UAAP Season 88 (2025-2026)

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Divine Adili and Rene Clert Baterbonia drowned during a team building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora.


University Statement | Statement | Ateneo de Manila University

Pucha ka gulat naman to. Sad to hear about this. Condolences to the families. Dapat may independent body mag check if accident lang or if may lapses on the part of Ateneo. Saw in social media someone posted a podcast where guest si Shawn Ildefenso & Mike Nieto. Nakwento yung teambuilding din nila sa Aurora din yata. Gigisingin daw sila ng 4 am to do drills & sometimes run to the water. The host asked if may nalunod. Sabi si Babilonia daw muntik na. If true, dapat dun pa alng tinigil na. One loss is one too many. Tapos dalawa pa?! I am just in shock & in utter disbelief.

[Devastator]

Condolences to the families of these youngsters. So sad to hear news about this.

[nagnilagak]

Ito problema sa nga top school sa academic sa pinas pero mahina pag dating sa sports. Kahit ano success nyo sa amatuer eh pag dating sa professional ngah-ngah.

The only player na nag mvp sa pba na ateniness eh smurfy tenorio but his skills develop ng san beda system. Ang daming bust na nangaling sa ateniness. Yung hype na hype na humohopia na magiging top player si greg slowmo eh ang daming nafrustrate. Eh ako kita ko na laro sa uaap pa lang pag rumerebound walang ka power-power para umaabot ng ebak.

ang basketball elementary pa lang makikita mo na kung may future dahil mga batak yan sa barangay as in physicalan yan tapps makatapat ka pa may putok na kalaban tapos mukha talaga mabaho. Eh ako kaya hindi rin nagprosper basketball kasi maarte ako kung baga nagpapasub na ako pag may putok kalaban. Manuod n lang ako sa bench. Iba ang pawis pag magdikitan, ilan ulit na sasabunin mo yan.

Kaya yan mga 2weeks to 1month na training mas mabuti mag soul searching na lang kayo more on meditation to accept your identity.. Kung gusto nyo tunay na physical training eh go to china sa shaolin temple to be flexible be like water.

Wag ipilit ang physical talent pag wala sa nature ng school.

[nagnilagak]

tingnan nyo kung ano tinahak ng top school kuno

ravena brother nagoverseas na lang para sumahod ng malaki but not the main guy parang binabangko sa korea or japan.

yung kai sotto masyado ng late nagpamacho.

ang talagang may talent talaga si abando but school pinangalingan nya eh mga batak at nangaling sa probinsya yan.

Ang masasabi ko lang na topschool na may talent talaga kaya bumuhat sa professional yung player ng lasalle kevin quiambao.

kaya pag dating sa basketball at gusto nyo mag pro eh ang magandang program sa feu, ust, san beda, san sebastian, even ue marunong.

pag ateneo ka madradraft ka sa pba careof manny pangilinan teams and atenean team manager Remember the likes of jec chia, magnum membrebre, etc. Yan ang pinoint out ni coach lawrence chongson may post sya sa pinoyexchange. Pag atenista nakapasok sa pba its because yung team manager eh atenista or president ng team and obviously mamny pangilinan team. Madami walang talent halos atenista nakapasok pba start ng 1990s.

[111prez]

Divine Adili and Rene Clert Baterbonia drowned during a team building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora.


University Statement | Statement | Ateneo de Manila University

Very sad and tragic. Prayers for the families .....

[nagnilagak]

yung nanay nagrereklamo bakit hindi pa makita bangkay ng anak wala daw transparency.

For sure magdedemanda. Maganda pigain nila ateniness danyos perwisyo worth 500million Better kung umabot sa next administration na sara duterte or duterte leaning candidate. Basta i want a china like president na anti-elitist na pro people death penalty..

Kailangan maexpose ito mga roman katol na kumokontrol sa government. May nagviral last week yung president ng san sebastian na padre eh minamanyak mga athleta / scholar.

[nagnilagak]

may nabasa ako dapat iban ng UAAP ang basketball team ng ateniness for 10years.

Nagtraining sa dagat tapos walang lifeguard or speedboat incase of emergency . Ano yan nagtitipid? Malaki magiging problema ni tab baldwin dapat hold departure order yan.

[Verbl Kint]

"Early this morning, Tuesday, 9 June 2026,the remains of Rene and Divine were transferred from the Aurora Memorial Hospital to Arlington Memorial Chapels and Crematory in Quezon City. At the request of Rene's parents, an autopsy will be conducted. The University, through Arlington, has coordinated with the appropriate authorities, including the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), to facilitate this process."

https://www.ateneo.edu/statement/202...a-divine-adili

[nagnilagak]

kakapanuod ko lang interview ng nanay

- papunta sa funeral wala daw representative ng ateneo na kasama!!!! Talaga iniwan sa ere.

- bakit madaming pasah sa katawan??? Mukhang hazing!!!!

- dito makakaganti mga dds laban sa catholic ateniness. Gagatungan namin talaga ito kagaya doon sa san sebastian faggot president nangmamanyak ng students.

[nagnilagak]

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Jan Suing
Ateneo de Manila is the school of presidents, senators, oligarchs, and Cabinet secretaries. It is the finishing school of Philippine power.

Two poor boys died under their watch. One from Agusan del Sur. One from Nigeria.

Not exactly the Ateneo demographic, are they?

They were recruited for their height and their game. They were useful to the institution.

And when they died during a school-organized activity, the institution responded with four boilerplate paragraphs and a request for "privacy."

[Devastator]

"Early this morning, Tuesday, 9 June 2026,the remains of Rene and Divine were transferred from the Aurora Memorial Hospital to Arlington Memorial Chapels and Crematory in Quezon City. At the request of Rene's parents, an autopsy will be conducted. The University, through Arlington, has coordinated with the appropriate authorities, including the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), to facilitate this process."

Update on the passing of Divine Adili and Rene Clert Baterbonia | Statement | Ateneo de Manila University

Ateneo should also investigate this matter especially with revelations coming from former players and the mother's story of weights tied to her son's ankles. In the U.S., this would have immediately sparked a lawsuit.

[nagnilagak]

lahat ng players na kasama sa training dapat tingnan katawan kung may pasah din. Kasi pag ito mga namatay lang may bluish eh bunully yan sa training.

dapat din malaman kung sino sa players jan na nag elementary or nag highschool sa ateniness na may pasah din sa ganyan training yung pinahirapan din. Kasi pag wala eh huhLuuuh huhLuuh.

[nagnilagak]

hindi ako makaget over sa sinabi ng mother na dinala sa funeral anak nya na walang atenniness representativa na sumama!!!! Walang naghatid!!! Ano yan parang pinabook nyo sa grab tapos sige patay ka na so mga staff na lang ng funeral maghahatid sayo!!! Matapos nyo irecruit dahil mvp pala ito sa palarong pambansa eh ngayon namatay sa hazing nyo eh iiwanan nyo na sa ere.

imagine kayo na may kasalanan tapos mga staff lang ng punerarya kasama!!! Walang may care na nakadisgrasya to console the family na pupunta sa punerarya .
Again dinala sa funeral na walang representative ng ateniness!!!! Grabe kabastos ito bahygon katol school.

[nagnilagak]

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Jan Writer
The governor of Agusan del Sur had to step in and help arrange travel, accommodations, transportation, and other logistical support for the Baterbonia family as they went to Manila to see and bring home their dead son.

The governor. Of a province.

This was the kind of support Ateneo should have made visible, immediate, and automatic from the first hour. This is the school that produces the country's elite. The school whose alumni occupy the highest rooms of government, finance, law, business, and public discourse. The school that speaks endlessly of social justice from its Katipunan campus.

And in the rawest hours of a family's grief, it was a provincial governor who had to publicly assure them that someone would help them get to Manila, find a place to stay, move around, and bring their son home.

Let that sink in.
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kagalingan right again !!! Behaviorist masteral in relational mind

[Sweetlucious]

Its tragic, nobody to blame.

But Ateneo must at least assist and update the victims family.

Thats the thing with Ateneo, they go silent when things involve one of their own. They try to sweep it under the rug.

Dami ng instances, like the bullying, the ***ual harassment issues. Even sa politics, they mock all the nepo babies of the contractors but when it was revealed na one of their beloved women’s volleyball player was a nepo baby ng contractor, wala tahimik na sila.

[ratboy]

Si tab baldwin nawawala na baka nagtago o tumakas na wala pa rin appearance. Dapat makulong ang coach na ito. Banned at wala na ma rerecruit ang ateneo nito. Si AL francis chua ngiting aso nanaman galit kay baldwin yon tutulong pa ata sa pag demanda daw kay baldwin

[Verbl Kint]

Ateneo should also investigate this matter especially with revelations coming from former players and the mother's story of weights tied to her son's ankles. In the U.S., this would have immediately sparked a lawsuit.

As an Ateneo alumnus, I am very concerned that the statements do not mention words like "investigation" and "accountability"; instead, the words used were "privacy" and "space". There seems to be a lack of sincerity on the part of the university to address questions from parents, friends, and relatives of the deceased to reveal what REALLY happened.

It has also been two days since the incident and not a single member of the team or coaching staff has made a statement or even shown up for an interview. This makes things seem even more suspicious in the eyes of outsiders.

The online discussion has also devolved into a class war: poor vs elite, Bisaya vs Luzon, probinsiyano vs Manileño -- doubtlessly fueled in part by Rene's humble roots in the Caraga Region, one of the historically poorest regions in the Philippines. It also doesn't help that he last represented Davao; and with the Ateneo being known to be pro-Leni, you now add deep political color into the mix.

[Devastator]

As an Ateneo alumnus, I am very concerned that the statements do not mention words like "investigation" and "accountability"; instead, the words used were "privacy" and "space". There seems to be a lack of sincerity on the part of the university to address questions from parents, friends, and relatives of the deceased to reveal what REALLY happened.

It has also been two days since the incident and not a single member of the team or coaching staff has made a statement or even shown up for an interview. This makes things seem even more suspicious in the eyes of outsiders.

The online discussion has also devolved into a class war: poor vs elite, Bisaya vs Luzon, probinsiyano vs Manileño -- doubtlessly fueled in part by Rene's humble roots in the Caraga Region, one of the historically poorest regions in the Philippines. It also doesn't help that he last represented Davao; and with the Ateneo being known to be pro-Leni, you now add deep political color into the mix.

This is already a major PR problem for Ateneo, and if they can't handle it carefully then it will even get worse. Hopefully the answers will come out in the coming days.

[bugsmobile]

Yes what happened was a PR nightmare indeed. Add to the fact that the mom knew about it daw sa social media pa? Plus no one from Ateneo came with Rene to Arlington? No one from the coaching staff/management facing the media. How they're handling it is making it a bigger PR nightmare. I wouldn't be surprised with the drop of aspiring players next year, & the succeeding years to come. Right now, winning is immaterial with the 2 lives lost. I don't know how the Coach Tab & the coaching staff can do their job with what happened hanging over their heads. Plus the trauma also for the other players seeing their teammate die in front of them. I don't see how they can be mentally be prepared by the time the season starts. Maybe better if they take a leave of absence muna. I think they have a Filoil game against UST on monday. They should probably skip that one & that league as well.

I grew up & supported this team even during the dark ages. Win or lose it's the school we choose ika nga, but I guess this is where I draw the line. If & when they'll play again, I'll probably be a regular spectator & not a fan anymore.

[Devastator]

Yes what happened was a PR nightmare indeed. Add to the fact that the mom knew about it daw sa social media pa? Plus no one from Ateneo came with Rene to Arlington? No one from the coaching staff/management facing the media. How they're handling it is making it a bigger PR nightmare. I wouldn't be surprised with the drop of aspiring players next year, & the succeeding years to come. Right now, winning is immaterial with the 2 lives lost. I don't know how the Coach Tab & the coaching staff can do their job with what happened hanging over their heads. Plus the trauma also for the other players seeing their teammate die in front of them. I don't see how they can be mentally be prepared by the time the season starts. Maybe better if they take a leave of absence muna. I think they have a Filoil game against UST on monday. They should probably skip that one & that league as well.

I grew up & supported this team even during the dark ages. Win or lose it's the school we choose ika nga, but I guess this is where I draw the line. If & when they'll play again, I'll probably be a regular spectator & not a fan anymore.

If they go on leave from the UAAP or get suspended (which is unlikely), the school's other teams will be forced not to compete given that basketball is a mandatory sport in the UAAP. La Salle considered that route before getting suspended.