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TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 17 June) – Fourteen-year old Rhenz “RB” Baterbonia was practising basketball late afternoon of June 8 in the dormitory in Davao City where he and his Kuya Bobet (Rene Clert ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia) shared a room for two years, when the wife of the dorm owner called on him.  “Gitawag ko niya. Nihilak sya. Gigakos ko niya. Ana dayon kalit nga patay na daw lagi si Kuya. Imong kuya wala na. Ingon ana ko, ngano, ngano? Patay na imong Kuya. Ngano,ngano. Ingon sya nalumos daw. Nihilak dayon ko ato,”  (She called me. She was crying. She hugged me. And told me my Kuya is dead. ‘Your Kuya is gone.’ I said, why, why? ‘Your Kuya is dead.’ Why, why? She said he reportedly drowned. I cried), Rhenz told MindaNews Tuesday afternnon at the wake for his Kuya Bobet at the municipal gym here.  He recalled crying for about 30 minutes before calling a relative in Talaingod to check if his parents already knew, before calling them. Between Davao City a...