Balitang Southern Tagalog

The pilot episode of the newscast also marked the debut of GMA Batangas as an originating station.

[citation needed] Since its pilot episode, the newscast was anchored by former TV Patrol Palawan anchor and CNN Philippines correspondent Ivy Saunar-Gasang and Ace Medrano, together with Andrew Bernardo (from TV Patrol Southern Tagalog), Lorenzo Ilagan, and Ilonah Manalo as the inaugural set of regional correspondents.

[6] On June 20, 2022, GMA Batangas joined the rotation of GMA Regional TV stations across the country in hosting GTV's national morning newscast Regional TV News, originally anchor Saunar-Gasang and Medrano serving as occasional anchor.

[8] On August 22, 2022, Denise Hannah Mei Abante joined as a news correspondent for the newscast to replace Lorenzo Ilagan.

[10] On December 28, 2023, Balitang Southern Tagalog Co-Anchor Ivy Saunar-Gasang made her final appearance before she left the newscast.

The reason for axing of the programs mentioned was GMA Regional TV's cost-cutting measures.