Kara David, Atom Araullo, Kapuso programs among winners at USTV+ Awards 2026

Kara David, Atom Araullo, and more Kapuso personalities and programs were among the awardees at the USTV+ Awards 2026, held Wednesday night at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Quadricentennial Pavilion.

David received three individual honors for environmental awareness and advocacy, public affairs, and education, taking home the Media Influencer Award in Environmental Awareness and Advocacy and Media Excellence Awards in Public Affairs and Education.

Araullo was honored with the Media Excellence Award in Responsible News Reporting.

Meanwhile, “I-Witness” received multiple honors for science communications and public affairs, including the Media Excellence Award in Science Communication and the Media Excellence Award in Public Affairs (Program).

Here is the full list of Kapuso winners:

Discipline-based categories

• Media Excellence Award in Science Communication: “I-Witness”
• Media Influencer Award in Science Communication: Kim Atienza
• Media Excellence Award in Environmental Awareness and Advocacy: “Born to be Wild”
• Media Influencer Award in Environmental Awareness and Advocacy: Kara David
• Media Excellence Award in Responsible Tourism: “Biyahe ni Drew”
• Media Excellence Award in Public Affairs (Program): “I-Witness”
• Media Excellence Award in Public Affairs (Individual): Kara David
• Media Excellence Award in Responsible News Reporting (Individual): Atom Araullo
• Media Excellence Award in Education (Program): “I Juander”
• Media Excellence Award in Education (Individual): Kara David

Entertainment and popular culture categories

• Media Excellence Award in Entertainment and Popular Culture for Game/Reality Show (Program): “Pinoy Big Brother”
• Media Excellence Award in Entertainment and Popular Culture for Movie (Program): “Balota”
• Media Excellence Award in Entertainment and Popular Culture for Drama (Program): “Maria Clara at Ibarra”
• Media Excellence Award in Entertainment and Popular Culture for Talk (Program): “Fast Talk with Boy Abunda”
• Media Excellence Award in Entertainment and Popular Culture for Talk (Individual): Boy Abunda

Special citation

• Special Citation for Excellence in Magazine Show: “Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho”

—Hermes Joy Tunac/JCB, GMA News