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Ateneo Deaths: CIDG Probes Hazing, Drowning in Aurora
CIDG calls in former Ateneo Blue Eagles for questioning on team-building trips after two players drowned in Aurora. Homicide and hazing probe underway.
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The CIDG called in former Ateneo Blue Eagles players this morning for questioning at Camp Crame. Investigators want to hear about the team's yearly team-building trips under ex-head coach Tab Baldwin. The probe follows the drowning deaths of two Ateneo basketball players, Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili, during a beach resort activity in Aurora more than a week ago.
CIDG preliminary findings suggest the deaths could qualify as homicide and hazing cases. The direction of the charges depends on interviews with everyone involved – the coaching staff, players who were at the activity, and university executives.
Separately, the Department of Science and Technology warned the public to prepare for the "Big One." DOST Secretary Renato Solidum said a 7.2-magnitude earthquake from the West Valley Fault, which runs directly under Metro Manila, could cause far more damage than the recent 7.8 quake that hit Mindanao. That tremor's epicenter was offshore, limiting the shaking on land. Solidum said a land-based epicenter would collapse far more buildings.