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UP Diliman debaters dominate Best Speakers list in Malaysia tourney
By Rouchelle Dinglasan, GMA News
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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 (BS Social Work, Fourth Year) — 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 (BS Business Economics, Fourth Year), Garie Ouano (Economics, Fourth Year), and Jose Fernando Escalante (BS Psychology, Third Year) — reached octofinals. However, Ateneo de Manila University Team A beat the team to become the 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
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