1999 "Masikhay" Class

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1999 "Masikhay" Class ; Magna Cum Laude dies in road mishap
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mazingu	Dec 4 2008, 01:57 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 585 Group: Regulars Member #4,397 Joined: March 24, 2008	source Magna cum laude of PMA Class 1999 dies in road mishap By MAR T. SUPNAD MARIVELES, Bataan — A lady official of the Philippine Navy (PN) was killed last Tuesday night when the vehicle she was driving crashed onto a parked, unlighted 10-wheel truck on the national highway in Barangay Lucanin, this town. Senior Supt. Manuel Gaerlan, Bataan police director, reported that Lieutenant Senior Grade Arlene dela Cruz, magna cum laude of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) class 1999, died of injuries. Police said her Toyota car with plate No. TJF-505 hit the parked truck with plate number CEC 330 driven by Fernando Balmocina of Baliuag, Bulacan. Supt. Enrico Vargas, chief of police of Mariveles town, said that a hunt was launched for the truck driver who had fled. The truck was registered in the name of Nicholas Rustia of Tibag, Baliuag. Investigation showed that at about 8:30 p.m. last Tuesday, the lady Navy official was driving her car towards Manila from the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP) in Barangay Alas-asin where she was assigned. Upon reaching Barangay Lucanin, the victim’s car struck the rear of the 10-wheel truck, which was parked on the middle of the road. As a result of the impact, police said, the car plowed under the rear of the truck, causing serious injuries to Dela Cruz. The victim was taken to DND Hospital in Barangay Lamao, Limay, but she was declared dead on arrival by Dr. Maria Theresa Orriquia, rural health officer assigned in Barangay Cabcaben, Mariveles. Latest report stated that truck driver Balmocina had already been arrested by Bataan policemen. He told police investigators that the truck was on the middle of the road because it developed mechanical defect. Police investigators were preparing charges against Balmocina probers and the owner of the truck.



seWer Rat	Dec 5 2008, 03:38 AM Post #2
amateur sewer cleaner Posts: 3,124 Group: Elite Member #87 Joined: August 19, 2004	what a waste of a promising future snuffed out by irresponsible truck driver. R.I.P.
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valiant	Dec 5 2008, 01:41 PM Post #3
Member Posts: 465 Group: Regulars Member #412 Joined: March 26, 2005	Its the proliferation of defective trucks that are causing so many deadly road accidents and the LTO is to blame, many operators of trucking services no longer bring the trucks for inspection during renewal of registration and instead just pay extra amount to corrupt LTO employees for processing of rnewal without the vehicles undergoing the required inspection procedure.



seWer Rat	Dec 8 2008, 01:30 PM Post #4
amateur sewer cleaner Posts: 3,124 Group: Elite Member #87 Joined: August 19, 2004	Busto: Dying young http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/...to.choices.html By Li-an de la Cruz-Busto Choices MY GOOD friend Joselle texted me Wednesday last week that the topnotcher of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1999, Navy Lieutenant Senior Grade Arlene de la Cruz was killed in a vehicular accident in Mariveles, Bataan the night before. I asked her if she had verified it because I have not read about it even if I regularly check on news online. I also could not believe it as there were no flash reports or conversations about it considering that it happened more than 24 hours already. Of course, as human beings we are not immortals. But I had to nudge Joselle a couple of times before I was able to finally confirm it myself. What's your take on the Mindanao crisis? Discuss views with other readers These are the times that writing about this subject does not come easy for anyone. While I do not personally know Lieutenant de la Cruz, I had read how she made history by becoming the first female topnotcher of the PMA since women were admitted to the academy in 1993. And that lone and remarkable achievement alone was a big deal and with that, her future would have been indeed bright and rosy for her. She could have been the first female Philippine Navy's Flag Officer In Command (FOIC) or the Philippines Armed Forces' Chief of Staff in the future but such would never become a reality in the future anymore. She was very young and gone too soon... the same line I used when I wrote about my female classmate at the flying school who died at the age of 27 in a plane crash in Mabalacat, Pampanga. Like Lt. de la Cruz, my classmate was also an achiever and also acknowledged in the AFP as well as the Philippine Air Force (PAF) history, being one of the first two female OV-10A Bronco plane pilots of the PAF who also flew aggressively over Mindanao for combat missions when the AFP was still in the thick of its operations against enemies of the state down south. And like her exploits in Mindanao, my classmate lived up to and remained true to all the awards she got for heroism and gallantry in action when she launched her attacks against bandits and secessionist rebels in Mindanao. She died a hero to all of us who knew her because in her death, several lives were saved and that was the reason I called her Amazing Grace not only because of her flying skills but also for her guts. She went down with the plane she piloted when she could have done so many things to save her life. She chose to maneuver the plane away from many people who lived in a populated subdivision in Mabalacat, Pampanga. I knew my classmate could not have lived with that fact had she decided to do otherwise. My classmate would have been a promising military officer if she was alive today as she was very clear cut and focused with what she wanted her career and life to be. She wanted to become a ranking officer in the Armed Forces and wanted to be a prolific pilot who would fly each of the Air Force's aircraft inventory. I knew she would have also make a tough officer because she had a heart of stone if needed. But she was a regular girl who loved and was also loved whether platonically or romantically. In fact, she was already planning her wedding with the scribbled notes of would be bridal entourage that were found under her pillow the day she died. And like any other obedient child that my classmate was, being the eldest child in their brood, she also dreamed big for her family back in Bacolod for whom she wanted to build a big house, provide them with their own business to successfully work on as well as buy them a brand new vehicle. I know there will always be so many questions among classmates, friends and family as to why our loved ones had to go so soon but we do not hold the answers to these questions. But as I had also written in my tribute to my classmate seven years ago, we cannot ask God why people who are young and promising die young. We can only thank Him for sending them to us and learning from them, even for just a brief period of time.
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deadeye	Feb 20 2009, 08:55 PM Post #5
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