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.
| width=12% | Date of death | width=14% | Victim | width=12% | Organization | width=12% | Institution | width=50% class="unsortable" | Notes |
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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] | |||||||
| 1967 | Alpha Phi Omega | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | First recorded hazing death in the history of the fraternity.[2] [3] | ||||||
| Miguel Arucan | Military hazing | Philippine Military Academy, Baguio | [4] | ||||||
| Beta Sigma | San Sebastian College – Recoletos, Manila | Brother of Gregorio Honasan, who was later elected as Senator of the Philippines.[5] [6] | |||||||
| Manuel Salas | Military hazing | Philippine Military Academy, Baguio | [7] | ||||||
| Military hazing | Philippine Military Academy, Baguio | ||||||||
| July 1983 | Beta Sigma | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | [8] [9] | ||||||
| Aquila Legis | Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City | Villa's death led to the passage of the Anti-Hazing Act of 1995.[10] [11] | |||||||
| 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.[12] | |||||||
| Alpha Phi Omega | University of the Visayas, Cebu City | Reportedly the first publicized fatal hazing incident in Cebu schools.[13] | |||||||
| 1991 | Araullo University, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija | [14] | |||||||
| 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. [15] [16] | |||||
| Epsilon Chi | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | [17] | |||||||
| Alpha Phi Beta | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | [18] [19] | |||||||
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| Tau Gamma Phi | Solis Institute of Technology, Bulan, Sorsogon | [53] | |||||||
| Alpha Kappa Rho | No information, died in Surigao City | [54] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Zamboanga National High School West, Zamboanga City | [55] [56] [57] | |||||||
| Collegiate hazing | Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, San Narciso, Zambales | [58] | |||||||
| Mark Lester Miranda | No information | Doña Hortencia Salas Benedicto National High School, La Carlota, Negros Occidental | [59] [60] | ||||||
| Police hazing | Philippine National Police Academy, Silang, Cavite | [61] | |||||||
| Tau Gamma Phi | Unnamed high school in Kalayaan, Laguna | [62] | |||||||
| Jaypee De Guzman Ramores | Police hazing | Philippine National Police, San Jacinto, Masbate | [63] | ||||||
| Alpha Kappa Rho | University of Mindanao, Davao City | [64] | |||||||
| Ronnel Baguio | Tau Gamma Phi | [65] | |||||||
| 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.[66] One suspect later committed suicide.[67] | ||||||
| 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.[68] | ||||||
| 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.[69] |