High School Mix! A special and unique debate that you will watch tonight. Right there Jules, of course to make our debate more exciting, we are still here at Rizal High School!
Of course, let's have a break time first with the lessons at the school and our discussion of the issues of the city. All of that is here in your coolest classroom, Barkada. So make sure to not be absent here at... Schoolmate!
Hello schoolmates! We're back with one of the weakest high schools in the Philippines. There's no other school but Rizal High School. Why did I say this?
Because we're here with Bien and Alex. Hello girls! Hi!
Hello girls! Last time I was here was in 2003. I don't know how old you were then but are you ready to tour me now? Game?
Game! Okay, let's go! Did you know that Rizal High School is the first secondary school in Rizal?
Rizal High School was first established way back in 1902 with only 28 enrolled students. But it was only known as the Guinness Book of... of world records bilang largest secondary school in the world since 1993 until 2005. Sa ngayon, ang Rizal High School ay isa pa rin sa pinakamalaking high school sa buong bansa with over 4,000 students.
enrollees sa senior high pa lang. Pero syempre, hindi lang naman kilala ang Rizal High dahil dyan. Its students, the Rizalians, are also known for making their stand in different social issues.
Rizal High School also offers different learning curricula to give more focus to the different abilities of their students. And because of that, Rizalians are known for their competency stance bagging most championships in local and international competitions. From the quality of teaching, the quality of facilities here at Rizal High School is not the last.
The senior high school facilities are definitely world-class, making it conducive to learning. We also have a very functional science. and speech laboratories, and new computer rooms.
There are also training rooms for tourism, cookery, and automotive students. Wow, there are so many high schoolers who are going to be big. But girls, here at Schoolmates, can you still handle our new guests?
Sure, sure. Really? Rizal will not lose.
You said it. That's only here at Schoolmates. All right, good evening, schoolmates.
We're here for the second week and we're still here with the senior high school students of Rizal High School. You're right, Jules. And now, we see that just like last week, energetic pa rin ang mga sudyanti dito. Kaya naman, kita natin na ready na sila para sa ating debate ngayong gabi.
Pero ano nga bang pag-uusapan natin ngayong gabi? Narito po, panoorin natin. Hi, schoolmates!
Pagsasabatas ng diborsyo sa Pilipinas dapat o hindi dapat. Noong Marso ng kasalukuyang taon ay inaproba na sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa ng kamera ang panukalang batas hinggil sa absolute divorce and dissolution of marriage sa Pilipinas. sa ilalim ng naturang panokalang batas, mas pinabilis na ang proseso ng pagpapawalang visa ng kasal at mas mura na rin ang ibabayad ng mag-asawang magkikiwalay.
Sa ngayon, tanging annulment pa lamang ang kinikilala sa Pilipinas, ngunit lubang mahal at mahabang proseso ang kinakailangan pagdaanan ng mag-asawa. Bagamat pasado na sa Kamara, ay kailangan din itong dumaan sa Senado. Pero ang ilang mga senador ay nais na lamang amyandahan ng annulment process sa bansa.
According to some, it is better to give the couple time to fix their relationship and family is more important. For now, the Philippines and the Vatican are the only places in the world where divorce is not considered legal. And you, schoolmates, should the Philippines be allowed to divorce? Scumids! Should we have a divorce here in the Philippines?
We are the only ones in the world who know about this. Vatican ang hindi pa nagpapatupad ng divorce. Kaya naman marami ang nagsasabi na dapat na nga ipatupad nito dito.
Mga Jandresa, actually dito sa Pilipinas meron tayong annulment para sa mag-asawang gustong maghiwalay. Pero dahil na rin sa kamahalan at mahaba ang proseso nitong annulment na to, marami ang mga nagsasabi na hindi rin ito solusyon para wakasan ang mga pagsasamang hindi na. But this is still the question of the people.
Of course, are the Philippines ready for divorce? So to start our debate, who are the schoolmates we will be with tonight? For our first group that believes that divorce should be implemented here in the Philippines. Let's all welcome Janine, Norlie, and Jess.
We are here to tackle and to address about legalizing divorce in the Philippines. And we are the government's side advocating the legalization of divorce here in the Philippines. And we will now introduce the second group that believes that divorce should not be implemented here in the Philippines.
So let's introduce Erica, Josh, and Tanya. We have our strong arguments for that. First, our financial needs. Second, our idea of a family. And third is the importance of marriage.
that the divorce should not be implemented in our country. It's just the beginning, but it looks like our discussion will be hot this evening. And schoolmates, not only our debaters can know about our issue today. I'm also with our schoolmates here at Rizal High School. Later, there will be a chance to give their opinion and questions to our audience here.
Of course, our schoolmates are also watching. sa kanilang mga bahay. Maaari ninyo rin pong makisali sa ating talakayan.
I-like nyo lamang ang aming Facebook o Twitter page at the Schoolmates at magpada lamang po kayo ng inyong mga opinion dahil mamaya ilan sa inyong mga mensahe ang aming babasahin. Sa aming pagbabalik, sisimulan na natin ang mainit na diskusyon dito lang sa Schoolmates! All right, welcome back to Schoolmates. A while ago, we heard the opening statements of the two team leaders. Of course, this is about whether there should be a divorce in the Philippines.
Now, Jules, we will hear the other points from the other teams. members. Kaya naman, simulan natin kay Norly.
Meron tayo ngayong existing na annulment kung saan, isang way of separation din to para sa mga mag-asawa. Yung divorce kasi is no different from it, except yung divorce ay mas madali, mas convenient. Kapag sinabi nating divorce, hindi naman ini-encourage na sa simpleng bagay, maghiwalay na yung dalawang mag-asawa.
Ini-encourage nito, actually, ini-empower nito yung mga babae na kaya nilang maging independent sa sarili nila kahit nawala yung asawa nila. And then second, kailangan ni-encourage din yung divorce sa Pilipinas kasi kapag dysfunctional na yung marriage or kapag hindi ka na masaya sa relasyon, nagiging toxic. At kapag nangyari yun, often, nagli-lead to sa abusive parents, authoritarian parents, and kapag nangyari yun na sumusunod na dito yung lack of empathy, lack of love, lack of respect, destruction of personal possession, and mostly yung mas worse is yung gagamit ng instrumento yung mga bata para atakihin yung kabilang part.
So you sabi na unconditional love ay nagiging conditional. Bakit conditional? Kasi nag-i-stay ka na lang for the sake na may matawag na buong pamilya.
Thank you so much, Norly. Oy, maganda yung sinabi niya. Sabi niya na meron na raw na love na conditional love kapag nang mag-iwiwalay.
Kasi sabi niya itong divorce daw, Tricia, mas magiging madali at mas convenient at ayaw nila sa toxic na relasyon. Nakarelate. Okay, ano mo sabi mo diyan, Josh? Yung divorce, maaari siyang i-file in many reasons such as abuse, sexual harassment, or the abandonment of the wife or the husband.
Now, those are reasonable cases. Now, I can also file for a no-fault divorce, whereas I can file for irreconcilable differences, such as, Discipline us. In our children. In easy words, it could be... At maaari kang hiwalayan ng asawa mo kapag sawa na siya sayo.
Kapag ayaw niya na sayo. And on the other hand, it has been mentioned that the Vatican and the Philippines are the only countries that doesn't support the divorce system. Now, we are not here to appeal to our global audiences. We are known for our Filipino values. Intact values that we are known for.
Actually, we saw that Josh said earlier that no-fault divorce can be filed, which may be due to differences in personality among partners. And their group also holds Filipino values because they do not wish to appeal to the global audiences, but to their fellow Filipinos. So, what can you say about that, Jess? Based on the Office of the Solicitor General, there are an average of 28 couples who wish for their marriage to be nullified or annulled. That was in 2012. So, there's a higher chance that the number of people in the relationship that want to be separated from a contract that they made.
Because marriage is also a part of a contract. Now, in that contract, we should also have a way of how we can separate If ever there was a... ...paglabag sa mga bagay na dapat, mga dapat ginagawa, mga responsibilidad, mga obligasyon ng dalawang mag-asawa.
Ngayon naman, sinasabi niya sa no-fault divorce, meron ang dahilan po niya ay reconcilable differences. Ngayon po, bigyan nating kahulugan ayon sa batas sa House Bill No. 7303 or the Divorce Bill. Ang sabi po doon, The irreconcilable differences refer to as an overriding conflict occurring to a married couple that are so pronounced and beyond repair that destroys the family and makes the relationship dysfunctional.
Sinasabi po doon na hindi lang basta simple hindi pagkakaunawan, simple pag-aaway lang ay pwede na pong mag-file o pwede na pong ma-approve yung... I want to have a divorce. Alright.
Thank you so much, Jess. Let's give Jess a round of applause. Trisha, Jess is saying here that just like any other contract, because marriage is like a contract, so there should be a separation clause here, maybe.
So that there's still something that can be lost in that contract. She also said a very important phrase. She said that there are conflicts beyond repair. Nothing will happen anymore.
That's true. Have we experienced that? I don't know.
Maybe it's in our audience. But what will you say, Tanya? Oh For divorce, actually, pwede na isang party lang ang umirma sa divorce. At pag ito'y sinubmit sa korte at pag inaprobahan, at ito'y ipaalam na lang sa partner niya na sila ay divorce na. So another factor na ang reason nila gusto nila magpaghiwalay ay ang abuse, which is one of the most common dun sa binigay mong figure na 28% ng mga nagpa-file for annulment.
So actually, if binigay, ang divorce is only a short-term remedy for that. If you broke up, you broke up, you didn't deprive him of the ability to abuse other people and yourself. There is an undergraduate research paper provided by the University of Arizona that out of 1,000 respondents, 98% of them, for the past 10 years after they were divorced, still experience coercion, emotional and physical abuse from their ex-partners. Then, yung sa...
proven, this is a representation of what could happen. Instead of just divorcing, you could appeal to the court of law, bring your partner to give proper justice for yourself in accordance to the law, RA 9262, or the Violence Against Women Act. So there, we found out what Tanya's point is.
Aside from 98% of those who get divorced after a few years, they also experience repetitive abuse. So, for them, divorce is not an answer. that the abuse experienced by each partner will not be repeated. If that's the first part of our discussion, then we will know what the pulse of the netizens in our schoolmate, Scott, is.
Thank you Tricia. Not only our schoolmates here at Rizal High School have a wrong opinion about our topic, if divorce should be implemented in the Philippines. Our netizens also sent their comments. Here's the opinion sent by Michael Angela Rosalem.
For me, that's... It should not be legalized here in the Philippines because the visa is being lost, the sacredness of the wedding and the blessing of the Lord in the contract and the contract that the Catholic Church said. Van Arter and Sronquillo said, For me, divorce is bad if there are little kids involved in the situation. It rips family apart. But sometimes, divorce is necessary, especially if there's domestic abuse, cheating.
etc. To those who sent comments to our Facebook account, thank you so much to our netizens. Just continue to send your comments and opinions.
You can also express your opinion and vote through our social media accounts where you can follow our topic for tonight. Alright, thank you so much to you guys. Of course, aside from that, schoolmates, later we will also choose the best speaker from our debaters and they will be chosen by our schoolmates here at Rizal High School and our schoolmates.
stuff. The material for judging can be found on your screens right now. And on our return, we will continue another heated discussion here on School Day. All right, welcome back to School Ways.
Of course, we're still here at Rizal High School. Wow. Trisha, earlier, our points were really good.
How do you think? Well, according to the loyal team, for them, it's the effects on children and the Filipino values that our loyal team is holding. What can your team say? What's the team name? The team Divorce Soria.
Wow! They said earlier that divorce is cheaper, easier, and more convenient because we don't want toxic dysfunctional... of relationships. That's the most important part of what they said in the debate earlier.
But Trisha, we're here in the most exciting part of Schoolmates, the free flow. So basically, we'll be asking questions and we'll let you answer. And we'll just enter when we see the well-exhausted points.
Are you ready? The first question is, will the free flow of relationships be lost? Is it sacred to get married if divorce is to be done? The sacredness of marriage is in the minds of Filipinos because more than 80 million, according to PEW Research Bay in the US, more than 80 million Filipinos are Catholics. And it is the Christianity that led us into believing that marriage is sacred and it should not be violated.
It should not be dissolved. If we talk about religion here, So, instead of talking about sacredness, we should talk about the religious morality. We should talk about the secular morality. Ngayon, sa secular morality, tinutukoy dito yung view ng isang pamilya sa kasal.
Wait, so sinasabi mo na dahil sa Catholic tayo, yung sacred morality na pre-preserved. But isn't it that when you're divorced, Wait, I didn't say that because of Catholic Church, secular morality is being preserved. I've said that the Catholic Church gave us the religious morality, which is different from the secular morality.
But the thing... Psychological statistics say that if you were given the freedom to divorce, more likely your next marriage or your next partner has higher chances of you getting divorced. So your belief in others, you believe that you can separate them if you don't want to.
Now, we are defining marriage or family. The sanctity of marriage depends on the meaning of a family. It's that you should live harmoniously.
harmoniously. A family should be living harmoniously. Now, if you're living in sanctity or you're living in order, why would you avail that? Because it's a simple misunderstanding. Now, you're just saying that for the family, there are people who are already availing divorce.
But isn't divorce unconstitutional? Because according to the 1987 Constitution, the government protects, the provision provides that the government protects the safety of a family. But if you give it, because it's included in the divorce provisions, ...that in a close-fault divorce, no fault divorce, that any irreconcilable differences or any minor reason to be given, and if this is approved by the court, you can separate. So, what is the sense of the family if they can and will do something to separate you from a small reason? There.
Let's give information to the people of the city, the people who are listening to us. In divorce... We have a mandatory 6-month cooling off stage or period where you are given 6 months to fix the problems, to consider what you should consider.
Because the problems we address in divorce are not just problems that have a high reason. Because if you are just going to divorce for a high reason, you think that it will be impractical for the Filipinos because, of course, it involves money. Second, there are situations...
because there's a situation where a case, General Register 126010, where a woman filed an annulment against her abusive husband. Now, now, now, after the divorce, Ms. Norlie, after the divorce, Ms. Norlie. Her husband is immature, he's a womanizer, and then later on, he had a sexual affair.
Norlie! I ...relationship, kung saan siya na yung dehado. Okay, sige.
Nag-divorce na. Ayun, nag-divorce na. Ngayon, paano yung consequences?
Paano yung bata? According to the Wilbur and Frank Berner, it is a law firm. Pagkatapos ng divorce, 60% ng mga anak na... 35% of men are more prone to divorce. Isn't that a bigger problem?
That marriage is always broken and broken and broken? So, one more thing. I would like to address...
Ms. Tanya's point earlier about divorce being unconstitutional. Now, let's just say, in the 1988 Constitution, it doesn't say that we are not allowed to amend the laws. Now, as stated in Section 15-16 of the Divorce Bill or House Bill No. 7308, the laws that are in the House Bill 7308 can be changed, modified, so that it can be better and more applicable to the community. according to the provision pinapangalagaan ito yung sanctity nung marriage tapos ngayon magpapropose kayo ng divorce bill ito kasi yan eh ito kasi yung hindi magets ng part nyo sinasabi nyo napangalagaan natin yung essence ng marriage when in fact kapag ka dysfunctional na yung family hindi na talaga sya nagbu-workout naglilito sa mga problems like in a physical aspect emotional aspect first sa physical aspect magkakosya ng higher risk of high blood pressure high blood pressure.
pressure and then yung mga yung mga ang effect naman ito sa mental natin is ah nagkakaroon ng psychological distress ng mga tao thank you thank you okay thank you palakpakan natin yung mga directors hello ayan init okay level up tayo Trisha level up tayo okay next question ito listen dahil mahalang annulment paano ang mga mahihirap na nais kumawala sa isang abused and irreparable marriage go Eat the pap- We have a bill that we are still sending to the government. We call it the divorce bill. Divorce bill, it is filed for a woman who is trapped in a toxic and abusive partner.
This is way more simpler, easier, and more accessible to those... So it's way more simpler and easier for a housewife. No. No.
What does it mean? You can't pay custody for her children. Can you imagine according to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the average total number of a family is five members.
Three of them are her children. Do you think that if your three children come to you as housewives, you will be given custody of your children? It's not.
Wait. I did not save it. For housewives, what they're saying is... How about the children?
Wait, let's go back to family. Family means a living harmonies. Do you have a family if you don't have a child? Can you say you're a family if you always fight?
You can call each other blood-related if you always... And by the way, Josh, how do you divide sanctity in any way? Wait, because what's the meaning of sanctity? For us, sanctity of a marriage ang ibig sabihin nun yun yung endgame ng relationship.
Hindi lang lang kayo basta mag-jowa na kahit anong oras pwede kayo mag-break. What? Yes!
...to children from broken families. Yes, there are many depressed children because they are from separated families. But what is more concerning, do you think it's not a problem for children?
The day-to-day that you see... Do you think that the stress of the child is just because of the time of the divorce? Do you think that and the child herself will be able to carry the baby. Just for your information, Ms. Tanya, based on the research that has been conducted, stay-in-the-dispatch in a family has higher risk and higher effect to the children. It has a long-term effect to the children that they can only carry until they are old.
So if the child is still a child, the divorce will be... But we're talking about divorce here. You're not even in the family because of your child's welfare. of your family after the divorce it's not impossible it's not impossible that the kids will still be able to adjust to the new society that they're in okay thank you it's not impossible it's not impossible who's winning so far who's winning which team halo halo I saw Jules, Janine's glasses are off.
She's answering the questions. They're high blooded. Level up!
They're saying, for your information. That's right. That's the right information.
That's the right information. If you're a As for the divorce, it is said that it will no longer serve as a good example for the young parents who have divorced. What can you say about this?
For us, what we're saying is not true. It will no longer be a good example for the parents. First of all, because even if the parents have divorced, it still depends on them how they will handle it correctly. ...that a parent will lose their say in the life of their child.
That means that the support you give to a child is still continuous. It's not just that the support you give to the child is still continuous. It doesn't mean that when you're divorced, you will lose your right to give him your say. You will lose your right to...
Wait. Being open and vocal about the problem that the family has... She's mature in the near future.
So are you saying that we shouldn't understand or give influence to the children or the children of those parents who have anulled or applied for divorce so that... Simply because, masasabi natin dito na kapag ganun ang sitwasyon, may chances na yung buhay or yung pamilya ng bata na yun maging divorced din. Mag-ihiwalay din, diba? At tanong ko naman sa'yo, maganda ba yung magiging effect kapag nag-stay yung bata sa isang dysfunctional family? Magiging maganda ba yung effect sa kanya?
Ehemplo ba ng mga... Will the parents who are separating be an example? The one who is giving up their own family?
Why? Will it be a good example if you see your parents struggling every day? It's like this.
Is it a good example? Ms. Micah, the one who is talking here is the one who is a good example. The parents are separating.
So what will the child think? This is okay. And when he grows up, he will be an example that divorce is just one thing that is okay. So, here.
According to a US-based psychologist who received his master's education degree... I said it earlier in my study. Wait.
That 60%... A parent should practice the 3Rs if you don't want to have an aggressive effect or regressive effect of divorce to take effect on the child. The 3Rs are routine rituals and reassurements. If you don't want to have a bad effect on the children, that's what parents should do. Because the cost of the child is also the same.
Is there more? Last? Okay.
Wait, so what I said earlier, I just emphasized that 60% of women and 35% of men, when they are exposed to divorce, they will also be like that. According to Wilkinson and Fink-Berner, it's a law firm. It's a law firm. Okay, thank you very much.
Let's welcome the animators. Alicia, the students at Rizal High School are so good. Your debaters are so good. Good job. We have a lot of points that we heard well.
So, of course, when we return, we will listen to the pulse of our audience here at Rizal. high school. That's all for now. We'll be right back. School Day!
Welcome back, schoolmates! Grabe! Dahil lumalagap lang ang talakayan natin dito tungkol kung dapat bang ipasa na ang divorce sa Pilipinas. Kaya naman, alam ko, ang ating mga schoolmates dito sa Rizal High School! They also have questions and opinions that they want to voice out.
So, who has questions here? A lot. Who else?
Who has questions? Here at Rizal High School! Okay, I'll choose. I want to be in the center.
I'll teach. Who's there? There, you, sister, do you have questions? Ate, please introduce yourself to our schoolmates.
Hello, I'm Patricia Santos from Humes. Hello, Humes! Yes! Yes, humanista, yes.
Okay, ate, kanino mo gustong i-address yung katanungan mo? Sa mga konpo. Okay.
So, hindi naman lahat, hindi naman ng mag-asawa ay naghiwalay dahil mababaw lang yung dahilan. May mabigat na dahilan yan. So, ang tanong ko sa inyo, ipagpipilitan mo pa ba ang relasyon nyo bilang mag-asawa kung ito ay may lamat na? Oops!
Ate? So, as stated in the argument that I presented earlier, if the sin is heavy, let's just say abuse, why would you give divorce? freedom to do this to others or to do it to you as proven by statistics presented by an undergraduate research paper.
So it's better to bring this to the court. Here, we have a law on violence against women. act na pwede na ipakulong yung asawa mo or yung dati mong supposed partner para sa mga abuse na ginawa sa iyo or sa iyong mga anak. Salamat, ate. Salamat sa iyong katanungan.
Sino pa yung may tanong? Wait lang. Ikot ako ulit. Tuturo ako.
Nasa Rizal High School pa ba ako? Ikaw. You, sis, introduce yourself.
I'm Paula Ancenio-Dosa from STEMC Grade 11. Welcome, sis. To the schoolmates now, who do you want to address your question to? To the against part. There are a lot of questions, so be careful.
Just a moment. So, my question is, what if she's against human rights? For example, the marriage that you're still continuing because you didn't allow the divorce is a cause for the children. Yes, but she has...
factor na mabuti na ipagpatuloyan kasi may chance na maging maayos pa yung pamilya. Pero what if mas lalong lumala yung pagsasamahan ng magulang na maging cause nun is sa anak yung bagsak. What if yun yung mangyari?
Itutuloy nyo pa ba yung marriage na hindi na talaga dapat ituloy? So, ang point namin is, ang divorce is only a ban-aid solution. So, short-term remedy lang siya. Ang point namin, pag naging abusive na, pag masyado na, bakit mo hindi divorce? If you give her a chance, do it to someone else or go back and do it to yourself.
The good solution here is to bring her to court. We have laws that protect the rights of women and their children. Thank you, sister.
Who else has a question? You, because you're in front of me, you're here. Sister, let me guess your name. Mariel? That's right.
Okay. So, hello, I'm Mariel from STEM. So, for me, we should not copycat with the countries who approve divorce.
So, because, even if it's the first or third country, we know that they also have problems with the family when they divorce. So if we have a divorce, why not think of a law that will help Filipinos be more educated upon entering marriage so they will not seek for divorce or separation? That is stated in our divorce bill. It only encompasses those marriages which are irremediably failed, irreparable.
We are not talking about idealistic situation. We are talking about the... reality of dysfunctional marriages. Now if we can think of a law that would alter this divorce, that instead of choosing divorce we can choose this law, then why is it that no other country think of that law when in fact that they are more advanced than us so they could conduct a more technical or research, a more empirical research about that case. Thank you, Ms. Marielle.
I'm sure you're satisfied. Who else? Let's go here, here, here. Who has a question?
You, Adel. My name is Rose Binigno and I came from Grade 11 STEM B. My question is for this team. How can you say that those children who have parents who are divorced are more likely to be like them when they grow up?
Well, in fact, you can't conclude what will happen to them. I think it's a bit logical in our side. Because when we were kids, what we saw in our parents, that's what we consider as right.
Why do we use a spoon to eat? Or why do we take a bath every morning? Those things are what we consider as role models of parents.
When their children are spoiled, it's logical that they will be spoiled because of their parents. So, additional to that, because you're a child, Ang ehemplom mo or the people that you look up to are your parents. So when you see or you witness your parents going through divorce, they'll have to explain that they have to separate due to many reasons.
So as a kid, you will believe that marriage doesn't mean a lot for you. Because if they can separate, they fought. For you, isn't it important for you to stay longer?
Because you're a kid. So even statistics show that on case studies, that children of divorce are 60% higher for women and 35% higher for men that they go through divorce also. Thank you very much to our debaters who are not afraid to answer our audience's questions. Thank you very much to our brave audience.
Today, our discussion is getting more and more intense on whether divorce should be implemented in the Philippines. So, stay with us. All right, welcome back to Schoolmates. This is a very good show. The potential of the senior high school of Rizal High School.
Congratulations to the debaters. You can clap for them. They're good here in front of you.
Okay, now let's go to C-Sky. Go ahead. Thank you Jules and Trisha.
Because we learned a lot from this debate, I'm with the audience, Percy. You're Percy, are you still a high-vlogger? What did you learn from our debate today? Actually, it was very satisfying to watch them do the debate because their points were well elaborated.
For the pros, I saw how they elaborated the process. not that that will be enforced in the divorce bill. While in the case of the Agains or the Con, I saw how they impose the values that Filipinos have.
But for me, to summarize what I learned, I would say that I'm very much convinced with the pro side. because to tell you to tell you about the divorce bill. It's a process.
So, hindi natin siya kagad. Yung cases na makikita siya divorce, dumadaan po siya sa proseso. At talaga pong hinihimay-himay nito yung sitwasyon na meron ng isang pamilya para po mabigyan ng solusyon, lalo na ang mga naaabuso.
Thank you so much! But of course, here at Schoolmates, we're not saying what's right and what's wrong. Basically, we're just broadening your perspectives on the issue we're talking about. And of course, aside from that, our debate today won't be good if it's not because of our good debaters tonight. So guys, let's welcome them.
Yes, you're right. Everyone showed an outstanding performance. But who did we choose as our schoolmate?
...to become the best speaker! Who? Who do you think? Who?
Who? What's his name? Alright, here he is!
Because of him, he was able to win the debate and argument and rebuttals that amazed us all. He got a 97 score. High! 97! Our best speaker for tonight is...
Congratulations, Josh Arden Lim! Congrats! Very proud of my team. Just kidding. You also have a t-shirt.
What do you call that? Team loyal. Team loyal team.
Team divorced. Sorry. Okay, what can you say? You're the best speaker. I really expect the pro side.
But thank you. There. Thank you, Josh.
Proud talaga. Congratulations, Josh, at sa lahat ng ating mga debaters para sa napakagandang debate na nangyari dito sa Rizal High School. Samantala, patuloy lamang kayong bumoto sa team na nais nyo pong panigan dyan po sa ating social media accounts at Schoolmates at at PTVPH on Facebook.
Schoolmates, bago po tayo magtabos, Why are you so angry? I'm just trying to get my phone to work. Drop the camera.
Drop! Be fearless, okay? I'm not scared. Don't be afraid.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Wait a minute.
I think something fell on me. What? You look like a bird on the top. I'm thinking of the moon.
The mission of the programming school days is to be an instrument to give voice to the children of our society. Whatever the issue, we will face it. And to continue our start, we will promote the colors that are shining.
to expand the discourse of important issues in our country. Yellow, to stand up for hope. Like God Jose Rizal said, the youth are the hope of the country.
Together, the schoolmates are the strength of the youth to be an instrument of change and inspiration in our country. Pink, to stand up for leadership or to be a good leader. The youth are the next generation to lead our country nikayat nang schoolmates, ang mga bawat kapataan na maging leaders sa kanilang tahanan, paralan, at komunidad. This is probably the hardest spill I can say in my whole life here at Schoolmates. For those who are here, this is a very important day for us because the three of us, Kat, Jules, and I, Naging host ng Schoolmates for almost three years.
Dumarating din sa panahon na kailangan na rin nating magpaalam at kailangan nating magbigay panahon sa mga bagong generasyon ng mga bagong host. Though masaya kami for them at syempre... We're so happy for the past three years, right Jules?
That we're always here. Of course, we're with the whole staff, our schoolmates, who have become our family. And to my fellow Filipinos, the Stagers Foundation, thank you so much. And I hope, Sky, you will watch them like we all do. Thank you so much.
This program is life-changing because it has become an eye-opener for me to see that even though we are at an early age, we feel like we have nothing to do, but you have a voice, you speak, you can do something. you can do it, you can take action, we can help our country. So that's it, thank you so much.
And of course, to our new host, Trisha, let's give her a round of applause. She's so beautiful. And I'm sure, nako, super galing ito and you know, Miss Universe type, diba? Beauty and brains naman talaga. Okay, so paano ko pa sisimulan?
Nakuha ko yung idea kasi na magiging part ako ng youth debate show na to way back in... 2012. I don't know what grade the new hosts or our audience is in right now. But way back in 2012, I was able to be a part of this. So, this show is very special personally. Because this is my transition phase when I graduated as an activist, a proud activist from UP Diliman.
and towards my transition as a young professional in the industry. So this is very special to me dahil this show has been the platform of passion for all student leaders na inikutan namin. More than 100 shows... that we have done for the past years.
This is where the passion for advocacy, passion to speak up, passion to share your ideas is shown. Because I think, in a time when there is intellectual shaming, in a time when fake news is being spread, in a time when people don't want to talk about the discourse, the school meets are saying that this is a platform that we need to talk about the issues of the country, that we shouldn't make people quiet when we say things about each issue. because we have that right. Especially now, I'm facing the school of the nation here in Pasig. So I challenge you as new school of the nation and of course, our co-hosts here to be patient.
Use this platform to empower more youth leaders to speak up. Because we shouldn't be silent. This is the time to be patient and empower more people to do what's right. kung ano yung tamang impormasyon. Kasi yun yung pinakamalaking threat na nakikita ko sa lipunan natin ngayon.
So, Gab, masaya ako na ikaw yung napili dito. Ikaw bilang bagong halal na SK chair dito sa isa sa mga barangay sa Pasig. Na-embody mo yung leadership na yan. So, I hope, ikaw yung magpastol sa yung mga fellow co-hosts dito na dalihin nyo pa to greater heights beyond the awards na tanggap natin.
Bonus lang yun. Pero, tanggapin nyo yung hamon na ang schoolmates ng PTV4. ng state government, meron tayong plataforma para pakinggan pa rin kahit man pabor sa administrasyon o against sa administrasyon, nandito tayo para sa balancing this course.
So maraming salamat po sa crew, kay Sir Fred, kay LaDirect, sa lahat ng mga part, maraming maraming salamat po. Good luck sa inyo. To my co-host on behalf of HESA na nasa Amerika ngayon, kay Mico Aetona, of course sa inyong lahat, maraming salamat po.
Schoolmates is a platform to make a safe and constructive place for exchange of ideas. This is not just an opportunity or a job. I believe that being a host of Schoolmates is a responsibility that needs to be fulfilled. And with that, Kuya Jules, I'm more than willing to take the challenge and to be the next host of Schoolmates. Thank you very much to all of you.
It's important for me to be a part of this program because it's close to my heart the responsibility to be a voice for other people, especially those who can't speak. And of course, for the young people, to make the voices of the young people louder and more eloquent. So like what Gab said, I take this job as a responsibility. to speak on behalf of those who can't, and of course, the youth.
And I'm looking forward to more episodes, of course, and more learnings that I will learn from this program. Thank you. I take this as a great opportunity to inspire my advocacy, which is to really inspire the youth.
And this is my way as a student, because like you, I'm also a student. I'm still studying. and I see the importance that all our voices, all our opinions should be heard. Not only heard, but understood. And for this, I want to say that youth is always the hope of the people.
Because we are the ones who will say what is right, what is wrong. Not necessarily what is done, that is right. And with that, in every discipline, in every issue, youth has a voice.
Join, listen, and unite because your opinion is important. That's why we shout together all over the world, school thanks. Why you fucking up now?