By Bayani San Diego Jr.
Inquirer

FILIPINOS from both sides of the network wars won in major categories at the 12th Asian Television Awards, held at the Suntec International Convention Center in Singapore on Thursday.

Current affairs

The GMA 7 documentary show, “Reporter’s Notebook,” topped the Best Current Affairs Program category for its coverage of the war in Lebanon. It bested entries from Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

“Reporter’s Notebook” is hosted by news reporters Maki Pulido and Jiggy Manicad.

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By Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net

I BELIEVE Beatriz Saw emerged the big winner because of overseas Filipino workers around the world and their families throughout the country.

Despite having an absent dad, an OFW in Taiwan, Bea seems to have grown into a good person — something the eight million OFWs all desperately hope for their own children even in their absence.

Of course, she could have been just the lucky girl who scored from Wendy Valdez’s negative vibes.

By Oliver Pulumbarit
Inquirer

AFTER episodes where older works by filmmakers like Khavn Dela Cruz and Keith Deligero were featured, calls for entries were announced and the program “Dokyu” (Fridays, ABC 5, 10 p.m.) was ready to air the short-listed entries.

The show’s current season is concentrating on the tilt, with competing students from different universities to be judged based on scores given by a panel of critics, and viewers via text voting.

A list of over 160 hopefuls has been narrowed down to a select few. The winner of the P50,000 grand prize will be announced in August.

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