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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1783907812761Screen Shot 2026-07-13 at 6.53.47 AM (5).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Ateneo de Manila University&#x27;s Divine Adili and Rene Baterbonia.<em> Photos from UAAP Media/NBTC.</em><br/></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE)</strong> — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has endorsed the filing of criminal charges before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against former Ateneo de Manila University men’s basketball head coach Thomas Anthony “Tab” Baldwin and 10 other individuals over the deaths of two student-athletes during a team activity in Aurora.</p><p>Baterbonia and Adili died by drowning during the basketball team&#x27;s team building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora in June.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2026/6/8/uaap-ateneo-s-adili-baterbonia-pass-away-in-drowning-incident-1959">UAAP: Ateneo’s Adili, Baterbonia pass away in drowning incident</a></div><p>In a transmittal dated July 8, the NBI Task Force Baterbonia and Adili recommended the filing of reckless imprudence resulting in two counts of homicide against Baldwin; strength and conditioning coaches Ceasar Vincent “CJ” Elumba and Grant Dearns; assistant coaches Reynaldo Jacinto Jr., Dean Caesar Castaño, Sandro Nicholas Soriano, and Hernan Ameer “Buboy” Domingo; and Ateneo physical therapist John Eric Rueca.</p><p>The NBI also recommended the filing of simple negligence resulting in two counts of homicide against Ateneo Athletic Director Emmanuel Fernandez, as well as Francisco Zubia III, Frederick Zubia, and Yedda Mary Molina Rubio, identified as the owners and co-manager of Hermanos Leisure &amp; Agri-Farm Resort.</p><p>The recommendation stemmed from the NBI Homicide Division’s investigation into the June 8 drowning incident.</p><p>As part of the investigation, NBI agents interviewed several individuals, including Ateneo President Roberto “Bobby” Yap, SJ, Baldwin, more than 20 current and former Ateneo men’s basketball players, members of the coaching staff, the team’s physical therapist, utility personnel, and the resort’s owners and employees before recommending the filing of charges before the DOJ.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GJ1vllFMyyk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The recommendation stemmed from the NBI Homicide Division’s investigation into the June 8 drowning incident.</p>

The recommendation stemmed from the NBI Homicide Division’s investigation into the June 8 drowning incident.

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NBI recommends charges vs Baldwin, others tagged in Baterbonia, Adili deaths

Zyann Ambrosio,

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Published July 13, 2026 11:14 AM PHT

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Updated July 13, 2026 11:37 AM PHT

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