DAYANG – DE LEON NUPTIALS

Dr. Juan “Jed” Enriquez Dayang, Jr. and Maria “Cesca” Canlas de Leon will be united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony to be officiated by His Eminence Jose Fuerte Cardinal Advincula, Jr., DD, on Friday, Jan. 21 at One O’clock in the afternoon.

The wedding will take place at the Manila Cathedral, Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Intramuros, Manila.

Dr. Dayang is a career minister of the Department of Affairs. He is currently assigned as chief of mission in North Africa – – covering Libya, Tunis, Alger, and Niger – – based at the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli, Libya. He previously served at the Philippine Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic and Philippine Embassy in Seoul, South Korea.

Jed finished high school and Bachelor of Science in Management at San Beda University; Master in Business Administration at the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University (scholar) in Korea and Master in Public Administration at the University of Oklahoma, USA. He earned his Doctorate in Diplomacy at the Australian National University as an Australian Leadership Awards scholar in 2011. He is the son of former Mayor Juan P. Dayang of Kalibo, Aklan and the late Social Worker Ofelia Alfafara Enriquez of Cebu.

Ms De Leon, who is known as Cesca, graduated from Assumption Antipolo; Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering at the Ateneo de Manila University; and Master in Business Administration at the IESE Barcelona, University of Navarra, Spain. She is the operating manager of her family business enterprises.

Cesca is the only daughter of Jose Renato P. De Leon and Carmen Amelita Canlas De Leon of Quezon City. Her late grandfather was former Assemblyman and Deputy Minister of Public Work, Engr. Aber Canlas.

Principal sponsors are former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Senator Nancy Binay, former Rep. Georgina De Venecia, Mrs. Lourdes Locsin, Mrs. Cecile Guidote Alvarez, Mrs. Carmen Jasmin Lao, Mrs. Marianne Lao Quimpo, Mrs. Jenny Lind De Dios, and Maria Dolores Nakpil;

Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Supreme Court Justice Jose Midas Marquez, Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras II, Dr. Jesus Estanislao, Engr. Aber Leonides Canlas, and Mr. Harry Martin Portillo.

Dr. Fidel Nemenzo, bestman; Ms Aimee Flordeliza, maid of honor; Ms Giorgia Marie De Leon Reyes, Ms Kristine Anne Onglao, Arch. Mildred Mata, bridesmaid; Secondary sponsors: Director Aris Severino Convalecer and Asst. Secretary Maria Angela Ponce, candle; Mr. Mark Francis De Leon and Mrs. Geraldine Antoinette Fernando, vail; Juan Fernando De Leon and Ms Ofelia Marie Bernadette Dayang, cord; Jose Roderick Fernando, Jr., ring bearer; Rafael Chagas Lacerda, Bible bearer; Gianna Therese Marie Fernando, Catalina Leanna Canlas, and Livia Christina De Leon, flower girls. – – (BARANGAY NEWS NETWORK)