Foreign tourism execs to attend PMA Cadets’ Day

BAGUIO CITY - A throng of foreign tourism officials, domestic travelers and city residents are expected to attend the Philippine Military Academy Cadets Day at the Park Yuletide Season presentation today, Sunday.

The special event is a highlight feature of the ongoing 40th Anniversary Celebration of Silahis ng Pasko sa Baguio sponsored by the National Correspondents Club of Baguio (NCCB) and the City Social Welfare and Development Office in cooperation with the city government administration.

The traditional PMA day offering starts with a silent drill exhibition by an elite company from the cadet corps set at Burnham Park at 10 o’clock in the morning.

                

The drill team will showcase its razor-shard manual of arms and its smart marching precision and unique drill formation to the tune of martial music by the PMA band.

                

Prior to the cadets’ big show, the new set of NCCB officers will be installed to office by the PMA Supt. Vice Admiral Edgar Abogado, guest of honor during the short and simple NCCB rites.

                

Veteran mediaman Nars Padilla heads the tri-media aggrupation as president. The other officers are Romy Gonzales, vice-president; Primo Agatep, secretary-general; Victor Luacan, treasurer; Alan Dilan, auditor; and lawyer Aurelio Galacgag, legal officer. The board members are Dobie de Guzman, ArtemioDumpalo, Zaldy Comanda, Tom Picana and Joseph Zambrano.

                

Padilla said, Supt. Abogado will also turn-over to NCCB-CSWDO “Operation De Lata Para SaKapwa,” the long gray line assorted canned goods donation to bolster the ongoing local relief and rehabilitation efforts for the benefit of our kababayan-victims in Eastern Visayas in the aftermath of super typhoon Yolanda.

At 2 p.m., the PMA band and PMA combo will stage a Christmas concert at the Justice Malcolm square. For the entertainment and listening pleasure of music lovers, classical selections, world famous Christmas carol numbers and Popular Filipino harana songs is part of their repertoire.

Padilla and Betty Fangasan, co-chairperson of Silahis ng Pasko 2013 said, “the twin PMA cadets day at the park events will surely generate and radiate the message of the nativity, build on love, joy, hope and prayer for a merry Christmas and a blessed new year. – NCCB release