UPMin tops debate tilt

MINDANAO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

THE University of the Philippines Mindanao Team B bagged their first ever championship trophy after outshining Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan University) in the grand finals of the Mindanao International Humanitarian Law Debates last October 15, 2017 at The Royal Mandaya Hotel of Davao City.

UP Mindanao B is composed of debaters Karl Tristan Butalid (IVBA Anthropology), Andres Karl Segovia (IV- BA Communication Arts) and Bryle Matthew Bacatan (III- BA Food Technology) on side government competing on the motion “This house regrets the airstrikes in Marawi”.

Andres Karl Segovia, as the Deputy Leader of Opposition was hailed as the best speaker with his extensive discussion on the collateral damage of the emerging war, the harms of air strikes on the Meranaws both internal and external and the narrative it sends to the people that the state as the primary actor of the killings through the air strikes.

Karl Tristan Butalid also emerged as the tournament’s 9th best speaker with a total speaker score of 306. Tin Villanueva (IV- BA Communication Arts) was hailed as 6th best adjudicator while Hyacinth Tiffany Jungco (IV- BA Communication Arts) come up to be a breaking adjudicator.

Other competing debaters were Nissa Mariel Caderao (III- BS Agribusiness Economics), Sarika Rey (III- BA English) and Gloriline Deximo (III- BA Agribusiness Economics) of UPMin C; and Gaily Vani Labasano (IV- BS Biology) as adjudicator.

Mindanao International Humanitarian Law debates is sponsored by the Philippine Red Cross Davao City Chapter.

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