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Ancestral house blessed during 80th birthday bash

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• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO

Fr. Rayman Asoy officiating the blessing of the Don Mariano Ramos heritage house in Burgos Street, Bacolod City during the 80th birthday thanksgiving dinner tendered by Dolly Gatuslao (7th from left) on May 26, with Princy Martir, Ann Panzo, Laly Arceo, Gretty Silos and Louie Gatuslao (l-r)*

Fr. Rayman Asoy officiated the blessing of the Don Mariano Ramos ancestral house in Burgos Street, Bacolod City on May 26, during the 80th birthday thanksgiving dinner tendered by Dolly Ramos-Gatuslao for family and friends.

Also present during the occasion, which coincided with the National Heritage Month being celebrated in the month of May, were members of the Negros Occidental Historical Commission, Netherlands Ambassador to Ireland Adriaan Palm, and former Bacolod councilor Wilson Gamboa, Jr.

The Don Mariano Ramos ancestral house built in the 1930’s is a declared local heritage site by virtue of Resolution No. 1 of the Negros Occidental Heritage Council, Inc. It is the home of the late Mariano Ramos, one of the first appointed Presidente Municipals in Bacolod.

Gil Severino, Glenn and Dolly Gatuslao, former Bacolod councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr., Bboy Solinap and Ramon Conlu (l-r)*
Netherlands Ambassador to Ireland Adriaan Palm (7th from left) with visual artists Sandy Solinap, Svet and Edbon Sevilleno, and Bamboo Tonogbanua, blogger Martin Aquino, Dolly and Louie Gatuslao with Jun and Evie Javalera (l-r)*
Dolly Gatuslao (11th from left) with her family and friends*
Netherlands Ambassador to Ireland Adriaan Palm (3rd from left) with Provincial Board Member Rita Gatuslao, Glenn Gatuslao, Francine Isabella Gatuslao, Evie Javalera, Louie Gatuslao, and Jun Javalera (l-r)*
Dolly Gatuslao at the Don Mariano Gatuslao Heritage House, their ancestral home, in Burgos Street, Bacolod City*

Gatuslao, a descendant of Don Mariano, is a past president of the Art Association of Bacolod-Negros (AAB-N), the second longest running art association in the country next to the Art Association of the Philippines. She is the daughter of Dr. Romulo Ramos and Maria Luz Arceo.

She was joined by her husband Louie Gatuslao and their son Glenn during the celebration, along with Provincial Board Member Rita Gatuslao, and Francine Isabella Gatuslao.

Also present were their special guests from Manila, Engr. Jun Javalera and his wife Evie; Greg, Garrick and RG Dizon, Mimi and Eman Cena, Bimbo and Anne Panzo, Mel and Christian Bascon, Neil Divinagracia, Reeda Bantug, Aljo and Hally Arceo, members of the La Salle High School Batch 83, and members of the AAB-N and Feminine Touch artists which Dolly Gatuslao founded.*

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