April 2008

The Archives

• Tournament

  Square Off Update: UP Diliman Bests Ateneo de Zamboanga In A Semis Thriller

  04.30.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Debating on the motion that seeks to ban the sending of overseas Filipino workers to the Middle East, the team from University of the Philippines Diliman successfully advanced to the finals after hurdling a very strong team from Ateneo de Zamboanga. The winning team represented the affirmative side and was comprised of Joan Atienza, [...]

• Tournament

  The ABS-CBN News Channel Square Off Debate Championship

  04.17.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  ABS-CBN News Channel has propelled collegiate debating into the forefront of mainstream media by holding the Square Off Debate Championship. The show has  been pitting teams from all over the country to debate on controversial national issues. The show airs smack dab in the realm of prime time – Wednesdays at 8 pm. Currently, the [...]

• Tournament

  SMU Hammers

  04.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Carlo Cabrera of Singapore Management University sent this message via the Debate Philippines mailing list:
  Just wanted to let everyone know that we’re still accommodating teams
  for SMU Hammers, SMU Debating Society’s annual pre-AUDC tournament.
  It’s going to be on May 10-11, the weekend just before AUDC. KL is
  just a few hours away by bus, so it shouldn’t [...]

• Debate Institutions

  Submit Your Debate Institution’s Websites!

  04.15.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  If you would just shift your gaze to the left side of your screen, you would see an ever-increasing list of links to the the official websites of the many debate institutions from all over the country. A quick look would give you a sampling of institutions from Northern Luzon, National Capital Region, Southern Luzon, [...]

• Debaters

  Blast From The Past: 2006-2007

  04.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  2006-2007 is interesting for two reasons – it was a very competitive season and a lot of the senior debaters of that time chose to sit out one of the major tournaments. Top speakers of the 2006 NDC and the 2007 PIDC – Claudia Poon and Leloy Claudio, respectively — chose to not participate as [...]

• Tabs

  NDC and IIDC/PIDC Tabs From The Triassic!

  04.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Thanks to the support of our *ehem* elder statesmen *cough*Sir Martin*cough*Carl*cough* we are now ready to launch our comprehensive tabs page! We have tabs for all National Debate Championships from 2002 to 2008. We also have all of the IIDC/PIDC tabs from the same period of time.
  If you have tabs of tournaments before the age [...]

• Site News

  Want An @phildebate.com E-mail Address?

  04.14.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This is your opportunity of a lifetime! Well, not really, but you stand a chance of getting your very own e-mail address @phildebate.com. Wouldn’t that allow you to wear your debater pride on your sleeve – or at least on your business cards?
  To get your own e-mail address, you may choose either of the two [...]

• Debaters

  The Top Ten Speakers For 2007-2008

  04.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  According to speaker scores, that is. Since the National Debate Championship and Philippine Inter-collegiate Championship all had preliminaries lasting seven rounds, both tournaments had equal weight. Obviously, only speakers who competed in both competitions had a shot in getting in the top ten. Total speaker points from both tournaments were simply added to come [...]

• High School Debate

  High School Results Up!

  04.14.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Thanks mainly to our new contributor Michael Manangu (Colegio de San Agustin), we now have a section dedicated to high school debate tournament results. The High School Tournaments Results page would be permanent fixture on our sidebar.

• Tournament

  The 4th Asian Universities Debating Championship

  04.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The AUDC will be hosted by International Islamic University Malaysia from May 14 to 22. The organizers are now in the process of confirming the institutions who have already paid for their registration. The full list of registered teams may be accessed here. The Philippine delegation to the AUDC include debaters and adjudicators from Ateneo [...]

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