After GMA's Wish Ko Lang became a semi-finalist in last year's International Emmy Awards for it's "Patawad" episode, another Philippine program made it to the Emmy's this year. This time it's ABS-CBN's primetime news program Bandila.

Bandila was nominated for the News and Current Affairs category of this year’s International Emmy Awards for it’s episode “The Subic Rape Case Promulgation”.

More than eight hundred nominations around the world were narrowed down to eight finalists, of which four newscasts and four news features were chosen as the best.

Bandila will face tough competition against these other 7 nominees:

Channel 4 News: Lebanon Endgame
An ITN production for Channel 4 News
United Kingdom

Jornal Nacional: Caravana JN – Elections
Globo TV
Brazil

Pro TV News: Tibetans at the Chinese Border
Pro TV
Romania

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Baghdad: A Doctor’s Story
Guardian Films for BBC Two
United Kingdom

Hot Line: The Candelária Slaughter
TV Globo
Brazil

Special Reporter: Vyacheslav Grunskiy’s Studio – The Zone of Love
Vyacheslav Grunskiy’s Studio for TV channel Russia
Russia

Sunday Report: Give Us A Hand! Help Us Lie!
Television Broadcasts Limited
Hong Kong, China

Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in New York City on Sept. 24, 2007.