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  UT Mara Debate Society International Humanitarian Law Debate (June 2-5, 2008)

  05.04.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  The UT Mara Debate Society (Malaysia) in collaboration with the Student Representative Council of Law Faculty together with the ICRC will be hosting the ICRC International Humanitarian Law Debate 2008. The tournament can serve as training for the upcoming Australasians season. The theme for this year’s competition is War, Suffering and Humanity.
  When: June 2-5 [...]

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  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, [...]

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  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 [...]

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  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 [...]

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  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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  Ateneo Australs Team Cap Full; Wait List Opened

  04.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The team cap for the 2008 Australs has been met. If you still want to go to Australs, sign up for the waitlist. If you were smart enough to pre-register or lucky enough to have filled out the registration form made available between February 29 and March 6, please make your payments by April [...]

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  Tournament Results

  04.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I just posted the results of the tournaments held this academic year. Each entry includes the tournament, hosts, champion and top speaker. Again, if you think we missed any tournament wherein a team from the Philippines competed (international, local, regional or intervarsity), kindly drop us a line by leaving a comment.

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  PIDC 2008 Tabs

  04.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The tabs for the just-concluded Philippine Intercollegiate Debate Championship (PIDC) has just been released. All interested parties may download the file from the tournament’s official website.

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  Ateneo de Manila University Dominates the 2008 PIDC

  04.12.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Ateneo Debate Society stamped its class all over the competition as they ran away with the lion’s share of the accolades in the just concluded Philippine Inter-collegiate Debate Championship held at UP Diliman. Kip Oebanda, Pauline Gairanod and Shiveena Parmanand (ADMU C) won the championship after beating the trio of Mico Biscocho, Gica Mangahas and [...]

Philippine Debate

Upcoming Tournaments

10-11 May - SMU Hammers 2008 (Singapore Management University)

14-22 May - Asian Universities Debating Championship 2008 (International Islamic University of Malaysia)

3-10 July - Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship (Ateneo de Manila University)