Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    TH, as a white-collar Filipino parent, would choose English as their child’s first language
  • 2
    THW allow regional/native languages that are spoken by at least 5% of the population of the Philippines to be constitutionally recognized as a national/official language
  • 3
    THR the use of degendered demonyms (e.g. Filipino and Lantinx)

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    In pursuing resolutions for territorial conflict, THP the use of regional courts rather than the ICC and ICJ
  • 2
    TH, as the West, would shift to a strategy providing aid to nations under dictatorships rather than to try to break up their governments
  • 3
    THW consider countries selling arms as war criminals

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THR the premium placed on the “exploration phase” in teen media (ex. Partying, drugs, alcohol, and heartbreaks)
  • 2
    THBT streaming services have done more harm than good to the consumption of media
  • 3
    THS the inclusion of informal media practitioners (citizen journalists, vloggers, etc.) in the coverage of matters concerning national interests

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THS the practice of 'quiet quitting'
  • 2
    THS the adoption of hiphop culture amongst non-African American minority groups in the US
  • 3
    THR the dominance of slow fashion as the alternative of fast fashion

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THW pursue the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) in mental health care (Ex. Woebot or other AIs that people can talk to for free)
  • 2
    THS the romanticization of sevant autism in media (Ex. Extraordinary Attorney Woo, The Good Doctor)
  • 3
    THR the trend of post-trauma mental health treatment rather than pre-trauma mental health treatment

    • Round 1

  • 1
    TH, as the LGBTQIA+ Community, would advocate for the use of Gender -Sensitive Language instead of Gender-Neutral Language
  • 2
    THE the commercialization of drag culture
  • 3
    THW abolish marriage as an institution over establishing global marriage equity