meg |date=October 14, 1988 |newspaper=Manila Standard |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Manila Standard News, Inc. |page=15}}</ref> * Bobby Guanzon {{Small|(1989–95)}} * Veronica Baluyut-Jimenez {{Small|(1989–92 as substitute anchor for Vela, 1992–98 as anchor)}} * Karen Davila {{Small|(substitute anchor of Vela and Baluyut-Jimenez, 1994–95)}} * Amado Pineda {{Small|(weatherman, 1986–96)}} * Lyn Ching-Pascual {{Small|(showbiz and lifestyle anchor, 1994–98)}} * Alex Tinsay {{Small|(1995–98)}} * Arnold Clavio {{Small|(1995–98)}} * Rey Pacheco {{Small|(weatherman, 1996–98)}} {{Div col end}}

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Category:1986 Philippine television series debuts Category:1998 Philippine television series endings Category:Filipino-language television shows Category:GMA Network news shows