Philippine Schools Debate Championship
The Philippine Schools Debate Championship (PSDC) is an annual English-language debate tournament for high school-level teams from the Philippines. It is hosted by Ateneo de Manila University's Ateneo Debate Society (ADS) and its debates are conducted in the British Parliamentary Style. From its inception in 2002, it has become one of the two most prestigious Philippine national competitions for high school debaters, the other being the National Asians High School Debate Championship (NAsHDC) hosted by De La Salle University-Manila's La Salle Debate Society.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer became the primary sponsor of the tournament in 2003, at which point it was called the Inquirer-2bU! Interscholastic Debating Championship (IISDC). Recently the Inquirer ended its long-standing agreement with the ADS and the name reverted to PSDC in 2007. It is also regularly sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Tournament format
PSDC Debates are held in the British Parliamentary Style. The tournament uses the Swiss system for deciding matchups between competing teams in the preliminary rounds. The 32 highest scoring teams then advance (or "break") to the finals series, where the first and second placed teams in each round advance to the next highest levels of competition. A team cap (or limit on the number of breaking teams from one institution) of FIVE teams is imposed.
In 2004 a regional championship for the PSDC was introduced, to give teams from outside Metro Manila more representation at the higher levels of competition. As these teams began to show in the regular break, this championship was discontinued.
An extemporaneous public speaking competition is also held alongside the debate rounds. This competition has its own preliminary, semifinal, and final rounds.
In 2008, a secondary tournament for the PSDC was introduced. Teams eligible for this final were those from institutions that never had a team in the final round of the PSDC. The round is a battle of the top four eligible teams. The final has been christened the Ana Alano Cup, in memory of the Ateneo Debater who had died defending her father in a hit against him for attempting to expose a hospital corruption scandal.
Speakers from teams who have broken in the tournament are considered eligible to try out for a slot in the Philippine team to the World Schools Debating Championships.
There was no PSDC 2015 due to the academic calendar shift that occurred within the Ateneo De Manila University.
Participating Institutions
2014
- Assumption College San Lorenzo (AC)
- Ateneo de Davao High School (ADDU)
- Ateneo de Manila High School (AHS)
- Ateneo de Naga University (ADNU)
- Claret School of Quezon City (CSQC)
- Colegio San Agustin - Makati (CSA)
- Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA)
- International Christian Academy (ICA-P)
- La Salle Academy (LSA)
- La Salle Green Hills (LSGH)
- Mandaue City Science High School (MCSHS)
- MGC New Life Christian Academy (MGC)
- Miriam College (MC)
- PAREF Rosehill School (RH)
- PAREF Southcrest School (SC)
- PAREF Southridge School (SR)
- PAREF Springdale School (SD)
- PAREF Woodrose School (WR)
- Philippine Science High School - Cordillera Administrative Region Campus (PSHS-CARC)
- Pilar (Pilar)
- Quezon City High School (QCHS)
- Quezon City Science High School (QCSHS)
- Sacred Heart School - Hiyas de Jesus (SHS-HdJ)
- San Beda College Alabang - High School (SBHS)
- Siliman University High School (SUHS)
- St. Mary's School (SMS)
- St. Paul College, Pasig (SPCP)
- St. Scholastica's College - Manila (SSC-M)
- St. Therese Educational Foundation of Tacloban Incorporated (STEFTI)
- Stella Maris Academy of Davao (SMAD)
- University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC)
- University of San Jose Recoletos (USJR)
- Xavier School (XS)
Breaking Teams
2014
- 1. MC A (Mika Filoteo & Alyssa Encarnacion, Semifinalists)
- 2. AHS C (Adrian Padilla & Renz Reyes, Finalists)
- 3. WR A (Jazmin Jabines & Cathy Cano, Semifinalists)
- 4. AHS A (France Santos & Rafa Lapira, Finalists)
- 5. MC B (Annika Bautista & Alex Agcaoili, Finalists)
- 6. ICA A (Abigail Yu & Clarice Tee, Champions)
- 7. MC D (Camille Rosas & Angela Heramia, Octofinalists)
- 8. WR B (Julienne Francisco & Marina Lim, Quarterfinalists)
- 8. ICA B (Alyana Laddaran & Tiffany Bernardo, Semifinalists)
- 10. AHS B (Poch Kalagayan & Miguel Guerrero, Octofinalists)
- 11. SHS-HDJ A (Antonio Miguel Lagura & Katsuya Akamatsu, Octofinalists)
- 12. SSC-M A (Marty Ysaac & Samantha Eala, Octofinalists)
- 13. AHS F (Paulo Valencia & Vinz Ferrer, Octofinalists)
- 14. WR C (Aimee Fider & Chiara Ledesma, Octofinalists)
- 15. MC C (Amaris Pulido & Abby Herrera, Octofinalists)
- 16. SR A (Jet Nicolas & Gabby Leda, Quarterfinalists)
- 17. SUHS A (Jude Amiscaray & Giancarlo Sanglay, Octofinalists)
- 18. SSC-M B (Pilar Ochave & Kelsey Mariano, Octofinalists)
- 19. STEFTI B (Clark Louis Hatton & Alyssa Mae Alberto, Octofinalists)
- 20. AHS D (Luigi Alcañeses & Tres Yap, Quarterfinalists)
- 21. AC A (Colleen Chua & Victoria Barcelon, Octofinalists)
- 22. SR B (Jaime Tabuena & Lui Manguiat, Octofinalists)
- 23. MC E (Hyorim Cho & Vicka Nepomuceno, Semifinalists)
- 24. CSQC A (Jat Tancangco & Miguel Rabago, Octofinalists)
- CAPPED - 25. AHS E (Carlos Tiu & Josiah Encinas)
- 26. SBHS B (Alyssa Guerero & Carlos Edrada, Octofinalists)
- 27. ICA D (Dana Uy & Chloie Uy, Quarterfinalists)
- 28. SBHS A (Pablo Tanglao & Miguel Yabut, Quarterfinalists)
- 29. ICA C (Frances Ho & Alia Yao, Quarterfinalists)
- 30. AC B (Carmela Roxas & Lyssa Ajero, Octofinalists)
- 31. SPCP B (Gillian Sandigan & Angeli Lacson, Quarterfinalists)
- 32. XS C (Ignacio Villareal & Jacob Wee, Quarterfinalists)
National Top 10 Best Speakers
2016
- 1. Matthew Araneta (XS A)
- 2. Clarice Tee (ICA A)
- 3. Renz Reyes (AHS A)
- 4. Paulo Valencia (AHS D)
- 4. Luigi Alcaneses (AHS A)
- 6. Hans Gonzalez (AHS D)
- 6. Frances Ho (ICA B)
- 8. Alyana Laddaran (ICA A)
- 8. Mira Siquijor (WR A)
- 8. Martha Ysaac (SSC A)
2014
- 1. Abigail Yu (ICA-A)
- 2. Mika Filoteo (MC A)
- 3. Adrian Padilla (AHS C)
- 4. Renz Reyes (AHS C)
- 5. Clarice Tee (ICA A)
- 6. Alyssa Encarnacion (MC A)
- 7. Cathy Cano (WR A)
- 8. Jazmin Jabines (WR A)
- 9. Annika Bautista (MC B)
- 10. France Santos (AHS A)
2013
- 1.Vanessa Siy Van (ICA A)
- 1.Abigail Yu (ICA B)
- 3.Katrina Chan (ICA A)
- 3.Martin Abis (AHS B)
- 3.Cathy Cano (WRA)
- 3.Miguel Ventura (AHS A)
- 3.Isaac Lee (AHS B)
- 3.Jim Bulan (AHS A)
- 3.Weaverly Lee (ICA B)
- 3.Kyle Atega (SBCA A)
2012
- 1.Miguel Ventura (AHS A)
- 2.Vanessa Siy Van (ICA A)
- 3.Jim Bulan (AHS A)
- 4.Donald Felbaum (XS A)
- 4.Katrina Chan (ICA A)
- 6.Raynard Lao (XS A)
- 6.Vitto Pavia (AHS B)
- 8.Kyle Mitschiener (SR H)
- 8.Cathy Cano (WR A)
- 10.Martin Abis (AHS C)
- 10.Abigail Yu (ICA B)
- 10.Nikki Lucenario (MC A)
2011
- 1.Andrei Buendia (SBCA A)
- 2.Sanjeev Parmanand (ADZU A)
- 3.JV Valerio (SR G)
- 5.Akshar Bonu (ISM A)
- 5.Mark Lozano (SR A)
- 6.Carlos Peñas (SBCA B)
- 6.Abbo Hernandez (ADZU A)
- 8.Angelica Saulog (SBCA A)
- 10.Raffy Tanpho (SR G)
- 10.Joan Ongchoco (ICA A)
2010
- 1. Tiffany Uy (ICA A)
- 2. Bas Claudio (AHS A)
- 3. Jovin Pizzaro (AHS A)
- 4. Mary Or (ICA B)
- 5. Andrea Cuartero (ICA B)
- 6. Joan Ongchoco (ICA A)
- 7. Daryl Isla (LSGH A)
- 8. Frances Robles (Gators C)
- 8. Paulina Robles (Gators C)
- 8. Javier Pablo (AHS B)
- 8. Vince Soriano (AHS B)
Past champions
Year | Champions | Team Members | Grand Finalists | Ana Alano Cup Champions | Team Members | |||
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2002 | Ateneo de Manila High School | Marco Villacorta | Michael Biscocho | Ateneo De Manila High School (Leloy Claudio and Glenn Tuazon), Assumption College (Faith Serrano and Grace Serrano), Immaculate Conception Academy (Charisse Borromeo and Kristel Tiu) | ||||
2003 | Philippine Science High School - Diliman Campus | Anna Santos | Juanchi Pablo | Ateneo De Manila High School (Miko Biscocho and Adrian Mundin), Miriam College (Liz Dias and Bea Lacson), Immaculate Conception Academy (Charisse Borromeo and Larissa Co) | ||||
2004 | Ateneo de Manila High School | Michael Biscocho | Adrian Mundin | Immaculate Conception Academy (Jennifer Ong and Krisha Borromeo), University of Santo Tomas (Richard Beltran and Jaime Pring), University of Santo Tomas (Joanna Mutiangpili and Rhea) | ||||
2005 | Immaculate Conception Academy | Jennifer Ong | Krisha Borromeo | Ateneo De Manila High School (James Soriano and Carlo Felizardo), Miriam College (Gica Mangahas and Anna Arcellana), Miriam College (Carla Sia and Jasmine Cruz) | ||||
2006 | Miriam College High School | Angelica Mangahas | Carla Sia | Xavier School (Peterson Poon/Patrick Cocabo), Immaculate Conception Academy (Ces Gotamco/Peidi Lee), Claret School Of Quezon City (Alistair Zosa,Gemmo Fernandez) | ||||
2007 | Xavier School | Evan Chen | Peterson Poon | Ateneo De Manila High School (James Soriano/Hansky Santos), Xavier School (Gabriel (Gavin) Kho/Kenneth Reyes), Miriam College High School (Valeri Inting/Pia Ranada) | ||||
2008 | Colegio San Agustin-Makati | Joshua Lim | Allan Cabrera | Ateneo De Manila High School (Jovin Pizarro/Ben Bismark), PAREF Woodrose School (Mica Reyes/Nikki Cone), PAREF Woodrose School (Tabby Abela/Pat Austria) | La Salle Green Hills | Brian Llamanzares | Daryl Isla | |
2009 | Ateneo de Manila High School | Henry Fernando | Bas Claudio | Immaculate Conception Academy (Jeanina Tee/Tiffany Uy), PAREF Southridge School (Justin Jabines/Marty Gonzaga), Ateneo De Zamboanga High School (Sanjeev Parmanand/Abbo Hernandez) | Silliman University | Julius Ragay | Jay Anderson | |
2010 | Ateneo de Manila High School | Jovin Pizarro | Bas Claudio | Immaculate Conception Academy (Tiffany Uy/Joan Ongchoco), PAREF Southridge School (Lance Katigbak/Pempen Chiang), Immaculate Conception Academy (Mary Or/Andrea Cuartero) | San Beda College Alabang | Katherine Peralta | Adolfo Jose Montesa | |
2011 | Immaculate Conception Academy | Joan Ongchoco | Denise Recomono | PAREF Southridge School (JV Valerio/Raffy Tanpho), Ateneo De Zamboanga University (Sanjeev Parmanand/Abbo Hernandez), Xavier School (Donald Felbaum/Nico Flaminano) | PAREF Springdale School | Miko Alazas | Ralph Gonzales | |
2012 | Xavier School | Donald Felbaum | Raynard Lao | Ateneo de Manila High School (Vitto Pavia/Kiko Santos), Miriam College High School (Amaris Pulido/Alex Agcaoili), Xavier School (Marc Matsubara/David Gozali) | La Salle Green Hills | Andrew Escay | Patrick Kahn | |
2013 | Immaculate Conception Academy | Vanessa Siy Van | Katrina Chan | San Beda College Alabang High School (Carlos Peñas/Kyle Atega), Ateneo de Manila High School (Jim Bulan/Miguel Ventura), PAREF Woodrose School (Jazmin Jabines/Cathy Cano) | St. Scholastica's College Manila | Nicole Tomas | Marty Ysaac | |
2014 | Immaculate Conception Academy | Abigail Yu | Clarice Tee | Ateneo De Manila High School (Rafa Lapira/France Santos), Ateneo De Manila High School (Adrian Padilla/Renz Reyes), Miriam College High School (Annika Bautista/Alex Agcaoili) | Mandaue City Science High School | Ejay Co | Jeremiah Valero | |
2016 | Xavier School | Matthew Araneta | Ignacio Villareal | Ateneo de Manila High School (Renz Reyes/Luigi Alcañeses), Xavier School (Jacob Wee/Alfonso Tan III), Xavier School (Jaime Siy/ Steven Sy) |
Past best speakers in debate and public speaking
Year | Best Speaker (Preliminary Debate Rounds) | Best Speaker (Debate Finals) | Best Speaker (Public Speaking) |
2002 | Charisse Borromeo (Immaculate Conception Academy) | ||
2003 | Charisse Borromeo (Immaculate Conception Academy) | Victor Tence (Southville International School) | |
2004 | Michael Biscocho (Ateneo de Manila High School) | ||
2005 | Angelica Mangahas (Miriam College High School) | Anna Arcellana (Miriam College High School) | |
2006 | Angelica Mangahas (Miriam College High School) and Peterson Poon (Xavier School) | Carla Sia (Miriam College High School) | Genica Endaluz (St. Theresa's College) |
2007 | Peterson Poon (Xavier School) | Peterson Poon (Xavier School) | Nicole Gaba (PAREF Woodrose School) |
2008 | Phillip Poon (Xavier School) | Allan Cabrera (Colegio San Agustin-Makati) | Mark Escay (La Salle Green Hills) |
2009 | Bas Claudio (Ateneo de Manila High School) | Henry Fernando (Ateneo de Manila High School) | Dwight Garvy Tan (Ateneo de Naga University) |
2010 | Tiffany Uy (Immaculate Conception Academy) | Tiffany Uy (Immaculate Conception Academy) | Mikey Onglao (PAREF Southridge School) |
2011 | Andrei Buendia (San Beda College Alabang) | Joan Ongchoco (Immaculate Conception Academy) | Raynard Lao (Xavier School) |
2012 | Miguel Ventura (Ateneo de Manila High School) | Donald Felbaum (Xavier School) | Kitkat Cuenca (PAREF Woodrose) |
2013 | Vanessa Siy Van and Abigail Yu (Immaculate Conception Academy) | Vanessa Siy Van (Immaculate Conception Academy) | |
2014 | Abigail Yu (Immaculate Conception Academy) | Abigail Yu (Immaculate Conception Academy) |