👋 Welcome to Pilipinas Novice Debates 2026

Novice Champions: Low Cortisol Debating (Quiana Tolentino and Ysa Fabrero, University of the Philippines Cebu) [Closing Opposition, 5-2 split]
Novice Finals Best Speaker: Quiana Tolentino (Member of Opposition, 4-2-1 split)

High School Champions: SBCEC Sid’s Bang Bang Club (Yvanka Yrin Yang and Sid Sanson, St. Benedict Childhood Education Centre) [Opening Opposition, Consensus]
High School Finals Best Speaker: Yvanka Yrin Yang (Leader of Opposition, Consensus)

Overall Best Novice Speaker: Jeremy Monares (UPV We Miss You Devine, University of the Philippines Visayas)
Overall Best High School Speaker: William Go (SBCEC Fat and Jobless, St. Benedict Childhood Education Centre)

Overall Best Adjudicator: Isah Basher (Mindanao State University - Main Campus)

                                                           

Adjudicator Tab: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_J80ALgBQVzRhwL082QxbCrAVxkATFfAJycKQZlAw2o/htmlview

Tournament Staff
Adjudication Core 

Ady Balimbingan (UPC), Chelsea Fernandez (ADMU), Zhea Sanchez (MSU-IIT)

Tabulation 
Benedict Dimacutac

Equity
Del Cinco and Gasa Mutya

Tournament Convenor
Cian Jacob Royo