GMA Network holds Excellence Award in Cebu

CEBU, Philippines - Leading broadcast company GMA Network presents the prestigious GMA Network Excellence Award in the Visayas region for the fourth straight year.

Formerly known as the GMA President’s Medal, the GMA Network Excellence Award honors outstanding graduates of broadcast-related courses including electronics communications engineering from select universities who have demonstrated exemplary leadership, technical skill, and academic performance.

Since 2001, a total of 31 students from GMA’s partner universities namely University of the Philippines (Diliman and Cebu), Don Bosco Technical College (Mandaluyong) and Angeles University Foundation (Pampanga) have already been recognized by the Kapuso Network. The GMA Network Excellence Award came to Cebu in school year 2009-2010.

The 2012-2013 edition of the GMA Network Excellence Award has already cited three students: Cheska Micaela B. Kabiling (Mass Communication) from the Angeles University Foundation, Jessica Camille G. Mamaril (Electronics Communications Engineering) from Don Bosco Technical College, and Alethea Louise D. Gamalong (Communication Arts) from University of the Philippines Mindanao.

While the Award has been conferred to deserving graduates in Manila for more than a decade now, this is only the fourth year that the search was extended to Cebu through the University of the Philippines Cebu College. Just recently, the award was launched to the Mindanao Region (University of the Philippines Mindanao) and a merit award was also given to a graduate of the Lyceum Northwestern University in Dagupan in 2011.

“Passion for excellence is one of the core values of GMA Network. In order to nurture this, we undertake CSR projects such as the GMA Network Excellence Award to encourage media practitioners to be exceptional,” says GMA Network Assistant Vice President for Corporate Affairs Ma. Teresa Pacis.

More often than not, the finalists and awardees end up working in the company’s different departments. Among them are GMA News reporters Dano Tingcungco, Jam Sesante, Micaela Papa, GMA News Online reporter Kimberly Jane Tan, Saksi segment producer Sophia Balod, and GMA Cebu sales producer Rachel Sindo. (FREEMAN)