00:00 We should defend our rights with full courage when it is still in the law.
00:06 That is one of the instructions of President Bongbong Marcos in his speech
00:10 at the ceremony of the completion of the Class of 2024 of the Philippine Military Academy.
00:15 The closing remarks were made by Jasmine Gabriel Galvan of JMA Regional TV, One North Central Luzon.
00:21 Against intruders who have been disrespecting our territorial integrity,
00:28 we will vigorously defend what is ours, but our conduct always guided by law.
00:34 This is one of the instructions of President Bongbong Marcos in the commencement exercises of the Philippine Military Academy
00:41 at the Fort General Grigorio del Pilar in Baguio City earlier.
00:44 Against evolving threats that harm our people and corrodes social and political trust,
00:49 we will be adept, we will be flexible, and we will be ready in repelling such things.
00:55 To achieve that, cadets must be prepared.
00:59 He ordered the Department of National Defense and Armed Forces of the Philippines
01:04 to examine the PMA Curriculum to ensure that cadets are ready to fight any threat.
01:10 The President also condemned those who are accused of destabilization.
01:14 This is a time of birth pains, sadly of opportunism, blatant attempts of destabilization,
01:21 and last ditch to cling to the rapidly disappearing past.
01:26 278 cadets of the PMA Bagong Sine Class of 2024 graduated.
01:31 Many cadets including the Class of 2024 reached 54.
01:36 Vice President Sara Duterte also attended the commencement exercises.
01:41 The 24-year-old Second Lieutenant Jeneth Ilumba from Surigao City was the first in the PMA Bagong Sine Class of 2024.
01:50 She was the 7th female valedictorian of the PMA since 1997.
01:54 She was awarded the Presidential Saber Award.
01:57 I have this inspiration that primarily came from my father who aspired to be a public servant as uniformed personnel,
02:06 but due to circumstances he was not able to pursue and then he encouraged me.
02:11 Of the newly completed soldiers, 143 will be counted in the Philippine Army,
02:16 73 in the Philippine Navy and 62 in the Philippine Air Force.
02:20 For GMA Integrated News, I am Jasmine Gabriel Galvan of GMA Regional TV One North Central Zone.
02:28 Ringing 24 hours.
02:31 [News Anchor]
02:43 [Music]
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