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Philippine Debate Open 2026
22-24 May · In person, Manila, Philippines · AP
Motions
Philippine Debate Open 2026 (2026)21 motions
- Round 1This House, as a rising celebrity, would choose to join and participate in popular reality shows (e.g., PBB, Love Island, Sparks Camp, etc.).
- Round 1THR the premium placed on 'authenticity' in social media
- Round 1THS the rise of social-media-based self-disclosure groups for mental health
- Round 2THS religious organizations publicly announcing support for politicians
- Round 2THBT Indigenous communities should be granted Sovereign Immunity
- Round 2THW disallow candidates from using personal money to fund campaigns
- Round 3THR the institutionalization of NATO as a political and military alliance after the USSR's fall
- Round 3THBT the African Union should cap the use of cultivated land for non-food crops (eg. biofuels, timber, etc.) in all member states
- Round 3THR the decline of geopolitical alliances based on cultural identity
- Round 4This House believes that pinkwashing by political entities does more harm than good to the LGBTQ+ movement
- Round 4THBT that the LGBTQ+ movement should actively support polyamorous relationships
- Round 4This House believes that the LGBTQ+ movement should prioritize promoting desexualization narratives over sex-positivity
- Open QuarterfinalsThis house believes that the feminist movement should actively reinterpret theology at the expense of critique to religion
- Open QuarterfinalsIn developed economies, THBT governments should provide financial incentives for men to enter women-dominated professions (ie. nursing, education, childcare, etc.)
- Open QuarterfinalsTHO the Maternal Preference Presumption
- Open SemifinalsTHR the historical framing of Mindanao conflict as primarily religious
- Open SemifinalsTHBT foreign development aid in BARMM has done more harm than good
- Open SemifinalsTHS full financial autonomy of regions from the Philippine National Government.
- Novice GrandfinalsTHW ban religious institutions that promote prosperity gospel (e.g., Hillsong Church)
- Novice GrandfinalsTHBT the Ecclesiastical Pluralism of Christianity has done more harm than good
- Novice GrandfinalsThis house, as a religious individual, would prefer to be a part of a religious community that proselytizes over the one that does not
What gets set here
Law & Crime5%
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28% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 3 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 76.8.
Last edition: 9 of 32 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break9 teams
- Novice break6 teams
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