Two Pinay Navy Grads Get Diplomas from Obama

Two Filipinas, born on either side of the Pacific, were among this year’s graduates of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, getting the rare honor of receiving their diplomas from President Obama, the US Command-in-Chief himself, reports ABS-CNN News. Christine Joy Jiao Layug of Oakland, Ca. was one of several Filipino-American graduates. On the other hand, Chinna Louise Eulogio Salio was the only Filipino graduate in Annapolis Class 2013. She was born in landlocked Mountain Province.