Cordillera lass is No. 2 in PMA 'Pudang-Kalis' Class of 2013

From the Philippine Information Agency (Mar 15): Cordillera lass is No. 2 in PMA 'Pudang-Kalis' Class of 2013

The 22-year old female cadet from the Kankaney tribe of Lamut, Beckel, La Trinidad, Benguet and Tabuk, Kalinga, is number two in the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Pudang-Kalis (Puso’t Dangal ng mga Kawal ng Lahing Nagkakaisa) Class 2013.

Cadet First Class Maryam Dinamling Balais leads three other female cadets in the Top 10 of the 124-strong Pudang Kalis Class who will graduate this Sunday, March 17.

Balais who is set to join the Philippine Navy (PN) will receive the Vice Presidential Saber, PN Saber, Australian Defense Best Over-all Performance Award, Navy Professional Course Plaque, Natural Sciences Plaque and the Social Sciences Plaque.

Maryam whose parents are Dimas and Nora Balais, joins her three brothers in serving and defending the country. The fourth of five siblings, she has two brothers who graduated from the PMA and another one who graduated at the Philippine National Police Academy.

Apart from Balais, the three female cadets in the Top 10 are Cadet First Class Joselyn Advincula at No. 5 and will join the Philippine Army (PA), No. 8 is Cadet First Class Vanessa Factor who will join the PN, and a No. 10 is Cadet First Class Maila Maniscan, who will join the PA.

There are 19 female cadets and 105 male cadets who are graduating in the Pudang-Kalis class which name was derived from the Muslim term which means “sacred sword” whose blade symbolizes the heart and honor of the members of PMA Class 2013.

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III is the guest of honor and speaker during the PMA commencement exercise on March 17, at the Fort Del Pilar, Baguio City.

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=91363059308