GMA News TV for Holy Week: Docus and news

GMA News TV Channel 11 will not be on vacation this Holy Week, as viewers will get more than their daily quota of news and documentaries. Updates on traffic and breaking news will air hourly from Holy Thursday to Black Saturday, as award-winning documentaries are shown from morning till night. In addition, GMA News TV will run the newscasts News To Go at 9 am, Balitanghali at 12 noon and State of the Nation with Jessica Soho at 7:30 pm on Holy Thursday and 7 pm on Good Friday. The highlight of GMA News TV’s Holy Week programming are three full days of Documentary Marathons. GMA News TV Documentaries on Holy Thursday will feature Philippine history and places with religious significance. Episodes on heroes Andres Bonifacio, Antonio Luna, Gregorio del Pilar, and Jose Rizal will air on this day. For viewers interested in religious rituals and pilgrimages, GMA News TV will also run programs featuring Mt. Sinai in Egypt, Lourdes in France and Cutud, Pampanga where devotees are nailed to the cross every year. On Good Friday, GMA’s George Foster Peabody Award-winning documentaries Ambulansyang de Paa, Kamao and Kidneys for Sale will be airing along with documentaries on hunger and corruption and the state of our health system. On Black Saturday, more of GMA’s award winners on wildlife, the environment and travel adventures around the Philippines will be presented. Finally, on Easter Sunday at 9 pm, GMA News TV presents William and Kate: Inside the Royal Wedding, an exclusive documentary by Indigo Films on preparations for the the much-awaited British royal wedding. Click here to view a more detailed schedule of GMA News TV's Holy Week programming. – GMA News