Beleaguered Ateneo basketball coach Tab Baldwin and three other basketball team officials did not appear in the hearing set by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in connection with the death of two basketball players in Aurora. Several school and basketball team officials were...
Ateneo de Manila University has decided to withdraw from the ongoing 19th Filoil Ecooil Preseason Cup, the league announced Sunday, June 14. The Blue Eagles have begged off from the annual collegiate meet days after the tragic deaths of Divine Adili and Rene Clert Baterbonia. “Upon continuous...
Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) has offered scholarships for all six siblings of Rene Baterbonia, who died in a drowning incident during a team-building of the Ateneo de Manila men’s basketball team in Aurora. AdDU President Fr. Karel San Juan SJ announced this after the evening mass for...
DAVAO CITY – The families of Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili, the two Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles who drowned in a resort in Dipaculao, Aurora on June 8, are demanding accountability from the Katipunan-based school and full disclosure over the incident, the Torreon and Partners Law...
Efi Baldwin, the estranged wife of Ateneo head coach Tab Baldwin, revealed in a video posted on Saturday, June 13, that she had repeatedly warned the school to keep him away from children. The clip was posted on X (formerly Twitter), a few days after the untimely deaths of Rene Baterbonia and...
Divine Adili left his family in Nigeria to pursue a career in basketball. He dreamed of giving his parents a better life. But tragedy struck last Monday, June 8 , and people who knew Adili so well could only share how good of a person he was. Before his days with Ateneo in the UAAP, the 21-year-old...
For a grieving mother, an apology is not enough. Rovelyn Baterbonia said Saturday, June 13, she wants nothing but a clear explanation of what really took place before the untimely deaths of his child Rene and his teammate Divine Adili in Ateneo’s team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora....
Veteran coach Tab Baldwin finally broke his silence with a public apology following the t ragic incident that claimed the lives of Ateneo players Divine Adili and Rene Clert Baterbonia in Dipaculao, Aurora, last Monday, June 8. In a Facebook post by Ateneo de Manila University on Friday evening,...
Elias Adili wanted nothing but justice for his son Divine who tragically died along with his teammate Rene Clert Baterbonia in a drowning incident in Ateneo men’s basketball’s team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora last Monday, June 8. In a social media post early Friday, June 12, the...
Rain or Shine head coach Yeng Guiao believes stricter safety protocols should be in place for training camps and out-of-town training sessions following the tragic outcome of the Ateneo Blue Eagles’ team-building activity that claimed the lives of Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili. In an interview...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, June 12, expressed support for calls seeking justice for student-athletes Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili while questioning Ateneo 's response following their deaths. In an interview in Davao City, Duterte described Baterbonia as a promising athlete...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, June 12, called for the full cooperation of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Men’s Basketball Team coaches, players, and other individuals summoned in the investigation into the drowning of their two student-athletes in Aurora province. Police...
