National Asians High School Debate Championship

The National Asians High School Debate Championship, more popularly known as NAsHDC, is a debate tournament in the Philippines sponsored by the De La Salle University-Manila. It is one of two national debate tournaments in the Philippines, the other being the Philippine Schools Debate Championship sponsored by the Ateneo de Manila University.

Every year after its inception in 2003, NAsHDC has consistently expanded in participation and support. Former partners include the Children's Museum and Library Incorporated (CMLI) and the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (FNS). The tournament is also consistently supported by the National Youth Commission (NYC) and endorsed by the Department of Education. In 2008, the tournament was renamed the Manila Bulletin National Asians High School Debate Championship in light of the Manila Bulletin being the NAsHDC co-presenter.

In 2018, De La Salle University-Manila, in partnership with Unilab and Business Mirror, hosted NAsHDC again after a 7-year hiatus.

Tournament Format

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NAsHDC uses the Asian Parliamentary debate format. It is a 3-on-3 parliamentary debate style that was founded in 1994 in University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. There is a separate novice division in NAsHDC.

Past Champions and Grand finalists

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Year Champion Grand Finalist Champion Team Members Grand Finalists
2003 Immaculate Conception Academy-Greenhills A Claret School of Quezon City A Charisse Borromeo, Jennifer Ong, Larissa Co Wendell Batocabe, Dino de Leon, Paul Anido
2004 Ateneo de Manila High School A PAREF Southridge School A Miko Biscocho, Claude Gomez, Mikee Victoriano RG Macalinao, Mikki Albano, Miguel Reyes
2005 Miriam College B Xavier School A Angelica Mangahas, Anna Arcellana, Maita Guevara Jonathan Loh, Peterson Poon, Nathan Santos
2006 Xavier School A Claret School of Quezon City A Patrick Cocabo, Evan Chen, Peterson Poon Alistair Zosa, Jed Hernandez, Gemmo Fernandez
2007 Xavier School A PAREF Woodrose School A Peterson Poon, Evan Chen, Kenneth Reyes Abby Castelo, Chrissa Magat, Pat Austria
2008 Xavier School A Xavier School B Vito Borromeo, Carlo Borromeo, Martin Qui Walter Cheng, Gabriel Kho, Gregory Uy
2011 St. Scholastica's College, Manila A PAREF Southridge School A Mikee de Vega, Jari Monteagudo, Crissy Aquino JV Valerio, Mark Lozano, Raffy Tanpho
2018 Ateneo de Manila Senior High School A De La Salle Zobel A CJ Carlos, David Africa, Kara Angan Gabby Dimatatac, Ken Alunan, Desher Empeño
2019 Ateneo de Manila Senior High School B Xavier School A Carlo Pastor, Bea Legaspi, Matthew Varona Kyle Go, Eaton Sia, Luke de Ocampo
2021 Ateneo de Manila Senior High School A Philippine Science High School- Main Campus MMM Lois Naomi Ang, Anton Alfonso Abiera, David Bejarin Ram Mayo, David Mencias, Hugh Mejos
2022 De La Salle Zobel A Ateneo de Manila Senior High School A Clarisse Tan, Yzza Keana Sering, Leonna Ricci Ronquillo Daniella Louise Barbacena, Ira Noelle Concepcion, Aliah Venice Garcia
2023 Ateneo De Manila Senior High School A British School Manila C Samuel Tango, Jasmin Ang, Kristen Reyes Caitlin Gaw, Alexa Rae Chua Tan, Tyrone Serapio
2024 PAREF Southridge School A Xavier School A Azarel Tanoja, Geoff Biscocho, Jacob Ty Jack Lim, Sean Angeles, Tyler Lim

Past Novice Champions

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Year Novice Champions Team Members Grand Finalists Team Members
2006 University of Baguio Science High School A Janine Alexis Go, Rachelle Beatriz Malong, Dawn Elizabeth Niekamp
2007 Colegio de San Juan de Letran A Gian Carlo Labo, Jeffrey Arboleda, Juan Rafael Roque
2008 Makati Hope Christian School A Krisha Lim, Harvey Chua, Nicole Cordoves
2018 De La Salle University Senior High School D Chloe Elma, Dorothy Tuazon, Ichiro Arbole Grace Christian College A Timothy Tyler Uy, Vanessa Tiong, Kyla Chuasiaokong
2021 Philippine Science High School- Main Campus ACM Neomi Inciso Mendoza, Hanz Isaac Arnaldo, Stephen Chua MGC New Life Christian Academy A Franxine Uel Cawaon, Jasmin Grace Ang, Grace Denise Gaw
2022 Ateneo De Manila Senior High School F Jamie Carelle Antonio, Anika Kristin S. Cajigal, Therese Felicia Bernal De La Salle University Senior High School D Lyndsay Patalinghog, Mahdi Angelo C. Lababidi, Isagani Miguel A. Ranillo
2023 De La Salle University Senior High School E Aaron Lee, Stephanie Mariano, Marielle Emily V. De Luna Philippine Science High School - Main Campus B Chael Matthew V. Sze, Aris Matthew Ocania, Colin Michael O. Wong
2024 De La Salle University Senior High School C Gian Carlo Campo Montuno, Joaquin Carlos Rabat Francisco, Zenaida Victoria Alejandra Milanes Ilao Philippine Science High School - Main Campus X Amelia Robang, Jhoenica C. Gellido, Heidrique Kristof Sumogba

Past Open Best Speakers

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Year Overall Best Speaker (Preliminaries) Grand Finals Best Speaker Novice Best Speaker (Preliminaries) Novice Finals Best Speaker
2003 Anna Santos - Philippine Science High School - Diliman Campus
2004 Miko Biscocho - Ateneo de Manila High School
2005 Angelica Mangahas - Miriam College
2006 James Soriano - Ateneo de Manila High School
2007 Evan Chen - Xavier School
2008 Carlo Borromeo - Xavier School
2011 Anton Sison - Ateneo de Manila High School
2018 David Africa - Ateneo de Manila Senior High School CJ Carlos - Ateneo De Manila Senior High School Michaela Lim - Immaculate Conception Academy Chloe Elma - De La Salle University Senior High School
2019 Kyle Go & Eaton Sia - Xavier School
2021 Lois Naomi Ang - Ateneo de Manila Senior High School Naomi Ang - Ateneo De Manila Senior High School Caitlin Gaw - MGC New Life Christian Academy Hanz Arnaldo - Philippine Science High School- Main Campus ACM
2022 Clarisse Tan - De La Salle Zobel Clarisse Tan - De La Salle Zobel Annika Chua - De La Salle University Senior High School
2023 Cara Reyes - Immaculate Conception Academy Sam Tango - Ateneo De Manila Senior High School Mary Reyes - De La Salle University Senior High School, Alexa Tan - British School Manila, Aaron Lee - De La Salle University Senior High School
2024 Ramya Espiritu - Saint Paul College Pasig Geoff Biscocho - PAREF Southridge School Zoe Dacara - St. Paul College Pasig Joaquin Fransisco - De La Salle University Senior High School