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📷 Santi San Juan | MB
Ateneo de Manila is the school of presidents, senators, oligarchs, and Cabinet secretaries. It is the finishing school of Philippine power.
Two poor boys died under their watch. One from Agusan del Sur. One from Nigeria.
Not exactly the Ateneo demographic, are they?
They were recruited for their height and their game. They were useful to the institution.
And when they died during a school-organized activity, the institution responded with four boilerplate paragraphs and a request for "privacy."
grabe dami nyo school vehicle wala man lang talaga naka-isip sa inyo na makipagcoordinate sa family ni rene para ma-assist sila dito sa manila. tang-ina nyo @ateneodemanilau kahit kaunting effort para maibsan ang pagdadalhati ng family wala kayo ginagawa!!!