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24 Oras with main anchors Mel Tiangco and Mike Enriquez is the flagship national network news broadcast of GMA Network. A nightly national newscast which airs in the Philippines. Launched in 2004, it is one of the most watched news programs in the country. The program airs at 6:30 PM PST on Weekdays, and is also simulcast on GMA Pinoy TV. On December 1, 2005, the coverage by 24 Oras of a siege of Camp Bagong Diwa was mentioned in the best news program category in the Asian Television Awards in Singapore.The show relaunched in May 2006 with a new graphics package, and a new set with floating large rear projection screens that allow the anchors to virtually "talk" to correspondents in live feeds. Pia Guanio hosts the showbiz news segment of the program, "Chika Minute". PAGASA's Nathaniel Cruz anchors weather news during severe weather conditions. Joel Reyes Zobel is the voice over talent.

GMA Network acquired the rights to the show and premiered its version on April 20, 2009. The show, Hole in the Wall, is hosted by Ogie Alcasid and Michael V, who are portraying their Bubble Gang characters Angelina, the English-speaking spoiled brat, and her long-suffering babysitter Yaya in the show respectively. In the first few weeks of airing, they used celebrities, but the show later also uses actual contestants.
The concept of this game: Contestants play in teams and only win points if they are able to fit though the wall. Points are awarded if the contestant(s) in the round are able to successfully cross the Styrofoam wall completely.

The Main Story goes around with Kim Sam Soon.Her main passion and skills are in baking, as she does not have much of a social life, dreams of changing her name (Sam-Soon is considered a very old-fashioned and embarrassing name) and owning a shop of her own. After her breakup with her boyfriend, she managed to land herself in a big French restaurant working as a patiesseur for a rude and angsty 27-year-old man called Cyrus. Both were in bad terms ever since they set eyes on each other. But one day, Sam-Soon finds herself in need of 50 million won (Korean currency, approximately $50,000) to pay for her mother's house. She agrees to be Cyrus girlfriend for that amount. During their pretend dating they slowly become more affectionate with each other. When things seem to go accordingly, Cyrus' ex-girlfriend, Hannah Kim enters the scene and life for Sam-Soon starts getting much worse. Cyrus then realizes that he is happier with Sam-Soon and can't stop thinking about her. He confesses his love to her after she tells him that she hates people who don't confess their feelings towards the person they like. Hannah asks Cyrus to accompany her on her return to the United States. Sam-Soon allows him to go, and he does not return within the promised duration. He soon arrives, and they find out that he has been sending postcards to the wrong address. Sam-Soon and Cyrus attempt to get her pregnant, in order to convince Cyrus' mother into allowing their marriage. The plan fails, but they remain together. Near the very end of the series, Sam-Soon reads a poem from a poster on a bus stop: "Dance like no one's watching. Sing like no one's listening. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt before. Live like there's no tomorrow.

'Famous Princesses' (Chil Princesses) is a story about four sisters, Deok-chil, Seol-chil, Mi-chil and Jong-chil, whose father is a retired military man. This humorous drama depicts the real-life stories of today’s families, eliciting both laughter and tears from its viewers. The life of the oldest sister, Deok-chil, whose unloving husband divorces her, shows problems facing remarried couples. The upbeat and confident second sister, Seol-chil, plays the role of a son to her parents and ends up fighting for love against her younger sister, the pretty but selfish Mi-chil, who is the family’s troublemaker. Finally, the youngest of the sisters, Jong-chil, becomes pregnant and marries her boyfriend at a tender age, facing numerous conflicts with her in-laws

Sine Novela Presents: Ngayon At Kailanmanis an upcoming Philippine drama on GMA Network. The original movie was released back in 1992. The series stars Heart Evangelista and JC De Vera. Heart Will play the role as Ayra Noche (which was originally played by Sharon Cuneta) while JC de Vera will play the role of Edwin Torres( Character originally played by Richrad Gomez). Other Supporting cast includes Arci Munoz as Donna Benitez,Luis Alandy as Efren Dulilia,Dion Ignacio as Dags de Leon and
Charlie Davao as Don Claro Noche

Sine Novela Presents: Gilda Olvidado's Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? is an Philippine and suspense drama aired on GMA Network. This is the first starring roles of StarStruck Aljur Abrenica and Kris Bernal. This is a remake of a Sharon CunetaGabby Concepcion movie from the late 80's.The Story goes aroung with the love story of Lito and Myrna
Even though his family was broken, Lito Sanchez (Aljur Abrenica) got everything he wanted. All the material possessions, the girls, and the fun. Myrna Ramos (Kris Bernal) is a straight "A" student coming from a devoted religious family. When Lito started to court Myrna, she immediately fell in love with him. Myrna's family, especially Myrna's father, dislike Lito, causing the couple to hide their relationship. Their roller coaster of emotions led from one thing to another until they slept together. These two teenagers were suddenly flung into the world of marriage when Myrna discovered that she was pregnant. Myrna tried to hold everything together. She defended her decision to stay with Lito to the whole world convincing herself that Lito is with her in every step of the way, but she knew she couldn't fool the world, not even herself. Lito refuses to hold responsibility, especially when Myrna gets a miscarriage, and falls into a depression. Meanwhile Lito starts hanging out with his no good friends again, which leads to an affair with an older woman, Glacilda Bautista (Ara Mina) . Glacilda seeks attention from Lito, who looks exactly like her late husband, Rafael (Julio Diaz). She carried the burdens of their love all by herself but Myrna later starts to question Lito's non-existent fidelity. Then Lito comes back & goes to Glacilda with Myrna heart-broken. She then gets promoted with Lito being furious so he comes back to work. Then, Myrna asks herself, is she even supposed to love Lito? Or will she go on all by herself?

Daisy Siete is a daily afternoon drama series topbilled by the SexBomb Girls, an all-girl singing dance group in the Philippines.The program is produced by FOCUS Entertainment Inc. and aired over GMA Network in the Philippines.Seasons 2 to 6 were weekly episodes, where the story is not continuous. Seasons 1 and 7-9 followed a soap opera-like approach. The first seasons were light and the real dramatic highlights were provided in Seasons 7 and so forth.Daisy Siete is now on its 22nd season and is titled “Kambalilong".The series is topbilled by the SexBomb Girls, an all-girl singing dance group of Eat Bulaga fame. It is produced by Joy Cancio, the manager of the group.

Eat Bulaga! is a local noon-time variety show in the Philippines produced by the Television And Production Exponents Inc. (TAPE) of Malou Fagar and Tony Tuviera. The program is the longest-running variety show on Philippine television. It also holds the Philippine record of all-time number of live TV episodes.The show is aired on GMA Network at 12pm on Weekdays and on Saturdays.Over the years, many people have predicted that the show would move to another network every time their contract with GMA was close to expiry. But, in interviews with GMA executives led by Atty. Felipe Gozon and Jimmy Duavit - GMA expressed their desire to keep the show for as long as they can as there is no vacant timeslot in other TV station and to let its ratings rise. Joey de Leon on the other hand, is also considered as an important factor to Bulaga's stay in GMA since he has been fiercely loyal to the station and his efforts have been rewarded.Eat Bulaga is considered by many as an institution - becoming a launchpad for many different Filipino comedians and showbiz newbies who have had large success on the show. Tony Tuviera identified the show as a "way of life" when they beat MTV's Tsunami Aid special at the Asian Television Awards.

Lalola was an Argentine telecomedy and aired at GMA daily before SIS.This comedy is about a man named Ramiro "Lalo" Padilla, who is the director of the media company High Five, editor of the famous magazine Don, and has many women around him. Romina , who is in love with Lalo, decides to avenge his lack of commitment by hiring a witch, who has him undergo a spell and turns him into a very beautiful woman, as Romina wanted to make him feel so desperate like a woman who is being harassed.Now, this man locked in a woman's body tries to pass himself off as someone else, because nobody will believe that he's suffered metamorphosis. So, she enters the company as Dolores "Lola" Padilla , cousin of Lalo, because Lalo "had to make an urgent trip to Germany because his father becamLAe ill", and therefore left her in his post.From this start, very funny situations happen, in which Lalo begins to discover Grace , her best friend, and all the things that make women different from men: using heels, wearing skirts, menstruation, and so on. Gradually, she notices some people who were with Lalo, including his best friend, Gaston . Without realizing it, she starts to get closer to coworker Facundo and falls in love.

Unang Hirit host Suzi Entrata- Abrera hosted one of the newest show entitled “Mommy Diary.”A doting mom to three wonderful daughters. Suzi is undeniably no stranger to the joy and challenges that motherhood presents.This ten-minute show will tackle tips on good parenting and discoveries of a mom as they take good care of their kids.Suzi really fits for this show as she is also a mother of three.MOTHERHOOD is an exciting adventure. Women who embark on this journey discover so many things about themselves and about the bundle of joy they have been blessed with.

With sisters Janice and Gelli De Belen plus the bubbly Carmina Villaroel on board on this daily morning talk show. SiS revolves around the lighter, more interesting and entertaining side of people, places and events.The shows takes place with Parenting, useful tips, relevant issues and trends.The show was conceptualized by GMA executives in 2001 who wanted a different approach to typical morning talk shows seen on TV. At that time, the 10:30 to 11:30 am slot was lorded over by rival network ABS-CBN which had produced top-rating morning talk shows like Mel & Jay,Today with Kris Aquino, and Talk TV (which was on air at the time SiS was conceived). At that time, GMA was catching up on ABS-CBN through Show and Tell, Katok mga Misis!, Partners Mel and Jay, Brunch with Bing and Michelle, and D! Day.
The show owes its success to its creative staff who has never ceased to think of ways to make the TV show interesting to audiences. Although there were claims that "Sis" has lost its luster following competing show "Homeboy"'s critical and commercial acclaim, all of it was put into rest following the latter show's cancellation. As of July 2007, "Sis" now faces stiff competition from ABS-CBN's "Boy & Kris" featuring the Philippines' King of Talk Boy Abunda (from Homeboy) and Philippines' Queen of Talk Kris Aquino but ABS-CBN decided to cancel the latter due to low ratings proving that SIS is the morning talkshow leader.

Slum Dunk is currently aired at GMA as one of its Morning Anime. Slam Dunk centers around Hanamichi Sakuragi, who starts as a delinquent outcast, becoming the leader of a gang. Hanamichi, being very unpopular with girls, has been rejected by them fifty times. Yet, he finds out that Haruko Akagi is the girl of his dreams, and is happy when she's not scared of him like all the other girls he has asked out.Haruko Akagi, who recognizes Hanamichi's athleticism, introduces him to the Shohoku basketball team. Hanamichi was reluctant to join the team at first because he had no previous background in any sports and thought that basketball was a game for losers (also because the fiftieth girl rejected him for a basketball player). Sakuragi, despite his immaturity and hot temper, proves to be a natural athlete with potential and joins the team in order to impress Haruko and prove that he is worthy of her. Kaede Rukawa — Sakuragi's bitter rival (both on the basketball court and love, even when Rukawa doesn't acknowledge Haruko's crush on him), the star rookie and a "girl magnet" - joins the team at the same time. Hisashi Mitsui, an ex-junior high school MVP, and Ryota Miyagi , a short but fast player, both also rejoin the team and together these four struggle to complete team captain Takenori Akagi's dream of making Shohoku the national champion. Together, these misfits gain publicity and the once little known Shohoku basketball team becomes an all-star contender in Japan.

This Anime was currently aired at GMA.A boy named Monkey D. Luffy, inspired by his childhood hero "Red-Haired" Shanks, sets out on a journey to find One Piece, the legendary treasure of the Pirate King, Gold Roger. To accomplish this, he must reach the end of the most deadly and dangerous ocean: The Grand Line. Luffy captains the Straw Hat Pirates first through the sea of East Blue and then through the Grand Line. He follows the path of the deceased Pirate King, Gold Roger, from island to island on his way to the great treasure One Piece. On his way his crew grows to have a swordsman, a navigator, a sniper, a cook, a doctor, an archaeologist, a shipwright, and a musician. During the course of the story, the crew contend with both other less moral pirate crews and the Navy. The latter are the subordinates of the World Government, who apparently seek justice by ending the Golden Age of Pirates. Many background story elements involve the delicate balance of power between the World Government and the world's most powerful pirate crews.

Cho Hatsumei Boy Kanipan is a continued story from Hatsumei Boy Kanipan. Kanipan is now a teenager, and still a famous inventor. But one day, a mysterious ship fell from the sky and crashed at a beach. Inside was a female humanoid that has forgotten all about herself. It is up to Kanipan to revive the humanoid's memory, and he accidentally discover that his planet is in great danger as he strived...

This Anime was aired every Mondays to fridays at GMA. The anime follows the quest of the main character, Ash Ketchum (known as Satoshi in Japan) a Pokémon Master in training, as he and a small group of friends travel around the fictitious world of Pokémon along with their Pokémon partners. His first (and signature) Pokémon is a Pikachu.Accompanying Ash on his journeys are Brock, the Pewter City Gym Leader, and Misty, the youngest of the Gym Leader sisters from Cerulean City. Currently the Pokemon was on its next series based on the second generation of game Johto League Champions,following the original trio of Ash, Brock, and Misty in the western Johto region.

Unang Hirit is a Philippine morning news and talk show aired every weekday mornings by GMA Network.In 2009, Unang Hirit will celebrated their tenth year, marking them as the longest-running morning show in the Philippines.Mornings' hosts Arnold Clavio, Suzi Entrata-Abrera, Lyn Ching-Pascual, Pia Archangel-Halili, Jolina Magdangal, Rhea Santos, Lhar Santiago, Sunshine Dizon, Eagle Riggs, Regine Tolentino, Love Añover, Drew Arellano, Paolo Bediones, Winnie Monsod, Tristan Encarnacion., Nikki Dacullo, and JC Tiuseco. Unang Hirit has a puppet called "Arn-Arn", named after Arnold Clavio, and one of the firsts in the Philippine morning TV show history.

Totoy Bato is a boxing-themed Philippine drama from GMA Network, based on the graphic novel created by Carlo J. Caparas, that depicts the remarkable life of a boxing champion named Totoy Bato - as played by Robin Padilla. Anna Molina (Regine Velasquez) dreams to be a popular and successful singer someday. Her friend Arturo "Totoy Bato" Magtanggol (Robin Padilla), on the other hand, only dreams of being with his father. After his mother died, Totoy's wish comes true when his father comes home after serving his sentence, Podong (Ronnie Lazaro) turns out to be an abusive and cruel dad. Totoy's only comfort is Anna, his best friend and true love, who promised never to leave his side, breaks her promise when her materialistic mother Matilda (Deborah Sun) decides to live in Manila, she leaves Totoy with a promise that she will come back for him.Years pass, Anna is now a famous singer in the country, and the quiet life of Totoy will be disturbed when a land grabber appears and kills his loving wife Elena (Ara Mina). Madness and revenge engulfs Totoy and he promises to fight the manipulative haciendero no matter what. Totoy decides to start a new life in Manila — where faces more fights, this time in the boxing arena where he will be known as Totoy Bato. This is Manny Pacquiao's first primetime in GMA Network.This is Ara Mina's first role on her comeback to GMA Network.

Just Yesterday, GMA President Felipe Gozon announced that Ding Dong Dantes was chosen to portrayed the role for Cholo who is the leading man of the koreanovela "Stairway to Heaven" in which GMA Network was planning to have a remake. This was after his last team up with Marian Rivera. But the question is who will portrayed for the role of Jodi? ‘Stairway to heaven” is a love story of four young people who are challenging against the stream. We all have unforgettable love in our hearts. We are searching for the entrance of heaven to find unforgettable love. “Stairway to heaven” is a story of four people who took different paths in searching for heaven.

Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao, also billed as The Battle of the East and West, was a boxing light welterweight superfight for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) and The Ring light welterweight (super lightweight) championship. The bout was held between Manny Pacquiao of General Santos, Philippines and Ricky Hatton from Manchester, United Kingdom. The superfight was held on May 2, 2009 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas at Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Hatton was knocked down by Pacquiao twice during the first round, and another time in the second round to lose via 2nd round KO.As support for the fight, HBO aired "Pacquiao/Hatton: 24/7" for two weeks prior to the fight on television and on the internet; it aired in the Philippines on GMA the night before the fight on May 2.
Here are some of the Photos



(round 1) First Knocked down for Ricky Hatton

(round 2) Manny threw a left hook punch to Ricky Hatton