List of hazing deaths in the Philippines#2010

This is a list of hazing-related deaths in the Philippines. This is not an exhaustive list. Inclusion in this list requires that the incident was described by the media as a hazing-related death. Majority of deaths in this list include but is not limited to cases that involve fraternities.

The first reported hazing death in the Philippines was that of Gonzalo Mariano Albert, a University of the Philippines Diliman student and an Upsilon Sigma Phi neophyte. He died in 1954.

The death of Leonardo Villa in 1991 led to the passage of the Anti-Hazing Act of 1995.

List

=Before 1990=

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| {{sortname|Gonzalo Mariano|Albert|nolink=1}}

|Upsilon Sigma Phi

|University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

|The first recorded hazing-related death in the Philippines. Died from a burst appendix during an operation. President Ramon Magsaysay created the Castro Committee to investigate the death. The committee found hazing not to be the cause of Albert's death but added that the mauling he received prior to the operation weakened him physically.{{cite news|last1=Abinales|first1=Patricio|title=A hazing|url=https://www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/99091-up-1954-albert-hazing-case-castro-committee-report|access-date=4 October 2017|work=Rappler|date=12 July 2012}}

August 1967

| {{sortname|Ferdinand|Tabtab|nolink=1}}

|Alpha Phi Omega

|University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

|First recorded hazing death in the history of the fraternity.{{cite news|title=Deaths Caused by Hazing|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/infographic/09/27/17/deaths-caused-by-hazing|access-date=4 October 2017|work=ABS-CBN News|agency=ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group|date=27 September 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Evangelista|first1=Oscar|title=Icons and Institutions: Essays on the History of the University of the Philippines, 1952-2000|date=2008|publisher=UP Press|isbn=978-9715425698|page=163|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_DqOmhqtjIC&q=Ferdinand%20Tabtab%20hazing&pg=PA163|access-date=4 October 2017}}[https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP17/id/15673/ Royal Gazette October 9, 1967 p17]

|Miguel Arucan

| Military hazing

|Philippine Military Academy, Baguio

|{{cite book |author-last=McCoy|author-first=Alfred|title=Closer than Brothers: Manhood at the Philippine Military Academy |publisher=Anvil Publishing |orig-date=1999|pages=202|chapter=Torture |isbn=}}

| {{sortname|Mel|Honasan|nolink=1}}

|Beta Sigma

|San Sebastian College – Recoletos, Manila

|Brother of Gregorio Honasan, who was later elected as Senator of the Philippines.{{cite news|last1=Elemia|first1=Camille|title=Senators condemn UST law student's death due to alleged hazing|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/182580-senators-condemn-ust-law-hazing-horacio-atyo-castillo-iii|access-date=4 October 2017|work=Rappler|date=19 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/3843/forgiving-like-daddy/|title=Forgiving like Daddy|first=Alya B.|last=Honasan}}

| Manuel Salas

| Military hazing

|Philippine Military Academy, Baguio

|{{cite news|last1=Gotinga|first1=JC|title=PMA's record of hazing deaths|url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/241722-pma-record-hazing-deaths/|access-date=2 March 2023|work=Rappler|date=4 October 2019}}

| {{sortname|Andres|Ramos Jr.|nolink=1}}

| Military hazing

|Philippine Military Academy, Baguio

July 1983

| {{sortname|Arbel|Liwag|nolink=1}}

|Beta Sigma

|University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

|[http://www.philstar.com/opinion/783900/brotherhood-lums Brotherhood-lums][http://osu.up.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/gazette/1983.pdf UP Gazette 1983]

=1990s=

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| {{sortname|Leonardo|Villa|nolink=1}}

|Aquila Legis

|Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City

|In November 1993, 26 of 35 accused fraternity members were initially convicted of homicide.{{cite news |date=February 21, 2012 |title=What Went Before: The Lenny Villa case |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/149417/what-went-before-the-lenny-villa-case |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |location= |access-date=October 2, 2024}} After the case was brought to the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, the charges against the five were eventually downgraded to reckless imprudence resulting in homicide in 2012; nineteen were acquitted in 2002; and two died pending the decisions. Charges against the other five were dismissed. In 2014, the SC issued a final decision that the five were "eligible for probation."{{cite PH act |title=Consolidated petitions |chamber=GR |number=151258, 154954, 155101, 178057, 178080 |folio=Resolution |language= |date=December 1, 2014 |url=https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/dec2014/gr_151258_2014.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |ref=}}{{cite news |last=Cabrera |first=Romina |date=October 8, 2017 |title=Fratmen in Lenny Villa hazing get slap on wrist |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/10/08/1746898/fratmen-lenny-villa-hazing-get-slap-wrist |newspaper=The Philippine Star |location= |access-date=October 2, 2024}}

Villa's death led to the passage of the Anti-Hazing Act of 1995.{{cite news |last=Romero |first=Purple |date=February 21, 2012 |title=SC punishes 5 frat members for Lenny Villa's death |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/1658-sc-punishes-5-frat-members-for-lenny-villa-s-death |work=Rappler |access-date=September 24, 2017 |url-access=registration}}{{cite court |litigants=Artemio Villareal v. People of the Philippines|opinion=G.R. No. 151258|court=Supreme Court of the Philippines|date=February 2012|url=http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2012/february2012/151258.htm#_ftn6|quote=The public outrage over the death of Leonardo Lenny Villa the victim in this case on 10 February 1991 led to a very strong clamor to put an end to hazing.}}

| {{sortname|Raul|Camaligan|nolink=1}}

|Lex Talionis

|San Beda College, Manila

|Camaligan's father filed charges of murder against the fraternity members involved. The case was won with the paddle used in the hazing rites used as evidence.{{cite news|title=Reglos death saddens 1991 hazing victim kin|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/metro-manila/02/27/12/excl-reglos-death-saddens-1991-hazing-orphan|access-date=6 October 2017|work=ABS-CBN News|date=27 February 2012|language=fil}}

| {{sortname|Frederick|Cahiyang|nolink=1}}

|Alpha Phi Omega

|University of the Visayas, Cebu City

|Reportedly the first publicized fatal hazing incident in Cebu schools.{{cite news|title=Cardinal Vidal Condemns Fraternity Hazing Death|url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1991/10/21/cardinal-vidal-condemns-fraternity-hazing-death&post_id=40039|access-date=6 October 2017|work=UCNA News|date=21 October 1991}}

1991

| {{sortname|Felipe|Narne|nolink=1}}

|{{N/A|No information|align=left}}

|Araullo University, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija

|{{Cite web |title=G.R. No. 151258. February 01, 2012 |url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/25535 |website=Supreme Court E-Library}}

1991

| Dennis Cenedoza

| Military hazing

|Cavite Naval Training Center, Cavite City

1991

| Joselito Mangga

| Military hazing

|Philippine Merchant Maritime Institute, Makati

1992

| {{sortname|Joselito|Hernandez|nolink=1}}

|Scintilla Juris

|University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio

1995

|Seth Lopez

|Reserve Officers' Training Corps

|De La Salle University

|Lopez's parents filed murder charges, which were eventually dropped. De La Salle University introduced the Non-Fraternity Contract for freshmen after the incident. {{Cite web |date=April 11, 2023 |title=Looking Back at the Gruesome Murder That Ended Mandatory ROTC in the First Place |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/mark-welson-chua-death-timeline-of-scandals-that-ended-mandatory-rotc-a00007-20230411-lfrm |website=Esquire Philippines}}{{Cite web |date=2014-07-05 |title=Hazing charges filed against ROTC corps commander, COCC program suspended |url=https://thelasallian.com/2014/07/06/hazing-charges-filed-against-rotc-corps-commander-cocc-program-suspended/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=The LaSallian |language=en-US}}

rowspan="3"|{{dts|August 6, 1995}}

| {{sortname|Mark Roland|Martin|nolink=1}}

|Epsilon Chi

|University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

|{{cite news|date=5 September 2007|title=Casualties of frat-related violence in UP|work=GMA News|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/content/59204/casualties-of-frat-related-violence-in-up/story/|access-date=6 October 2017}}

|rowspan="2"|Tau Gamma Phi

|rowspan="2"|Holy Angel University, Angeles City

|rowspan="2"|Citations:

{{cite news |date=August 11, 1995 |title=The Nation |newspaper=Manila Standard |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19950809&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=October 2, 2024 |page=5 |via=Google News Archive}}
{{cite news|last1=Rosales |first1=Angie |last2=Sotto |first2=Hector |title=Fatal hazing: 8 charged in Angeles City}}
{{cite news|last=Arevalo |first=Ike |title=Death of a student}}
{{cite news|last=Villanueva |first=Marichu |date=August 12, 1995 |title=Senate panel sets quiz of fraternity deaths |newspaper=Manila Standard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mI0mAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA115 |access-date=October 1, 2024 |page=28 |via=Google Books}}{{cite book|title= NBI Annual Report|author=Philippines National Bureau of Investigation - 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSe8n2hDNOMC|page=17}}

| {{sortname|Alexander|Icasiano|nolink=1}}

|Alpha Phi Beta

|University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

|{{cite news|title=Ecumenical Protests Condemns Continued Hazing Deaths|url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1998/08/27/ecumenical-protest-condemns-continued-fraternity-hazing-deaths&post_id=12018|access-date=6 October 2017|work=UCNA News|date=27 August 1998}}[http://osu.up.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/gazette/1998.pdf UP Gazette 1998]

=2000s=

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| {{sortname|Ace Bernabe|Ekid|nolink=1}}

| Military hazing

|Philippine Military Academy, Baguio

|{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/news-feature/2014/07/10/1344288/hazing-deaths-philippines-recent-history|title=Hazing deaths in the Philippines: A recent history - News Feature, News, The Philippine Star - philstar.com|website=philstar.com}}

| Dominante Tunac

| Police hazing

|Philippine National Police Academy, Silang, Cavite

|{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/05/17/88043/police-officials-launch-probe-cadets-death|title=Police officials launch probe on cadet's death|website=philstar.com}}

| {{sortname|Edward|Domingo|nolink=1}}

|Military hazing

|Philippine Military Academy, Baguio

|Two cadets were convicted of homicide by the Baguio Regional Trial Court for his death, the first time that a civilian court convicted cadets of the Philippine Military Academy.{{cite news|last1=Dumlao|first1=Artemio|title=PMA hazing: Two cadets get 12 years|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/184697/pma-hazing-two-cadets-get-12-years|access-date=4 October 2017|work=The Philippine Star|date=20 November 2002}}

|{{sortname|Monico |de Guzman|nolink=1}}

|Military hazing

|Philippine Military Academy, Baguio

|{{sortname|Fernando|Balidoy|nolink=1}}

|Military hazing

|Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, San Narciso, Zambales

| {{sortname|Rafael Root|Albano III|nolink=1}}

|Sigma Mu

|Far Eastern University, Manila

|Jeoffrey Andawi

|Police hazing

|Philippine National Police Academy, Silang, Cavite

|{{cite news|last1=Sy|first1=Marvin|title=PNPA head, 3 others relieved over hazing|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2003/01/14/191433/pnpa-head-3-others-relieved-over-hazing|access-date=3 October 2022|work=The Philippine Star|date=14 January 2003}}

|{{sortname|Emerson|Berry Jr.|nolink=1}}

|Beta Sigma Rho

|Casanayan National High School, Pilar, Capiz

|Jonathan Bombase

|Alpha Phi Omega

|Partido College, Goa, Camarines Sur

|{{cite news|title=Estudyante patay sa hazing|url=https://www.philstar.com/bansa/2004/08/23/262364/estudyante-patay-sa-hazing|access-date=3 October 2022|work=The Philippine Star|date=23 August 2004}}

|{{sortname|Dan Robert|Talibutab|nolink=1}}

|Kapatiran ng mga Kabataang Kriminolohiya

|St. Therese – MTC Colleges - Magdalo, Iloilo City

|{{cite news|last1=Pamonag|first1=Ronilo|title=Criminology student dies in Iloilo hazing|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2005/10/04/299936/criminology-student-dies-iloilo-hazing|access-date=3 October 2022|work=The Philippine Star|date=4 October 2005}}

| {{sortname|Marlon|Villanueva|nolink=1}}

|Alpha Phi Omega

|University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna

|Died during initiation rites conducted at the Villa Novaliches Resort in Barangay Pansol, Calamba, Laguna. His case saw the first conviction under the Anti-Hazing Act of 1995. Two Alpha Phi Omega members were sentenced to reclusion perpetua in a 2015 decision.{{cite news|last1=Morales|first1=Yvette|title=At least 18 frat-related deaths despite a 22-year-old anti-hazing law|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/1658-sc-punishes-5-frat-members-for-lenny-villa-s-death|access-date=4 October 2017|work=CNN Philippines|date=27 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jul2015/pdf/gr_209464_2015.pdf|title=Republic of the Philippines Supreme Court Second Division G.R. No. 209464}}

|{{sortname|Clark Anson|Silverio|nolink=1}}

List of hazing deaths in the Philippines#2010

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