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KIKO: NO MEDAL IS WORTH A YOUNG ATHLETE’S LIFE

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan called for stronger protections for student-athletes following the tragic drowning of Ateneo student-athletes Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili during an off-campus training activity. Having played in the UAAP as a varsity athlete during his college years, Pangilinan said the incident struck a deeply personal chord and underscored long-standing concerns about athlete […]

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THE HILL OF BROKEN DREAMS

Rene Baterbonia was not a headline. He was not the small, sad item that appears between other items. Between traffic. Between weather. Between the latest scandal of the country that has learned to swallow grief whole. He was a boy. A boy with a body trained for winning. A boy with lungs that had learned […]