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UP Cebu Lantugi UP Cebu Lantugi is the official debate society and varsity of the University of the Philippines Cebu.

Since its establishment in 2002, Lantugi continues to educate and develop students in the discipline of debate and public speaking with the goal of producing critical speakers, through active participation in debate tournaments and competitions throughout the country and beyond. In line with its thrusts to provide opportunities for students and the wider public to be immersed in public speaking and parliamentary debate, Lantugi hosts a number of debate competitions such as Speak UP, the Cebu Intervarsity, and collaborative training with other debate societies and organizations.

๐‹๐€๐๐“๐”๐†๐ˆ ๐๐˜ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐”๐Œ๐๐„๐‘๐’!The UP Cebu Lantugi Debate Society proudly presents its record of achievements for Academic Year ...
06/07/2026

๐‹๐€๐๐“๐”๐†๐ˆ ๐๐˜ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐”๐Œ๐๐„๐‘๐’!

The UP Cebu Lantugi Debate Society proudly presents its record of achievements for Academic Year 2025โ€“2026.

The organization secured multiple championship titles and individual awards, segmenting their dominance and legacy in the debating scene.
These accomplishments reflect the societyโ€™s continued commitment to excellence in debate and adjudication, as well as its role in fostering critical discourse and intellectual leadership.


๐‹๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ง!The University of the Philippines Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent fo...
04/07/2026

๐‹๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ง!

The University of the Philippines Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent for an exemplary performance in the recently concluded 4th Butuan Intervarsity last Jun. 26-28 at Father Saturninos Urious University and Timber City Academy, Butuan City.

๐Ÿ†๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐Ÿ†
- Gasa Bande

๐ŸŽ–๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€๐ŸŽ–
- Joriz Baje (2nd Open Best Speaker)
- Del Cinco (4th Open Best Speaker)

๐ŸŽ–๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€๐ŸŽ–
- Christine Bagazin
- Cian Royo

๐ŸŽ–๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€๐ŸŽ–
- Romel Tala
- Jan Endrina

๐Ÿ…๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐Ÿ…
- Ady Balimbingan

๐‹๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž!The University of the Philippines Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent for ...
26/06/2026

๐‹๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž!

The University of the Philippines Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent for an exemplary performance in Cebu Pride Debate Open, hosted by Cebu Debating and Commission on Human Rights - Central Visayas last Jun. 20-21, 2026.

Jan Endrina and Romel Tala powered through the preliminary rounds and broke 9th in the Open Category. The duo then flushed through the outrounds and made their way on top in the Open Grand Finals round.

Cian Royo and Quiana Tolentino brought home tied 7th Open Best Speaker awards while finishing the preliminary rounds as the 6th Open breaking team. The team then made their way through the Open Semifinals of the outrounds.

Christine Bagazin served as a core adjudicator of the tournament, having adjudicated rounds and crafted masterful motion sets for the participants.

Gasa Bande led the planning, leading, and organizing of CPDO as its tournament director.


21/06/2026

๐Ÿ† ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐„๐’๐“, ๐‹๐€๐๐“๐”๐†๐ˆ! ๐Ÿ†

Sending our full support to Romel Tala and Jan Endrina as they take on the Cebu Pride Debate Open Grand Finals as Closing Oppositionโ€”happening LIVE right now.

Motion:
This House Prefers a world where the contemporary LGBTQ+ rights movement originated in the East rather than the West.

๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’–๐’ˆ๐’Š ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’‹๐’๐’“๐’”!The University of the Philippines Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent for a...
19/06/2026

๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’–๐’ˆ๐’Š ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’‹๐’๐’“๐’”!

The University of the Philippines Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent for an exemplary performance in this year's United Asians Debating Championship, hosted by the EduDrift in Bali, Indonesia last Jun. 1-8, 2026.

UADC is Asia's biggest debating major competition, comprising various competing universities from across the continent.

After eight grueling preliminary rounds, Ady Balimbingan, Joriz Baje, and Christine Bagazin proudly represented Lantugi and the Philippine contingent in the asian majors!

We would also like to thank our alumni for their utmost support in our participation for UADC. We are proud of our contingent's accolade in the international stage!


๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’–๐’ˆ๐’Š ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’”!The University of the Philippines Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent ...
16/06/2026

๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’–๐’ˆ๐’Š ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’”!

The University of the Philippines Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent for an exemplary performance in this year's Philippine Intercollegiate Debate Championship, hosted by the UP Debate Society (UPDS) last Jun. 11-15, 2026.

After seven grueling preliminary rounds, our contingent made an immediate impact at the national outrounds.

Gasa Bande tops as one of the Philippines' Best Judges, having ranked 4th overall while serving as the chair adjudicator of the Open National Grand Finals.

UPC A, composed of Christine Bagazin, Joriz Baje, and Del Cinco, pushes through the outrounds as National Open Double Octofinalists. Joriz Baje also takes home the 10th-Best Reply Speaker Award.

Ady Balimbingan served as one of the Core Adjudicators of PIDC, having brought their exceptional wisdom through their motion sets and adjudication at the national stage.

We would also like to commend our competing teams and judges for a wonderful run in the tournament.

Laban Lantugi!๐ŸŒป


๐‹๐€๐๐“๐”๐†๐ˆ ๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š๐’ ๐€๐“ ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹๐’!The UP Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent for breaking in this year's ...
13/06/2026

๐‹๐€๐๐“๐”๐†๐ˆ ๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š๐’ ๐€๐“ ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹๐’!

The UP Cebu Lantugi Debate Society congratulates its contingent for breaking in this year's Philippine Intercollegiate Debate Championship!

After seven grueling preliminary rounds, Lantugi proceeds to the outrounds of PIDC with the following breaks:

๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€
(UPC A)
- Christine Bagazin
- Del Cinco
- Joriz Baje

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ
- Gasa Mutya

We wish our contingent the best of luck for tomorrow!


The UP Cebu Lantugi Debate Society proudly sends its full support to our contingent as they compete at the Philippine In...
11/06/2026

The UP Cebu Lantugi Debate Society proudly sends its full support to our contingent as they compete at the Philippine Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2026, hosted online via Discord and Zoom by the University of the Philippines Debate Society (UPDS) from June 11 to 14, 2026.

We wish our contingent good luck in representing our organization's passion and excellence on the national level.

The UP Cebu Lantugi Debate Society proudly sends its full support to our contingent as they take the international stage...
02/06/2026

The UP Cebu Lantugi Debate Society proudly sends its full support to our contingent as they take the international stage at the United Asians Debate Championship 2026, hosted by EduDrift in Bali, Indonesia, happening from June 1 to 8, 2026.

May this be another opportunity to showcase excellence, passion, and the strength of our community on the global stage.

๐Ÿ† ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ†UP Cebu Lantugi recognizes Ady Balimbingan for serving as part of the Core Adj...
28/05/2026

๐Ÿ† ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ†

UP Cebu Lantugi recognizes Ady Balimbingan for serving as part of the Core Adjudication Panel at the Philippine Debate Open 2026, hosted by the San Beda Debate Society in partnership with Parliamate, held on May 22โ€“24, 2026 at San Beda University, Mendiola, Manila.

As member of CAP, Ady played a key role in shaping the tournamentโ€™s adjudication standards and ensuring high-quality deliberations throughout the competition.

Lantugi commends Ady for her continued excellence and leadership in the national debate circuit.

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