A team from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) comprised of Pearl Simbulan, Alistair Zosa, Carlo Borromeo triumphed over the trio of JC Dela Peña, Dominic Ambat, Nicole Soltes from the College of Saint Benilde at the grand finals of the 2011 Philippine Intercollegiate Debating Championships (PIDC).
This recent win caps a fantastic run for Academic Year 2010-2011 by UPD, which also won the National Debate Championships (NDC) during the last quarter of 2010. The NDC is the country's biggest inter-varsity British Parliamentary tournament.
Here is a compilation of the motions released for Rounds 1 to 6 of the 2011 PIDC:
Round 1:
THBT Barbie is an enemy of the feminist movement.
THW ban minors from becoming professional video gamers.
THW stop building golf country clubs.
Round 2:
THBT the state should take custody of exceptionally brilliant children.
TH decries the rise of obsessive hyperparenting.
THW re-open sperm banks for Nobel laureates.
Round 3:
THB the state should fund schools exclusively for teaching indigenous peoples in their own language.
THW recognise sexual relationships between man and beast.
THW allow neo-Nazi groups to establish public pilgrimage sites.
Round 4:
THBT it's high time to abolish jeepneys.
THW not allow establishments to impose a mandatory service charge.
THBT game shows which take advantage of the poor should not be given air time.
Round 5:
THW overtly support rebel movements that fight for democracy.
TH supports a bloody revolution to fight a dictator in the Middle East.
THBT the use of suicide bombers is a valid tool to advance freedom.
Round 6:
THW allows states to colonise outer space.
TH regrets the pursuit of artificial new life forms.
THBT the state should fund any research that aims to achieve immortality.
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