PHThe Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) has disputed a supplemental referral from the Department of Justice that implicated its University Athletics Office (UAO) in the deaths of two basketball players, Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili, who drowned during a training activity in Dipaculao, Aurora in June. The referral suggested the UAO was responsible due to its staff member Vince Mangulabnan arranging the team’s chartered bus. However, ADMU argues that organizing transportation does not equate to planning or directing the activity, and both Mangulabnan and UAO head Emmanuel Fernandez were absent during the event. The university maintains that the matter will be resolved through legal processes, asserting that a thorough review will clarify the roles of all parties involved.
Bias read (Center): The article presents the university's formal response to a legal referral without overtly endorsing or criticizing any political stance. It focuses on factual clarification rather than taking a partisan position, balancing the university's defense against the allegations. There is no clear leaning,
