Son of utility worker from North Cotabato is 5th in PMA Mabalasik Class

  Cadet 1st Class Aldren Maambong Altamero, 25, ranks 5th in the PMA graduating class of 2019, the Mabalasik. Altamero, the only cadet from Mindanao who made it to the top 10, hails from Barangay Balabag, Kidapawan City in North Cotabato. "My graduation will serve as a reunion [with] my family. Nagkawatak-watak na po kami (We've been separated)," Altamero said in a phone interview. At age 12, he lost his father Sofrino Altamero, a farmer, due to illness. His mother Anita, 54, who worked as a school janitor, had since remarried. He said his graduation would be an occasion for his mother to reunite with his sister, Annie Fe, who had been living in Bicol for more tha...

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