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Almario “Amor” C. de JesusIng Aguila Ning ApalitThe 3^rd child of the eleven children of former Councilor of Apalit, Andres V. de Jesus and the former Rosa Castillo, also of Apalit, Pampanga, who attended Jose Escaler Memorial School in his hometown of Apalit, Pampanga. He worked at Camp John Hay, a USAF rest and recreation center at the City of Pines while pursuing his college education at Baguio Colleges. A brilliant student and outstanding public speaker and debater, he graduated from Baguio Colleges with a Bachelor of Laws degree and passed the bar examination in 1965. He set up his law practice in Manila handling legal cases for Guacods Marine Terminal,a arrastre operator at the Bureau of Customs, then at Luzon Stevedoring Corporation, the largest stevedoring company at that time; and, with multi-national oil companies such as Arco, Amoco and Superior Oil of Houston Texas. He was also appointed by the Supreme Court of the Philippines as a "Legal Aid" lawyer for the province of Pampanga, helping indigents who needed legal representations. An active socio-civic-religious leader, he served as president of the Rotary Club of Southern Pampanga, Worthy Advocate of the Knights of Columbus and an officer of the Apaliteños Educational Foundation. He is also a Director/Parliamentarian of the Apaliteños of Southern California, Academia Ning Amanung Sisuan International and the United Pampanga Leaders Council, an umbrella organization of Pampanga towns associations in southern California.

As a strong advocate of the propagation of the Kapampangan language and culture, he is acclaimed for his writings and poems in Kapampangan. In 2008, he was awarded the Medal and Certificate of Excellence in Poetry by the United Poet Laureate International and on September 6, 2009, he was proclaimed and recognized as Poet Laureate by Academia Ning Amanung Sisuan International (ANASI) and by the Aguman Capampangan in Portland, Oregon. Such awards made him the first and only Apaliteño to be bestowed with such prestigious recognition. He is now a member of the College of Poet Laureate of the Parnasung Kapampangan.

Taken from The Town of Apalit, Pampanga by Alejandro S. Camiling, CPA, with Teresita Z. Camiling, BSE, MA v.2009-10-09 (with permission).