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{{for|the [[People's Television Network|PTV]] newscast|Sentro Balita}}
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{{Use Philippine English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = Sentro logo used from March 10, 2008 to August 8, 2008.jpg
| image_size         = 
| caption            = Title card from March to August 2008
| genre              = [[News broadcasting|News program]]<br>[[Live television]]
| creator            = [[TV5 Network|ABC Development Corporation]]
| company            = [[News5|ABC News and Public Affairs]]
| director           = Rosario Andres
| presenter          = {{plainlist|
* John Susi
* [[Ali Sotto]]
* [[Martin Andanar]]
}}
| narrated           = Mike Carreon
| opentheme          =
| endtheme           = 
| country            = Philippines
| language           = {{ubl|Filipino (2004-07)|English (2007-08)}}
| executive_producer = Sonny Fernandez<br>Jackie Sierda
| location           = ABC 5 Studio B, Novaliches, [[Quezon City]]
| camera             = 
| runtime            = 30 minutes
| network            = [[TV5 (Philippine TV network)|ABC]]
| first_aired        = {{Start date|2004|04|12}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2008|08|08}}
| related            = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Pangunahing Balita]]''
* ''Balitang Balita''
* ''[[Big News]]''
* ''TEN: The Evening News''
* ''[[Aksyon (TV program)|Aksyon]]''
* ''[[Frontline Pilipinas]]''
}} 
}}
'''''Sentro''''' (Filipino word for "center")  was a [[Philippine television]] [[news broadcasting]] show broadcast by [[TV5 (Philippine TV network)|ABC]]. Originally anchored by John Susi and [[Ali Sotto]], it premiered on April 12, 2004, on the network's evening line up replacing ''Balitang Balita''. The show concluded on August 8, 2008. [[Martin Andanar]] served as the final anchors. Martin Andanar serve as the final anchors. It was replaced by ''TEN: The Evening News'' in its timeslot.

==History==

===Susi–Sotto era (2004–2006)===

The newscast premiered on April 12, 2004, replacing ''Balitang Balita''. It was first anchored by John Susi who was held over from its predecessor ''Balitang Balita'' and former actress Ali Sotto. Sotto that time was in contract with GMA Network under its radio arm DZBB.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lanot |first=Marra PL |date=January 8, 2006 |title=Ali Sotto speaks |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2006/01/08/315582/ali-sotto-speaks |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

===Andanar era (2006–2008)===

[[File:Sentro Logo.jpg|thumb|Title card used from 2007 to 2008]]

On October 2, 2006, the newscast exchanged timeslots with ''[[Big News]]'', the evening news program of the network. Susi and Sotto were later replaced by [[Martin Andanar]], who became the final anchor of the newscast.

On June 25, 2007, ''Sentro'' was reformatted into an all-English newscast, as an answer to [[Q (Philippine TV network)|QTV]]'s ''[[News on Q]]'', despite the retention of the name and some of the opening text and ending reminders still in Filipino. This used to be the language of ''[[Big News]]'' before its main language was changed to Filipino in 2004.

On August 8, 2008, ''Sentro'', together with ''Big News'', aired its final broadcast; it is also the last program to be aired on ABC 5 before it signed off for the last time at around 10:00pm, and rebranded the next day as TV5.

==Anchors==

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|caption1 = Martin Andanar served as an anchor.
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*John Susi (2004–06)
*[[Ali Sotto]] (2004–06)
*[[Martin Andanar]] (2006–08)

==Substitute anchors==
*[[Amelyn Veloso]]
*[[Jove Francisco]]

==See also==
* [[News5]]
* [[List of TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming]]
* [[List of Philippine television shows]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:TV5 (Philippine TV network) news shows]]
[[Category:TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming]]
[[Category:2004 Philippine television series debuts]]
[[Category:2008 Philippine television series endings]]
[[Category:2000s Philippine television series]]
[[Category:Filipino-language television shows]]
[[Category:Philippine English-language television shows]]