''i-Witness'', formerly ''i-Witness: The GMA Documentaries'' is a Philippine television

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show broadcast by

GMA Network GMA Network (an acronym of its legal name, Global Media Arts and commonly known as GMA) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine commercial broadcast network, serving as the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network (company), ...

and

GMA News TV GMA News TV (GNTV; visually rendered in uppercase in its logo) is a 24-hour Philippine-based international pay television channel owned by Citynet Network Marketing and Productions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of GMA Network Inc. It was ...

. Originally hosted by

Vicky Morales Victoria "Vicky" Torres Morales-Reyno (; born July 10, 1969) is a Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter. She is a co-anchor of GMA Network's early evening newscast ''24 Oras'' since 2014, and the host of the Saturday afternoon ...

, Luchi Cruz-Valdes, Mike Enriquez,

Cheche Lazaro Cecilia "Cheche" Aldaba Lim-Lázaro (born September 8, 1945, in Los Angeles, California), is a Filipino people, Filipino broadcast journalist and the founding President of Probe Productions Inc. as well as an Editor-at-Large of online news we ...

and Jessica Soho, it premiered on January 18, 1999. Kara David, Howie Severino, Atom Araullo, Mav Gonzales and John Consulta currently serve as the hosts. It is the longest-running documentary show in the Philippines. The series is streaming online on

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Hosts

* Kara David * Howie Severino * Atom Araullo * Mav Gonzales * John Consulta ;Former hosts *

* Luchi Cruz-Valdes * Mike Enriquez *

* Jessica Soho *

Mel Tiangco Carmela "Mel" Corro Tiangco (; born August 10, 1955) is a Filipino television newscaster and television host. She is one of the news pillars of GMA Integrated News, GMA Public Affairs and a multi-awarded news anchor. Biography Carmela Co ...

* Raffy Tima *

Maki Pulido Maria Judea "Maki" Jimenez Pulido-Ilagan (; born May 20, 1972) is a Filipino journalist and one of the two hosts of '' Reporter's Notebook'', a current affairs programme on the Philippines terrestrial television channel GMA Network with Jigg ...

* Jay Taruc * Sandra Aguinaldo ;Guest hosts * Mariz Umali * Micaela Papa * Joseph Morong * Cesar Apolinario * Emil Sumangil * Pia Arcangel * Ivan Mayrina * Tina Panganiban-Perez * Oscar Oida

Production

In March 2020, production was halted due to the

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caused by the

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. The show resumed its programming on August 14, 2020.

Accolades

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* * {{GMA Integrated News and GMA Public Affairs current programming 1999 Philippine television series debuts Filipino-language television shows GMA Integrated News and Public Affairs shows GMA Network documentary shows GMA News TV original programming Peabody Award–winning television programs Television productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic