Apart from ‘lumpia queen’ Abi Marquez and Kat Bautista (wife of singer Christian Bautista), who recently made history as the first ever recipients of the new Gold Stevie Award for Most Innovative Content Creator under the Social Media category and Silver Stevie Award for Best Female Entrepreneur respectively, ABS-CBN did the country proud once again at the International Business Awards held in Lisbon, Portugal earlier this month.
Continuing in its mission of being in the service of the Filipinos worldwide, ABS-CBN continues to gain even more global recognition after it clinched a Stevie® Award at the 22nd Annual International Business Awards® (IBA) for its two-day training conference for educators, ABS-CBN Pinoy Media Congress: Training the Teachers. Developed for members of the Philippine Association of Communication Educators (PACE), the program won in the Conference & Meeting category for bridging the gap between academic learning and current industry practices.
About 100 teachers from all over the country learned directly from ABS-CBN’s news, entertainment, and digital media experts, including Robert Labayen, Kriz Gazmen, Francis Toral, Rondel Lindayag, Henry Quitain, Marizel Samson-Martinez, Carmi Raymundo, Mico del Rosario, Arlene Burgos, Jeff Canoy, Melvin Fetalvero, Jasmin Pallera, Darla Sauler, Alex Balite, Sierra Borlongan, Charina Fernandez, Diorella Agoncillo, and Yvette Tan. An offshoot of the long-running ABS-CBN Pinoy Media Congress, the initiative also received a Philippine Quill Award from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Philippines last August.
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Considered one of the country’s leading media and entertainment companies, ABS-CBN‘s mission is driven to pioneer, innovate, and adapt as it continues to provide information, news and entertainment that connects Filipinos with one another and with their community, no matter where they may be. Among the newest shows that they just launched this month include the gripping suspense thriller series What Lies Beneath and reality show Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0.
The International Business Awards is considered the world’s premier business awards program. All individuals and organizations worldwide – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small – are eligible to submit nominations. The 2025 IBAs received nominations from organizations and individuals in 78 nations and territories.