The University of the Philippines Debate Society is hosting Pre-Australs, this June 28-30, 2008, at the University of the Philippines, Diliman campus. This tournament will serve as an excellent preparation for the upcoming Australasians 2008, which will be held in Manila just a few days after this.
Set in the Austral-asians debating format, this tournament […]

This is lifted from an e-mail message sent by Rashedul Hasan Stalin to the Philippine Debate mailing list. The Asian Universities Debating Union has ratified this Adjudication core to run the East West University 5th Asian Universities Debating Championship 2009.
CA- Rashedul Hasan Stalin (Bangladesh)
Institution: East West University- EWU
DCA and Grand Final Adjudicator at AUDC 2008
CA […]

Only three teams per institution were allowed to proceed into the break rounds. Due to this, NUS 4 (#13) was capped and 17th-ranked UPD 2 advanced to the break rounds.

Ateneo 1
NTU 1
NUS 1
DLSU 1
SMU 2
NUS 2
Ateneo 3
IIU 1
UPD 1
NTU 2
NUS 3
MMU 1
NUS 4
SMU 1
Mahidol 1
MMU 3
UPD 2

Five teams from Philippine institutions broke in the tournament. […]

For the first the first time in its five-year history, the Asian Universities Debate Championship will be hosted by a South Asian institution. East West University of Bangladesh won the right to host the tournament after promising a very comprehensive and cost-effective competition. The highlights of the bid include subsidized airfare courtesty of GMG Airlines, […]

Ateneo de Manila University’s three-year reign in the Asian Universities Debate Championship is cut short by Nanyang Technological University after a 5-4 decision in the final match. More details (news, the draw and tabs) will be posted as soon as Phil Debate gets them.

Fatima Macanan and JJ Domingo (Lyceum A) swept the preliminary rounds en route to a masterful clinching of the Intramuros Cup. The competition was an invitational for universities and colleges in the Intramuros area. Participating schools included Lyceum of the Philippines, Mapua Institute of Technology, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and Letran College.
Lyceum A […]

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Today (May 14) marks the first day of the fourth edition of the AUDC. All roads lead to host Islamic International University in Malaysia as debaters  from all over the Asian continent compete through rigorous rounds of Asian Parliamentary debate to determine the finest.
The past three AUDCs were all won by Ateneo de Manila University. […]

We knew he would, and he did!
Congratulations, Gian! We are proud of you.
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Here’s Gian’s speech.
FISH MUCUS AND FOOT FUNGUS
by Gian Dapul
When I was in 6th grade, I hated Mathematics. You would have, too, if you had my teacher. He would drop huge workbooks on our tables and croak, “Thirty problems, fifty minutes.” A lot of […]

Ateneo de Manila retained the Square Off crown after the triumvirate of Steph Co, Miko Biscocho and Gica Mangahas bested the trio from UP Diliman. This gives Ateneo de Manila a subsidized pass to the Asians Universities Debating Championship next week hosted by Islamic International University of Malaysia.
UP Diliman was represented by Aaron Chan, […]