{"id":415793,"date":"2026-06-10T09:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=415793"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:48:26","slug":"nbi-tasked-to-probe-drowning-of-2-ateneo-basketball-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/nbi-tasked-to-probe-drowning-of-2-ateneo-basketball-players\/","title":{"rendered":"NBI tasked to probe drowning of 2 Ateneo basketball players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The Department of Justice (DOJ) has directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the drowning of Ateneo basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili in Dipaculao, Aurora, on June 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe NBI Central Office has been instructed to create a task force to conduct a thorough, comprehensive, and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident,\u201d the DOJ said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DOJ said the NBI will determine whether there is sufficient basis to recommend filing charges with the DOJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe DOJ remains committed to ensuring that the facts are fully established and that justice is served,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baterbonia, 19, and Adili, 21, drowned during a Blue Eagles\u2019 team-building activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has formed a multi-stakeholder committee to assist efforts aimed at establishing a comprehensive account of the drowning incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel will include the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas, University Athletic Association of the Philippines, Commission on Higher Education, and the National Youth Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement on Tuesday, the PSC said the death of the two Ateneo players is a \u201cprofound tragedy for Philippine sports and for all who knew and supported them.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&nbsp;\u2013 The Department of Justice (DOJ) has directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the drowning of Ateneo basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili in Dipaculao, Aurora, on June 8. \u201cThe NBI Central Office has been instructed to create a task force to conduct a thorough, comprehensive, and impartial investigation into the [&hellip;]<\/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-415793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415793","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=415793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415794,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415793\/revisions\/415794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}