Eight of PMA’s Top 10 graduates in 2017 are women

Eight out of the Philippine Military Academy's Top 10 graduates in 2017 are women, including the class topnotcher, the academy has announced.

There will be 63 women in the PMA Salaknib Class of 2017, the most number of females in a class to graduate from the academy.

More than 160 will graduate from the PMA on March 12.

The top ten are the following

1. Rovi Mairel Valino Martinez ng Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija - Philippine Navy

2. Philip Modestano Viscaya ng Ligao City, Albay - Philippine Army

3. Eda Glis Buansi Marapao ng BAguio City - Philippine Navy

4. Cathleen Jovi Ssantiano Baybayan ng San Fernando, Pampanga - Philippine Army

5. Carlo Emmanuel Manalansan Canlas ng Lubao, Pampanga - Philippine Air Force --

6. Shiela Joy Ramiro Jallorina ng Bagabag, Nueva Ecija - Philippine Air Force

7. Sheila Marie Calonge De Guzman ng Manaoag, Pangasinan - Philippine Army

8. Joyzy Mencias Funchica ng Butuan City - Philippine Air Force

9. Resie Jezreel Arrocena Hucalla ng Compostela Valley - Philippine Air Force

10. Catherine Mae Emeterio Gonzales ng Zamboanga City - Philippine Air Force

—Darius Bajo/NB, GMA News