Motions

Lakan Finals

  • This house regrets the bureaucratization and standardization of a criteria and definition for Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines
  • Lakan Semi Finals

  • This house welcomes the advent of a China-led global economy
  • Lakan Quarter Finals

  • This house believes that progressive Filipino politicians should advocate for the legalization and regulation of child labor as opposed to supporting its further criminalization
  • Datu Finals

  • This house hopes for a group of intelligent extraterrestrial beings to reach earth
  • Datu Semi Finals

  • The motion for this round has not been released.
  • Datu Quarter Fnals

  • This house, as the Catholic Church, would expand the role of nuns in Church affairs (e.g., appointing more nuns to high-level Vatican positions, increasing their participation in Church councils and decision-making bodies, allowing nuns to administer parishes, etc.)
  • Datu Pre-Quarters

  • This house believes that feminist movements in conservative states should prioritize combatting benevolent sexism
  • Round 4

  • DeepSeek is a Chinese Artificial Intelligence company that recently released its R1 model, which has received large attention for rivaling the reasoning and mathematical skills of other popular AI models, including OpenAI's GPT-4 and Meta's LLaMA 3.1. Some of its key differences include claims of using only US$6 million for training its R1 model, being significantly less energy-intensive, and having its algorithms, models, and training details open-source. It has also received criticism for its
  • Round 3

  • This house believes that it is justified for homosexual couples in conservative communities to reject raising children
  • Round 2

  • This house would legalize secondary or solidarity strikes
  • Round 1

  • This house believes that governments of agriculture-centric regions in the Philippines should aggressively incentivize students to take agriculture-related tertiary courses (i.e., funneling most scholarships to agri-courses, prioritizing colleges with agriculture degrees) at the expense of less incentives and scholarships for other fields