News w key 2

SEAN MICHAEL S. FADRIQUELA

Newswriting: Write a news article based on the following facts.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What: 1. government troops on the hunt for Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani
and the alleged masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings clashed with a group of
bandits.
2. three marines were injured after the incident
Where: in the Southern island province of Sulu
When : on Friday
This was according to military reports.

Supporting details:
Lieutenant Colonel Arnel Caculitan --- Marines spokesman.
Around 11:30 am, troops from the 7 th Marine Batallion clashed with some 40
Abu Sayaf
members. The clashed happened in Danag Village. This was in Patikul town.
This was according to Caculitan.
Caculitan further said that the Abu Sayaf sufered casualties. He cannot give
exact figure. He also said that He could not easily ascertain if Janjalani and
two other Jimaah Islamiya bomb experts Dulmatin and Omar Patik were with
the group that engaged with the marines.
Sulu province has been sealed of in the hope of catching the Al Qaedalinked militants.
The Abu Sayaf and the JI
attack in South east Asia.

have been responsible for the worst terrorists

The Al-Qaeda militants have escaped military dragnet several times

The United States has put up ten million dollar bounty. This was for
Dulmatins capture.
One million dollar each for the capture of Janjalani and Patek.

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NEWS WRITING Exercise 3

Make a news article based on the following facts:

Who:

National Bureau of Investigation and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

What: They arrested a counterfeiter. They also seized hundreds of fake

denomination Philippine peso bills.
When: The arrest happened last week.
Where: It happened in Sta Cruz, Manila.

Other details:
-- Nestor Mantaring NBI Officer in charge.
-- He presented the counterfeiter in a press conference on Monday
afternoon.
-- Ronnie Jacobo the counterfeiter.
-- He was a resident of 895 Quezon Boulevard, Sta Cruz, Manila.
-- Article 166 is all about forging treasury or bank notes, obligations
and securities.
-- Jacobo faces charges of violating Article 166.
-- Six to twelve years imprisonment this will be the punishment of
Jacobo if proven guilty.
-- Marivic Jacobo Ronnies wife. She is an accomplice to the crime.
The NBI is also searching for Marivic.
-- Regional Director Ruel Lasala head of the NBI National Capital

Region Division. He launched an investigation upon receiving

information that the suspect was engaged in the printing and
sale of fake 500 and 1,000 peso bills.
-- An NBI agent posed as a buyer and bought a fake 500 and 1,000
peso bills from Ronnie and Marivic.
-- Wilfredo Villaluz Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Supervising Agent.
According to him, the suspect did a good job.
-- Bills were complete with watermark and security thread.
-- Upon closer look one would notice that the security thread is
actually a sticker.
-- The suspect (Jacobo) admitted using Corel draw and Adobe
Photoshop basic graphic design program for his counterfeiting
activity.
-- The 500 peso bills and the 1,000 peso bills were sold at 75 each.
-- 453,000 the amount of counterfeit bills recovered by the authorities.
Exercise 1
Newswriting
Write straight news based on the following facts which are given at random:

-- The attacked happened in Lucban town. This is 160 kilometers south of

Manila.
-- The New Peoples Army burned down the generator set of the Globe
station.
The incident happened on Saturday.
-- Police Inspector Joselito Mendoza, Lucban police chief
-- Suspected Communist New Peoples Army rebels attacked another Globe
Telecommunications Relay Station
-- Arnel Gatila the security guard of the Globe site.
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-- The communist rebels ordered Gatila at a gun point to open the gate of
the station
-- The whole incident happened in just five minutes.
-- Mendoza said that past noon Saturday, some 20 heavily armed rebels
attacked
the cellular site located in the village of Paez.
-- According to Mendoza, the attacked happened when the lone security
guard was
eating his lunch.
-- The Globe cellular site still not operational as of Sunday, according to
Mendoza.
-- Once inside, the rebels spilled gasoline on the generator set and guard
house.
-- The communist guerillas have intensified attacks on Globe communication
towers
because of the companys refusal to pay the so-called revolutionary
taxes.
-- After setting the equipment and bunkhouse on fire, the terrorists hurriedly
escaped,
Mendoza said over the phone.

Exercise 2
Newswriting 2009
Write a news article based on the following facts which are given at random:

- the incident happened shortly after midnight yesterday.

- unidentified men sprayed the casualties with bullets.
- two men died in the said incident. Another was seriously wounded.
- the unidentified men were in a sport utility vehicle.
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- A service crew of a fast food chain named Sonny Cagaoan was declared
dead
on arrival at the Mary Johnston Hospital. He is 22 years old.
- Cagaoan died due to gunshot wounds in the head and body.
- Investigation showed that the victims were having a drinking spree in front
of a
house along Panday Pira Street. Here, the suspects in a dark blue
Mitsubishi
Pajero repeatedly shot at the group. Afterwards, they drove away.
- The cars plate number is ERY-929.
- Danilo Fajardo- the companion of the two.He is 19 years old and is under
observation at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center for gunshot
wounds
in the arm and foot.
- Chief Inspector Alberto Peco head of the Homicide Section of the Manila
Police
District. Accoding to him, revenge could be the motive for the attack.
- Another who also succumbed to gunshot wounds in the head is Mar Jerkin
Tan.
Tan is 24 years old and a maintenance crew of the Ninoy Aquino Intl
Airport.
- the suspects were backed up by unidentified men on board another sports
utility
vehicle resembling an Isuzu Crosswind.
- Police are verifying the identities of the owners of the vehicles used in the
shooting.
- Peco said his follow-up team failed to find Quan and the rest of his gang at
their
residences.
- Peco gathered from the witnesses that several days ago, Tan and his group
figured

in a fight with five residents of the nearby Dandan Street resulting in

injuries.
the injured here are the cousins Francis Quan and Edward Basilio.

Exercise 3
Exercise 3

Newswriting 2009
Write a news article based on the following facts which are given
at random

- Ferdinand Paglinawan Police Officer 2 of the QC Traffic Sector 2. He was

the one
the one who identified the fatality.

- the incident happened in Barangay North Fairview, Quezon City yesterday

morning.

- Michael Franca- He was killed while 14 others were injured. It happened

when a
speeding bus rammed a Manila Electric Co. post. Franca is 32 years old. He
lives on
Saint Catherine Street, Barangay Holy Spirit.

- according to the investigator, the victim was apparently hit by the bus.
Afterwards he
was dragged and pinned between the bus and the wall of the building. The
building
smashed after the concrete Meralco post split due to impact.

- Joel Bacus name of the driver. He is 37 years old. According to

Paglinawan, Bacus
claimed that the bus lost its brakes and he could no longer control the
steering wheel.

- the bus is on its way to Baclaran from Bulacan when the incident
happened. Around
9 a.m.

- the driver will be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in damage to

property
with multiple physical injuries and homicide.

- thirteen passengers of the bus sustained bruises and abrasions. They were
brought to
the nearby hospital for treatment.

- Franca was reportedly crossing Don Mariano Marcos Avenue when a Rubino
Elena
bus struck him. The bus has a plate number PWZ-900.

- The driver sustained wounds in his foot. He was also brought to the
hospital even as
he was placed under the custody of the Quezon City Traffic Sector 2.

- the victims death was brutal said by Paglinawan to The Star in an

interview.

Exercise 4
Newswriting 2009
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Write a news article based on the following facts which are given at
random.

Roxana Saberi US Iranian journalist. She was sentenced to eight

years in jail by an Iranian revolutionary court. This was according to
Saberis lawyer.
Saberi was charged because of spying for the United States.
Saberi is 31 years old. She has been detained in Tehrans notorious
Evin Prison
since January.
The verdict was the harshest sentence ever meted out to a dual
national on security charges.
Abdulsamad Koramshahi Saberis lawyer. According to him, Saberi
has been
sentence to eight years in jail, and hes going to appeal, because
according to
Iranian law the verdict can be appealed within 20 days.
Saberis father was greeted with shock and said that her daughter had
been
tricked into confessing. She was initially reported to have been
detained
for buying alcohol, an illegal act in the IslamicRepublic.

Saberi went on trial behind closed doors on Monday accused of spying

for the US.
The case against Saberi has raised deep concerns in Washington and
among the right groups.
According to ISNA news agency, as it quote unnamed judiciary sourcea
revolutionary court had sentenced Saberi for espionage a charge that
could
have risked the death sentence.
Hillary R. Clinton- US Secretary of State.She was deeply disappointed
over the sentence. She also said that Washington would vigorously
raise its concerns
with Tehran.
No date yet has given to the verdict.

Exercise 5
NEWS WRITING Exercise 3
Make a news article based on the following facts:

Who:

National Bureau of Investigation and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

What: They arrested a counterfeiter. They also seized hundreds of fake

denomination Philippine peso bills.
When: The arrest happened last week.
Where: It happened in Sta Cruz, Manila.

Other details:
-- Nestor Mantaring NBI Officer in charge.
-- He presented the counterfeiter in a press conference on Monday
afternoon.
-- Ronnie Jacobo the counterfeiter.
-- He was a resident of 895 Quezon Boulevard, Sta Cruz, Manila.
-- Article 166 is all about forging treasury or bank notes, obligations
and securities.
-- Jacobo faces charges of violating Article 166.
-- Six to twelve years imprisonment this will be the punishment of
Jacobo if proven guilty.
-- Marivic Jacobo Ronnies wife. She is an accomplice to the crime.
The NBI is also searching for Marivic.
-- Regional Director Ruel Lasala head of the NBI National Capital
Region Division. He launched an investigation upon receiving
information that the suspect was engaged in the printing and
sale of fake 500 and 1,000 peso bills.
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-- An NBI agent posed as a buyer and bought a fake 500 and 1,000
peso bills from Ronnie and Marivic.
-- Wilfredo Villaluz Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Supervising Agent.
According to him, the suspect did a good job.
-- Bills were complete with watermark and security thread.
-- Upon closer look one would notice that the security thread is
actually a sticker.
-- The suspect (Jacobo) admitted using Corel draw and Adobe
Photoshop basic graphic design program for his counterfeiting
activity.
-- The 500 peso bills and the 1,000 peso bills were sold at 75 each.
-- 453,000 the amount of counterfeit bills recovered by the authorities.

Exercise 7
Newswriting 5
Write a news article based on the following facts which are given at random:

> Five suspected kidnappers were killed in Urdaneta City in Pangasinan.

It happened after police raided their hide out. A house in Bgy. Palina
West
belonging to Rosendo Matias.

A certain Julian Rodriguez was kidnapped in Las Pinas on April 15.

Rodriguez is 22 years old.
The purpose of the raid is to rescue Rodriguez, the victim.
Lorelei Fajardo- Deputy Presidential Spokesperson. She said Pres.
Arroyo ordered
PNP Chief Director Jesus Verzosa to immediately rescue Julian after the
kidnapping
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was brought to her attention by a certain architect Palafox.

> The bodies of the suspects were found sprawled in dif. rooms of the
house according
to Castil.

> Superintendent Rodolfo Castil Jr.Urdaneta Police Chief. He said in an

interview that
Rodriguez was found inside a room with one of the dead suspects in an
unfinished
concrete house. Rodriguez was unhurt.
>those who were killed:
-Army T/Sgt. Dionisio Obillo ------ he was the alleged gang leader
-AWOL Marine Rosendo Matias
-Roger, son of Rosendo Matias
-Marcial Fontanilla and
-an unidentified gang man

>Chief Superintendent Ramon Gatan Ilocos region Police Commander.

He said the
Police Anti-Crime Emergency Response (PACER) monitored the gangs
movement
after they kidnapped Rodriguez (April 15) then they brought him to a
safe house in
Urdaneta City.

Exercise 8
Newswriting 1
Write news articles based on the following facts which are given at random
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-Kuen Chua He is 46 years old. He was rescued by the operatives of the

Police Anti-Crime and Emergency Response (PACER) yesterday morning.
-The rescue took place at 11:30 a.m. This happened after 17 days of
captivity.
-The rescue happened following an encounter with members of the kidnap
gang at Belen Street in Barangay Gulod, Novaliches, Quezon City
-The police rescued unharmed the Filipino-Chinese businessman from his
kidnappers.in Quezon City.
-Immediately following Chuas rescue, PACER operatives went to various
locations to arrest the remaining members of the kidnap-for-ransom gang.
-Senior Superintendent Leonardo Espina PACER Chief. According to him a
still unidentified member of the kidnap gang was killed while another
suspect, identified as Christopher Nanson. He is 35 years old, and was
arrested.
-A certain Adriano Ventulla of Antipolo City He is the alleged owner of the
safehouse. where Chua was kept. He will be invited for questioning.
-Chua was kidnapped last Sept. 10 by four armed men wearing t-shirts that
bore the word police. The kidnappers initially demanded P30 million for
Chuas release.
-Espina described Nanson as a native of Camalig, Albay. He is a resident of
Castro street, which is in Sta. Lucia in Novaliches, Quezon City.
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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 Department of Public Safety (DPS) under
the city government.
When: it happened yesterday.

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More details:-

- Gilbert Cruz- Makati Police Chief Senior Superintendent.

- Supt, Cruz said that the project was initiated to protect night shift employees such as
call center agents.
- He said that 5 such zones were identified in the citys business district-the
intersections
of Ayala and Gil Puyat Avenue, Pasong Tamo and Gil Puyat, the 6750 building along
Ayala Avenue.
- Makati has a total of 146 international and local business outsourcing companies and
72 call centers in its business district.

How is it done:
-Supt. Cruz further said that a team of two DPS personnel will patrol the area.
-They will do it round the clock. A police car will be on standby. They will also check
on commuters who may be victims of robbers or snatchers.

Exercise 9
Newswriting 2009
Write a news article based on the following facts which are given
at random

- Ferdinand Paglinawan Police Officer 2 of the QC Traffic Sector 2. He was

the one
the one who identified the fatality.

- the incident happened in Barangay North Fairview, Quezon City yesterday

morning.
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- Michael Franca- He was killed while 14 others were injured. It happened

when a
speeding bus rammed a Manila Electric Co. post. Franca is 32 years old. He
lives on
Saint Catherine Street, Barangay Holy Spirit.

- according to the investigator, the victim was apparently hit by the bus.
Afterwards he
was dragged and pinned between the bus and the wall of the building. The
building
smashed after the concrete Meralco post split due to impact.

- Joel Bacus name of the driver. He is 37 years old. According to

Paglinawan, Bacus
claimed that the bus lost its brakes and he could no longer control the
steering wheel.

- the bus is on its way to Baclaran from Bulacan when the incident
happened. Around
9 a.m.

- the driver will be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in damage to

property
with multiple physical injuries and homicide.

- thirteen passengers of the bus sustained bruises and abrasions. They were
brought to
the nearby hospital for treatment.

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- Franca was reportedly crossing Don Mariano Marcos Avenue when a Rubino
Elena
bus struck him. The bus has a plate number PWZ-900.

- The driver sustained wounds in his foot. He was also brought to the
hospital even as
he was placed under the custody of the Quezon City Traffic Sector 2.

- the victims death was brutal said by Paglinawan to The Star in an

interview.

Exercise 10
Newswriting
Write straight news based on the following facts which are given at random:

-- The attacked happened in Lucban town. This is 160 kilometers south of

Manila.
-- The New Peoples Army burned down the generator set of the Globe
station.
The incident happened on Saturday.
-- Police Inspector Joselito Mendoza, Lucban police chief
-- Suspected Communist New Peoples Army rebels attacked another Globe
Telecommunications Relay Station
-- Arnel Gatila the security guard of the Globe site.
-- The communist rebels ordered Gatila at a gun point to open the gate of
the station
-- The whole incident happened in just five minutes.
-- Mendoza said that past noon Saturday, some 20 heavily armed rebels
attacked
the cellular site located in the village of Paez.
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-- According to Mendoza, the attacked happened when the lone security

guard was
eating his lunch.
-- The Globe cellular site still not operational as of Sunday, according to
Mendoza.
-- Once inside, the rebels spilled gasoline on the generator set and guard
house.
-- The communist guerillas have intensified attacks on Globe communication
towers
because of the companys refusal to pay the so-called revolutionary
taxes.
-- After setting the equipment and bunkhouse on fire, the terrorists hurriedly
escaped,
Mendoza said over the phone.

Exercise 11
Newswriting 2009
Write a news article based on the following facts which are given at random:

- the incident happened shortly after midnight yesterday.

- unidentified men sprayed the casualties with bullets.
- two men died in the said incident. Another was seriously wounded.
- the unidentified men were in a sport utility vehicle.
- A service crew of a fast food chain named Sonny Cagaoan was declared
dead
on arrival at the Mary Johnston Hospital. He is 22 years old.
- Cagaoan died due to gunshot wounds in the head and body.
- Investigation showed that the victims were having a drinking spree in front
of a
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house along Panday Pira Street. Here, the suspects in a dark blue
Mitsubishi
Pajero repeatedly shot at the group. Afterwards, they drove away.
- The cars plate number is ERY-929.
- Danilo Fajardo- the companion of the two.He is 19 years old and is under
observation at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center for gunshot
wounds
in the arm and foot.
- Chief Inspector Alberto Peco head of the Homicide Section of the Manila
Police
District. Accoding to him, revenge could be the motive for the attack.
- Another who also succumbed to gunshot wounds in the head is Mar Jerkin
Tan.
Tan is 24 years old and a maintenance crew of the Ninoy Aquino Intl
Airport.
- the suspects were backed up by unidentified men on board another sports
utility
vehicle resembling an Isuzu Crosswind.
- Police are verifying the identities of the owners of the vehicles used in the
shooting.
- Peco said his follow-up team failed to find Quan and the rest of his gang at
their
residences.
- Peco gathered from the witnesses that several days ago, Tan and his group
figured
in a fight with five residents of the nearby Dandan Street resulting in
injuries.
the injured here are the cousins Francis Quan and Edward Basilio.

Exercise 12
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Newswriting 2009
Write a news article based on the following facts which are given at
random.

Roxana Saberi US Iranian journalist. She was sentenced to eight

years in jail by an Iranian revolutionary court. This was according to
Saberis lawyer.
Saberi was charged because of spying for the United States.
Saberi is 31 years old. She has been detained in Tehrans notorious
Evin Prison
since January.
The verdict was the harshest sentence ever meted out to a dual
national on security charges.
Abdulsamad Koramshahi Saberis lawyer. According to him, Saberi
has been
sentence to eight years in jail, and hes going to appeal, because
according to
Iranian law the verdict can be appealed within 20 days.
Saberis father was greeted with shock and said that her daughter had
been
tricked into confessing. She was initially reported to have been
detained
for buying alcohol, an illegal act in the IslamicRepublic.

Saberi went on trial behind closed doors on Monday accused of spying

for the US.
The case against Saberi has raised deep concerns in Washington and
among the right groups.
According to ISNA news agency, as it quote unnamed judiciary sourcea
revolutionary court had sentenced Saberi for espionage a charge that
could
have risked the death sentence.
Hillary R. Clinton- US Secretary of State.She was deeply disappointed
over the sentence. She also said that Washington would vigorously
raise its concerns
with Tehran.
No date yet has given to the verdict.
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Exercise 13
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.
He was shot dead early Sunday morning. This was according to Chief Inspector Ayn
Natuel who is the Spokesperson of the Bicol police. Natuel relayed the news of the
killing in a text message Sunday.
The killing took place in Gubat town which is in Sorsogon. Responding town police
operatives collared one of the gunmen. Thus happened when the said gunman was
hiding near the scene of the crime. A Philippine National Police officer said this.
Robinson Huete name of the gunman. A resident of Barangay Bulacao, in Gubat.
He was arrested by police operatives and was tagged as one of the gunmen that shot
Geres.
2:30 a.m. Sunday the shooting took place. This happened when Geres was about to
board his tricycle along Manotok street-in Gubat town.
Natuel could not say if the crime was related to insurgency or ordinary crime.
The arrested suspect has been detained at the town jail.
He is also undergoing interrogation.
Several armed men fired Geres at close range. He was killed instantly.

Exercise 15
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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 He was shot dead early Sunday morning. This was according to Chief Inspector Ayn
Natuel who is the Spokesperson of the Bicol police. Natuel relayed the news of the
killing in a text message Sunday.
The killing took place in Gubat town which is in Sorsogon. Responding town police
operatives collared one of the gunmen. Thus happened when the said gunman was
hiding near the scene of the crime. A Philippine National Police officer said this.
Robinson Huete name of the gunman. A resident of Barangay Bulacao, in Gubat.
He was arrested by police operatives and was tagged as one of the gunmen that shot
Geres.
2:30 a.m. Sunday the shooting took place. This happened when Geres was about to
board his tricycle along Manotok street-in Gubat town.
Natuel could not say if the crime was related to insurgency or ordinary crime.
The arrested suspect has been detained at the town jail.
He is also undergoing interrogation.
Several armed men fired Geres at close range. He was killed instantly.

QCSSPC 2
Newswriting: Write a news article based on the following facts which are
given
at random.

- A woman was rescued Monday from the sea of the southern Philippines

- Shes alive .she was rescued by airforce para-jumpers. This was announced
by
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Alexander Pama.
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- The rescue happened more than 24 hours after a passenger ferry she was
on sank,
the navy said.

- The Super Ferry 9 sank of the coast of Zamboanga peninsula early Sunday.

- Lita Casunglon the identity of the woman. She was believed to be one of
two
People listed early Monday as missing from the Super Ferry 9.

- The rescue leaves only one of the 958 passengers and crew unaccounted
for.

- This was announced by the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC),

Monday.

- Still to be identified are the bodies of one male and four female
victims,according
to NDCC

- The NDCC identified four of the 9 confirmed casualties:

They are: James Patrick Gallego, he is two years old; Ferdinand Apolinario,
he
is 21 years old, Carina Ampere, 23 years old and Ferdinand Estrada, 45
years old.

- Passengers and crew were able to abandon ship before the SuperFerry 9.

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- Captain Jose Yap skippered Super Ferry 9 bound for Ilo-Ilo City. The ship
departed
from General Santos City at about 8:45 a.m. Saturday.

- The ship completely submerged at 9:10 a.m. Sunday, NDCC said. Before
the ship
Submerged some had thrown out babies overboard and jumped of the
ship
in panic.

-Captain Yap gave out a distress call at 3:30 a.m. Sunday saying that the
ship was
Was listing on its starboard side 9.5 nautical miles west of Banga Point in
Siocon,
Zamboanga Del Norte.

QCSSPC 3 Newswriting:
facts which are given

Write a composite news based on the following

at random.

- 7 persons were killed in Quezon.

- The fatalities were killed in separate road accidents along Maharlika
Highway.
- a two-year-old - included in the fatalities.
- Apolonio Dalawampu jeeps driver. He was dead on the spot.
- Joshua Comienzo a pedestrian. He was also dead on the spot.
- Superintendent Danilo Morzo Police chief of Sariaya town. He said an
owner
type jeep went wayward. The jeep also sideswiped a parked dump truck
and later
on plowed into a group of pedestrians about to cross the highway.
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- Leah- Comienzos mother she was injured, also Arnulfo Subayba. Both of
them
were in critical condition.
- Highway Patrol Group investigators said four other people were killed in
similar road
accidents along the Maharlika Highway
- Joel Oflaria a student. He was 14 years old. He was not wearing a safety
helmet.
He was killed when his motorcycle smashed into two other motorcycles
parked
on the road side. This happened also in Maharlika Highway, in Plaridel town.
- He was declared dead on arrival due to severe head injuries.
- Oflaria was rushed to the Dona Marta Memorial Hospital in Atimonan.

QCSSPC 4
Newswriting:
given

Write a news article based on the following facts which are

at random.

Maj. Eugene Batara spokesman of the militarys Western Minadanao

Command.
He was the one who identified the fatalities:
Juraisa Taub she was eight years old.
Naima Nasser she was thirty five years old.
Patrah Nassir five years old
Gemmar Arkan four years old
Nihma Arkan she was forty seven years old
Batara said one of the passengers of the ill-fated watercraft who was
identified
as certain Sinnag Arkan is still missing as of press time.
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 the pump boat hired by the said persons capsized due to rough sea
conditions.
They were en route to Pata Island to attend a fiesta and to avail of free
medical
service.

Hatib Sakan Arkan, sixty years old

Salip Aprson Jaynal, 40 years old
months old

Elein Parson, eight years old

Benhor Junior Taub, four

Rakmah Bahari, 45 years old

Hussein Arkan, 40 years old

Admer Hussein, 14 years old

Armager Imbay, 14 years old

Junior Taub, 27 years old

Edemar Taub, 14 years old

Ardamir Imbay, 28 years old

Nurhima Parson, 13;

Tungga Uddaman, 45 years old

Mado Tunnga, 18 years old

They are all residents of Sitio Mangal-Mangal, Masjid Punjungan,

Kalingalang , Caluang.

Five persons were killed in the incident.

The incident happened Saturday in Pata Sulu. This was according to
the military.
14 were rescued. The incident happened after the pump boat they
were riding
capsized of Daingdong Island.
The 23rd Marine Company immediately coordinated the launch of a search and rescue
operation with the help of local residents and local divers in the area with 10 pump
boats, 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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TAPAT 1
NEWSWRITING
Direction: Write a news article based on the following facts given at
random.
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Alioden Dalaig - Chief of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) legal

department.
Hes a lawyer. He was found slumped unconscious with a gunshot wound in
the chest.
He was shot dead in Manila yesterday morning.
James Jimenez Comelec spokesman. He confirmed that Dalaig was killed
but failed to elaborate on the motive of the attack.

Words of Jimenez:
Im here confrming it was Attorney Dalaig who was killed. Right now,
members of his family and the Comelec family are waiting for autopsy
results.

Filomena name of Dalaigs wife. She claimed that her huisband had been
receiving death threats lately.

Jimenez further said that they would leave it up to the police to investigate
the motive behind Dalaigs killing. We were very shocked. I could not believe
it when people started calling me about it. He is a big loss for the Comelec.

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

SPO4 Alfredo Dela Rosa He led the investigation. According to him there
were no witnesses so far to describe how Dalaig was shot.
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According to Dela Rosa Dalaig was carrying P300,000 cash but ruled robbery
out as possible motive. Dalaigs money and personal belongings were intact
following the attack.

Dalaig was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Ospital ng Maynila, this was
according to officials.
Dalaig was found unconscious in front of the Hyatt Hotel at the corner of M.H.
Del Pilar and Pedro Gil streets in Ermita, Manla.
TAPAT 2
2007 Taguig Pateros Division Young Writers Contest
Signal Village Elementary School, Taguig City November 12, 2007

NEWSWRITING
Direction: Write a news article based on the following facts given at
random.
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Esteban Conejos Jr. Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Afairs. He said that
the nine
Pinoy seamen were scheduled to leave at 11:20 p.m., Port Louis in Mauritius.
That was 11:20 Mauritius time.

Nine Filipino seafarers will arrive home tonight. They mutinied and took over
a fishing
vessel in the Indian Ocean. This was according to the Department of
Foreign Afairs.

Vice President Noli De Castro Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino

Workers. He
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announced that the nine seamen would be repatriated.

Names of the nine seamen: Roderick Sumang, Dexter Alday, Dennis

Tolentino, Edwin Lee,Cirilo Moraleja, Jesus Baniqued, Socrates Silar, Jose
Mempin, and Noel Cusi.

Bernadette Mendoza Vice Consul of the Philippine Embassy in Nairobi,

Kenya. In her
report to Vice President Noli De Castro, she said that the representative of
the vessels
owner promised to send home all nine Filipino seamen.

The captain will not file criminal actions against the nine seamen This was
based on
the agreement reflected in the police report. The captain will pay for the
airfare costing
$720 each, and shoulder their food and lodging while everything is being
processed for their repatriation.

Jui-yin Huang the captain of the ship. The Filipinos agreed that they would
just take
the airfare

According to Mendoza, the captain made it clear that he would not pay the
salaries of the nine seamen that could reach $150 - $200 each per month

The nine seamen are set to arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport,
10:30 p.m. from Dubai.
Strive for Excellence - Dr. Fuentes

We should strive for excellence.

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This was the challenge posed by Dr. Victoria Q. Fuentes, Quezon City
Schools Division Superintendent to the participating young writers during the
Opening Program of the 27th Quezon City Division Young Writers Contest
which is now being held at Bago Bantay Elementary School, Bago Bantay,
Quezon City.

For the last five years, the performance of Quezon City in Campus
Journalism is so far unbeatable, as it has been champion always, Dr. Fuentes
stressed.

She further noted that such performance is simply because, young

writers in our division always have trainings in the diferent areas of campus
paper writing.

Another reason is the fact that teachers do their jobs and always aim for
excellence, Dr. Fuentes added.

You need to really work hard, and give your best in whatever endeavour
youll undertake. You should double your eforts and rewards will be yours at
the end, she said.

With the theme, Promoting a Culture of Peace Through Responsible

Journalism, the contest aims to train budding writers in the diferent
categories of Campus Journalism and to prepare them for the coming Metro
Manila Young Writers Contest.
_____ public and private schools participated in this annual gathering of
student writers.
Pagsikapan Ninyong Makamit ang Minimithing Tagumpay
- Dr. Fuentes

Bilang mga batang mamamahayag, marapat marahil na pagsikapan

ninyong makamit ang minimithing tagumpay,

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Ito ang hamon ni Dr. Victoria Q. Fuentes, Tagapamanihala, Kagawaran ng

Edukasyon, Lungsod Quezon, sa mga kalahok na batang manunulat, sa
Pambukas na palatuntunan ng Pandibisyong Paligsahan na kasalukuyang
ginaganap sa Bago Bantay Elementary School, Lungsod Quezon.

Kayong mga batang mamamahayag ay magiging matatag na sandigan

sa hinaharap, kung pagbubutihin ninyo ang anumang Gawain na nakaaatang
sa inyo, wika pa ni Dr. Fuentes.

Ang Lungsod Quezon ay palaging nangunguna sa paligsahan sa

pagsulat, at halos matagal na panahon na ring tayo ang kampeon, wika pa
niya.

Sa inyong mga kamay nakasalalay ang ikapagtatagumpay ng ating

mithiin. Gawin ninyo ang inyong buong makakaya at magtiwala sa sarili, higit
sa lahat, magtiwala sa Diyos, dagdag pa niya.

Walang imposible, basta ginagawa ninyo ang buong makakaya. Naway

pagsikapan ninyong makamit ang inyong minimithi, pagdidiin pa ni Dr.
Fuentes sa pagtatapos ng kaniyang mensahe.

Ang Pandibisyong Paligsahan na may paksang Promoting a Culture of

Peace Through Responsible Journalism, at taunang ginaganap ay sinalihan
ng may ______ paaralang pampubliko at pribado mula sa Lunsod Quezon.

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