ABS-CBN won a bronze medal in the Cinematography category at the prestigious New York Festivals World’ Best TV and Films 2015 for its documentary “Yolanda (Haiyan).”

“when I We were just told, as I was accepting the award, that the government still needs to fast track help for the Yolanda victims. I hope it does translate to a speedier recovery and at the same time I hope we have all learned our lessons on the tragedy,” said ABS-CBN Integrated News head Ging Reyes, who received the award along with broadcast journalist Chiara Zambrano.Finalist certificates were also handed out to ABS-CBN’ morning news magazine program “Umagang Kay Ganda” for its coverage of Typoon Yolanda, “Wrath of Haiyan,” in the Best Coverage of Breaking News category and Zambrano’ documentary titled “Spratlys: Mga Isla ng Kalayaan” in the National/International Affairs category.

ABS-CBN’ “Compassion and Empathy for Our fellow Man” campaign was also cited as a finalist in the News Promotion category.Last year, ABS-CBN won a silver world medal in Graphic Design: Promotion/Open & ID category for “Agosto Beinte-Uno,” its documentary on the assassination of Ninoy Aquino, while “Failon Ngayon” bagged a bronze world medal in Current Affairs category for its episode “Tagas ng Minahan,” which probed the environmental hazards caused by mining spills.

New York Festival’ World’ Best Television & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries.