437 plebes enter PMA

FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITY — Philippine Military Academy, the premier military training institution in the country and in Asia, formally welcomed its largest-ever number of plebes yesterday.

Some 437 fourth class cadets who compose class 2006 were formally welcomed by the Armed Forces here led by AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Roy Cimatu during their "Incorporation Day."

Some 386 males and 51 women made it to the 54-day grueling Summer Training Camp.  Forty-four did not make it," PMA spokesman Marine Major Edgardo Arevalo said. — Artemio Dumlao