No Matter What
(Sa kabila ng lahat)

In the annual television awards ceremony, Maia Roble’s hard-hitting documentary programme receives an award. Her partner and admirer, Mike Serrano, is proud of her victory. On their way back to the TV station, they stumble upon a police cordon. A Chinese currency smuggler is being kept hostage by two gunmen. The mayor is trying to intercede for his safety. But the two gunmen are the bodyguards of Ben Boga, the mayor’s righthand man. While the hostage drama is taking place, Mike manages to shoot  video footage of the mayor’s men beating up a mentally-retarded onlooker. Maia’s award has prompted management to give her a promotion. But Maia’s success is partly due to her bedroom activities. Mike wants to air the footage he shot but Maia protects the mayor’s interests and turns down his exposé. Betrayal and bloodshed will follow…