Henry Omaga-Diaz on ‘TV Patrol’ | Image: Screengrab from YouTube/ABS-CBN News After 33 years in service, seasoned television anchor Henry Omaga-Diaz bade farewell to “TV Patrol” as he is set to join his family abroad. Omaga-Diaz made his final appearance as a mainstay anchor of the news program on Friday night, Aug. 30.
Fellow anchors Noli de Castro, Karen Davila , Bernadette Sembrano, Gretchen Fulido and Ariel Rojas paid tribute to him. “Ang Panginoon may plano para sa ating lahat at ang bilib ako sa ‘yo (The Lord has a plan for all of us and what I admire about you) is you take it with such grace. Ang hindi alam ng marami, on and off camera, ang bait-bait mo.
Wala kang masamang tinapay sa kahit kanino sa katrabaho mo, napaka-humble mo, Henry, wala kang dalang yabang,” said Davila. (What many people don’t know, on and off camera, is you are such a kind person. You don’t have any bad word for everyone you work with; you’re very humble, Henry; you don’t have egoism.
) “Good luck, Henry. Nag-usap na tayo kung ano’ng gagawin mo habang nasa Canada ka. Kung may problema ka, tawagan mo lang ako,” expressed de Castro.
(Good luck, Henry. We have already talked about what you will do while you are in Canada. If you have any problem, just call me.
) Omaga-Diaz declared that he would miss his “TV Patrol” family as he thanked his co-anchors and ABS-CBN bosses, and applauded the newsroom staff for their commitment and hard work. “Grabe po ang naging suporta.