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PMA embraces biggest batch of women cadets
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10:04 pm | Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013


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Capt. Agnes Lynette Flores, PMA spokesperson, said the AFP medical board also allowed the academy to receive all female cadets who passed rigorous entrance examination and physical and medical tests that followed.

PMA had expected 276 newly selected cadets to arrive here on Monday for the traditional reception and oath-taking rites, among them 19 valedictorians of various high schools in the country.

Flores said they were selected by the PMA cadet procurement board from the 1,096 who passed the entrance examinations in August last year. Vincent Cabreza and Frank Cimatu, Inquirer Northern Luzon

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Duterte joins 2017 PMA homecoming
By: Vincent Cabreza - Reporter / @Inquirer_Baguio
Inquirer Northern Luzon / 09:46 AM February 18, 2017

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City–President Rodrigo Duterte was given arrival honors by cadets of the Philippine Military Academy as he made his first official visit here during its 2017 alumni homecoming on Saturday (Feb. 18).

Duterte, wearing a black leather jacket, marched through a row of cadets at 9: 33 a.m.

A crowd composed of active and inactive military and police officials, and their children, gathered at the sidelines to watch the President.

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Female cadet tops PMA Class 2017; Seven more ladies in Top 10


FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City — A female cadet topped this year’s graduating cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).

Cadet First Class Rovi Mairel Martinez of Cabanatuan City ranked first among 167 members of Sanggalang ay Lakas at Buhay Para sa Kalayaan Ng Inang Bayan (SALAKNIB).

Seven female cadets were in the top ten: C1C Eda Glis Marapao of Baguio City ranked third, C1C Cathleen Jovi Baybayan of The City of San Fernando in Pampanga ranked fourth, C1C Shiela Joy Jallorina of Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya (5th), C1C Sheila Marie De Guzman of Manaoag, Pangasinan (7th), C1C Joyzy Funchica of Butuan City (8th), C1C Resie Jezreel Hucalla of Nabunturan, Compostela Valley (9th) and C1C Catherine Mar Gonzales of Zamboanga City (10th).

Only two male cadets made it the top ten.

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BAGUIO CITY – After working as a housemaid for 5 years, Meriam Libongcogon will be facing a whole new life as a Cadet 1st Class, after graduating from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) on Sunday.

Libongcogon, 25-years old, is the second child of Florida and Mario Libongcogon. Her parents and six siblings live in Bambalan, Cebu.

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PMA valedictorian almost quit on her second day
Published March 13, 2017 2:54pm

Reaching the top of the Philippine Military Academy Salaknib Class of 2017 was not easy for Cadet 1st Class Rovi Mairel Valino Martinez, who came close to quitting on her second day at the academy.

In an exclusive interview on Balitanghali, Martinez said she was overwhelmed by the pressures at the PMA on her second day.

"Pinakamahirap is yung second day ko po kasi iyon po 'yung time na gusto ko na mag-quit. 'Yung first day kasi 'di ko siya masyadong namalayan kasi sobrang daming nangyari," Martinez said.

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