An I-Benguet is the only Cordilleran to earn an academic distinction in this year’s class of the Philippine Military Academy or the SIKLAB-LAYA Class of 2025.
2LT KINT POLTIC PINAS graduated Cum Laude this morning at the Borromeo Fields, Fort Gregorio H. Del Pilar where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was the Guest of Honor and Speaker.
2LT PINAS was born in La Trinidad and finished his basic education at La Trinidad Central School and Cordillera Regional Science High School (CRSHS). Pinas was a member of the CRSHS Glee Club that won several golds in the 2019 Bali International Choir Festival. He also attended the Benguet State University College of Information Sciences before eventually entering the premier military school of the country.
2LT PINAS is the eldest child of Efren Luma-ang Pinas and Melina Poltic Pinas from Kapangan and with roots from Buguias and other parts of the province.
Benguet Cadet is the Lone Cordilleran Cum Laude of PMA Class 2025
An I-Benguet is the only Cordilleran to earn an academic distinction in this year’s class of the Philippine Military Academy or the SIKLAB-LAYA Class of 2025.
2LT KINT POLTIC PINAS graduated Cum Laude this morning at the Borromeo Fields, Fort Gregorio H. Del Pilar where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was the Guest of Honor and Speaker.
2LT PINAS was born in La Trinidad and finished his basic education at La Trinidad Central School and Cordillera Regional Science High School (CRSHS). Pinas was a member of the CRSHS Glee Club that won several golds in the 2019 Bali International Choir Festival. He also attended the Benguet State University College of Information Sciences before eventually entering the premier military school of the country.
2LT PINAS is the eldest child of Efren Luma-ang Pinas and Melina Poltic Pinas from Kapangan and with roots from Buguias and other parts of the province.
✍️: Carter Luma-ang
