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GMA Public Affairs  once again brought pride to the Philippines as two of its acclaimed productions earned top honors at the 2026 ContentAsia Awards. “Broken Roads, Broken Promises” took home a Gold award, and “Corruption Series: A Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho Special Report” won Bronze.   The special documentary “Broken Roads, Broken Promises” won Gold under the Best Factual Entertainment Programme Made in Asia for a Single Asia Market category.   Headlined by multi-awarded actor Dingdong Dantes, “Broken Roads, Broken Promises” takes viewers on a compelling journey across the Philippines, bringing them face-to-face with the victims of systemic failure—where funds meant to protect communities from flooding were lost to corruption, leading to real floods that drown homes, schools, hospitals, and dreams. Meanwhile, “Corruption Series: A Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho Special Report” earned a Bronze award in the Best Current Affairs Prog...

Broadcast media giant GMA Network has once more proven its mettle on the global stage, taking home two Bronze Medals for the Philippines alongside seven Finalist Certificates at the 2026 New York Festivals (NYF) TV & Film Awards. GMA Public Affairs’ special documentary “Broken Roads, Broken Promises” won its first international award, taking home the Bronze Medal in the Documentary: Human Concerns category. Mr. Dingdong Dantes led a compelling journey across the Philippines, exposing the devastating human cost of corruption amid anomalies in the multi-billion-peso flood-control project that has been haunting the country. The multi-decorated GMA Public Affairs program, The Atom Araullo Specials, adds another award to its collection of NYF wins, receiving the Bronze Medal for the documentary “Golden Tree” under the Environment & Ecology category. The episode probed the high-stakes illegal trade of Agarwood (Lapnisan), considered one of the most expensive natural raw materials in ...