[1] Dumaual studied at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, where he served as a campus journalist, specializing in sports.

[4] They had five children (including son and ABS-CBN News reporter Miguel Dumaual) and three grandchildren.

[5] In 1982, he was hired by the Times Journal as their entertainment reporter, where he was assigned to cover the Manila International Film Festival.

[2] While working as a columnist for the newspaper Malaya, Angelique Lazo (entertainment anchor of the flagship news program TV Patrol) offered him a job at ABS-CBN.

Dumaual was honored with a star at the Eastwood City Walk of Fame, in recognition of his contributions to the Philippine entertainment industry.