The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) issues a show cause order against Ateneo de Manila University after the school fails to submit documents requested as part of a regulatory investigation into the deaths of two student-athletes in Aurora province. CHED says it had directed Ateneo to submit the required materials as early as June 9, following the drowning of the two student-athletes during a school-sanctioned team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora. CHED’s requested submissions include an incident report and other documents needed to establish facts related to the incident and to assess the university’s compliance with applicable regulations.
Ateneo’s non-submission prompts CHED to formally require the school to explain why no appropriate action should be taken under the relevant rules. The order is issued in connection with the deaths of student-athletes Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili, according to reporting from GMA News. CHED’s announcements in both outlets describe the same basis for the order: failure to provide the documents that CHED had earlier requested for the investigation.
