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.
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| 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.[1] | |||||||
| August 1967 | Alpha Phi Omega | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | First recorded hazing death in the history of the fraternity.[2] [3] [4] | ||||||
| Miguel Arucan | Military hazing | Philippine Military Academy, Baguio | [5] | ||||||
| Beta Sigma | San Sebastian College – Recoletos, Manila | Brother of Gregorio Honasan, who was later elected as Senator of the Philippines.[6] [7] | |||||||
| Manuel Salas | Military hazing | Philippine Military Academy, Baguio | [8] | ||||||
| Military hazing | Philippine Military Academy, Baguio | ||||||||
| July 1983 | Beta Sigma | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | [9] [10] |
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| Aquila Legis | Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City | In November 1993, 26 of 35 accused fraternity members were initially convicted of homicide.[11] 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."[12] [13] Villa's death led to the passage of the Anti-Hazing Act of 1995.[14] [15] | |||||||
| 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.[16] | |||||||
| Alpha Phi Omega | University of the Visayas, Cebu City | Reportedly the first publicized fatal hazing incident in Cebu schools.[17] | |||||||
| 1991 | Araullo University, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija | [18] | |||||||
| 1991 | Dennis Cenedoza | Military hazing | Cavite Naval Training Center, Cavite City | ||||||
| 1991 | Joselito Mangga | Military hazing | Philippine Merchant Maritime Institute, Makati | ||||||
| 1992 | 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. [19] [20] | |||||
| Epsilon Chi | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | [21] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Holy Angel University, Angeles City | [22] [23] | |||||||
| Alpha Phi Beta | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | [24] [25] | |||||||
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| Military hazing | Philippine Military Academy, Baguio | [26] | |||||||
| Dominante Tunac | Police hazing | Philippine National Police Academy, Silang, Cavite | [27] | ||||||
| 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.[28] | |||||||
| Military hazing | Philippine Military Academy, Baguio | ||||||||
| Military hazing | Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, San Narciso, Zambales | ||||||||
| Sigma Mu | Far Eastern University, Manila | ||||||||
| Jeoffrey Andawi | Police hazing | Philippine National Police Academy, Silang, Cavite | [29] | ||||||
| Beta Sigma Rho | Casanayan National High School, Pilar, Capiz | ||||||||
| Jonathan Bombase | Alpha Phi Omega | Partido College, Goa, Camarines Sur | [30] | ||||||
| Kapatiran ng mga Kabataang Kriminolohiya | St. Therese – MTC Colleges - Magdalo, Iloilo City | [31] | |||||||
| 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.[32] [33] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Technological University of the Philippines, Manila | [34] | |||||||
| Alpha Phi Omega | Capiz State University, Roxas City, Capiz | [35] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa, Muntinlupa | [36] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Central Luzon State University, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija | [37] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Palawan State University, Puerto Princesa | [38] | |||||||
| Sigma Rho | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | [39] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Enverga University, Lucena, Quezon | [40] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi/Tau Gamma Sigma | Holy Cross of Davao College, Davao City | ||||||||
| Josephus dela Rosa | Military hazing | Training and Doctrine Center (TRADOC), Philippine Army, Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac | [41] | ||||||
| John Vincent Bernat | Alpha Kappa Rho | Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology, Butuan | [42] | ||||||
| Scouts Royale Brotherhood | , died in Alfonso, Cavite | [43] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Lyceum of the Philippines University–Cavite, General Trias, Cavite | ||||||||
| Scouts Royale Brotherhood | Lakeshore National High School, Biñan, Laguna | Shot in the head during an initiation ritual.[44] |
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| Tau Gamma Phi | Solis Institute of Technology, Bulan, Sorsogon | [57] | |||||||
| Alpha Kappa Rho | , died in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte | [58] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Zamboanga National High School West, Zamboanga City | [59] [60] [61] | |||||||
| Collegiate hazing | Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, San Narciso, Zambales | [62] | |||||||
| Mark Lester Miranda | Doña Hortencia Salas Benedicto National High School, La Carlota, Negros Occidental | Died after undergoing a hazing ritual in San Enrique, Negros Occidental.[63] [64] | |||||||
| Police hazing | Philippine National Police Academy, Silang, Cavite | [65] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Unnamed high school in Kalayaan, Laguna | [66] | |||||||
| Jaypee De Guzman Ramores | Police hazing | Philippine National Police, San Jacinto, Masbate | [67] | ||||||
| Alpha Kappa Rho | University of Mindanao, Davao City | [68] | |||||||
| Ronnel Baguio | Tau Gamma Phi | [69] | |||||||
| John Matthew Salilig | Tau Gamma Phi | Adamson University, Manila | Went to a fraternity initiation in Biñan, Laguna and disappeared on that date. Found dead in an open field in Imus, Cavite on February 28.[70] One suspect later committed suicide.[71] | ||||||
| Ahldryn Lery Bravante | Tau Gamma Phi | Philippine College of Criminology, Manila | Died hours after sustaining injuries at his fraternity initiation in Quezon City. Four suspects were arrested.[72] | ||||||
| Vince Andrew Delos Reyes | Collegiate hazing | NYK-TDG Maritime Academy, Calamba, Laguna | Died after being made to do strenuous exercises by a senior cadet over an alleged infraction on July 8.[73] | ||||||
| Ren Joseph Bayan | Tau Gamma Phi | San Pablo National High School, Jaen, Nueva Ecija | Died after undergoing a hazing ritual in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija.[74] [75] |