TWO civilian instructors at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) were sacked over the drowning of a freshman cadet earlier this month.

Capt. Cheryl Tindog, PMA spokeswoman, said in a statement on Friday that Robert Bete and Antonio Catalan were “found negligent and imprudent” in teaching “Fundamentals of Swimming,” one of the subjects at the academy.

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