00:00The Aurora Police Provincial Office says the deaths of Ateneo Blue Eagles players
00:04Rene Baterbogna and Divine Adili is, quote, purely an accident.
00:09Baterbogna, 19, and Adili, 21, died from drowning Monday, June 8,
00:13during the Blue Eagles team-building activity in Dipakulao, Aurora.
00:17Acting Provincial Director Police Colonel Percival Pineda says
00:20their investigation indicated no signs of foul play.
00:23He says the two men were walking in thigh-deep water at a private resort at around 2.40 p
00:28.m.
00:28before being swept away in a deeper section by strong currents.
00:32The Blue Eagles have supposedly held the same team-building in Aurora for years.
00:37Meantime, the Philippine Sports Commission announces it will form a sports stakeholders panel
00:41to investigate the players' tragic deaths.
00:44The panel includes the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas,
00:47the University Athletic Association of the Philippines,
00:49the Commission on Higher Education, and the National Youth Commission.
00:53These bodies will work to, quote,
00:54examine existing policies, protocols, and training practices
00:58for athletic training environments.
00:59The panel will also coordinate with the police and the Department of Justice
01:03to lay out the facts of Baterbogna and Adili's deaths.
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