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6.30.2006

Zulaika Mariano Calibjo



Zulaika Mariano Calibjo


  • 1st Filipina to top the graduating class of the male-dominated Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA, 2006)



QUOTE
“What I am now is the [product] of [my own] sweat and blood. I compete not with others but with my own standards.”


DATE OF BIRTH
1983

FATHER: Rodolfo Calibjo
MOTHER: Babel


USEFUL LINKS

Top merchant marine graduate is a woman
Woman on top at 186-year marine school
After 186 years, woman leads PMMA cadets

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