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GMA wins 3 World Medals at 2025 NY Fest TV & Film Awards
The Freeman
|June 02, 2025
GMA Network brought home 3 World Medals for the Philippines at the 2025 New York Festivals TV & Film (NYF) Awards, including another prestigious Gold medal for “The Atom Araullo Specials.”
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For the third consecutive year, The Atom Araullo Specials earned the World Gold Medal, this time in the Documentary: National Affairs category for its powerful episode “Pogoland.” Aired in 2024, the documentary hosted by Atom Araullo delved into the vast, deep, and intricate world of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), offering viewers a deep and nuanced look into this controversial industry.
“The Atom Araullo Specials” also won back-to-back Gold Medals in the Documentary: Social Issues category for “Batas Bata” (Child's Game) in 2024 and “Mata sa Dilim” (Eye in the Dark) in 2023.
Aside from Gold, the Silver and Bronze medals were also won by GMA Public Affairs.
This story is from the June 02, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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