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Senator Bong Go honored the life, achievements, and aspirations of the late student-athlete Rene “Bobet” Baterbonia, as he renewed his call for stronger safeguards to protect the safety and welfare of young athletes across the country. In co-sponsoring Senate Resolution No. 472, Go said Baterbonia’s death was a great loss not only to basketball but […]
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 […]
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 […]