Malacañang Orders Swift Probe Into Drowning Deaths of Ateneo Athletes
Authorities say the team ignored safety advice and moved 300 meters from the resort front before a current swept four players away.
- On Monday, June 8, Ateneo de Manila University student-athletes Rene Baterbonia and Chukwuemeka Divine Adili drowned in Dipaculao, Aurora, after being swept away by a strong current while walking in waist-deep water during a team-building activity.
- Aurora police director Colonel Percival Pineda stated the team moved about 300 meters from the Hermanos Leisure Farm and Surf Camp and requested to be alone, though police allege the group was warned about sea conditions beforehand.
- Probing potential criminal liability, the National Bureau of Investigation noted an event "may be accidental in the sense that no one wished it, and yet remain the product of a failure to exercise the care the law demands."
- Palace Press Officer Claire Castro announced Thursday that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered a swift investigation, while the University Athletic Association of the Philippines will await official reports before considering sanctions.
- The Philippine Sports Commission formed a multi-stakeholder panel to review athlete safety measures, and the Nigerian Embassy in Manila coordinates with Adili's family for repatriation, with authorities having ruled out foul play.
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Malacañang orders swift probe into drowning deaths of Ateneo athletes
MANILA – Malacañang on Thursday ordered a swift investigation into the drowning of two student-athletes of the Ateneo de Manila University amid reports and speculation surrounding the circumstances of their deaths. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro stated that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed authorities to immediately establish the facts of the incident. “Unang-una po, of course, nakikiramay po tayo sa pangyayaring ito at ang na…
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UAAP awaits official results of probe into Ateneo drowning incident, will 'go where the evidence leads'
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) said it will “go where the evidence leads” as it awaits the official results of the investigation into the drowning incident that claimed the lives of Ateneo de Manila University basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili.

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