The West Visayas State University Debate Team was declared Champion in Debate sa Bombo 2013-2014 Series College Edition after defeating the Central Philippine University Debate Team during the championship match on April 14, 2014 held at the WVSU Cultural Center in a proposition, "Resolved, that national elective officials be at least college graduate.”
Defending the status quo (negative side), the WVSU debate team had convinced the judges to buy their strong, consistent and well-studied arguments and got a 90% average rating.
The team is composed of Nestor Jeremy Moreno (AB Pol.Sci. 2014), Runniel Reel Matorres (AB Pol.Sci. 2014), Job Aldin Nabuab (AB Pol.Sci. 2014), Hyacinth Bangero (Broadcasting 2014), and two researchers - Paolo Nazareno (AB Pol.Sci. 2015) and Jonald Dorado (AB Pol.Sci. 2015). Hyacinth Bangero got the Best Speaker and Best Debater awards during the match.
The debate series started its first match on December 13, 2013, were WVSU Team won over the team of the University of the Philippines – Visayas with Nestor Jeremy Moreno and Runiel Reel Matorres as Best Speaker and Best Debater respectively.
In a proposition, “Resolved, that the opening of classes in the Philippines be set on September," against CPU Team, WVSU debaters (Negative Side) got their second win and took the lead in the ranking. Nestor Jeremy Moreno was proclaimed Best Speaker and Best Debater.
The defeat of CPU Debate Team was not their end in the competition as they successfully survived their succeeding matches that brought them to the championship round.
Standing on the negative side against Team WVCST during the semi-finals on April 2, 2014, the team had advanced to the final round, while Job Aldin Nabuab of WVSU was judged as Best Speaker and Best Debater.
Professors Voltaire Jacinto and Reymund Flores served as team advisers while Dr. Ma. Elfleda Ecube and Prof. Shim Lester de Pio were the team managers - all are faculty members of the Social Science Department.
