ABS-CBN Integrated News & Current Affairs bagged a total of 29 awards from three different award-giving bodies, including Best News Program for Bandila and Best Morning Show for Umagang Kay Ganda at the 11th ComGuild Awards.
The network’s news arm led the Kapamilya winners at ComGuild, which also presented the “Media Persona of Excellence” award to ABS-CBN Executive Adviser To The Chairman, Chief Content Officer, and ABS-CBN University President Charo Santos-Concio during its awarding ceremony on Sept. 4.
Atom Araullo was elevated to the Hall of Fame as Best Male Field Reporter, while also winning Best TV Personality. Ted Failon won Best AM Radio Anchor and Best AM Radio Program for his show Failon Ngayon, a year after being elevated to ComGuild Awards’ Hall of Fame.
Other ABS-CBN News personalities honored were Alvin Elchico (Best Male Field Reporter), Bernadette Sembrano (Most Outstanding Female News Presenter), and Kim Atienza (Best Educational Program Host), while the most awarded educational program in the Philippines, Matanglawin won another Best Educational Program trophy.
The ComGuild Awards, which aims to recognize the efforts of broadcast and journalism professionals who made a mark in their fields, is held annually during the Conference of Journalism and Mass Communication Students of the Philippines attended by students nationwide.
Meanwhile, the country’s largest news organization was also recognized at the 18th anniversary of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) and the Alta Media Icon Awards of the University of Perpetual Help.
Anti-crime watchdog VACC named DZMM as Outstanding Radio Station, Failon Ngayon as Outstanding Teleradyo Program, Noli De Castro as Outstanding Male Anchor, and Dominic Almelor as Outstanding News Reporter. VACC also awarded special citations to Gerry Baja (Special Award for Radio Anchor), Dos Por Dos (Special Award for Teleradyo Program), and Failon Ngayon (Special Award for Anti-corruption Campaign) in a ceremony held on Aug. 29 at Malacañang Palace.
ABS-CBN News also ruled in another student award-giving body, with 12 trophies won at the 2016 ALTA Media Icon Awards.
