It's official, Claudine Baretto moved to GMA7

There is no doubt the Kapamilya played a big role in Claudine’s successes and we’re talking about 17 years together like a family. I think Claudine is making a big mistake but she kept saying that everything happened suddenly. Ano to, parang she just woke up one morning and found her fingers did some walking and signed those papers with Kapuso? Well, that’s her decision. Angel’s move was a blessing to her. Let’s see if Claudine will have the same luck. We hope naman. O di bah?

MANILA - Actress Claudine Barretto has left her mother network, ABS-CBN, to move to GMA 7.

On Wednesday, Barretto inked a 2-year contract with the Kapuso network at GMA Network Center. Reports said her parents accompanied her when she signed the deal.

Present during the contract signing were the network’s top executives, reports added.

This development came more than a month after she signed a two-film contract with Viva Films.

Barretto, a contract star of ABS-CBN for almost 17 years, was considered to be one of the biggest stars of the Kapamilya network.

In October, Barretto denied that she was leaving ABS-CBN in spite of signing a contract with Viva Films. Originally, she was scheduled to do a television series with her older sister, Gretchen Barretto, on ABS-CBN, but the project was cancelled.

Her last television series with ABS-CBN was "Iisa Pa Lamang" in 2008. This year, she appeared on "May Bukas Pa" as a guest star. [ABS-CBN News]