This week, ABS-CBN bagged several awards from three award-giving bodies, including the 28th Gawad PASADO Awards, the 7th ALTA Media Icon Awards, and the 7th ACGS Golden Arrow Awards, for its personalities, TV shows, films, and the company itself.
ABS-CBN at the 28th Gawad PASADO Awards
Coco Martin, the lead star of the Kapamilya primetime drama Sigabo, was named PinakaPASADOng Aktor sa Telebisyon for his outstanding performance as Tanggol in his leading role in its predecessor, FPJ’s Batrang Quiapo, which also won PinakaPASADOng Programa sa Telebisyon. Charo Santos-Concio also won the PinakaPASADOng Aktres award for her performance in Only We Know.
What Lies Beneath lead star Kaila Estrada, who portrayed Attorney Erica Melendez in the 2025 primetime drama, won PinakaPASADOng Aktres sa Telebisyon.
Joshua Garcia, who previously appeared in the ABS-CBN Studios-Star Cinema film Meet, Greet & Bye, won the PinakaPASADOng Aktor award. The Kapamilya film also won the PinakaPASADOng Pelikula award.
Lucas Andalio, who appeared in the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival entry film Call Me Mother was won as the PinakaPASADOng Batang Aktor award.
The Pampelikulang Samahan ng mga Dalubguro organizes the Gawad PASADO Awards.
ABS-CBN at the 7th ALTA Media Icon Awards
Apart from Joshua Garcia’s winnings in the 28th Gawad PASADO Awards, the It’s Okay To Not Be Okay star also won Best Actor for Television for his portrayal of Patrick Gonzales in the 2025 mystery primetime drama series produced by Star Creatives. Similarly, Lucas Andalio also took home the Best Child Performer award for the same 51st MMFF entry film.
Melai Cantiveros-Francisco, who is currently hosting for Pinoy Big Brother Collab 3.0 and previously hosted for Pilipinas Got Talent Season 7, took home the Best Talent Search Host award for herself, and the Best Talent Search Program award for the reality talent competition franchise based on Got Talent.
P-Pop Group BINI received recognition as the Best P-Pop Group following their growing presence in various local and international acts in various parts of the world, including their Signals World Tour, which will take its final stop in Taiwan on November 15, 2026.
Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Collab Edition 1.0 Kapamilya Big Winner and actor Brent Manalo also won the Most Promising Male Star award. Tayo Sa Wakas lead stars Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano, popularly known by their fans as DonBelle, received the Best Love Team award.
As for ABS-CBN News’ programs and personalities, flagship newscast TV Patrol bagged the Best News Program award, with its journalist Karen Davila also winning the Best Magazine Show Host award for her entrepreneur–focused show, My Puhunan, Kaya Mo!. Johnson Manabat and Zen Hernandez also received the Best Male News Personality and Best Female News Personality awards, respectively.
The University of Perpetual Help System-backed DALTA Department of Communication organizes the ALTA Media Icon Awards.
ABS-CBN wins Good Corporate Governance award in ICD’s 7th ACGS Golden Arrow Awards
For the seventh time, ABS-CBN Corporation (PSE: ABS) was recognized with an ASEAN Corporate Governance Award by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) with a Golden Arrow Award, demonstrating the company’s exemplary corporate governance practices, in accordance with the 2025 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS) and Corporate Governance Scorecard (CGS) assessment results.
The award was given not only to ABS-CBN, but also to several companies achieving a minimum score of 75 points in the ACGS assessment and exhibiting observable conformance with the Philippine Code of Governance and internationally recommended corporate governance practices as espoused by the ACGS.
The ACGS, as the ICD says, aims to raise the country’s corporate governance standards and practices, and make well-governed publicly-listed Filipino-owned companies attractive to investors, which measure their performance in facilitating their rights for the shareholders and to provide equitable treatment, sustainability and resilience, stakeholder relations, transparency, and accountability. Through timely disclosures, the board’s strategic guidance and management, and accountability to the company and shareholders. The ICD is a non-stock, non-profit national association of corporate directors engaged in corporate governance.
Present in accepting the award on the company’s behalf were: Chief risk management officer, chief compliance officer, and head of ABS-CBN Shared Service Center Mike Villanueva, along with Treasury and Investor Relations team members Cindy Estojero, Melanie Teodoro, and Marvin Payumo.
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