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| Places | Philippines | |
| was | Journalist News presenter | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Journalism | |
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| Birth | 2 December 1937, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines | |
| Death | 3 April 2014Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines (aged 76 years) | |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
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Biography
Harry Gasser (December 2, 1936 – April 3, 2014) was a Filipino news presenter Gasser was the face of Philippine evening news at the time of the dictatorial regime of Ferdinand Marcos.
Career
He started his journalistic career as an anchor of Balita Ngayon on ABS-CBN from 1969 to 1972. Following the closure of the network during Martial Law, Gasser transferred to BBC-2 where he anchored BBC Primetime News from 1973 to 1977. He was the main anchor of RPN'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 from 1998-2001.
- NewsWatch Evening Cast, the first English-language early evening newscast was anchored by 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 Gasser, Cathy Santillan, and later, Eric Eloriaga.
He was also overseas program manager and news manager of Radio Veritas.
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. Loren Legarda, who co-anchored NewsWatch with Gasser on RPN, noted that "he was a proud Cebuano."