{"id":348203,"date":"2026-06-09T19:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=348203"},"modified":"2026-06-09T19:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:47:25","slug":"ateneo-commits-all-support-to-families-of-deceased-players-baldwin-still-mum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/ateneo-commits-all-support-to-families-of-deceased-players-baldwin-still-mum\/","title":{"rendered":"Ateneo commits all support to families of deceased players; Baldwin still mum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"FOR_target_content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_647142\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-647142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE\u2013Ateneo\u2019s Divine Adili reacts during a game against UE within the UAAP Season 88 men\u2019s basketball tournament.\u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2014Ateneo de Manila University, rocked by drowning deaths of two of its basketball players in a team activity, provided an announcement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The families of Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili were promised all the assistance they need at the same time as Baternonia\u2019s family had requested than an autopsy be done on the promising native of Davao.<\/p>\n<div id=\"billboard_article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i id=\"art_cont\" style=\"color:#85A7BF;\">Article continues after this commercial<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<h4>READ: Grieving Baterbonia mom airs frustration over info gap, spread<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cOn the request of Rene\u2019s parents, an autopsy shall be conducted,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThe University\u2026has coordinated with the suitable authorities, including the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), to facilitate this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adili\u2019s stays, meanwhile, shall be flown to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family of Divine Adili has expressed its want to have his stays returned to Nigeria, consistent with family and cultural practices which might be vital to them,\u201d the college said. \u201cThe University is assisting the family within the crucial arrangements and is awaiting the written authorization required to start processing the relevant documentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ateneo has also emphasized that it&#8217;s providing support and assistance to the families of Rene and Divine after the tragic incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ztoop\">\n<i id=\"art_cont\" style=\"color:#85A7BF;\">Article continues after this commercial<\/i>\t\t  <\/p><\/div>\n<h4>READ: Ateneo players\u2019 deaths put highlight on Blue Eagles \u2018bootcamp\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>The varsity also said that the team has arrived back in Manila following the mishap in Aurora during their team constructing, and that every member of the team will undergo counselling and psychological sessions to be \u201cfacilitated by the College Guidance Office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe University recognizes that the emotional impact of this tragedy extends beyond a single session and has committed to providing continuing counseling, psychological support, and other types of take care of the student-athletes, coaches, and staff in the times and weeks ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coach Tab Baldwin, meanwhile, under whose watch the tragedy happened, has yet to present an announcement regarding the matter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE\u2013Ateneo\u2019s Divine Adili reacts during a game against UE within the UAAP Season 88 men\u2019s basketball tournament.\u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines\u2014Ateneo de Manila University, rocked by drowning deaths of two of its basketball players in a team activity, provided an announcement on Tuesday. The families of Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili were promised all the assistance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":348204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[7414,11840,2417,44032,9287,12882,1481,712],"class_list":["post-348203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ateneo","tag-baldwin","tag-commits","tag-deceased","tag-families","tag-mum","tag-players","tag-support"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348206,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348203\/revisions\/348206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}