Barangay Ginebra players Scottie Thompson and Nards Pinto visited the wake of the late Ateneo basketball player Rene ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur on Tuesday, June 23. The PBA champions paid their last respect to Baterbonia, who, along with Nigerian player Divine Adili, died...
Police investigators were sent to Aurora for what they refer to as crime scene reconstruction in order to come up with a clear picture on the circumstances that led to the drowning of two members of the Ateneo de Manila University college basketball team. Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander Morico II,...
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines’ (UAAP) Board of Trustees has barred all Ateneo staff present during the tragic drowning incident from joining any sanctioned activities, the league announced Friday, June 19. The league’s Board of Trustees approved the endorsement of the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to submit its full report on the drowning of two members of the Ateneo de Manila University basketball team to the Department of Justice next week. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla said they expect to...
The call to probe the tragic drowning of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) student-athletes Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili is gaining traction at the House of Representatives. Jointly filing House Resolution (HR) No.1129 for the purpose of an investigation in aid of legislation were "Young...
Rovelyn Baterbonia called for respect and condemned individuals who have been taking advantage of anything related to the late 18-year-old cager for personal gain. On her Facebook post Wednesday evening, June 17, Rovelyn said they only allowed signed items by Rene to be sold, not those shirts and...
The body of Divine Adili, who tragically died alongside Rene Baterbonia in a drowning incident in Dipaculao, Aurora last week , is finally returning to his home in Nigeria, the Ateneo de Manila University announced Wednesday, June 17. After moving from the campus to Arlington Memorial Chapels in...
Kieffer Alas dismissed speculations that the Ateneo training camp in Aurora was part of an initiation process for newcomers. The two players said the team-building activity was never meant to harm anyone. Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili died in Dipaculao last June 8. "The only thing I felt...
Ateneo head coach Tab Baldwin is set to appear before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday, June 19, in connection with the ongoing probe into the deaths of Ateneo Blue Eagles players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili. NBI Director Melvin Matibag confirmed Wednesday, June 17, that...
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Blue Eagles coach Tab Baldwin 's resignation from the collegiate basketball squad isn 't enough, Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco said on Tuesday, June 16. Tiangco says the more crucial thing for Baldwin to do is to explain the circumstances...
Ateneo de Manila University has accepted the resignations of men’s basketball head coach Tab Baldwin and team manager Epok Quimpo, effective immediately, in the aftermath of the tragic deaths of student-athletes Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili during a team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora...
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...
