{"id":237155,"date":"2019-11-11T21:55:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T02:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=237155"},"modified":"2025-01-19T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T20:27:29","slug":"palace-urges-pma-to-reassess-protocols-after-drowning-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/11\/palace-urges-pma-to-reassess-protocols-after-drowning-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace urges PMA to reassess protocols after drowning incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_237156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237156\" style=\"width: 2816px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PMA_Melchor_Hall_Facade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237156\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PMA_Melchor_Hall_Facade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2816\" height=\"2112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PMA_Melchor_Hall_Facade.jpg 2816w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PMA_Melchor_Hall_Facade-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PMA_Melchor_Hall_Facade-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PMA_Melchor_Hall_Facade-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2816px) 100vw, 2816px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Facade of Melchor Hall, PMA (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=38736448\">Photo By Ramiltibayan &#8211; Own work\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said it was \u201cbothered\u201d by the death of a fourth class cadet who drowned in the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) swimming pool, stressing that military instructors should reassess their protocols to prevent a repeat of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re bothered by the death of another plebe who could be an outstanding military officer if he were able to finish his course,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy valtrex online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/valtrex.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/valtrex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe military instructors especially on the swimming side should reassess their protocols so that they can provide safety to their trainees,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Reports showed that Cadet 4th Class Mario Telan attended his 11 a.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vibramycin online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/vibramycin.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/vibramycin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>m. swimming class but was not seen in his next classes. He was later found in the 15-foot deep end of the pool.<\/p>\n<p>PMA spokesperson, Capt. Cheryl Tindog said efforts were done to revive Telan and he was immediately transferred to Fort del Pilar Station Hospital but was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo acknowledged that initial findings showed that there was no foul play. However, authorities are looking at the negligence of the instructors.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cKasi parang nag-<\/em>fail<em>\u00a0yata \u2018yung kadete sa unang<\/em>\u00a0trial. So,\u00a0<em>kung nag-<\/em>fail \u2018<em>yun, kung<\/em>\u00a0instructor\u00a0<em>ka dapat hindi mo muna pinatuloy \u2018yung kaniyang<\/em>\u00a0training. So,\u00a0<em>tinitingnan nila \u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0aspect\u00a0<em>na \u2018yun<\/em>\u00a0(Because I think the cadet failed the first trial. So if he failed, if you\u2019re the instructor, you shouldn\u2019t have allowed him to continue his training. So they\u2019re looking into that aspect),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is investigating Telan\u2019s death to determine if it was an accidental drowning.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy mounjaro online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/mounjaro.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/mounjaro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Telan is the third cadet to pass away in a matter of months.<\/p>\n<p>Last September 18, Cadet 4th Class Darwin Dormitorio died from injuries from alleged hazing and torture.<\/p>\n<p>Dormitorio\u2019s death prompted PMA Superintendent, Lt. Gen. Ronnie Evangelista and Cadet Corps Commandant, Brig. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro to resign from their posts.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 28, Cadet 2nd Class Cedrick Gadia died from esophageal cancer at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said it was \u201cbothered\u201d by the death of a fourth class cadet who drowned in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":237156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285888,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237155\/revisions\/285888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}