Seeing one of gods most majestic and divine creatures, fight so valiantly against the destruction and rampaging of his home should do untold psychic damage to your psyche. We should be radicalized by this.
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Every few years, Ateneo produces a think piece about inequality in the Philippines. About the gap between the elite and the masa. About how institutions must serve the marginalized.
Rene Baterbonia was from Agusan del Sur. He was recruited because he was 6'4", won the Palaro MVP, and could help Ateneo win a UAAP title. He was the masa. He was the kind of kid those think pieces are supposedly written for.
He is now dead after drowning during an Ateneo-organized activity.
And the institution's response has been to ask for "privacy and space."
The gap between what Ateneo preaches and what Ateneo practices has never been more visible. Or more damning.
The message of Rene’s mother to Tab Baldwin and Ateneo:
“Isa lang ang masasabi ko: BAKIT? Kung isinama ninyo kami sa pag-uusap at ipinaalam ninyo sa amin na may ganoon palang uri ng training, kahit mahirap lang kami, hindi ko papayagang sumali roon ang anak ko. Hindi biro ang lahat ng pagsisikap at sakripisyo ng anak ko, tapos ganito na lang ba ang mangyayari sa kanya?
Hanggang ngayon, wala pa ring malinaw at tamang sagot kung bakit nangyari ito. Sana ay masagot ninyo ang lahat ng aming mga tanong at mabigyan kami ng katotohanan at paliwanag na matagal na naming hinihintay.
Hindi ko pa nakita ang katawan ng anak ko hanggang ngayon. Wala pa silang ibinigay na larawan o video sa akin. Kung totoo na talagang wala na ang anak ko at hindi ko rin alam kung nasaan siya.
Napakahirap kapag mahirap ka dahil hindi ka basta-basta makakapunta kung saan-saan para maghanap ng mga sagot. Sino ba ang lalapitan ko? Saan ba ako pupunta upang mabigyan ng malinaw na sagot at malaman ang totoong nangyari sa anak ko?”
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not just tab baldwin, the whole ateneo admin should be held accountable.
the school sanctioned the team-building activity. they can't claim ignorance on this. alam na nilang may muntik malunod dati but they still allowed the event to happen. this is clear negligence.
Nah, man. If you look at it, sobrang chef’s kiss ng composition ng new minority.
Veteran senators in Senators Kiko, Tito, Bam, Risa, JV, Ping, Win, and JV.
Two of the newer ones who happen to be good at speaking when needed and have the spine to stand up in the Tulfo brothers.
You have a lawyer in Sen. Kiko, a former PNP chief in Sen. Ping, two members of the media in the Tulfo brothers, a statesman who is focusing on education in Sen. Bam, a Mindanao representation in Sen. Migz, the former SP in Sen. Sotto, a good committee head in Sen. Win, and a progressive in Risa Hontiveros.
"We must, then, avoid the 'Babel syndrome,' namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance."