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*Sentro*
Sentro
	Title card
Genre	News program; Live television
Created by	ABC Development Corporation
Directed by	Rosario Andres
Presented by	John Susi; Ali Sotto; Martin Andanar;
Narrated by	Mike Carreon
Country of origin	Philippines
Original languages	Tagalog (2004–07); English (2007–08)
Production
Executive producers	Sonny Fernandez; Jackie Sierda
Production locations	ABC 5 Studio B, Novaliches, Quezon City
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	ABC News and Public Affairs
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	April 12, 2004 –; August 8, 2008
Related
	Balitang Balita (as early evening newscast); Big News (as late night newscast); TEN: The Evening News; Aksyon; Frontline Pilipinas;

Sentro (Filipino word for "center") was a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by 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

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.^[1] 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 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.