PMA’s top grads from Pangasinan visit Gov. ‘Espines’
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Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. (center) flashes the Pangasinan number one sign with PMA graduates from Pangasinan led by 2Lt. Christine Mae Calima (9th from left) of Arnedo, Bolinao who ranked second among the 63-member PMA Gabay Laya class; top 9 – 2Lt. George Bernard Garcia (6th from left) of Bongalon, Labrador; and top 12 – 2Lt. Albert Junio (7th from left) from Lumayao, San Quintin. Joining the PMA graduates are Col. Carlo Resurrecion, Col. Ryan Celina, Major Ryan Igama, PDRRMC Chief Rhodyn Lochinvar Oro and Mr. Edward Calima, father of Christine. /Photo by MVSadim
Three top graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Gabay-Laya Class of 2016 who hail from Pangasinan led by 2Lt. Christine Mae Calima of Arnedo, Bolinao paid a courtesy call on Governor Amado T. Espino (GATE), Jr. on March 17, Thursday, at the Urduja House, here.
Calima, ranked second among the 63-member PMA Gabay Laya class; 2Lt. George Bernard Garcia (top 9) of Bongalon, Labrador; and 2Lt. Albert Junio (top 12) from Lumayao, San Quintin were accompanied by Col. Carlo Resurrecion, Col. Ryan Celina, Major Ryan Igama; Col. (Ret.) Rhodyn Lochinvar Oro, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Chief; and Mr. Edward Calima, father of Christine, during the caller’s day.
Proud of the latest feats of Pangasinenses in the PMA, the provincial chief executive expressed confidence that they will soon become successful in instilling positive changes on their chosen branches of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Twenty-two year old Calima, who was Bolinao School of Fisheries (BSF) high school valedictorian in 2010, spent two years at Saint Louis University in Baguio City, where she was a consistent dean’s lister taking up accountancy prior to pursuing her military career at the PMA.
Calima thanked the provincial government for the all-support it extended the PMA cadets during their community immersion held last year in Pangasinan and said that Gov. Espino is a figure that everyone must look up to.
Gov. Espino, a decorated member of PMA Class 1972 received the rare second Cavalier Award given by the PMA Alumni Association, Inc., last February in recognition of his “sterling leadership and professional competence in public administration” being the provincial chief executive of Pangasinan from 2007 to 2016.
In 1977, Espino – who was then the Captain of the Philippine Constabulary –received his first cavalier award as Military Professional in Police Operations, particularly for the capture of elusive CPP-NPA leaders like Bernabe Buscayno aka “Kumander Dante,” Satur Ocampo, Father Ed Dela Torre and other top officials of the leftist and rebel groups. /Mark Gerry Naval Oblanca
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