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This month marks the birth anniversary of a great Filipino, and the recent death of dedicated public servant.
Dinggoy’s maternal lineage is traced to his grandfather, the pioneering industrialist J. Amado Araneta, who developed the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City. The fraternity’s roster includes the names of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Vice President Salvador “Doy” Laurel, and Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.
Despite Dinggoy’s political and economic pedigree, the inately humble solon very often mingled with ordinary people in marketplaces, sidewalks and parking lots in Capiz and in Metropolitan Manila, without identifying himself a congressman. During the strongman administration of President Marcos Sr., Gemmo served as regional director of the Ministry of Human Settlements in Cagayan de Oro City.
Gemmo eventually joined President Marcos Sr. in Hawaii after the so-called 1986 People Power Revolution that allowed Corazon Aquino to seize the presidency.
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