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newscaster

Harry Gasser Harry Gasser was proud of his Cebuano roots Cebu Daily News

Born
  
December 2, 1936
Manila

Died
  
3 April 2014, Quezon City, Philippines

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Harry Gasser (December 2, 1937 – April 3, 2014, Quezon City) was a Filipino news presenter Gasser was the face of the Filipino news at the time of the dictatorial regime of Ferdinand Marcos.

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Career

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Gasser was the main anchor of RPN 9's NewsWatch during the Marcos regime. He also worked with Radio Veritas as news manager and later moved on to ABS-CBN to anchor TV Patrol in Cebu.

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  • NewsWatch Evening Cast, the first English-language early evening newscast was anchored by Harry Gasser, together with Loren Legarda and Pat Lazaro, later it was anchored by Cielo Villaluna and Cristina Pecson.
  • NewsWatch Prime Cast, a late night edition was also anchored by Cathy Santillan, Harry Gasser and later, Eric Eloriaga.

    • Acting


  • Paalam... Bukas ang kasal ko (Goodbye ... Tomorrow is my wedding) (1986)
  • Sa mata ng balita': 50 taong pamamahayag sa telebisyon (In the eyes of the news: 50 years of journalism on television)(2003)

    • Awards

  • Lifetime Achievement award given by the Philippine Movie Press Club

    • Personal life

    Gasser was married to veteran comedian Flora Gasser. They have two children. Sen. Loren Legarda, who co-anchored NewsWatch with Gasser on RPN-9, noted that "he was a proud Cebuano."

    References

    Harry Gasser Wikipedia
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