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Faithful to the end: Loyal dog bids master goodbye

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Trisha Mostoles, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/05/25/20190525_buboy_02.jpg"/><figcaption>Buboy stays behind with other mourners as the casket of Prof. Carmelito Marcelo is lowered down into the grave. Photo courtesy of Kristina Demafelix.</figcaption></figure></div>Hundreds of relatives, colleagues and students walked more than six kilometers to bring the remains of Prof. Carmelito Marcelo to his final resting place at the Eternal Peace Memorial Park in Mabalacat City on Saturday morning.Among those present at the funeral was his loyal friend, a stray dog named Buboy. The professor took care of Buboy for around four years at the Mabalacat City College.Marcelo&#x27;s colleague said the dog would always follow the professor everywhere on campus when he was still alive.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/05/21/19/good-boy-buboy-dog-waits-for-professor-who-died-of-heart-attack">&#x27;Good boy Buboy&#x27;: Faithful dog waits for professor who passed away</a></li></ul>Buboy was able to see Marcelo before the professor was laid to rest. The professor died of a heart attack last May 18.&quot;Masaya, kasi kahit papano nagkaroon ng kaliwanagan kay Buboy na wala na talaga &#x27;yung hinihintay niya,&quot; Kristina Demafelix, a colleague of the professor, said.Demafelix brought Buboy to the professor&#x27;s wake when he noticed the pup had been waiting for his human outside their faculty room.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/05/25/20190525_buboy.jpg"/><figcaption>Buboy, the stray dog at the Mabalacat City College, gets to see his human friend, Prof. Carmelito Marcelo, one last time before he is buried. Photo courtesy of Kristina Demafeliz</figcaption></figure></div>Meanwhile, help poured in for Buboy from pet shops and animal organizations after a photo of him at Marcelo&#x27;s wake went viral.Buboy will remain on campus where he will be supported and cared for by the professor&#x27;s relatives.&quot;Wag po kayong mag-alala. Ipagpapatuloy namin ang pagaalaga sa kaniya,&quot; said the professor&#x27;s cousin, Sally David.

Hundreds of relatives, colleagues and students walked more than six kilometers to bring the remains of Prof. Carmelito Marcelo to his final resting place at the Eternal Peace Memorial Park in Mabalacat City on Saturday morning.

Hundreds of relatives, colleagues and students walked more than six kilometers to bring the remains of Prof. Carmelito Marcelo to his final resting place at the Eternal Peace Memorial Park in Mabalacat City on Saturday morning.

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Faithful to the end: Loyal dog bids master goodbye

Trisha Mostoles,

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Published May 25, 2019 04:46 PM PHT

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Updated May 25, 2019 05:13 PM PHT

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