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Mario Dumaual

Mario Velasquez Dumaual was a Filipino writer and journalist, best known as an entertainment reporter for ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs.

Education and personal life
Dumaual studied at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, where he served as a campus journalist, specializing in sports. He graduated in 1975. Dumaual married Cherie Pamittan in 1987. They had five children (including son and ABS-CBN News reporter Miguel Dumaual) and three grandchildren. ==Career==
Career
Dumaual started his career as a staff writer for the Ministry of Agriculture. Later, he worked at a financing company and then a shipping company. In 1982, he was hired by the Times Journal as their entertainment reporter, where he was assigned to cover the Manila International Film Festival. ==Illness and death==
Illness and death
On June 5, 2023, he suffered a heart attack and was confined at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City. During his confinement, it was discovered that he was also suffering from a severe fungal infection. A month later, he died due to septic shock on July 5, at the age of 64. He was buried on July 9 at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina. ==Filmography==
Awards
• Joe Quirino Memorial Award, 5th Entertainment Editors’ Choice Awards - presented by the Society of Philippine Entertainment Editors (2022) • Eastwood City Walk of Fame (2023) ==References==
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