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Ateneo players, some fans wear black
Ateneo players, some fans wear black
ABS-CBN News
Published Oct 02, 2016 05:39 PM PHT
LOOK: Some members of the crowd in black | via @camillenaredo pic.twitter.com/LWQwYxNghl
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LOOK: Some members of the crowd in black | via @camillenaredo pic.twitter.com/LWQwYxNghl
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) October 2, 2016
MANILA, Philippines – Some fans of the De La Salle Green Archers and the Ateneo Blue Eagles wore black shirts or black accessories for their first game of the UAAP Season 79 tournament following a call for "solidarity" from both universities.
MANILA, Philippines – Some fans of the De La Salle Green Archers and the Ateneo Blue Eagles wore black shirts or black accessories for their first game of the UAAP Season 79 tournament following a call for "solidarity" from both universities.
The Blue Eagles also wore black shirts while both teams stood for their fight songs ahead of official warm-ups during Sunday's game at the Mall of Asia Arena.
The Blue Eagles also wore black shirts while both teams stood for their fight songs ahead of official warm-ups during Sunday's game at the Mall of Asia Arena.
LOOK: Ateneo Blue Eagles wearing black shirts. Green Archers in usual green. | via @camillenaredo pic.twitter.com/7BW3tqMtiA
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) October 2, 2016
LOOK: Ateneo Blue Eagles wearing black shirts. Green Archers in usual green. | via @camillenaredo pic.twitter.com/7BW3tqMtiA
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) October 2, 2016
Both universities circulated memoranda to their respective communities, requesting their members to "wear either black garments or black clothing accessories to express our solidarity with victims of human rights violations and with all others struggling to uphold human rights in the country."
Both universities circulated memoranda to their respective communities, requesting their members to "wear either black garments or black clothing accessories to express our solidarity with victims of human rights violations and with all others struggling to uphold human rights in the country."
"This is particularly in light of the considerable amount of sentiments and convictions already expressed by various sectors of both o the Ateneo de Manila and De La Salle university communities in opposition to the possible Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, and the growing number of extrajudicial killings/summary executions in the country," Ateneo president Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ, said in his memorandum.
"This is particularly in light of the considerable amount of sentiments and convictions already expressed by various sectors of both o the Ateneo de Manila and De La Salle university communities in opposition to the possible Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, and the growing number of extrajudicial killings/summary executions in the country," Ateneo president Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ, said in his memorandum.
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UAAP Commissioner Atty. Rebo Saguisag said he saw no problems with this.
UAAP Commissioner Atty. Rebo Saguisag said he saw no problems with this.
"I guess it's beyond our control. It's not a UAAP thing, it's a school thing," Saguisag told ABS-CBN News ahead of the game. "If it's an invitation, you're not forced to do it. You're free to invite, and those who are invited are also free whether to accept or decline the invitation."
"I guess it's beyond our control. It's not a UAAP thing, it's a school thing," Saguisag told ABS-CBN News ahead of the game. "If it's an invitation, you're not forced to do it. You're free to invite, and those who are invited are also free whether to accept or decline the invitation."
"It's a thin line between saying you keep politics out, but at the same time, the athletes and those involved in the UAAP, they can be a medium, a powerful medium to express," he added.
"It's a thin line between saying you keep politics out, but at the same time, the athletes and those involved in the UAAP, they can be a medium, a powerful medium to express," he added.
"But no one's forcing anyone, and so far, I don't see any problem with that."
"But no one's forcing anyone, and so far, I don't see any problem with that."
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