IPSC Representatives Chosen

The winners of the 2006 ESU-Philippines Public Speaking Contest conducted last April 6 at the University of the Philippines School of Economics are Celeni Guinto of UP Diliman and Cris Jacoba of Ateneo de Manila University.

The contest was held in conjunction with the Inquirer Intercollegiate Debate Competition.

Ms. Guinto will be the official candidate of ESU-Philippines to the International Public Speaking Competition in London in May, while Mr. Jacoba is the alternate, or may fill in as our second official candidate should he manage to raise funding for the trip.

A total of 15 speakers from various schools contended for the honors.

The seven-person judging panel consisted of Amb. Bautista, ESU-Philipines Vice President Krip Yuson, ESU-Philippines Treasurer Erlinda Panlilio, ESU-Philippines members Jose Campos and Mike Toledo, ESU-Philippines' former (and first) IPSC candidate Ryan Buenafe, and former UP debater Nicole Curato, who had also helped in the judging in the past two years. IPSC 2004 winner Patricia Evangelista could only be present for the first hour as she had an ABS-CBN assignment, but helped organize the proceedings, together with Nico who attended our last ESU-Philippines meeting.

The picture shows the members of the judging panel with the winners, from left: Nicole Curato, Ryan Buenafe, Krip Yuson, Mike Toledo, Amb. Bautista, Erlinda Panlilio and Jose Campos.