AdDU’s Salisipan is Tournament Best Speaker, MSU-M’s Sacan is Public Speaking Champ
In the first Mindanao-wide tournament where debate enthusiasts were competing for the money, Mindanao State University – Marawi A (John Louie Balagot, Rashid Pandi and Abdel Sultan) won the top prize of a cool P25,000, beating Xavier University A (Zed Abantas, Lee Arvin Gogo and Gian Marlon Libot) in a unanimous but close decision in the final round of the 1st Mindanao Debate Championship – Governor Khalid Q. Dimaporo Cup in Tubod, Lanao del Norte. They opposed the motion “This house believes that Western democracies should support violent insurgencies in 3rd world dictatorships.” XU A took home the runner-up prize of P10,000.
Also getting prize money were Tournament Best Speaker Sam Salisipan of AdDU A, Public Speaking Champion Adrian Sacan of MSU-M, and Tournament Best Adjudicator Mara of MSU-IIT. They received P1,000 each. The tournament was sponsored by Gov. Mohammad Khalid Q. Dimaporo of Lanao del Norte, who, at 27 years of age, is currently the youngest governor in the Philippines. This was held in accordance to his youth development programs in the province. The tournament was held on Jan. 11-13, 2008.
MSU-M A, the 4th ranked team in the prelims, and XU A, the 3rd ranked team, beat the top two breaking teams in hotly contested semifinal matches. MSU-M A beat AdDU B (David Jalotjot, Kristine Uy and Kristine Castrodes) despite the chair, Sharmila Parmanand, who was Chief Adjudicator for the tournament, dissenting in the decision, while XU A beat AdDU A (Sam Salisipan, Ria Lumapas, and Marj Lamboso) in a close, disputed split.
Deputy Chief Adjudicator Andrew Macuto of AdDU had to sit out of the semifinal round due to institutional conflict, while the other DCA, Atty. Roel Camoro of MSU-M, adjudicated the AdDU A-XU A semifinal. However, the adjudication in the tournament, especially in the break rounds was deemed below par, since top adjudicators in Mindanao did not go to the tournament, due to the perceived low cash prize for adjudicators. And since it was in the Asian Parliamentary format, conferral of decision were not allowed, so chairs could be easily overruled by relatively inexperienced adjudicators.
Other teams to make the break rounds for this tournament were quarterfinalists MSU-IIT B (Dickson Dagondon, Rei Maranda, Regine Lapida), MSU-M B (John Jay Zoleta, Adrian Sacan, Jan Feliz Marohombsar), MSU-IIT A (Ronemay Gatillo, Mark Magaro, Ara Mamon) and XU B (Rene Gandeza Jr., Rupert Musni, Lorenzven Vallar).
AdDU A produced the Top 3 Speakers of the tournament, with Salisipan, Lamboso and Lumapas going 1-2-3. Tied for 4th were Sultan of MSU-M A, Abantas of XU A and Gandeza of XU B. Two speakers were tied at 7th, Libot of XU A and Dagondon of MSU-IIT B. AdDU B’s Jalotjot and Castrodes rounded up the Top Ten, both tied at 9th.
Adonis Corre of MSU-M was the 2nd Best Adjudicator of the tournament, while Darwin Manubag of MSU-IIT rounded up the Top 3.
Despite the thin adjudication pool, the date of the tournament being delayed numerous times and the proximity of the Dimaporo Cup with the 17th MPDC resulting to several MPDU schools not participating in the tournament, the MDC was considered a preliminary success, and it has made the Mindanao debate community look forward to more money tournaments in the future. Debating, after all, is not a cheap hobby.
1st Dimaporo Cup Champions: Abdel Sultan, John Louie Balagot, and Rashid Pandi of MSU-M A
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