Ceferino and
Diosdado were contemporaries. Ceferino is known today as the 4th generation
leader of the Dulay Mendoza Clan of Marikina, while Diosdado became the president of
the Philippines. Both were descendants of Lakan Dula, the pre – Hispanic King
of Manila, based in Tondo, Manila. Of the two, Ceferino is younger. When
Diosdado ran for president, Ceferino moved around the known settlements of
Lakan Dula descendants. He spent time with then Mayor Eleuterio Dulay, of Laoang,
Northern Samar to make sure that Diosdado will win in Samar Island. When
Diosdado won, he placed Ceferino in a job in Manila City Hall, near his home in
Tondo.
Several years
later, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, daughter of Diosdado is leading the EDSA Dos
against President Erap Estrada. Sofronio, eldest son of Ceferino and the 5th
generation leader of Dulay Clan of Marikina, resigned as the leader of
Estrada’s PMP Chairman’s Forum and helped in the efforts of Gloria in EDSA Dos.
While the struggle is going on in EDSA, Yoko Ramos, a private secretary of
Gloria called on Sofronio telling him that Gloria will visit the ancestral
house of the Dulay Mendoza Clan of Marikina Valley and they will talk about some plans.
The Dulay Clan of Marikina, while fighting in EDSA Dos, eagerly waited for the
talk of their clan leader and Gloria. The fight was won, Gloria was sworn in as
President of the Philippine Islands but she never visited the Dulay Ancestral
House up to now. Buti pa nga si MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, Congressman
Marcy Teodoro, Monsignor Mariano Balbago, PMA Alumni Butch Cabanban, PMA class
baron Ace Esmeralda, Vice Mayor Cadiz, I -Juander Crew, I -Witness Crew, Br. Blas Dula Lagrimas of Recoletos School of Theology,
Manny Alvarez, Bob Servino, Mayor Marides Fernando, PSupt Fortunato Guerrero,
Kag. Manolo Estanisalo,Vice Mayor Marion Andres, realtor Demy Posadas, PNOC -EC
Director Ralph Mangubat, Kap. Apin de Guzman,Ignatius Anagbogu at marami pang
iba, eh nakarating or nakapag dinner na sa clan house ng angkan.
Gloria, the
president and Sofronio, a clan leader met several times in Malacanan Palace on
different occasions, but Sofronio did not bother Gloria anymore about that
supposed to be visit of Gloria to the Dulay Clan of Marikina. Sofronio did not
even introduce himself nor ask personally for any favor from Gloria, Gloria did
not offer Sofronio anything in relation to his role in EDSA Dos. Yoko Ramos
resigned from the palace. Gloria is different from Diosdado..
Gloria is about to
finished her term as Philippine president. Sofronio, a long time management professor
of the Far Eastern University near Tondo, finished his Master in Development
Management in the Asian Institute of Management and had been elected as one of
the Board of Directors of the Asian Institute of Management Alumni Association.
He is pursuing a doctorate degree. He had been offered consultancy stint by Marikina City Mayor
Marides Fernando, Marikina Congressman Marcy Teodoro and Northern Samar
Congressman Emil Ong.
The Macapagal Clan
of Pampanga and the Dulay Mendoza Clan of Marikina Valley, although both sharing common Lakan
Dula heritage, has a history of “warm and cold interactions” among their
leaders and descendants. Gloria Arroyo is not in control or not aware of what
is happening within the clans of the descendants of Lakan Dula. Some clans are
even questioning if the Macapagals are really descendants of Lakan Dula of
Tondo.
The Dulay Mendoza Clan of
Marikina Valley, amidst prosperity, influence and educational progress wishes to stay
in the old tradition of chivalry. Sofronio I is grooming his legal heir,
Sofronio ll as the 6th generation and future leader of the clan. Sofronio ll is
an honor student of an exclusive boy school, a sacristan and a rugged
basketball player in the barangay leagues in Marikina Heights and San Roque, a third year law proper student in the UP College of Law, formerly a vice chairman of Upsilon Sigma Phi, and a member of the UP College of Law debating team that won the national competition among law schools.
Sofronio l told Sofronio ll: “Someday, if ever there will be a chance for the
Macapagal clan to interact with the Dulay clan in a reverse role, be as gentleman as
Diosdado, not as ungrateful as Gloria.”
This morning, Jun
Salvador visited the House of Dulay Mendoza Clan of Marikina Valley and told him that a
group of a descendant of Philippine hero Dr. Pio Valenzuela would like to meet the leader of the clan. The consolidation of the Lakan Dula descendants goes on as usual.
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