I-Witness - Season 12 (2012)

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Mariz Umali observes and documents the rites and rituals of the members of the Samahan ng mga Tunay na Anak ng Liwanag at Katotohan (STALK). On first impression, the group seems gentle and relaxed. But upon closer inspection, she discovers a darker side. What members claim as routine healing sometimes end up as an exorcism rite.

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Taal Volcano is among the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, and it is acting up again. Howie Severino and his team enter the danger zone on the island to see what could be obliterated in seconds. The documentarists also visit ruins from past eruptions, and realize that a major explosion will not only kill many but could rearrange one of the country's most famous landscapes.

The mission of the Social Energy Foundation (SEF) is to electrify all isolated villages through solar energy. And to bring attention to its mission, SEF is embarking on Ride for Light 2011, a 6,600 km motorcycle ride across the entire Philippine archipelago--- from Manila to Pagudpud to Zamboanga and back--- over 19 days. Jay Taruc embarks on a different kind of motorcycle journey as he joins the "Light Riders."

Back in 2003, the timeless love story of Johnny and Jenny from Endless Love had taken the Filipino viewers by storm, introducing them to a new genre of soap operas, called Koreanovelas. Less than a decade later, the popularity of K-Dramas have expanded to global proportions fueling the "Hallyu" or the love for Korean pop culture.

In the 70s, the people of Cambodia suffered extreme poverty because of reforms imposed by the Khmer Rouge. But with the death of the communist movement, the country is now slowly rising from the grave. With the help of Pinoy volunteers, new agricultural reforms are now taking shape.

Kara David sets out to find a young boy she met over a decade ago in the town of Paracale in Camarines Norte. It was here in this gold-rich third-class municipality, where Kara, who was then a cub reporter on assignment for Brigada Siete, first met Jimmy Dasco. He was only 13 then and was part of a group of people burrowing in the middle of a rice field in search of gold. How is Jimmy now?

No Filipino hero of his time was as photographed as Jose Rizal. Each photograph reveals facets of his personality and sheds light on the relationships that were very much a part of who Rizal was. One of these photos is a group photo in Paris from the 1880's that shows Rizal wearing a mischievous half-smile. Indeed, there is more to every photo than meets the eye. Join Howie Severino as he discovers the stories behind these photographs.

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The National Statistical Coordination Board has released statistics detailing that a family of five has to earn P275 a day to survive. But how do you measure poverty? Following the legacy of the award-winning documentary "P36", Jay Taruc does a little experiment. He challenges two heads of the family if they can make ends meet with P275 for one day.

Tourists once flocked to the Crystal Caves of Baguio. Now, it seems that the famous area has been wiped out of the list of must-see spots because of a mysterious phenomenon. Kara David investigates what causes the massive sinkholes and cracks in Barangay Bakakeng Central. As Kara traverses the underground channels, she is faced with the stark truth.

The 1987 Constitution mandates that a criminal case must be decided within 90 days, but 54-year-old Matias Domequil has been in Manila City Jail for nine years waiting for his verdict. With less than one in five cases ending in convictions, many inmates will eventually be declared innocent, but only after years in jail. Howie Severino follows Matias and two other long-time jail inmates as they navigate through this earthly purgatory.

They say it's one of the worst flooding they've had in years. For weeks, the swollen Rio Grande river has been bloated with massive hectares of water hyacinths clogging waterways downstream. Across four regions in Mindanao, around 800,000 residents are affected displacing thousands of families. As these innocuous aquatic plants turn into a curse of nature, how long can residents hold their heads above water?

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In the municipality of Tarangnan, Eastern Samar, considered as having the highest malnutrition rate in Eastern Visayas, constant hunger and malnutrition reigns in the most vulnerable families. Barangay Mancares, a coastal community in Tarangnan, is home to Mercy Matilla. She lives with her husband Sonny and their six children. Thin and underweight, they are all malnourished.

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Many Filipinos from the provinces flock to Manila to pursue their dreams. They see Manila as a place of abundance, where basic needs like water, food, electricity and shelter are within reach. In fact, in different corners of the metro, many of our kababayans have found these basic needs for "free." Food from leftovers in garbage areas, water leaking from public water pumps and electricity from lamp posts. This has been the outcome of the "Great Manila Dream" for thousands of homeless Filipinos living in the streets of Manila. Every available street corner, they call ...

Going barefoot to work, Howie Severino got an inkling of what it is like to be in the shoes or rather, feet, of people who can't even afford slippers. Dodging spit, crap, and the hard soles of fellow commuters, Howie would soon realize that going barefoot in the city was the easy part of doing this documentary for GMA 7's I-Witness. Howie then traveled to one of the poorest rural areas in the country, the Bondoc peninsula in Quezon, where slippers are a luxury to many.

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