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Philippine Debate Open 2026
22-24 May · In person, Manila, Philippines · AP
Motions from this series
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
Philippine Debate Open 2025 (2025)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
Philippine Debate Open 2024 (2024)33 motions
- Round 1THBT donor admissions should be abolished.
- Round 1THP professors to be tenured instead of contractual.
- Round 1THR the increased usage of generative AI in tertiary education.
- Round 2THBT professional sports leagues should disqualify players with past history of school bullying.
- Round 2THW ban the advertisement of sports betting.
- Round 2THBT artsitic sports (e.g. figure skating, rhythmic gymnastics, etc) should heavily prioritize technical elements.
- Round 3THBT intelligence agencies (e.g., USA's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), UK's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS MI6), etc.) do more harm than good.
- Round 3THW give sectoral representatives veto power over appointees of heads of government agencies. (e.g. Nurses Association can veto the appointment of the Secretary of Health, Teachers Association can veto the appointment of the Secretary of Education, etc.)
- Round 3THBT post-colonial states should establish national identities in continuation of their colonial identity instead of reclaiming a pre-colonial identity. (e.g., using the colonizer's language as the official language instead of its local language/s, opting into the religion/s introduced to them instead of local religions, etc.)
- Round 4In conservative societies, THBT it is in the interest of feminist movement to emphasize commonalities bewteen men and women. (e.g., men and women are both victims of gender stereotypes)
- Round 4THBT the feminist movement should celebrate the consumption and creation of pornography by women.
- Round 4TH, as the feminist movement, W aggressively encourage women to pursue leadership roles in historically male-dominated fields.
- Pre-quarterfinalsLethal autonomous weapons (LAWs) are any form of technology which can independently identify and engage targets in whatever capacity they are programmed to do so (e.g., defense, offense, surveillance, etc.).
- Pre-quarterfinalsTHBT South Korea should abolish mandatory conscription and transition to volunteer military system.
- Pre-quarterfinalsIn countries with a weak democracy, THS local military leaders staging a coup against the corrupt state leaders.
- QuarterfinalsTH, as the Marcos Administration, would significantly reallocate funds to prioritize the development of the Mindanao Railway System.
- QuarterfinalsTHBT Sara Duterte should have independently run for presidency in the 2022 Philippine Elections as opposed to running alongside Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
- QuarterfinalsTHR president Marcos' decision to strenghten economic and military ties with the US.
- SemifinalsTHW ban the practice of dividend signalling in developing countries.
- SemifinalsTHBT Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) should adopt crown jewel defense instead of golden parachutes in response to perceived risks of takeover.
- SemifinalsTHBT developing countries should enforce closed shop agreements.
- Grand FinalTHP a world with a dominant belief in an intervening god instead of a non-intervening god
- Grand FinalIn multireligious societies, THW adopt the approach of benevolent neutrality rather than irreligion.
- Grand FinalTH, as the farmer, would refuse to be the messiah.
- Novice Pre-semisTHBT states should heavily prioritize the development or acquisition of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs).
- Novice Pre-semisTHBT South Korea should abolish mandatory conscription and transition to volunteer military system.
- Novice Pre-semisIn countries with a weak democracy, THS local military leaders staging a coup against the corrupt state leaders.
- Novice SemifinalsTH, as the Marcos Administration, would significantly reallocate funds to prioritize the development of the Mindanao Railway System.
- Novice SemifinalsTHBT Sara Duterte should have independently run for presidency in the 2022 Philippine Elections as opposed to running alongside Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
- Novice SemifinalsTHR president Marcos' decision to strenghten economic and military ties with the US.
- Novice FinalsTHR mass tourism in world heritage sites.
- Novice FinalsTH, as a rising young director, W direct a remake film of already prestigious movie rather than a movie of their own.
- Novice FinalsTHP stories (e.g. movie, literature) with clear distinction between good and bad characters, rather than ones with characters who embody both goodness and badness.
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Break on speaks? Average at least 77.2.
Last edition: 9 of 32 teams broke.
- 2024cut unknown · 78.1 speaks12/67
- 20253 pts · 76.8 speaks9/32
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