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News w key 2

SEAN MICHAEL S. FADRIQUELA

Newswriting: Write a news article based on the following facts.

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What: 1. government troops on the hunt for Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalaniand the alleged masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings clashed with a group ofbandits.

2. three marines were injured after the incidentWhere: in the Southern island province of Sulu

When : on Friday

This was according to ilitary reports.

Supprting !etai"s:

!ieutenant "olonel #rnel "aculitan $$$ %arines spokesan.

#round 11:&' a( troops fro the ) th%arine *atallion clashed with soe +'#bu Saya,

ebers. The clashed happened in -anag illage. This was in /atikul town.This was according to "aculitan.

"aculitan further said that the #bu Saya, su,ered casualties. 0e cannot giveeact gure. 0e also said that 0e could not easily ascertain if 3an4alani andtwo other 3iaah 5slaiya bob eperts -ulatin and 6ar /atik were withthe group that engaged with the arines.

Sulu province 7 has been sealed o, in the hope of catching the #l 8aeda$linked ilitants.

The #bu Saya, and the 35 have been responsible for the worst terroristsattack in South east #sia.

The #l$8aeda ilitants have escaped ilitary dragnet several ties

The 9nited States has put up ten illion dollar bounty. This was for-ulatins capture.

6ne illion dollar each for the capture of 3an4alani and /atek.

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NEWS WRI#IN$ E%er&ise '

Ma(e a news arti&"e )ase! n the *""wing *a&ts:

Wh: National *ureau of 5nvestigation and *angko Sentral ng /ilipinas

What: They arrested a counterfeiter. They also sei;ed hundreds of fake

denoination /hilippine peso bills.

When: The arrest happened last week.

Where: 5t happened in Sta "ru;( %anila.

6ther details:

$$ Nestor %antaring 7 N*5 6?@ 8ue;on *oulevard( Sta "ru;( %anila.

$$ #rticle 1AA is all about forging treasury or bank notes( obligations

and securities.

$$ 3acobo faces charges of violating #rticle 1AA.

$$ Si to twelve years iprisonent 7 this will be the punishent of

3acobo if proven guilty.

$$ %arivic 3acobo 7 =onnies wife. She is an accoplice to the crie.

The N*5 is also searching for %arivic.

$$ =egional -irector =uel !asala 7 head of the N*5 National "apital

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=egion -ivision. 0e launched an investigation upon receiving

inforation that the suspect was engaged in the printing and

sale of fake @'' and 1(''' peso bills.

$$ #n N*5 agent posed as a buyer and bought a fake @'' and 1('''

peso bills fro =onnie and %arivic.

$$ Wilfredo illalu; 7 *angko Sentral ng /ilipinas Supervising #gent.

#ccording to hi( the suspect did a good 4ob.

$$ *ills were coplete with waterark and security thread.

$$ 9pon closer look one would notice that the security thread is

actually a sticker.

$$ The suspect B3acoboC aditted using "orel draw and #dobe

/hotoshop basic graphic design progra for his counterfeiting

activity.

$$ The @'' peso bills and the 1(''' peso bills were sold at )@ each.

$$ +@&(''' 7 the aount of counterfeit bills recovered by the authorities.

Dercise 1

Newswriting

Write straight news based on the following facts which are given at rando:

$$ The attacked happened in !ucban town. This is 1A' kiloeters south of%anila.

$$ The New /eoples #ry burned down the generator set of the Elobestation.

The incident happened on Saturday.

$$ /olice 5nspector 3oselito %endo;a( !ucban police chief

$$ Suspected "ounist New /eoples #ry rebels attacked another Elobe

Telecounications =elay Station

$$ #rnel Eatila 7 the security guard of the Elobe site.

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$$ The counist rebels ordered Eatila at a gun point to open the gate ofthe station

$$ The whole incident happened in 4ust ve inutes.

$$ %endo;a said that past noon Saturday( soe 2' heavily ared rebels

attacked

the cellular site located in the village of /ae;.

$$ #ccording to %endo;a( the attacked happened when the lone securityguard was

eating his lunch.

$$ The Elobe cellular site still not operational as of Sunday( according to%endo;a.

$$ 6nce inside( the rebels spilled gasoline on the generator set and guardhouse.

$$ The counist guerillas have intensied attacks on Elobe counicationtowers

because of the copanys refusal to pay the so$called revolutionarytaes.

$$ #fter setting the eGuipent and bunkhouse on re( the terrorists hurriedlyescaped(H

%endo;a said over the phone.

Dercise 2

Newswriting +,,

Write a news article based on the following facts which are given at rando:

$ the incident happened shortly after idnight yesterday.

$ unidentied en sprayed the casualties with bullets.

$ two en died in the said incident. #nother was seriously wounded.

$ the unidentied en were in a sport utility vehicle.

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$ # service crew of a fast food chain naed Sonny "agaoan was declareddead

on arrival at the %ary 3ohnston 0ospital. 0e is 22 years old.

$ "agaoan died due to gunshot wounds in the head and body.

$ 5nvestigation showed that the victis were having a drinking spree in frontof a

house along /anday /ira Street. 0ere( the suspects in a dark blue%itsubishi

/a4ero repeatedly shot at the group. #fterwards( they drove away.

$ The cars plate nuber is D=I$?2?.

$ -anilo Fa4ardo$ the copanion of the two.0e is 1? years old and is under

observation at the 3ose =eyes %eorial %edical "enter for gunshotwounds

in the ar and foot.

$ "hief 5nspector #lberto /eco 7 head of the 0oicide Section of the %anila/olice

-istrict. #ccoding to hi( revenge could be the otive for the attack.

$ #nother who also succubed to gunshot wounds in the head is %ar 3erkinTan.

Tan is 2+ years old and a aintenance crew of the Ninoy #Guino 5ntl#irport.

$ the suspects were backed up by unidentied en on board another sportsutility

vehicle resebling an 5su;u "rosswind.

$ /olice are verifying the identities of the owners of the vehicles used in theshooting.

$ /eco said his follow$up tea failed to nd 8uan and the rest of his gang attheir

residences.

$ /eco gathered fro the witnesses that several days ago( Tan and his groupgured

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in a ght with ve residents of the nearby -andan Street resulting inin4uries.

the in4ured here are the cousins Francis 8uan and Ddward *asilio.

Dercise &

Dercise &

Newswriting +,,

Write a news arti&"e )ase! n the *""wing *a&ts whi&h are gienat ran!/

- Ferdinand /aglinawan 7 /olice 6


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$ 3oel *acus 7 nae of the driver. 0e is &) years old. #ccording to/aglinawan( *acus

claied that the bus lost its brakes and he could no longer control thesteering wheel.

$ the bus is on its way to *aclaran fro *ulacan when the incidenthappened. #round

? a..

$ the driver will be charged with reckless iprudence resulting in daage toproperty

with ultiple physical in4uries and hoicide.

$ thirteen passengers of the bus sustained bruises and abrasions. They werebrought to

the nearby hospital for treatent.

$ Franca was reportedly crossing -on %ariano %arcos #venue when a =ubinoDlena

bus struck hi. The bus has a plate nuber /WJ$?''.

$ The driver sustained wounds in his foot. 0e was also brought to thehospital even as

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Write a news arti&"e )ase! n the *""wing *a&ts whi&h are gien atran!/.

=oana Saberi 7 9S 75ranian 4ournalist. She was sentenced to eight

years in 4ail by an 5ranian revolutionary court. This was according toSaberis lawyer.

Saberi was charged because of spying for the 9nited States. Saberi is &1 years old. She has been detained in Tehrans notorious

Dvin /risonsince 3anuary.

The verdict was the harshest sentence ever eted out to a dualnational on security charges.

#bdulsaad Lorashahi 7 Saberis lawyer. #ccording to hi( Saberihas beensentence to eight years in 4ail( and hes going to appeal( becauseaccording to

5ranian law the verdict can be appealed within 2' days.

Saberis father was greeted with shock and said that her daughter hadbeentrickedH into confessing. She was initially reported to have beendetained

for buying alcohol( an illegal act in the 5slaic=epublic.

Saberi went on trial behind closed doors on %onday accused of spyingfor the 9S.

The case against Saberi has raised deep concerns in Washington andaong the right groups.

#ccording to 5SN# news agency( as it Guote unnaed 4udiciary source$arevolutionary court had sentenced Saberi for espionage 7 a charge thatcould

have risked the death sentence.

0illary =. "linton$ 9S Secretary of State.She was deeply disappointedover the sentence. She also said that Washington would vigorouslyraiseH its concernswith Tehran. No date yet has given to the verdict.

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Dercise @

NEWS WRI#IN$ E%er&ise '

Ma(e a news arti&"e )ase! n the *""wing *a&ts:

Wh: National *ureau of 5nvestigation and *angko Sentral ng /ilipinas

What: They arrested a counterfeiter. They also sei;ed hundreds of fake

denoination /hilippine peso bills.

When: The arrest happened last week.

Where: 5t happened in Sta "ru;( %anila.

6ther details:

$$ Nestor %antaring 7 N*5 6?@ 8ue;on *oulevard( Sta "ru;( %anila.

$$ #rticle 1AA is all about forging treasury or bank notes( obligations

and securities.

$$ 3acobo faces charges of violating #rticle 1AA.

$$ Si to twelve years iprisonent 7 this will be the punishent of

3acobo if proven guilty.

$$ %arivic 3acobo 7 =onnies wife. She is an accoplice to the crie.

The N*5 is also searching for %arivic. $$ =egional -irector =uel !asala 7 head of the N*5 National "apital

=egion -ivision. 0e launched an investigation upon receiving

inforation that the suspect was engaged in the printing and

sale of fake @'' and 1(''' peso bills.

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$$ #n N*5 agent posed as a buyer and bought a fake @'' and 1('''

peso bills fro =onnie and %arivic.

$$ Wilfredo illalu; 7 *angko Sentral ng /ilipinas Supervising #gent.

#ccording to hi( the suspect did a good 4ob.

$$ *ills were coplete with waterark and security thread.

$$ 9pon closer look one would notice that the security thread is

actually a sticker.

$$ The suspect B3acoboC aditted using "orel draw and #dobe

/hotoshop basic graphic design progra for his counterfeiting

activity.

$$ The @'' peso bills and the 1(''' peso bills were sold at )@ each.

$$ +@&(''' 7 the aount of counterfeit bills recovered by the authorities.

Dercise )

Newswriting 0


M Five suspected kidnappers were killed in 9rdaneta "ity in /angasinan.

5t happened after police raided their hide out. # house in *gy. /alinaWest

belonging to =osendo %atias.

# certain 3ulian =odrigue; was kidnapped in !as /inas on #pril 1@.

=odrigue; is 22 years old.

The purpose of the raid is to rescue =odrigue;( the victi. !orelei Fa4ardo$ -eputy /residential Spokesperson. She said /res.

#rroyo ordered/N/ "hief -irector 3esus er;osa to iediately rescue 3ulian after thekidnapping

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was brought to her attention by a certain architect /alafo.

M The bodies of the suspects were found sprawled in di,. roos of thehouse according

to "astil.

M Superintendent =odolfo "astil 3r.79rdaneta /olice "hief. 0e said in aninterview that

=odrigue; was found inside a roo with one of the dead suspects in anunnished

concrete house. =odrigue; was unhurt.

1thse wh were (i""e!:

$#ry TSgt. -ionisio 6billo $$$$$$ he was the alleged gang leader

$#W6! %arine =osendo %atias

$=oger( son of =osendo %atias

$%arcial Fontanilla and

$an unidentied gang an

M"hief Superintendent =aon Eatan 7 5locos region /olice "oander.0e said the

/olice #nti$"rie Dergency =esponse B/#"D=C onitored the gangsoveent

after they kidnapped =odrigue; B#pril 1@C then they brought hi to asafe house in

9rdaneta "ity.

Dercise >

Newswriting 2

Write news articles based on the following facts which are given at rando

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$Luen "hua 7 0e is +A years old. 0e was rescued by the operatives of the/olice #nti$"rie and Dergency =esponse B/#"D=C yesterday orning.

$The rescue took place at 11:&' a.. This happened after 1) days of

captivity.

$The rescue happened following an encounter with ebers of the kidnapgang at *elen Street in *arangay Eulod( Novaliches( 8ue;on "ity

$The police rescued unhared the Filipino$"hinese businessan fro hiskidnappers.in 8ue;on "ity.

$5ediately following "huas rescue( /#"D= operatives went to variouslocations to arrest the reaining ebers of the kidnap$for$ranso gang.

$Senior Superintendent !eonardo Dspina 7 /#"D= "hief. #ccording to hi a

still unidentied eber of the kidnap gang was killed while anothersuspect( identied as "hristopher Nanson. 0e is &@ years old( and wasarrested.

$# certain #driano entulla of #ntipolo "ity 7 0e is the alleged owner of thesafehouse. where "hua was kept. 0e will be invited for Guestioning.

$"hua was kidnapped last Sept. 1' by four ared en wearing t$shirts thatbore the word police.H The kidnappers initially deanded /&' illion for"huas release.

$Dspina described Nanson as a native of "aalig( #lbay. 0e is a resident of"astro street( which is in Sta. !ucia in Novaliches( 8ue;on "ity.

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Newswriting 2

Write a news article based on the following facts which are given at random.

What: commuter safety zones was launched.

the safety zones is 24 hour

Who: Makati City police and the epartment of !ublic "afety #!"$ under

the city government.

When: it happened yesterday.

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More details:%

% &ilbert Cruz% Makati !olice Chief "enior "uperintendent.

% "upt' Cruz said that the pro(ect was initiated to protect night shift employees such as

call center agents.

% )e said that * such zones were identified in the city+s business district%theintersections

of ,yala and &il !uyat ,venue' !asong -amo and &il !uyat' the /*0 building along

,yala ,venue.

% Makati has a total of 14 international and local business outsourcing companies and

/2 call centers in its business district.

)ow is it done:

%"upt. Cruz further said that a team of two !" personnel will patrol the area.

%-hey will do it round the clock. , police car will be on standby. -hey will also check

on commuters who may be victims of robbers or snatchers.

Dercise ?

Newswriting +,,

Write a news arti&"e )ase! n the *""wing *a&ts whi&h are gienat ran!/

- Ferdinand /aglinawan 7 /olice 6


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$ %ichael Franca$ 0e was killed while 1+ others were in4ured. 5t happenedwhen a

speeding bus raed a %anila Dlectric "o. post. Franca is &2 years old. 0e

lives on

Saint "atherine Street( *arangay 0oly Spirit.

$ according to the investigator( the victi was apparently hit by the bus.#fterwards he

was dragged and pinned between the bus and the wall of the building. Thebuilding

sashed after the concrete %eralco post split due to ipact.

$ 3oel *acus 7 nae of the driver. 0e is &) years old. #ccording to/aglinawan( *acus

claied that the bus lost its brakes and he could no longer control thesteering wheel.

$ the bus is on its way to *aclaran fro *ulacan when the incidenthappened. #round

? a..

$ the driver will be charged with reckless iprudence resulting in daage toproperty

with ultiple physical in4uries and hoicide.

$ thirteen passengers of the bus sustained bruises and abrasions. They werebrought to

the nearby hospital for treatent.

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$ Franca was reportedly crossing -on %ariano %arcos #venue when a =ubinoDlena

bus struck hi. The bus has a plate nuber /WJ$?''.

$ The driver sustained wounds in his foot. 0e was also brought to thehospital even as

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$$ #ccording to %endo;a( the attacked happened when the lone securityguard was

eating his lunch.

$$ The Elobe cellular site still not operational as of Sunday( according to

%endo;a.

$$ 6nce inside( the rebels spilled gasoline on the generator set and guardhouse.

$$ The counist guerillas have intensied attacks on Elobe counicationtowers

because of the copanys refusal to pay the so$called revolutionarytaes.

$$ #fter setting the eGuipent and bunkhouse on re( the terrorists hurriedly

escaped(H

%endo;a said over the phone.

Dercise 11

Newswriting +,,


$ the incident happened shortly after idnight yesterday.

$ unidentied en sprayed the casualties with bullets.

$ two en died in the said incident. #nother was seriously wounded.

$ the unidentied en were in a sport utility vehicle.

$ # service crew of a fast food chain naed Sonny "agaoan was declared

dead

on arrival at the %ary 3ohnston 0ospital. 0e is 22 years old.

$ "agaoan died due to gunshot wounds in the head and body.

$ 5nvestigation showed that the victis were having a drinking spree in frontof a

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house along /anday /ira Street. 0ere( the suspects in a dark blue%itsubishi

/a4ero repeatedly shot at the group. #fterwards( they drove away.

$ The cars plate nuber is D=I$?2?.

$ -anilo Fa4ardo$ the copanion of the two.0e is 1? years old and is under

observation at the 3ose =eyes %eorial %edical "enter for gunshotwounds

in the ar and foot.

$ "hief 5nspector #lberto /eco 7 head of the 0oicide Section of the %anila/olice

-istrict. #ccoding to hi( revenge could be the otive for the attack.

$ #nother who also succubed to gunshot wounds in the head is %ar 3erkinTan.

Tan is 2+ years old and a aintenance crew of the Ninoy #Guino 5ntl#irport.

$ the suspects were backed up by unidentied en on board another sportsutility

vehicle resebling an 5su;u "rosswind.

$ /olice are verifying the identities of the owners of the vehicles used in theshooting.

$ /eco said his follow$up tea failed to nd 8uan and the rest of his gang attheir

residences.

$ /eco gathered fro the witnesses that several days ago( Tan and his groupgured

in a ght with ve residents of the nearby -andan Street resulting inin4uries.

the in4ured here are the cousins Francis 8uan and Ddward *asilio.

Dercise 12

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Newswriting +,,

Write a news arti&"e )ase! n the *""wing *a&ts whi&h are gien atran!/.

=oana Saberi 7 9S 75ranian 4ournalist. She was sentenced to eightyears in 4ail by an 5ranian revolutionary court. This was according toSaberis lawyer.

Saberi was charged because of spying for the 9nited States. Saberi is &1 years old. She has been detained in Tehrans notorious

Dvin /risonsince 3anuary.

The verdict was the harshest sentence ever eted out to a dualnational on security charges.

#bdulsaad Lorashahi 7 Saberis lawyer. #ccording to hi( Saberihas beensentence to eight years in 4ail( and hes going to appeal( becauseaccording to

5ranian law the verdict can be appealed within 2' days.

Saberis father was greeted with shock and said that her daughter hadbeentrickedH into confessing. She was initially reported to have beendetained

for buying alcohol( an illegal act in the 5slaic=epublic.

Saberi went on trial behind closed doors on %onday accused of spyingfor the 9S.

The case against Saberi has raised deep concerns in Washington andaong the right groups.

#ccording to 5SN# news agency( as it Guote unnaed 4udiciary source$arevolutionary court had sentenced Saberi for espionage 7 a charge that

could

have risked the death sentence.

0illary =. "linton$ 9S Secretary of State.She was deeply disappointedover the sentence. She also said that Washington would vigorouslyraiseH its concernswith Tehran. No date yet has given to the verdict.

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Dercise 1&

Write a news article based on the following facts given at random.

Newswriting 1

Senior Police Officer 1 Ferdinand Geres- is a member of the the Gubat town police.

e was shot dead earl! Sunda! morning. "his was according to #hief $nspector %!n

Natuel who is the Spo&esperson of the 'icol police. Natuel rela!ed the news of the

&illing in a te(t message Sunda!.

"he &illing too& place in Gubat town which is in Sorsogon. )esponding town police

operatives collared one of the gunmen. "hus happened when the said gunman was

hiding near the scene of the crime. % Philippine National Police officer said this.

)obinson uete * name of the gunman. % resident of 'aranga! 'ulacao+ in Gubat.

e was arrested b! police operatives and was tagged as one of the gunmen that shot

Geres.

,/ a.m. Sunda! * the shooting too& place. "his happened when Geres was about to

board his tric!cle along 0anoto& street-in Gubat town.

Natuel could not sa! if the crime was related to insurgenc! or ordinar! crime.

"he arrested suspect has been detained at the town ail.

e is also undergoing interrogation.

Several armed men fired Geres at close range. e was &illed instantl!.

Dercise 1@

Write a news article based on the following facts given at random.

Newswriting 1

Senior Police Officer 1 Ferdinand Geres- is a member of the the Gubat town police.

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e was shot dead earl! Sunda! morning. "his was according to #hief $nspector %!n

Natuel who is the Spo&esperson of the 'icol police. Natuel rela!ed the news of the

&illing in a te(t message Sunda!.

"he &illing too& place in Gubat town which is in Sorsogon. )esponding town police

operatives collared one of the gunmen. "hus happened when the said gunman was

hiding near the scene of the crime. % Philippine National Police officer said this.

)obinson uete * name of the gunman. % resident of 'aranga! 'ulacao+ in Gubat.

e was arrested b! police operatives and was tagged as one of the gunmen that shot

Geres.

,/ a.m. Sunda! * the shooting too& place. "his happened when Geres was about to

board his tric!cle along 0anoto& street-in Gubat town.

Natuel could not sa! if the crime was related to insurgenc! or ordinar! crime.

"he arrested suspect has been detained at the town ail.

e is also undergoing interrogation.

Several armed men fired Geres at close range. e was &illed instantl!.

8"SS/" 2

Newswriting: Write a news article based on the following facts which aregiven

at rando.

$ # woan was rescued %onday fro the sea o, the southern /hilippines

$ Shes alive .she was rescued by airforce para$4upers. This was announcedby

Navy "oander =ear #diral #leander /aa.

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$ The rescue happened ore than 2+ hours after a passenger ferry she wason sank(

the navy said.

$ The Super Ferry ? sank o, the coast of Jaboanga peninsula early Sunday.

$ !ita "asunglon 7 the identity of the woan. She was believed to be one oftwo

/eople listed early %onday as issing fro the Super Ferry ?.

$ The rescue leaves only one of the ?@> passengers and crew unaccountedfor.

$ This was announced by the National -isaster "oordinating "ouncil BN-""C(

%onday.

$ Still to be identied are the bodies of one ale and four fealevictis(according

to N-""

$ The N-"" identied four of the ? conred casualties:

They are: 3aes /atrick Eallego( he is two years oldP Ferdinand #polinario(he

is 21 years old( "arina #pere( 2& years old and Ferdinand Dstrada( +@years old.

$ /assengers and crew were able to abandon ship before the SuperFerry ?.

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$ "aptain 3ose Iap 7 skippered Super Ferry ? bound for 5lo$5lo "ity. The shipdeparted

fro Eeneral Santos "ity at about >:+@ a.. Saturday.

$ The ship copletely suberged at ?:1' a.. Sunday( N-"" said. *eforethe ship

Suberged soe had thrown out babies overboard and 4uped o, theship

in panic.

$"aptain Iap gave out a distress call at &:&' a.. Sunday saying that the

ship was

Was listing on its starboard side ?.@ nautical iles west of *anga /oint inSiocon(

Jaboanga -el Norte.

8"SS/" &Newswriting: Write a coposite news based on the followingfacts which are given

at rando.

$ ) persons were killed in 8ue;on.

$ The fatalities were killed in separate road accidents along %aharlika0ighway.

$ a two$year$old $ included in the fatalities.

$ #polonio -alawapu 7 4eeps driver. 0e was dead on the spot.

$ 3oshua "oien;o 7 a pedestrian. 0e was also dead on the spot.

$ Superintendent -anilo %or;o 7 /olice chief of Sariaya town. 0e said anowner

type 4eep went wayward. The 4eep also sideswiped a parked dup truckand later

on plowed into a group of pedestrians about to cross the highway.

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$ !eah$ "oien;os other 7 she was in4ured( also #rnulfo Subayba. *oth ofthe

were in critical condition.

$ 0ighway /atrol Eroup investigators said four other people were killed in

siilar road

accidents along the %aharlika 0ighway

$ 3oel 6Qaria 7 a student. 0e was 1+ years old. 0e was not wearing a safetyhelet.

0e was killed when his otorcycle sashed into two other otorcyclesparked

on the road side. This happened also in %aharlika 0ighway( in /laridel town.

$ 0e was declared dead on arrival due to severe head in4uries.

$ 6Qaria was rushed to the -ona %arta %eorial 0ospital in #tionan.

8"SS/" +

Newswriting: Write a news article based on the following facts which aregiven

at rando.

%a4. Dugene *atara 7 spokesan of the ilitarys Western %inadanao"oand.

0e was the one who identied the fatalities:3uraisa Taub 7 she was eight years old.

Naia Nasser 7 she was thirty ve years old.

/atrah Nassir 7 ve years old

Eear #rkan 7 four years old

Niha #rkan 7 she was forty seven years old

*atara said one of the passengers of the ill$fated watercraft who wasidentiedas certain Sinnag #rkan is still issing as of press tie.

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the pup boat hired by the said persons capsi;ed due to rough seaconditions.

They were en route to /ata 5sland to attend a esta and to avail of free

edicalservice.

0atib Sakan #rkan( sity years old Dlein /arson( eight years old

Salip #prson 3aynal( +' years old *enhor 3unior Taub( fouronths old

=akah *ahari( +@ years old 0ussein #rkan( +' years old

#der 0ussein( 1+ years old #rager 5bay( 1+ years old

3unior Taub( 2) years old Ddear Taub( 1+ years old

#rdair 5bay( 2> years old Nurhia /arson( 1&P

Tungga 9ddaan( +@ years old %ado Tunnga( 1> years old

They are all residents of Sitio %angal$%angal( %as4id /un4ungan(Lalingalang ( "aluang.

Five persons were killed in the incident. The incident happened Saturday in /ata Sulu. This was according to

the ilitary. 1+ were rescued. The incident happened after the pup boat they

were ridingcapsi;ed o, -aingdong 5sland.

"he ,rd 0arine #ompan! immediatel! coordinated the launch of a search and rescue

operation with the help of local residents and local divers in the area with 1/ pump

boats+2 he said.

One of the pump boat operators was able to swim toward a nearby

island and asked for help.

The incident was brought to the attention of the commanding officer of

23rd Marine Company.

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#lioden -alaig $ "hief of the "oission on Dlections B"oelecC legaldepartent.

0es a lawyer. 0e was found sluped unconscious with a gunshot wound inthe chest.

0e was shot dead in %anila yesterday orning.

3aes 3iene; 7 "oelec spokesan. 0e conred that -alaig was killedbut failed to elaborate on the otive of the attack.

Words of 3iene;:

5 here confring it was #ttorney -alaig who was killed. =ight now(ebers of his faily and the "oelec faily are waiting for autopsyresults.H

Filoena 7 nae of -alaigs wife. She claied that her huisband had beenreceiving death threats lately.

3iene; further said that they would leave it up to the police to investigatethe otive behind -alaigs killing. We were very shocked. 5 could not believeit when people started calling e about it. 0e is a big loss for the "oelec.

The wife failed to elaborate on the threats ade to her husband.

S/6+ #lfredo -ela =osa 7 0e led the investigation. #ccording to hi therewere no witnesses so far to describe how -alaig was shot.

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#ccording to -ela =osa -alaig was carrying /&''(''' cash but ruled robberyout as possible otive. -alaigs oney and personal belongings were intactfollowing the attack.

-alaig was pronounced dead upon arrival at the 6spital ng %aynila( this wasaccording to o


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announced that the nine seaen would be repatriated.

Naes of the nine seaen: =oderick Suang( -eter #lday( -ennisTolentino( Ddwin !ee("irilo %orale4a( 3esus *aniGued( Socrates Silar( 3ose

%epin( and Noel "usi.

*ernadette %endo;a 7ice "onsul of the /hilippine Dbassy in Nairobi(Lenya. 5n her

report to ice /resident Noli -e "astro( she said that the representative ofthe vessels

owner proised to send hoe all nine Filipino seaen.

The captain will not le criinal actions against the nine seaen 7 This wasbased on

the agreeent reQected in the police report. The captain will pay for theairfare costing

R)2' each( and shoulder their food and lodging while everything is beingprocessed for their repatriation.

3ui$yin 0uang 7 the captain of the ship. The Filipinos agreed that they would4ust take

the airfare

#ccording to %endo;a( the captain ade it clear that he would not pay thesalaries of the nine seaen that could reach R1@' $ R2'' each per onth

The nine seaen are set to arrive at the Ninoy #Guino 5nternational #irport(1':&' p.. fro -ubai.

Strive for Dcellence $ -r. Fuentes

We should strive for ecellence.H

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This was the challenge posed by -r. ictoria 8. Fuentes( 8ue;on "itySchools -ivision Superintendent to the participating young writers during the6pening /rogra of the 2)th 8ue;on "ity -ivision Ioung Writers "ontestwhich is now being held at *ago *antay Dleentary School( *ago *antay(8ue;on "ity.

For the last ve years( the perforance of 8ue;on "ity in "apus3ournalis is so far unbeatable( as it has been chapion always(H -r. Fuentesstressed.

She further noted that such perforance is siply because( youngwriters in our division always have trainings in the di,erent areas of capuspaper writing.

#nother reason is the fact that teachers do their 4obs and always ai forecellence( -r. Fuentes added.

Iou need to really work hard( and give your best in whatever endeavouryoull undertake. Iou should double your e,orts and rewards will be yours atthe end(H she said.

With the thee( /rooting a "ulture of /eace Through =esponsible3ournalis(H the contest ais to train budding writers in the di,erentcategories of "apus 3ournalis and to prepare the for the coing %etro%anila Ioung Writers "ontest.

public and private schools participated in this annual gathering ofstudent writers.

/agsikapan Ninyong %akait ang %iniithing TagupayH

$ -r. Fuentes

*ilang ga batang aaahayag( arapat arahil na pagsikapanninyong akait ang iniithing tagupay(H

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5to ang haon ni -r. ictoria 8. Fuentes( Tagapaanihala( Lagawaran ngDdukasyon( !ungsod 8ue;on( sa ga kalahok na batang anunulat( sa/abukas na palatuntunan ng /andibisyong /aligsahan na kasalukuyangginaganap sa *ago *antay Dleentary School( !ungsod 8ue;on.

Layong ga batang aaahayag ay agiging atatag na sandigansa hinaharap( kung pagbubutihin ninyo ang anuang Eawain na nakaaatangsa inyo(Hwika pa ni -r. Fuentes.

#ng !ungsod 8ue;on ay palaging nangunguna sa paligsahan sapagsulat( at halos atagal na panahon na ring tayo ang kapeon(Hwika paniya.

Sa inyong ga kaay nakasalalay ang ikapagtatagupay ng atingithiin. Eawin ninyo ang inyong buong akakaya at agtiwala sa sarili( higitsa lahat( agtiwala sa -iyos(Hdagdag pa niya.

Walang iposible( basta ginagawa ninyo ang buong akakaya. Nawaypagsikapan ninyong akait ang inyong iniithi(H pagdidiin pa ni -r.Fuentes sa pagtatapos ng kaniyang ensahe.

#ng /andibisyong /aligsahan na ay paksang /rooting a "ulture of/eace Through =esponsible 3ournalis( at taunang ginaganap ay sinalihanng ay paaralang papubliko at pribado ula sa !unsod 8ue;on.

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