PMA closes homecoming to media, public for first time over Covid-19

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:00:28 +0000

THE Philippine Military Academy (PMA), for the first time in recent years, has closed the annual alumni homecoming to media and the public amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Capt. Cheryl Tindog, PMA spokesman, on Wednesday, said that the ban was one of the measures undertaken by the academy to prevent the spread […]

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2 PMA civilian instructors fired over drowning of freshman cadet

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:36:04 +0000

TWO civilian instructors at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) were sacked over the drowning of a freshman cadet earlier this month. Capt. Cheryl Tindog, PMA spokeswoman, said in a statement on Friday that Robert Bete and Antonio Catalan were “found negligent and imprudent” in teaching “Fundamentals of Swimming,” one of the subjects at the academy. […]

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Freshman cadet drowns in PMA pool

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:36:13 +0000

A freshman cadet drowned at the Philippine Military Academy’s (PMA) swimming pool on Friday, a spokesman said. Capt. Cheryl Tindog identified the victim as Cdt. 4th Class Mario Telan Jr. of the PMA’s Cadet Corps Alpha Company. Telan attended his swimming class from 11 a.m. to 12 noon but was unable to attend his next classes, Tindog said […]

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Año to PNP: No ‘white-wash’ on PMA hazing probe

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 06:54:42 +0000

INTERIOR Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to maintain transparency and “not withhold information or whitewash” the investigation into the hazing death of a cadet at the Philippine Military…READ

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Respect is earned, AFP chief tells PMA cadets

Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:19:47 +0000

FRESH SUITS. Wearing their uniforms for the first time, 390 members of Philippine Military Academy Class of 2023 marched out to be incorporated in the cadet corps during rites held on Saturday (July 27) at Fort Del Pilar in Baguio City. Their families showed up to witness the event. VINCENT CABREZA

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City–“If you want to be respected, act respectable.” That’s the sage advice given by Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr. to cadets belonging to Philippine Military Academy Class of 2023, who were formally incorporated into the Cadet Corps on Saturday (July 27).

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Duterte’s rape jokes meant ‘to make people laugh’ – Panelo

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 03:23:25 +0000

Duterte’s rape jokes meant ‘to make people laugh’ – Panelo

President Rodrigo Duterte’s rape jokes during his speech at the PMA Class of 2019 graduation was only intended to make people laugh.

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2 PMA cadets fail to graduate for ‘breaking rules, missing requirements’

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 01:30:06 +0000

BAGUIO CITY: Two Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets won’t be able to graduate on Sunday, a spokesman for the PMA said. Reynan Afan told reporters on the sidelines that the…READ

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