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What Boy Abunda's professor said on doctorate degree

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MANILA -- Veteran talk show host Boy Abunda on Saturday reached the zenith of formal education after receiving doctorate in philosophy from Philippine Women&#x27;s University (PWU).Abunda, 55, also took his bachelor&#x27;s and master&#x27;s degrees in the same university. During the commencement exercises, the talk show host also served as the guest speaker.In his speech, he emphasized the importance of &quot;loving your mom.&quot;&quot;Your love was my shield and my armor,&quot; he told his mother in front of his fellow graduates. &quot;Nanay, I want you to know that no matter how bleak life was, I persisted because I saw you persist against an avalanche of all sorts of odds.&quot;(READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/02/16/boy-abunda-tells-graduates-love-your-mom" target="_blank">Boy Abunda tells graduates: Love your mom</a>) Abunda&#x27;s professors have nothing but praises for him.Renowned diplomat and professor Rosario G. Manalo said her first impression of Abunda was: &quot;Sino &#x27;yang mayabang na &#x27;yan?&quot;But this, eventually changed as she discovered that Abunda is a &quot;very serious student.&quot;&quot;Hanga ako sa kanya. Talagang pinaghirapan niya &#x27;yan. He sweated it out,&quot; Manalo emphasized.PWU President Dr. Jose Francisco Benitez, who was one of the panelists on Abunda&#x27;s dissertation defense, said they really scrutinized his work.&quot;I do hope that you continue further, even though a doctoral degree is the end point in terms of degrees, it is not the end point of the advocacy,&quot; Benitez told Abunda.

Veteran talk show host Boy Abunda on Saturday reached the zenith of formal education after receiving doctorate in philosophy from Philippine Women's University.