From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 6, 2021): PMA alumni homecoming 2021 to be held online (By Liza Agoot)
LIMITED. Cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) during the parade and review at the Borromeo Field inside Fort Del Pilar in Baguio City in this undated photo. This year's PMA annual homecoming will be done online and only one representative from each class physically attending, an officer said on Friday (Feb. 5, 2021). (PNA file photo by Liza T. Agoot)
The annual homecoming of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) this year will be done online and only one representative from each class physically attending, an official said on Friday.
Chief of the Operations section of PMA Lt. Col. Ronald Gaboy, during the meeting of the Cordillera Regional Inter-Agency Task Force, said the annual alumni homecoming will be a limited event and the attendees will join online.
He said the homecoming on February 12 and 13 is expecting about 800 or more in attendance over Zoom.
He said they previously planned to have a limited attendance of 350 but was further reduced.
“We reduced it to a hi-breed limited face-to-face with only the class presidents attending. The others, about 800 or more will attend through Zoom,” Gaboy said.
He said as of Feb. 4, there were 40 who signified physical attendance on February 13 where the usual parade will be held at the Borromeo Field and sitting at the grandstand. The grandstand has a capacity ranging from 700 to 800.
“There will be no event that will be held in a closed venue,” Gaboy said.
He added that there are no scheduled class activities considering the limitations on social gatherings set by the IATF.
All those physically attending the homecoming are required to have a travel authority from the local police or the local government unit where they are coming from.
A medical certificate and a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test are also required from the attendees.
He said they are coordinating with the Baguio City Health Services Office to check on the requirement for the permit to hold the homecoming.
Gaboy added that they have requested the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to allow attendees of the homecoming to pass on Kennon Road to and from Baguio.
Office of Civil Defense regional director and RIATF chairman Albert Mogol, also a PMA alumnus, urged the officer to coordinate with the emergency operations center of the city for smooth conduct of the event.
The PMA annually holds the alumni homecoming where thousands of its graduates attend the three-day events for the class and the academy.
Aside from them, family members of the cavaliers come to the city to attend one of the PMA big events, aside from the graduation.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1129843
Chief of the Operations section of PMA Lt. Col. Ronald Gaboy, during the meeting of the Cordillera Regional Inter-Agency Task Force, said the annual alumni homecoming will be a limited event and the attendees will join online.
He said the homecoming on February 12 and 13 is expecting about 800 or more in attendance over Zoom.
He said they previously planned to have a limited attendance of 350 but was further reduced.
“We reduced it to a hi-breed limited face-to-face with only the class presidents attending. The others, about 800 or more will attend through Zoom,” Gaboy said.
He said as of Feb. 4, there were 40 who signified physical attendance on February 13 where the usual parade will be held at the Borromeo Field and sitting at the grandstand. The grandstand has a capacity ranging from 700 to 800.
“There will be no event that will be held in a closed venue,” Gaboy said.
He added that there are no scheduled class activities considering the limitations on social gatherings set by the IATF.
All those physically attending the homecoming are required to have a travel authority from the local police or the local government unit where they are coming from.
A medical certificate and a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test are also required from the attendees.
He said they are coordinating with the Baguio City Health Services Office to check on the requirement for the permit to hold the homecoming.
Gaboy added that they have requested the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to allow attendees of the homecoming to pass on Kennon Road to and from Baguio.
Office of Civil Defense regional director and RIATF chairman Albert Mogol, also a PMA alumnus, urged the officer to coordinate with the emergency operations center of the city for smooth conduct of the event.
The PMA annually holds the alumni homecoming where thousands of its graduates attend the three-day events for the class and the academy.
Aside from them, family members of the cavaliers come to the city to attend one of the PMA big events, aside from the graduation.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1129843
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