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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY October 16 - 31, 2018
Circulo Cagayano Association of BC at Our Lady of Mercy
Saturday, 27 October 2018.
Photos by Christian Cunanan
Circulo Cagayano Association Of BC Officers 2018 group photo with the
current President Rodolfo Rudy Tuliao(standing 2nd from left ), Romy and
UFCABC Officers and members supported the event led by President Joel Ching Colobong ( right, standing and seated) and the group Directors and
Castillo and wife Elsie, Mel Abonita, Annie Miles, Apple Plata and Carmen members.
Carreon.
Kapuso Network reaps honors at the 32nd
PMPC Star Awards for TV 2018
Several GMA Network personalities
and programs were recognized at the
32nd Philippine Movie Press Club
(PMPC) Star Awards for Television held
last October 14 at the Henry Lee Irwin
Theater, Ateneo de Manila University.
Leading the list of Kapuso
winners was GMA News pillar Arnold
Clavio who received the Excellence in
Broadcasting Lifetime Achievement
Award.
Kapuso leading lady Yasmien Kurdi
was named as Best Drama Actress
for her notable performance in the
ground-breaking GMA advocaserye,
Hindi Ko Kayang Iwan Ka.
Esteemed actor Gabby Eigenmann
won the Best Drama Supporting Actor
award for the Afternoon Prime series
Contessa, while Kapuso sought-after
actress Kyline Alcantara was hailed as
the Best Drama Supporting Actress
for top-rating primetime soap Kambal,
Karibal.
Kapuso heartthrob Ruru Madrid
won the Best Performance by an Actor
award for his role in Magpakailanman’s
“Takbo Ng Buhay Ko” episode.
Child actor Seth Dela Cruz marked
a milestone in his career by winning
the Best Child Performer award for
the Afternoon Prime soap Hindi Ko
Kayang Iwan Ka.
Eat Bulaga Dabarkads also took
home awards. Phenomenal stars
Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza
were recognized as Best Male TV
Host and Best Female TV Host,
respectively. Joining them is Kendoll
who took home the Best New Male TV
Personality award.
Receiving the PMPC Star Awards
for TV nod as well are various GMA
Entertainment Group programs.
Afternoon Prime series Contessa,
top billed by multi-talented actress
Glaiza de Castro, was named as the
Best Daytime Drama Series. GMA’s
award-winning and well-loved family
sitcom Pepito Manaloto was chosen
as this year’s Best Comedy Show,
while breakthrough comedy-variety
noontime show Sunday Pinasaya was
recognized as Best Variety Show.
Numerous GMA News and Public
Affairs programs and personalities
were also cited by the PMPC.
The country’s most-awarded
news magazine program Kapuso Mo,
Jessica Soho added another feather
to its cap as it received the Best
Magazine Show award.
Top-notch documentary program
I-Witness brought home the Best
Documentary Program recognition,
while its hosts—Howie Severino,
Kara David, Jay Taruc, Sandra
Aguinaldo, and Atom Araullo, won
as Best Documentary Program
Hosts.
Meanwhile, GMA News Pillar
Vicky Morales won as the Best
Public Service Program Host for the
country’s first and longest-running
wish-granting program Wish Ko
Lang.
Taking home the Best Morning
Show Host award are Arnold
Clavio, Rhea Santos, Ivan Mayrina,
Connie Sison, Susan Enriquez, Suzi
Entrata-Abrera, Lyn Ching-Pascual,
Lhar Santiago, Love Añover-Llanko,
Luane Dy, Nathaniel “Mang Tani”
Cruz, Atty. Gaby Concepcion, Winnie
Monsod, and Regine Tolentino
for the country’s longest-running
morning show Unang Hirit.
News anchor Raffy Tima was
conferred the Best Male Newscaster
award
for
GMA
News
TV’s
Balitanghali.
The World of Gandang Ricky
Reyes was once again awarded as this
year’s Best Lifestyle Show while its
host Ricky Reyes took home the Best
Lifestyle Show Host award.
Special recognitions were given
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to Kapuso highly-talented actor Ken
Chan who was hailed the Frontrow
Male Celebrity of the Night and the
Male Face of the Night.
Organized by The Philippine
Movie Press Club (PMPC) Inc., the
PMPC Star Awards for TV is an annual
award giving body that recognizes
outstanding TV programs and
personalities in the Philippines. (30)