FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – Eight out of the top 10 cadets graduating in the country’s premier Military Academy are females during the presentation yesterday in Fort General Gregorio H. Del Pilar, Baguio City.
Cadet First Class Rovi Mairel Martinez, who hails from Cabanatuan City ranked first among 167 members of Sanggalang ay Lakas at Buhay Para sa Kalayaan Ng Inang Bayan (SALAKNIB) Class of 2017. Martinez is the fourth female to top a graduating class since the academy graduated the seven female cadets in 1997.
Seven other female cadets are in the top ten: C1C Eda Glis Buansi of Baguio City ranked third, C1C Cathleen Jovi Santiano of San Fernando, Pampanga ranked fourth, C1C Shiela Joy Ramiro of Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya (5th), C1C Sheila Marie Calonge of Manaoag, Pangasinan (7th), C1C Joyzy Funchica of Butuan City (8th), C1C Resie Jezreel Arrocena of Nabunturan, Compostela Valley (9th) and C1C Catherine Mar Emeterio of Zamboanga City (10th).
Only two male cadets made it to the top ten. The second top cadet is Philip Viscaya of Ligao City in Albay province.
The fifth ranking cadet is C1C Emmanuel Canlas of Lubao, Pampanga.
Out of the 167 graduates of this year’s PMA Salaknib Class of 2017, 104 are males while 63 are females.
Out of the 63 female graduates of this class, 32 will be deployed with the Army, while 13 will be doing their duties with the Air Force and 18 will report to the Navy. (Larry Fabian • Zaldy Comanda)
