...the best Speakers in Malaysia

UP Diliman debaters dominate Best Speakers list in Malaysia tourney

 

Rouchelle Dinglasan,

GMA News

June 5, 2012

 

 

The University of the Philippines-Diliman Debate Society members dominated the recent United Asians Debating Championship (UADC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bagging four spots in the list of Top 10 Best Speakers.

 

In a statement posted on its website, the UP-Diliman Debate Society named the awardees as:

• Angelique Pearl Simbulan (BA Political Science, Fourth Year) — Overall Best Speaker;
• Alistair Jan Zosa (BS Business Administration and Accountancy, 2012) — Second Best Speaker;
• Raymund Victor Vitorio (BA English Studies, 2009) — Third Best Speaker, and
• Valeri Filia D’Marie Inting (IV BS Social Work) — 10th Best Speaker.

 

Zosa was also named as the Chief Adjudicator for UADC 2013.

 

“He will be leading the Adjudication Core that will be in charge of making the motions for next year’s tournament,” the Debate Society said.

 

Meanwhile, Third year Juris Doctor student Jesus Nicardo Falcis III was also awarded as one of the Top 10 Adjudicators.

 

Still, the UP-D debaters fell short and reached only the quarterfinals.

 

UP-Diliman Team A — composed of Simbulan, Zosa, and Inting — made it to the quarterfinals after facing Grand Champion Nanyang Technological University Team A.

 

Meanwhile, UP Diliman Team B — composed of Carlo Raphael Borromeo (IV BS Business Economics), Garie Ouano (IV Economics), and Jose Fernando Escalante (III BS Psychology) — reached octofinals but bowed down to Ateneo de Manila University Team A, the event’s First Runner-Up.

 

UADC is an annual competition conducted in the Asian Parliamentary format. It gathers over 600 debaters from universities across Asia. - VVP, GMA News

...the PH debater

Team Philippines is top contender in international debate contest

By Nikka Garriga

loQal

Fri, Feb 24, 2012

PASIG CITY, METRO MANILA—The Filipino youth made the country proud as six high school students emerged as one of the top four semi-finalists in the recent World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) in South Africa.

Team Philippines finished 8th place after a series of preliminary rounds of debating with six wins.

The team is lauded for their skills, after defeating the teams of Canada and Singapore, which were the 2010 and 2011 champions, respectively, before getting thwarted by Scotland in a close fight.

“The team put in a great amount of work, researching topics and practicing their skills, while managing schoolwork. It's good to see their effort and dedication rewarded,” said Sharmila Parmanand, a three-time Asian Champion debater and this year's coach.

The group members included Joaquin Bonoan Escano from PAREF Southride School, Donald Felbaum and Nico Flaminiano from Xavier School, Rico Holganza Jr. from PAREF Springdale School in Cebu, Sanjeev Parmanand from Ateneo de Zamboanga University High School, and Mariella Salazar from International School Manila.

For its part, Department of Education secretary Armin Luistro commended the group for expressing the youth's perspective on global issues that would soon become their concern.

“I am truly pleased with the convergence of young people from different parts of the world to share their opinions on issues affecting their respective countries locally and globally. Hats off to the Philippine team for showing the world the great potential of Filipino students,” said Luistro.

Philippine national champion Kip Oebenda also noted the spread of debate across the country, with two of the team speakers coming from Visayas and Mindanao.

Oebanda was a two-time Asian semi-finalist and former coach of the Philippine team for the previous two championships.