PEACE & WAR

Rules Extemporaneous Speaking

1. Each speaker will be given a 3minute preparation for a 3-minute delivery on

a topic given to him/her.
2. The timekeeper will give three warnings: the first bell for the remaining one minute, a
double ring for thirty seconds while a third bell will cut off the speaker from talking.

Criteria

Content (this refers to the implications of the idea) - 20 %

Delivery (rhetorical and logical presentation of - 10%

content; and the articulatory flow)
Stage presence - 10 %
Relevance to the question - 10 %

Total 50%

1. If to kill people is against God’s commandment, how can soldiers justify

themselves of killing the enemies in the battlefield?
2. Do you think that killing the drug addicts and drug pushers will solve the drug
problem as well as promote peace and order in the country? Defend your
answer.
3. Why is it that the Philippine government through many decades still can’t attain
the peace and order in Mindanao?
4. What are the problems in Mindanao or some parts in the country that will cause
these people to rebel?
5. Are conflicts or encounters in the Philippines orchestrated by military and
government to get funds from foreign countries? Provide a thorough discussion.
6. How did the New People’s Army (NPA) or the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) come to existence?
7. Explain the stages that involve the peace process between rebels and the
government.
8. How can religion influence and foster peace and love in a community?
9. If you are a law maker, what components pertaining to peace and order in the
country will you draft?
10. How can government provide counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism
operations?
11. Will the world attain global peace? How then can you connect your opinion with
the endless wars in the Middle East and in Africa?
12. In the next ten years and thereafter, how do you look at the Philippine peace and
order situation?
13. Do you think that China will continue extending its territorial boundaries to the
Philippines and later create a war to invade us? Discuss.
14. Throughout history, the Philippines as a nation embraced so many wars: The
Spanish Colonization, Philippine Revolution, Philippine-American War, World
War II with the Japanese occupation, and among so many others. Detail at least
one Philippine war.
15. What are the laws of war?
16. When can a country declare war?
17. How do you define the word peace and how can you promote peace in this
university?
18. Is there any peace movement group in Dumaguete? If there is, discuss the
group’s vision and if there is none, why is this so?
19. Do you think terrorism is a precursor to waging a war?
20. What do you mean by biological warfare? Provide examples.