{"id":415297,"date":"2026-06-09T08:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=415297"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:32:26","slug":"psc-forms-multi-stakeholder-panel-after-ateneo-athletes-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/psc-forms-multi-stakeholder-panel-after-ateneo-athletes-death\/","title":{"rendered":"PSC forms multi-stakeholder panel after Ateneo athletes’ death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MANILA<\/strong> \u2013 The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is forming a multi-stakeholder panel to assist efforts aimed at establishing a comprehensive account of the incident that claimed the lives of student-athletes Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili of the Ateneo Blue Eagles and review existing athlete safety measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ateneo announced that Baterbonia, 19, and Adili, 21, died of drowning during a team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the PSC said the death of the two is a \u201cprofound tragedy for Philippine sports and for all who knew and supported them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the government agency mandated to provide leadership and direction in sports development and athlete welfare, the PSC said it is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigations and is convening a sports stakeholders’ panel to support the efforts of the Philippine National Police and the Department of Justice in probing the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The body will include the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas, University Athletic Association of the Philippines, Commission on Higher Education and the National Youth Commission, according to the PSC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added that the panel will examine existing policies, protocols and training practices toward resolutions to strengthen safeguards in athletic training environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe goal is not only to understand what happened, but to ensure that lessons learned lead to safer, more responsive systems that protect athletes while sustaining high-performance sport,\u201d the PSC said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExcellence in sport requires environments that push human potential, but never at the expense of safety,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PSC also offered its condolences to the families of Baterbonia and Adili.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A product of Ateneo de Davao, Baterbonia led Davao Region to the boys\u2019 basketball gold medal in the 2025 Palarong Pambansa in Ilocos Norte and was named Most Valuable Player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He once again led Davao Region to another championship appearance in his home province of Agusan del Sur just last month, but they lost the title to CALABARZON, 62-79, on May 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tragic accident came less than a week since Baterbonia moved to the Ateneo campus in Katipunan, Quezon City. He was supposed to debut for the Blue Eagles in the UAAP Season 89 later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Adili suited up for Ateneo in Season 88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Swept by strong current\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two young student-athletes were reportedly swimming when they were \u201ccarried away by the current\u201d, the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO-3) said in a statement, citing information gathered so far by investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said personnel from the Dipaculao Municipal Police Station immediately responded to the incident and coordinated with concerned agencies to provide assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victims were rushed to a medical facility but were later declared dead by the attending physician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the investigation remains ongoing, initial findings indicate that the victims were swimming when they were reportedly carried by a strong current into deeper waters,\u201d PRO-3 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regional police office urged the public to refrain from speculation while authorities complete their investigation and reminded beachgoers to observe safety advisories, particularly in areas known for strong currents. (PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MANILA \u2013 The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is forming a multi-stakeholder panel to assist efforts aimed at establishing a comprehensive account of the incident that claimed the lives of student-athletes Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili of the Ateneo Blue Eagles and review existing athlete safety measures. Ateneo announced that Baterbonia, 19, and Adili, 21, died […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415317,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415297\/revisions\/415317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}