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Eddie, Gloria, Nova and Mel get lifetime achievement awards

The Entertainment Press  Society, Inc.’s  Golden Screen TV Awards is bestowing its highest honors this year to four icons of the TV industry:  Eddie Garcia,  Gloria Romero,  Nova Villa and Mel Tiangco.

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Gloria will receive the Helen Vela Lifetime Achievement Award for Drama. Veteran comedienne  Nova Villa will be awarded the Helen Vela Lifetime Achievement Award for Comedy, while Mel Tiangco will go on stage for her Helen Vela Lifetime Achievement Award for News Broadcast.

The newest award –  the Dolphy Lifetime Achievement Award: Ulirang Alagad ng Sining – named in honor of the late Comedy King – will go to  Eddie Garcia.

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Julia Clarete, Kim Atienza and Arnell Ignacio are the segment hosts.

The awards night, set on Friday, March 1, 7 p.m. at Teatrino, Greenhills, is giving out 51 trophies to the best shows, hosts and personalities in TV drama, comedy, talk shows and news programs.

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