The Kapuso channel did it once again - it bagged another Peabody award for the country!

The “Ambulansyang de Paa” episode of I-Witness, a documentary that showed how a mountain community worked as a team to transport the seriously ill through rugged mountain trails, is among the 36 recipients of the prestigious Peabody Awards this year. Aired in March 2009, Ambulancia de Paa is hosted by Kara David and directed by Nowell Cuanang.

GMA was the first Philippine broadcaster to receive the prestigious Peabody Award for Investigative Reporting. In 1999, Kidneys for Sale by Jessica Soho and her I-Witness documentary team and Jay Taruc’s Child Labor story on Brigada Siyete brought home the country’s first (and second) Peabody trophies.

According to the Peabody website, this year’s recipients represent the best in electronic media for 2009, including primetime series; made-for-TV scripted dramas; documentaries; news reports submitted from local television stations as well as from the major networks; radio dramas, news coverage and documentaries; and websites.