The resort management and several local officials have also been subpoenaed by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) in connection with the fatal drowning of two Ateneo de Manila University players.
In a press briefing in Camp Crame on Thursday, CIDG director Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander Morico II announced that their unit had subpoenaed all of the players present during the incident.
Asked whether all coaching staff were also subpoenaed, Morico answered, ‘Yes, including the resort, the local government, all of them are being investigated to find out the circumstances.’
‘Although there are several markers saying when not to swim, was there any effort coming from the local government to prevent, to scold the team considering the weather condition during the time?’ Morico explained.
Ateneo players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili drowned while participating in a supposed training activity at an area along the shore some 300 meters away from a beach resort in Dipaculao, Aurora last Monday afternoon, according to the provincial police.
This is a developing story.