MANILA, Philippines -- The public apology of Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman over the brawl at Valley Golf and Country Club in Antipolo City got a frosty reception from the alleged injured parties, the family of businessman Delfin Dela Paz.

"We only heard about it on the news. There was no personal apology to us," said Marie Dhel "Bambee" Dela Paz, 18, a junior golfer who acted as spokesperson for the family.

"No, we're not accepting it. Besides, they never changed their story," she said in a phone interview Tuesday.

Bambee's father Delfin, a fishpond owner, accused Pangandaman's sons Nasser Jr., mayor of Masiu, Lanao del Sur, and Hussein, and four golfing companions of beating him and his 14-year-old son Bino over an argument about golfing etiquette last Friday.

The Pangandamans had said it was Dela Paz who started the fight although the agrarian reform secretary on Monday apologized "as a government official and father" for what happened. He clarified later that it was not an admission of guilt.

Asked if the family was open to the possibility of settling the case out of court, Bambee, a student at University of Cincinatti on a golf scholarship, said the family had not discussed it. She added, "We'll confer."

Asked if the family would accept a personal apology from the Pangandamans, she said: "I couldn't tell you. We still haven't talked about that."

She also would not comment on what the Valley Golf management, which barred an Philippine Daily Inquirer team from its premises Monday, had so far done about the incident. "I don't want to say anything about that," she said.

Bambee, who wrote about the incident on her blog which drew huge response from fellow bloggers, said the family still intended to pursue the charge of physical injuries in relation to Republic Act 7610, or the child abuse law, against the Pangandaman sons and their companions.

As of Tuesday, the complaint still has not been filed with the Prosecutor's Office since a prosecutor was not yet available to handle the case, said the Antipolo police chief, Superintendent Raul Bargamento.

"It's a holiday so we'll probably be able to file it after New Year, on the first working day, which is January 5," said the chief of the city police women and children's desk, Insp. Maria Luisa Pedrosa, whose office is handling the case because it involves a minor, Bino.

Bargamento and Pedrosa each said the Pangandaman camp has not yet reported to their office to lodge their counter-complaint, which they previously indicated they would do.

Aside from Nasser Jr. and Hussein, other would-be respondents in the physical injuries case are Faisal Abdula, Adnan Pacasum, Rene Maglanque, and Arnel Estacio.