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Sunday, March 07, 2004
8 cadets accused of cheating will not graduate: PMA supt
THE eight first class cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), who was charged of cheating during their examination in their Management Information Science subject last year, will not be joining the PMA Maliyab Class 2004 graduation rites on March 14.
This developed as Maj. General Edilberto Adan, PMA superintendent, said the eight cadets decided to resign as members of the Cadet Corps of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CCAFP) two weeks ago.
Two other members of the Maliyab class, who were found positive of hepatitis B, will not yet be commissioned also as regular members of the AFP pending their medical treatment.
Adan refused to give further details about the two cadets with Hepatitis B, saying they are not the proper authority to issue medical explanations.
The cadets, who were accused of cheating--Eddyson Abanilla, Euphraim Diciano, Bernardo Huerte, Jerome Lozada, Eugene Mojar, Jonathan Serote, Jay Tarriela and Jimmy Oliver Vingno--earlier withdrew the charges they filed before a regular court against top PMA officials in a bid to stop the former from investigating them.
This developed even as Judge Clarence Villanueva of Regional Trial Court 7 granted the temporary restraining order sought by the cadets against PMA top brass, enjoining the top military academy from investigating the alleged erring cadets for 20 days.
The cadets withdrew their case several days after the TRO lapsed.
Court records obtained earlier showed that on Sept. 30, the cadets learned they had been reported by their management information science class professor Jovelyn Hermano of having violated the Honor Code for cheating in her class.
The allegation was reportedly based on mere suspicion because some of the cadets have answers similar to that of another set of exams given to another class, while some of the answer sheets of the cadets have erasures.
The cadets told the court the Honor Committee conducted a preliminary investigation, but they were not furnished copies of the result of the investigation.
Cadets found violating the Honor Code are given the option to leave the premier military institution even if they are among the ranks of the graduating class. Harley f. Palangchao
(March 7, 2004 issue)
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