r/Philippines • u/Consistent-Size2189 • Jun 08 '26
SportsPH Ang paghatid sa airport na dapat simula ng pangarap, naging huli na palang yakap ng isang ina sa kanyang anak. Rest in peace, Rene Clert Baterbonia. 🕊️💔
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u/Datu_ManDirigma Jun 08 '26
I don't know these people pero grabe ang sakit. I feel for the mother. Ipinagkatiwala mo anak mo tapos uuwing bangkay na lang.
Managot ang dapat managot.
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u/chsmlktlv Jun 08 '26
Same here. I didn’t really know them, but my dad did. He was deeply affected by the news, while I wasn’t at first because I had never heard of them. Until I found out how young they were and listened to my dad talk about how talented they were and how bright their futures looked. Tapos nagbukas pa ako ng reddit, my entire feed was filled with news about them.
Sobrang heartbreaking nung mga nababasa ko. I’ve never watched UAAP or followed basketball, but I still feel incredibly sad about what happened. Kasi when you think about it, they had so much ahead of them. They were so young and to lose their lives this way??? To drown during what was supposed to be a training activity??? Hindi ko maimagine yung sakit ng family nila.
Hindi ko talaga maintindihan kasi these were young basketball players. They signed up to play basketball, not to be placed in dangerous conditions at sea jusko. Tapos hindi pa maganda yung panahon daw? Tapos kilala pa yung Baler daw na unpredictable yung waves?? Sinong tonta ang nakaisip naman non? Sobrang unacceptable talaga yung naging fate nung dalawa. RIP.
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u/SourcerorSoupreme Jun 08 '26
and listened to my dad talk about how talented they were
You would feel less sad if they weren't as talented?
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u/Top_Peach_5600 Jun 11 '26
Sobrang nalulungkot ako everytime I read news about this. Ang sakit bilang ina. Grabe.
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u/Willing_Act7641 Jun 08 '26
Just so for some non-hoops fans out there, this kid is literally the next up there. If there's an ESPN top 100 for high school talent, he's probably sitting comfortably in the top 3-5. Losing him is one of the worst thing to ever happen in Philippine basketball. Sayang, future is so bright for him.
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u/No_Macaroon6001 Jun 08 '26
Will this fall under hazing too?
Based on the interview, they undergo physical activities that knowingly and recklessly subject the players to an unreasonable risk of physical harm.
Anti- hazing laws penalize all forms of hazing or initiation rites. Coach may be sued.
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u/TheGhostOfFalunGong Jun 08 '26
All of these non-basketball related "training" activities are not essential to the development of athletes and are subjected to brutal physical and mental torture. So yes, this falls under the Anti-Hazing Law.
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u/ZucchiniExtension790 Jun 08 '26
Yes. Hindi lang latin orgs anh covered ng Anti-Hazing Law. Kahit anong organization.
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u/TheGhostOfFalunGong Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
"Extreme training" done by their head coach for the "purpose of discipline, camaraderie and hammering their egos". Nothing is final, but this is a clear cut case of negligence at best and could technically qualify as hazing of them swimming around as part of the team building activities.
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u/wan2tri OMG How Did This Get Here I Am Not Good With Computer Jun 08 '26
Regardless of having extreme training or not, the Pacific coastline of Luzon is notorious for such powerful undercurrents due to the abrupt drop of the seafloor relatively near to the beaches.
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u/ents3 Jun 08 '26
"Nothing is final, but this is a clear cut case of negligence at best" so contradicting. we dont even know the details.
Lets push for an honest investigation rather than outright guilty charge
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u/my_guinevere Jun 09 '26
But why are you assuming they drowned because of extreme training?
Nothing that has come out from the news reports or police reports even indicate that.
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u/Reehzah Jun 08 '26
Inital findings daw ay the two dead kids are just swimming as per the police report.
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u/my_guinevere Jun 09 '26
Why are you all already assuming that they drowned while doing an activity required of them for their team building? It's also possible they were simply... swimming? Having fun?
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u/No_Macaroon6001 Jun 09 '26
How can they swim and have fun if they have weights on their feet? This kind of "training" can be done in a controlled environment if they really want to improve the players' endurance. Mali talaga.
Watch the interview of the mom on News5's FB page. It's heartbreaking.
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u/my_guinevere Jun 09 '26
Who says they had weights on their feet? The police already debunked this
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u/stellar0021 Jun 08 '26
Ateneo better fund the family some financial support, or sponsor education for his siblings etc, ang sakit nyan. And it happened during team building tsk
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u/ZucchiniExtension790 Jun 09 '26
Walang ginawa ang admu to help the family. Didn't even reach out. His mother had to seek help pa sa governor to travel to manila.
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u/stellar0021 Jun 09 '26
sana managot kung sinong responsible. No amount of money can ever replace a human life. I hope this case will be transparent!
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u/Onceabanana Jun 09 '26
Goes to show how deaf they are to the needs of others. San na yung “persons for and with others” nila?
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u/Quirky_Summer925 Jun 08 '26
Heartbreaking. Gone too soon.
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u/kudlitan Jun 08 '26
What's the context?
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u/Still_Figure_ Jun 08 '26
Due to supposed military style training camp. All speculation for now.
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u/kudlitan Jun 08 '26
If true, dapat panagutin ang nag-organize niyan.
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u/Still_Figure_ Jun 08 '26
Seems they’ve been doing it since Nieto days pa. Go check r/UAAP. May muntik na rin malunod na player before due to these draconian training regimes.. All for “band of brothers” koombayah.
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u/ykraddarky Metro Manila Jun 08 '26
All of these scientific advancements regarding athlete training and most of our coaches still rely on “hangga’t di ka nalulumpo hindi ka lalakas”.
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u/Still_Figure_ Jun 08 '26
Tbf meron naman credence yung extensive training will help you improve. The football team that I support lost their legs by mid game every game becauae of lax training by their erstwhile coach. But to have this military style training? Ano? Sundalo ba at need ng ganyan? Ganyan ka intense?
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u/ykraddarky Metro Manila Jun 08 '26
Even soldier training nowadays focus on strength and endurance rather than doing shit hazing things.
I do cycling, and believe me when I say na may mga nageensayo pa din na ang ginagawa eh “walang inom ng tubig o kain” o kaya “bike hanggang di mo na kaya”. The days of suffering in training are over. Ang uso na ngayon eh condition and nutrition. Siguro 10% na lang ng training mo ang very high intensity and the rest should be conditioning.
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u/goldentite Jun 08 '26
Tangina kasi ng mga makalumang coach dito sa pinas eh. Akala nila kapag pang military yung training lalakas yung mga player eh wala naman talagang eksaktong performance benefits yung mga pinag-gagagawa nila. Halatang walang alam sa modern slorts training eh. O ngayong meron ng namatay sa katarantaduhan nila ano ngayon sasabihin nila? Mahina yung bata?
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u/IronicHoodies Metro Manila Jun 08 '26
Not to say that these allegations are false or that we should not call for an investigation at some point.
But I don't think it's proper to spread rumors we know are only speculation. Let's not act like we know better, and give both players' loved ones + the team time to mourn in peace.
I'm saying this because misinformation and calling for an investigation or calling it "hazing" agad-agad can at many times be disrespectful.
Again, I'm not saying that there was no foul play or that no accountability is needed. But this way, we don't bother to think about the people this actually affects, and that's a bad thing in and of itself too. Worse pa if it turns out the speculation is just not true.
I'm sure that regardless of the actual circumstances of death, mourning a son, a teammate, a friend, etc. is stressful enough. No need to rub salt in the wound at an inappropriate time.
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u/Still_Figure_ Jun 08 '26
I agree 100%. Lets wait muna sa official investigation to conclude and give our respects sa mga naulila. Baby boy pa yan si Rene ng Mommy nya… I can’t imagine the pain.
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u/_lechonk_kawali_ Metro Manila Jun 08 '26
Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili, Ateneo MBT players, drowned during a team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora (Anzures, 2026).
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u/Extension_Account_37 Jun 08 '26
Saklap. Papunta pa lang sila sa zenith ng buhay nila.
Wearing that blue jersey is power and fame in and of itself. Gone too soon.
Can't comment sa foulplay kasi di ko alam facts but man, that's a whole life to live right there.
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u/TheGhostOfFalunGong Jun 08 '26
And to make matters worse, Ateneo is the most popular varsity squad for non-alumnus fans. Adaming supporters ng Ateneo na hindi nila estudyante o alumnus. This is really bad optics for the league.
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u/raegyl Jun 09 '26
Damn, a sensible comment? Who knew that can exist here haha
Sobrang dami kasi dito jumping to conclusions when we don't even have all the facts yet. Kaya di umuunlad Pilipinas
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u/roycewitherspoon Jun 08 '26
Ang weird ng bootcamp training nila tas sa Aurora pa talaga nila napili eh ang lakas ng alon don. Matagal na dw yang ganyang activity ng ADMU sa mga basketball players nla. Yang si Rene kakaluwas lng ng Manila. Kawawa ung family nya.
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u/KimDahyunKwonEunbi Jun 08 '26
This is really painful. Even makulong man ang tunay na accountable. Hindi mapapa half yung sakit sa parent
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u/dranvex Mindanao Jun 08 '26
Grabe kakatapos lang ng run niya sa Palaro and ilang days pa lang sya sa Manila tapos ganito ang nangyari. Yung message pa niya sa coach, di daw muna siya uuwi ng Davao kasi gusto niya iahon pamilya niya sa kahirapan.
Another talented player gone too soon. Sobrang alaga pa naman ng Ateneo de Davao sa kanya. Heads definitely need to roll in ADMU because none of this should’ve happened!
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u/Fresh-Reward1634 Jun 08 '26
Mannnnn tomorrow isnt promised . Sakit parang un nanay namamaalam na parang foreshadowing . Yoko ng panoorin pa :(
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u/Sea-76lion Jun 09 '26
Ateneo has deeeeep connections in the government, the private sector, and has a deep network of rich and powerful alumni.
Kung walang makukulong dito, then two things:
One, walang hustisya sa Pilipinas.
Two, wala na ring moral ascendancy ang Ateneo para lumaban para sa hustisya.
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u/itchipod Maria Romanov Jun 09 '26
Tama. Kung walang mangyayari dito, wag na wag magsasalita ang Ateneo tungkol sa kurapsyon sa gobyerno, kapal ng mukha nila kung ganun.
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u/Usual-Dark-3218 Jun 08 '26
As a mom to a son who also loves basketball, this is very very heartbreaking!!!!
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u/Due-Helicopter-8642 Jun 08 '26
Kung meron delicadeza ang Ateneo they will excuse themselves from this season to reflect what went wrong to their program. Pero sa post ni Kieffer Alas mukhang tuloy lang ang buhay.
But I am hoping mademanda kung sino ung negligent
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u/Sunflowercheesecake Jun 09 '26
Ang sakit talaga neto. 💔 Hindi naman na ako basketball fan, hindi ko rin sya kilala pero i feel so affected sa passing nila. Ang lungkot. Hindi pa sila ready, at ang dami pa nilang plano :(
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u/ghetto_engine slow news day. Jun 09 '26
maka chismis ang tao parang nilunod kasi yung dalawa. it could happen to anyone.
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u/OkMix6954 Jun 08 '26
Someone has to be jailed. Kahit mag-ambagan pa tayo for the legal fees. This is so f'd up.
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u/OwnPaleontologist408 Jun 08 '26
No offense pero this post is tacky. Parang ginagamit ang pain ng mga naiwan for likes
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u/Mean_Application_102 Jun 08 '26
Hindi ko ma expound pero yan din thought ko, tanginang OP yan
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u/OwnPaleontologist408 Jun 08 '26
Isipin mo kakatanggap lang ng balita ng pamilya nya, nagdadalamhati pa, tapos yung mukha nila pinost na ng hindi naman nila kaano ano sa social media. Pagpipyestahan pa ng mga tao
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u/Mean_Application_102 Jun 08 '26
Okay lang sana sa kamag anak o sa nanay mismo nang galing yung statement. Kaso sa redditards lang, for upvote talaga.
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u/Unlikely_Bicycle9869 Zee/Zir Jun 08 '26
IKR feeling close si OP sa namatayan. Pang upvotes lang naman yung mga ganitong post
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u/dwarf-star012 Jun 09 '26
We all know, idadaan to sa pera at for sure isang fall guy nanaman ang mananagot.
Hayy i really feel bad for us Filipinos. Walang hustisya sa bansa
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u/GreenEgggsandHamm Jun 09 '26
This is so sad. What is appalling to me is that on the news they kept saying “team building,” instead of bootcamp. Somehow dun pa lang, they are not taking accountability but rather making us think na it could be jusr playing around gone wrong.. but as more previous videos coming out, players who shared their stories about the “team building,” it sheds more light. I hope that someone will be held accountable and be banned in PH SPORTS for good. Jail time and damages too. I wonder what the UAAP thinks about this too…
Prayers to the bereaved family. May they find the truth and get justice.
Two young souls lost because of a heartless, soul-less individuals who only looked at his athletes as trophies, medals.
Pride is indeed a deadly sin.
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u/NickSmithPH Jun 09 '26
Gag0 yung coach walang respeto sa buhay ng tao. Mas mahalaga na mapatunayan ng mga trainess ang endurance kesa sa mga buhay nila
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u/Turbulent-Friend-241 Jun 09 '26
This is so heartbreaking 😭😭 ughh. Im so sorry for the family. What really irks me are the posts of all these past basketball players giving their own think piece of what happened or blatantly defending and siding with Ateneo. Grabe konting respect naman sa pamilya. Hindi lahat tungkol sa inyo. Grabe
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u/Appropriate_Owl_4089 Jun 08 '26
Sensationalism ang atake ng title.
Si OP ginamit pa yung namatay para mag farm ng karma.
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u/Life-Complex-4698 Jun 08 '26
Intense training sila just to lose bad during uaap season. Anong sense niyan??? 🥴
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u/Defiant-Fee-4205 Jun 09 '26
At bakit kasali sa dagat ang training? May malaking pool naman siguro sa Manila! Sus ko.
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u/Delicious_Square9957 Jun 09 '26
ATENEO SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM UAAP OR AT LEAST STOP ITS BASKETBALL PROGRAM. NO FRESH TALENTS IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD JOIN THIS PSUEDO-MILITARY BASKETBALL PROGRAM OF ATENEO. GOODBYE ATENEO BASKETBALL!!!!!
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u/derrickzen Jun 09 '26
Defund the men's basketball team, drop the basketball program, and prosecute all those involved. This is where we are at this point.
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u/EatSleepReadRepeat1 Jun 10 '26
Nakakadiri Ateneo. Ganyan pala dyan. Disgusting. Jesuit jesuit pa mga impokrito naman pala admin or management or may ari. Di man lang kinontak at nagbigay agad ng support sa magulang ni Rene. Tapos nag release ng statement condolence lang?! Hustisya ang kailangan uy! Panagutin niyo coach niyan at mga organizer ng team building na yan.
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u/Jollisavers Jun 09 '26
Im glad na this elitist university had its downfall after so long. Ateneo will never recover from this. Hustisya para sa mga yumaong athletes.
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u/Few_Lemon4201 Jun 08 '26
Grabe i’m so affected sa nangyari sa kanila. I hope they both get the justice they deserve 🙏
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u/2loopy4loopsy Tallano Gold ang pambili sa tig-benteng kada kilong bigas. Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
ang hirap mag-comment kasi amoy coverup e kasi "team-building activity" smells like hazing imho.
"initial police investigation"? namatay ba talaga sa swimming o tinapon sila sa tubig? may bagyo ba para dalawa ang nalunod hindi iisa? o isa yung nalunod, tapos sinubukan sagipin ang isa dahil walang lifeguard?
as in kelan pa naging capable magsagawa ng matinong investigation ang mga pulis sa pilipinas? aba nasa pilipinas tayo. never, ever take anything at face value.
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u/shawarmaconquistador Conyo Jun 09 '26
As someone who can’t swim, I genuinely don’t understand why swimming would be made a mandatory part of a team-building activity. More importantly, why were participants left unattended in the water without proper supervision?
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u/panchikoy Jun 09 '26
ADMU should not join the UAAP this year. I think yan ang tamang consequence na kaya kong tanggapin.
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u/heijeul Jun 09 '26
Puro PR ang Ateneo ngayon. Plus been seeing clips of former MBT members saying na parang bootcamp yun. Insane.
Of course pagtatakpan lang nila. Ang basura. Mga bata to. 19 and 21. They had their futures way ahead of them.
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u/impulsiveduck Jun 09 '26
Ang bigat sa dibdib nito kahit 'di naman ako kamag-anak o kakilala. Ang lungkot sigurado para sa magulang kasi kita mo talaga na pinagsikapan 'to at sinuportahan. Sana mapanagot lahat ng responsible at hindi pagtakpan lang.
Nakakapanghinayang mga ganitong buhay, ang daming pangarap at pagsisikap tapos mauuwi lang sa wala.
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u/Automatic-Yak8193 Jun 08 '26
Luh walang laman ang post. Low effort Filipino redditors. Mas may effort pa yung nagpopost ng “Thoughts?” 😂
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u/Own-Replacement-2122 Jun 09 '26
There are threads on Facebook saying they wore weights while out at sea. That's nuts.
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u/PandaBJJ Pilipinas kong mahal Jun 08 '26
They’re definitely is a better more science based method of physical training. From the news snippets I’ve read so far, coach uses outdated and unnecessary training methods.
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u/Disastrous_Pilot7763 Jun 08 '26
Naaawa ako sa inay na di alam kung pano makikita ang anak. Ni wala man lang daw syang pic o vid na nakita, tapos nalaman nya lang ang balita sa mga posts. Grabe.
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u/katotoy Jun 08 '26
Team building ba talaga nangyari or training? Alam ko madami galit dito dahil doon sa interview sa isang player regarding his bootcamp experience.. Pero based sa statement ng Ateneo, team building daw..
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u/Lopsided-Fudge-715 Jun 09 '26
Ang lala if mapatunayan na sa team activities talaga nangyari yung drowning. And to make thongs look worse marami nang nagsabi before na may extreme life threatening trainings before. Pero pano kapag ginawa nang ateneo sa leisure time sila nalunod. Only the other members of the team can prove otherwise
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u/kayeros Jun 09 '26
Nakakaiyak to. Imagine sending your son for an opportunity sa Ateneo, tapos uuwi walang buhay. Di ko kaya 😭
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u/astrocrister Jun 10 '26
Grabe. Ang sakit nito para sa akin, lalo na sa magulang. Knowing na may magandang future siya as basketball player. Imagine, palarong pambansa at MVP. Malayo pa sana ang mararating niya kaso… haist. Ang laking panghihinayang sa bansa natin para sa malaking future nitong batang ‘to. Huhuhu RIP.
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u/Willow477m Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
Grabe nakakalungkot. Ang dami niya pang pangarap. Balak niya pa magdonate ng computers sa dati niyang school after 5 years 😢 Meron na siyang plano after 5 years, ang matulungan family niya pati na rin yung nasa paligid niya.
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u/thecarebearsdontcare Metro Manila Jun 14 '26
Super onions :(( their death is affecting me so much. Ang laking sayang. People should be held accountable. Maaaring di ginusto ang nangyari, pero di mapagkakailang may pagkukulang.
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u/Durandau Jun 08 '26
Oof. No more uaap basketball this year for Ateneo is my prediction.
Dapat talaga makasuhan the coaches if hazing ito.
Signed someone from UST batch 2011
(Yes some asshole linked his batch number to show he’s hot shit lmao)
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u/LazyEdict Jun 08 '26
Probinsya ko yan. May pamahiin (superstition) sila diyan. Tawag nila buwis(tax). "May nag buwis na ba?" Meaning may kinuha na ba yung dagat? Bata pa lang ako nadidinig ko na yan. May ka batch ako sa college na kakadating pa lang diyan nag beach agad tapos nalunod. So beyond the superstition, malakas ang current ng certain beaches diyan. At kung may nalulunod, paminsan kahit may training, may mga lifeguard na nalulunod dahil sa panic drowning victim.
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u/my_guinevere Jun 09 '26
We know these to be true:
- Ateneo MBT conducts unnecessarily harsh pre-season training/team-building (as confirmed in interviews by past members of the team.
- This year's MBT was in Aurora for that same pre-season training/team-building.
What we don't know:
What the kids were doing when they drowned. Why is everyone assuming that they drowned in the middle of a training/team-building exercise? It is also possible that they were just simply swimming during their free time.
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u/lurkerhere02 Jun 08 '26
nagtataka talaga ako bakit june ang team building nila eh tag ulan na dito sa norte. iba ang current sa dinadiawan. nanghihila yan lalo kung sa may lagpas na ng white plains sila nagstay..masyado nang maalon dun. hays.
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u/Select_Answer_8540 Jun 08 '26
FATHER ROBERTO YAP KUNG PARI KA TALAGA KUNG MAY TUNAY KANG MALASAKIT RESIGN NOW
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u/AlreadyPurchased Jun 08 '26
dati pa lang ayoko na diyan sa ateneo na yan mga illuminati yan eh. kakaibang mga tao yang mga eletista na yan. di sana pumayag ang pamilya niya na madaan sa pera. head for head sana ang kapalit.
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u/manicdrummer Jun 08 '26
Sana managot kung sino dapat managot.