SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE

NEWS WRITING
 OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the elements and types of news
2. Identify the elements and types of the sample news articles
3. Evaluate how the sample news articles are written, specifically their style and
organization
4. Understand and identify the kinds of lead
5. Identify and organize important information to write effective leads
6. Understand the good journalistic style and the traits of good writers
7. Understand how to arrange information, write an article and a headline, and check
a draft
8. Write two news articles based on the given information by following the
guidelines and applying the traits of a good journalist
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NEWS
 ELEMENTS OF NEWS
1. Conflict or struggle
2. Immediacy or timeliness
3. Proximity or nearness
4. Significance or consequence or impact
5. Romance or adventure
6. Oddity or unusualness
7. Names or prominence
8. Drama (including romance and adventure)
9. Progress
10. Animals
11. Number
12. Emotion
TYPES OF NEWS STORIES

1. According to scope or
origin:

a. Local/national
b. Foreign
c. Dateline
In quake-hit Itbayat, 266 families need new homes

By: Nathan Alcantara - @inquirerdotnet

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:02 AM August 08, 2019

ITBAYAT, Batanes, Philippines — A total of 266 houses here have been deemed beyond repair, but volunteers continue to work double
time to rehabilitate this island town, the country’s northernmost municipality, following the July 27 earthquakes.

Survivors said they had started receiving housing assistance from the government and civic groups to rebuild their homes.

The National Housing Authority and the Department of Social Welfare and Development have given P60,000 in housing aid each to
villagers with damaged houses.

At least 15 families with no houses to return to are staying in tents at the town plaza.

Villagers and volunteers have started putting up large tents to serve as classrooms after the quakes damaged two schools.

Aid delayed
Local officials said they were waiting for a Navy boat to bring galvanized iron sheets and steel pipes to be used for the residents’
temporary dwellings.

Bad weather had delayed the transport of two tons of relief items for the survivors.

On Wednesday, some 400 Ivatan people joined the “Run for Fun, Rise as One” as a fund-raising event.

Alfonso Simon, president of Batanes State College, said the runners who initiated the activity were joined by teachers, students and
government workers.

“The Ivatans are one in bringing brightness in the lives of the Kahilyans or Kaydians in Itbayat,” Simon told the Inquirer.

He said the organizers raised P23,894 to be donated to the survivors. —With a report from Villamor Visaya Jr.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1151553/in-quake-hit-itbayat-266-families-need-new-homes#ixzz5w1OudaF5
China tells US diplomats in Hong Kong to stop interfering

Agence France-Presse / 08:17 PM August 08, 2019

BEIJING — China demanded Thursday that US diplomats based in Hong Kong “stop interfering” in the city’s affairs, after
reports that they met with pro-democracy activists.

The foreign ministry said it had expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with US authorities, citing local media reports that a US
official from Hong Kong’s US consulate general had met with a local “independence group”.

In a statement Thursday, the ministry urged the diplomatic office to “immediately make a clean break with various anti-China
rioters” and “stop interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs immediately.”

A report in Hong Kong newspaper Takungpao said there had been a meeting between members of the political party
Demosisto — including prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong — and Julie Eadeh, political unit chief of the US consulate
general in Hong Kong.

When contacted by AFP for comment, a State Department spokesperson said representatives of the US government “meet
regularly with a wide cross section of people across Hong Kong and Macau.”

“For example, the day of this particular meeting, our diplomats also met with both pro-establishment and pan-democratic
camp legislators, as well as members of the American business community and the consular corps,” said the spokesperson.

Beijing has increasingly pitched the anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous region as funded by the West, but has
provided little evidence beyond supportive statements from some Western politicians.

Tensions are high in the Asian financial hub after two months of protests and clashes triggered by opposition to a planned
extradition law that quickly evolved into a wider movement for democratic reforms.

Demosisto says it campaigns for more self-determination for Hong Kong but not independence.
Last year, the Hong Kong National Party was outlawed on the grounds it posed a security threat, the first such ban since 1997.

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Labor chief decides which jobs to regularize in Dole’s SOT bill
By: Jovic Yee - Reporter / @jovicyeeINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:24 AM August 08, 2019

MANILA, Philippines — In the Department of Labor and Employment’s (Dole) version of the security of tenure (SOT) bill, it is the
labor secretary who would determine which jobs are “core” to a company’s operations and would thus give workers regular
employment status.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said this arrangement would hopefully address the concern of the business sector over a tripartite
council that would list down the jobs that can and cannot be contracted out.

Bello said the burden of deciding which jobs should be deemed regular would be arrived at “in consultation” with a tripartite
council composed of representatives from the government, business and labor groups.

“So there’s control or sanitation. Both management and labor want to define [what jobs should be regularized]. This is the middle
ground. The (labor) secretary, in consultation with the tripartite council, will decide,” Bello told reporters on Wednesday.

President Rodrigo Duterte, who vetoed the SOT bill last month, had ordered Dole to come up with its version of the bill that would
address the “endo” (end of contract or contractual employment) issue. Bello said this “reconstituted” version would fulfill the
President’s promise of providing workers with security of tenure.

The labor official said Dole expects to submit its version of the SOT bill to Malacañang by the end of the month. He also dispelled
concerns that the bill was no longer a priority measure since it was not included in the list of priority bills that the Palace sent to
Congress.

“It’s just because we haven’t finished ironing out the details yet,” Bello said.

He added that once the labor secretary decides which jobs would be deemed regular, safeguards would be put in place so that
once included in the list, such regular jobs could no longer be delisted, especially by succeeding labor officials.
“That will not be allowed, unless they go to court to question it,” Bello said.

He said employers would still retain their right to hire seasonal or project-based workers, especially during peak seasons.

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TYPES OF NEWS STORIES
2. According to chronology
or sequence:

a. Advance/anticipated
b. Spot
c. Coverage
d. Follow-up
House bus ban probe still on

Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star) - August 6, 2019 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives will still conduct an inquiry into the planned provincial bus ban
on EDSA despite the issuance by a Quezon City court of an order stopping it.

“We will go ahead with the probe in the hope that we could eventually craft new legislation that would help
authorities solve the worsening traffic congestion plaguing EDSA and the rest of Metro Manila,” Camarines Sur Rep.
Luis Raymund Villafuerte, whose resolution prompted the inquiry, said yesterday.

With the court order, he said the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) should now junk its plan to ban
provincial buses from traversing EDSA.

The MMDA and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board intend to appeal the order of Regional Trial
Court Branch 223.

The ban aims to ease traffic congestion on EDSA. The MMDA and local government units in the metropolis are also
planning to remove provincial bus terminals along the highway.

Villafuerte said the ban would not really ease traffic congestion, as there are only 3,300 provincial buses that pass
through EDSA, compared to 12,000 city buses and 247,000 private vehicles.

MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago said the agency will leave it with operators if they would require their provincial
bus drivers to drop off their passengers at interim terminals in Valenzuela, Parañaque and Laguna as part of the dry
run of the ban on Wednesday. – Marc Jayson Cayabyab

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AFP denies hand in Basilan raid

Roel Pareño (The Philippine Star) - August 4, 2019 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The military had no participation in the raid conducted by police Special
Action Force commandos and National Bureau of Investigation agents in Basilan on Friday that left
three persons dead, two of them Abu Sayyaf surrenderees.

Maj. Arvin John Encinas, spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command, expressed concern
that the operation could affect the campaign to lure more Abu Sayyaf bandits to surrender.

Encinas said the operation in Barangay Candiis, Mohammad Ajul town was not coordinated with
the local police and military.

Two of the fatalities, Ajan Mande and his brother Jamsid, were helping the military convince their
former comrades to surrender.

The other fatality, Rajak Manguma, was a regular member of the Moro National Liberation Front.

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raid#aMb3ia0125PqQ2VY.99
SC lifts TRO on Mamasapano trial at Sandiganbayan

Published August 7, 2019 11:35am

Updated August 7, 2019 4:49pm
By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS and VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News

The Supreme Court has lifted the temporary restraining order it had issued on the Mamasapano trial at the Sandiganbayan.
The Sandiganbayan may now proceed with the trial of the case, high court spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said Wednesday.
Former president Benigno Aquino III faces graft and usurpation charges in connection with the Mamasapano clash that killed 44 Special Action Force
commandos in 2015.

He was scheduled to be arraigned, but the SC issued a TRO halting the proceedings in the case in February last year, acting on a petition by relatives of
two of the slain elite policemen.

Last June 24, while the TRO was still in effect, Ombudsman Samuel Martires moved to withdraw the graft and usurpation charges against the former
president.

Martires said he had reviewed the Ombudsman resolutions dismissing charges against Aquino, former Philippine National Police chief Alan Purisima and
former SAF chief Getulio Napeñas for reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and found “no sufficient ground and evidence” to charge
Aquino for graft and usurpation of official functions.
The reviewed resolutions were made by Martires' predecessor, retired Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, an Aquino appointee. Martires was
appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte.

However, the Sandiganbayan decided not to take action on the Ombudsman's motion at the time because the TRO was still in place then.

No comment
Malacañang declined to comment on the action taken by the SC, which belongs to a co-equal branch of government.
“In accordance with the policy that has long been practiced by this administration, we refuse to comment on the action undertaken by the Supreme
Court, which belongs to a separate and independent branch of government from ours. We cannot and we do not intend to interfere with the functions of
other branches which are distinct from the Executive,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.

Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte and and his administration “will always give deference to and uphold the rule of law regardless of the political and
social stature of those involved in cases pending before the judiciary.”
The Palace spokesman added they believe the Office of the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan can tackle the matter with independence pursuant to
their respective mandates.

“As these institutions afford each citizen his or her constitutional guarantees under the Bill of Rights, we expect the latter to respect the proceedings and
bow to the majesty of the law. We will, as usual, let the law take its course,” Panelo said. — RSJ, GMA News
Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/703732/sc-lifts-tro-on-mamasapano-trial-at-sandiganbayan/story/?utm_source=GMANews&utm_medium=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR19AK0vvLqVFiNH4wUAm9yqnfqp9m3h7xLXfNImFi56uT_YAv8_282wbb8
TYPES OF NEWS STORIES

3. According to treatment:

a. Fact
b. Action
c. Quote/speech/interview
TYPES OF NEWS STORIES
4. According to content:

a. Routine (elections,
celebrations, etc.)
b. Sports (games, events, etc.)
c. Development news (DEVCOM)
d. Police (accidents, calamities,
crimes, etc.)
e. Science (development news)
 TYPES OF NEWS STORIES
5. According to structure:

a. Straight news
b. News feature

(either single feature or

several feature/composite)
Maute sub-leader, member surrender in Lanao del Sur

Published August 8, 2019 10:57pm

A former sub-leader of the Maute Group and his follower yielded to the troops of the 49th
Infantry Battalion in Poblacion, Bayabao, Butig, Lanao del Sur on August 6, 2019.

Hadji Omar Olama, a.k.a Omar/Ivan, a former sub-leader of the Maute Group, and his follower,
Ibrahim Abbas Olama, a.k.a. Abbas, turned over their firearms consisting of 1 Caliber .30 US
Carbine Rifle with magazine and 10 rounds of ammunition and 1 Caliber .45 Pistol with magazine
and 7 rounds of ammunition.

“With the neutralization of their potential leaders, the capability of local terrorist groups in Lanao
area is now dwindling,” Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana, WestMinCom Commander, said in a
press statement.

“While we continuously conduct our focused military operations, we encourage all the remaining
bandits to submit themselves to the government forces and take advantage of the livelihood
programs and other services offered by the national government and its stakeholders,” Sobejana
added.

The two are undergoing custodial debriefing at the 49IB headquarters. —LDF, GMA News

Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/703961/maute-sub-leader-member-
surrender-in-lanao-del-sur/story/
SONA 2018 RECALLED Three Years After: Duterte‘s drug war
Published July 19, 2019 11:51am

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News

It has been three years since the Philippine government launched its stiff campaign against illegal drugs and local
and international critics continue to express alarm over the growing number of deaths amid the anti-illegal drugs
operations.
During his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte had promised that his
campaign against narcotics would be "relentless" and "chilling.”

"The illegal drugs war will not be sidelined. Instead it will be as relentless and chilling, if you will, as on the day it
began," Duterte said during his third SONA before a joint session of Congress at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon
City.

"These drug dealers know fully well that their business is against the law. They know the consequences of their
criminal acts, especially when caught in flagrante delicto and they violently resist arrest. They know that illegal
drugs waste away lives, dysfunctionalize families, and ruin relationships," he added.

The police has said that its men will heed the Chief Executive's call of continuing the controversial war against
illegal drugs. Amid criticisms, Police General Oscar Albayalde has insisted that police operations amid the drug war
are always within the bounds of the Philippine law.

Data from the police showed that a total of 6,600 suspected drug personalities were killed from July 1, 2016 to
May 2019. More than 240,565 drug suspects, meanwhile, have been arrested during police operations.
But latest government data read by Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Marie
Rafael on Thursday showed that a total of 5,526 drug had been killed in 134,583 drug operations conducted from
July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2019.
Authorities said the conflicting figures came after they vetted the one earlier provided by the police.

Meanwhile, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported that a total of 12,099
barangays have already been declared drug-free while the number of drug-free jail facilities already reached 172.

The DILG also mentioned a total of 1.3 million drug surrenderers, with DILG chief Eduardo Año saying that the
government finds more meaningful success in its drug war "in seeing former pushers and users entrust their future
to us through our rehabilitation programs.”

The government's data on the drug war deaths is way too far from the number being cited by local and
international human rights groups that the war on illegal drugs has resulted in the deaths of more than 20,000
individuals.

Recently, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) passed a resolution which seeks investigation on the
slays blamed on Duterte's war against illegal drugs.

The Philippine government described the UNHCR's move as "offensive" and "insulting" to the majority of Filipinos
who support Duterte's "unique" leadership style.
The nation's top cop has dared the international body to show to the local police the list of names of the more
than 20,000 individuals killed in the drug war. Albayalde said the Philippine National Police would be very much
willing to investigate it. — RSJ, GMA News

Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/specialreports/701602/three-years-after-duterte-s-drug-
war/story/
Bangsamoro barangays to get boost in education, health services in 2019

Pia Ranada
Published 5:07 PM, August 08, 2019
Updated 5:07 PM, August 08, 2019

MANILA, Philippines – A little over 4 months after the inauguration of the Bangsamoro region, the pressure is on for the new regional
government, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), to bring concrete improvements to lives of the region's residents.

The first months have been devoted to setting up the bureaucracy and forming a transition plan, but the BTA has a plan to make social
services more felt in all 63 barangays in the region.

Minister for Local Government Naguib Sinarimbo told Rappler that the Bangsamoro Cabinet aims to provide educational subsidies and
assign health workers to every barangay by the end of 2019.

The funding for this will come from the P30 billion in unprogrammed funds that had been allocated for the implementation of the
Bangsamoro Organic Law in the 2019 General Appropriations Act, Sinarimbo said in a Rappler Talk interview on Thursday, August 8.
Sinarimbo has also designated BTA spokesman by Interim Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim.

The BTA needs to program that funds, which are still with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), before this can be
downloaded to the regional government. That's what the Bangsamoro Cabinet is working on.

"The directive from the Chief Minister (Murad Ebrahim) is for the Cabinet to propose the programs and the strategy for us is to get the
bulk of that funding to support social service delivery and frontload that to the barangay level," said Sinarimbo.

Cabinet members have to submit their proposed projects to Murad, and then to the DBM, by the week of August 12. If all goes
according to plan, the funds can be transferred to the BTA in September so that implementation can begin and finish within 2019.

Addressing drop-out rates, health concerns

The boost in barangay social services will come in at least two forms, said Sinarimbo.

One will be education subsidies to bring down the student drop-out rate plaguing the region. Another is for deploying health workers to
every barangay instead of just to every municipality.
“We are looking at improving education outcomes. So drop-out rate is high and we want to know exactly what is causing that. Part of a
study is saying parents are asking their kids, because they are poor, to do manual labor so they earn and contribute to the family's
income. If we subsidize that, we expect kids to be attending school," said the minister.

Assigning health workers for every barangay, meanwhile, is expected to improve access to medical attention, which has been sparse in
remote communities.

Need to go down to barangays

Sinarimbo emphasized the need for the BTA to improve access to social services on the barangay level.

"We understand the condition on the ground and people are expecting a lot from the BTA, from the government. We want to respond
quickly to that by frontloading the programs at the level already of the barangay," he said.

The Bangsamoro Organic Law was ratified in a plebiscite last January on the hopes that the new regional government it creates would
bring true and lasting progress and development to Muslim Mindanao – a region racked by decades of conflict and poverty.

The BTA is under pressure to deliver just that, even if its main task is to create a stable foundation for the region and guide its
transition.

The Bangsamoro region can also expect the BTA to begin "massive hiring and recruitment" by the end of 2019, signalling new
employment opportunities for the people there.

This will coincide with the phasing out of employees of the now-defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the region
the BARMM replaced.

The ARMM employed 30,000 to 40,000 persons. Sinarimbo said the BARMM will employ even more since new offices were created and
more functions devolved to the BARMM.

Interested job applicants will begin their training for key posts in September.

"We want to do training begining September up to December so that everyone who would enter the pool of applicants in January next
year would already be trained. Otherwise, we will end up with employees who've not had the experience or the training for doing the
work," said Sinarimbo. – Rappler.com
Source: https://www.rappler.com/nation/237350-bta-says-barangays-bangsamoro-get-boost-education-health-services-2019
TYPES OF NEWS STORIES

6. Advanced type:

a. Investigative
b. Interpretive
c. Depth news
TYPES OF NEWS STORIES
7. Minor type:

a. Sidebars
b. Bulletins
c. Quirks
d. Newsbriefs
e. Flash
f. Roundups
Kinds of
Lead
1. Conventional or Summary
Lead
a. WHO lead

President Gloria Macapagal

Arroyo addressed the PMA
graduates in Baguio City on
April 20.
 1. Conventional or Summary
Lead
b. WHAT lead

The NSAT will be given Nov. 24

to all graduating high school
students desiring to enroll in
the four-year college course.
 1. Conventional or Summary
Lead
c. WHERE lead

The Philippines will be the site

of the next Miss Universe
context.
 1. Conventional or Summary
Lead
d. WHEN lead

Today, almost to the hour, the

Revolutionary Government was
proclaimed by former President
Joseph Estrada.
 1. Conventional or Summary
Lead
e. WHY lead

Because of poverty, around a

hundred students dropped out
from school last year. This was
learned from PNU President Nilo
L. Rosas.
 1. Conventional or Summary
Lead
f. HOW lead

By appealing to the school board,

the Manila Science High School
was able to construct a three-
story concrete building.
II. Grammatical Beginning Lead

a. Prepositional phrase lead

With brooms and other cleaning

equipment, boy scouts from the
Manila public high schools cleaned
the city markets in consonance with
Mayor Lito Atienza’s CLEAN and
Beautification Drive.
II. Grammatical Beginning Lead

b. Infinitive phrase lead

To encourage tourism,
balikbayans are given a warm
welcome by their fellow
Filipinos.
II. Grammatical Beginning Lead

c. Participial phrase lead

Hoping to cop the first place, the

PNU wood-pushers honed up for
the chess championship games.

Dressed like priests, robbers were

able to enter the bank.
II. Grammatical Beginning Lead

d. Gerundial phrase lead

Winning the development

communication trophy during the
national press conference was
Araullo High School’s best
achievement of the year.
II. Grammatical Beginning Lead

e. Clause lead

Because September 9 was

Osmeña Day, all lessons dealt
with the life of the late
President Sergio Osmeña Sr.
 III. Novelty Lead

a. Astonisher Lead

Champion of District 1!

Better look your best this week!

 III. Novelty Lead
b. Contrast Lead

Four months before the

Beautification and Cleanliness Drive,
Zone 15 in Tondo, Manila was the
dirtiest district. Three months after, it
won first place in the CLEAN contest
sponsored by the Department of
Community and Local Government.
 III. Novelty Lead
c. Epigram Lead

Like father, like son. Ramon Garcia Jr.

graduated valedictorian this year. Ten
years ago, his father, Mr. Ramon
Garcia Sr, also topped his class and
delivered his valedictory address on
the same rostrum where the young
Garcia delivered his.
 III. Novelty Lead
d. Picture Lead

The new principal, although only in

his early thirties, is already silver-
haired, He seldom talks, but when he
does, he talks with sense.
 III. Novelty Lead
e. Background Lead

The PNU campus was turned into a

miniature carnival ground on September 1
d u r i n g t h e 1 0 4 th F o u n d a t i o n D a y
celebration of the university. Decorated
with buntings and multicolored lights, the
quadrangle was a good setting for a barrio
fiesta.
 III. Novelty Lead
f. Descriptive Lead

Dressed in white polo barong,

and with diplomas in their hands,
1,500 graduates marched down
the stage to the tune of Osmeña
High March.
 III. Novelty Lead
g. Parody Lead

Water, water, everywhere, but no

water to drink. This was what the
flood victims found to their
dismay.
 III. Novelty Lead
h. Punch Lead

Victory day!
Magsaysay High School
celebrated its fifth victory in the
city-wide journalism contests on
March 18.
 III. Novelty Lead
i. One-word Lead

March!
Thus ordered Hi-Y president
Joey Lina of Osmeña High
School to start the “Walk for
Health” fund-raising drive.
 III. Novelty Lead
j. Quotation Lead

“The youth in The New Republic have

become partners of the government in
its struggle for progress and
advancement,” declared PNU Director
Rene Romero to 400 student delegates
in the Hi-Y Leadership Training Seminar
held on December 26-30 at the
Edilberto Dagot Hall.
 III. Novelty Lead
k. Question Lead

Who will reign as Miss Intramurals

this year?

The answer will be known on

August 8 after the final screening
to be held at the PNU Gym and
Performing Arts Center.
EXERCISES
EXERCISES
EXERCISES
EXERCISES
EXERCISES
 WRITING GOOD JOURNALISTIC
STYLE
1.Cut unnecessary fat. Preserve
meaning, but prune ruthlessly.
2.Use simple, clear language. Bring
meaning into focus with concrete
examples and vivid writing.
 WRITING GOOD JOURNALISTIC
STYLE
3. Say what you mean.
4. Choose active over passive voice.
Replace “to be” verbs with action
verbs.
 WRITING GOOD JOURNALISTIC
STYLE
5. Craft transitions carefully. The most
commonly used transitions are
chronological (now, since, then, a few days
later, etc).
6. Replace clichés and adjectives with
nouns and action verbs focusing on actors
and action.
 WRITING GOOD JOURNALISTIC
STYLE
7. Translate jargon by paraphrasing
dull, wordy quotes.
8. Use quotes correctly.
 ROY PETER CLARK:
Fourteen Traits of Good Writers
1.Good writers see the world as their
journalism laboratory, a storehouse of
story ideas.
2.Good writers prefer to discover and
develop their own story ideas.
3.Good writers are voracious collectors
of information.
 ROY PETER CLARK:
Fourteen Traits of Good Writers
4. Good writers spend too much time
and creative energy working on their
leads.
5. Good writers talk about “immersing
themselves” into the story.
6. Most good writers are bleeders
rather than speeders.
 ROY PETER CLARK:
Fourteen Traits of Good Writers
7. Good writers understand that an important
part of writing is the mechanical drudgery of
organizing the material, what Saul Pett describes
as “donkey work.”
8. Good writers rewrite.
9. In judging their work, good writers tend to
trust their ears and their feelings more than
their eyes.
 ROY PETER CLARK:
Fourteen Traits of Good Writers
10. Good writers want to tell stories.
11. Good writers write primarily to please
themselves and to meet their own exacting
standards, but they also understand that writing
is a transaction between writer and reader.
12. Good writers take chances in their writing.
 ROY PETER CLARK:
Fourteen Traits of Good Writers
13. Good writers are lifelong
readers, mostly novels, and they like
movies.
14. Good writers write too long, and
they know it.
 ARRANGING INFORMATION

1. Read every detail thoroughly.

2. Recall prior knowledge on the topic.
3. Look for the main topic or an intriguing angle.
4. Scan for direct and indirect quotations.
5. Scan for transitional devices.
6. Scan for action or story plot.
 ARRANGING INFORMATION
6. Scan for action or story plot.
7. Scan for similar words (concepts, names, places, dates).
8. Scan for pronouns and their antecedents.
9. Arrange from most important to least important (newest
to oldest, present to past to future, most popular to least
popular, most impactful to least impactful)
10.If allowed, put marks or numbers before each
information.
11.Check and change if there are incorrect information.
12.Remove unnecessary information.
In quake-hit Itbayat, 266 families need new homes

By: Nathan Alcantara - @inquirerdotnet

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:02 AM August 08, 2019

ITBAYAT, Batanes, Philippines — A total of 266 houses here have been deemed beyond repair, but volunteers continue to
work double time to rehabilitate this island town, the country’s northernmost municipality, following the July 27
earthquakes.

Survivors said they had started receiving housing assistance from the government and civic groups to rebuild their homes.

The National Housing Authority and the Department of Social Welfare and Development have given P60,000 in housing aid
each to villagers with damaged houses.

At least 15 families with no houses to return to are staying in tents at the town plaza.

Villagers and volunteers have started putting up large tents to serve as classrooms after the quakes damaged two schools.

Aid delayed
Local officials said they were waiting for a Navy boat to bring galvanized iron sheets and steel pipes to be used for the
residents’ temporary dwellings.

Bad weather had delayed the transport of two tons of relief items for the survivors.

On Wednesday, some 400 Ivatan people joined the “Run for Fun, Rise as One” as a fund-raising event.

Alfonso Simon, president of Batanes State College, said the runners who initiated the activity were joined by teachers,
students and government workers.

“The Ivatans are one in bringing brightness in the lives of the Kahilyans or Kaydians in Itbayat,” Simon told the Inquirer.

He said the organizers raised P23,894 to be donated to the survivors. —With a report from Villamor Visaya Jr.

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China tells US diplomats in Hong Kong to stop interfering

Agence France-Presse / 08:17 PM August 08, 2019

BEIJING — China demanded Thursday that US diplomats based in Hong Kong “stop interfering” in the city’s affairs,
after reports that they met with pro-democracy activists.

The foreign ministry said it had expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with US authorities, citing local media reports
that a US official from Hong Kong’s US consulate general had met with a local “independence group”.

In a statement Thursday, the ministry urged the diplomatic office to “immediately make a clean break with
various anti-China rioters” and “stop interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs immediately.”

A report in Hong Kong newspaper Takungpao said there had been a meeting between members of the political
party Demosisto — including prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong — and Julie Eadeh, political unit chief of
the US consulate general in Hong Kong.

When contacted by AFP for comment, a State Department spokesperson said representatives of the US
government “meet regularly with a wide cross section of people across Hong Kong and Macau.”

“For example, the day of this particular meeting, our diplomats also met with both pro-establishment and pan-
democratic camp legislators, as well as members of the American business community and the consular corps,”
said the spokesperson.

Beijing has increasingly pitched the anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous region as funded by the
West, but has provided little evidence beyond supportive statements from some Western politicians.

Tensions are high in the Asian financial hub after two months of protests and clashes triggered by opposition to a
planned extradition law that quickly evolved into a wider movement for democratic reforms.

Demosisto says it campaigns for more self-determination for Hong Kong but not independence.
Last year, the Hong Kong National Party was outlawed on the grounds it posed a security threat, the first such ban
since 1997.
Labor chief decides which jobs to regularize in Dole’s SOT bill
By: Jovic Yee - Reporter / @jovicyeeINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:24 AM August 08, 2019

MANILA, Philippines — In the Department of Labor and Employment’s (Dole) version of the security of tenure (SOT)
bill, it is the labor secretary who would determine which jobs are “core” to a company’s operations and would thus
give workers regular employment status.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said this arrangement would hopefully address the concern of the business sector
over a tripartite council that would list down the jobs that can and cannot be contracted out.

Bello said the burden of deciding which jobs should be deemed regular would be arrived at “in consultation” with a
tripartite council composed of representatives from the government, business and labor groups.

“So there’s control or sanitation. Both management and labor want to define [what jobs should be regularized]. This
is the middle ground. The (labor) secretary, in consultation with the tripartite council, will decide,” Bello told
reporters on Wednesday.

President Rodrigo Duterte, who vetoed the SOT bill last month, had ordered Dole to come up with its version of the
bill that would address the “endo” (end of contract or contractual employment) issue. Bello said this “reconstituted”
version would fulfill the President’s promise of providing workers with security of tenure.

The labor official said Dole expects to submit its version of the SOT bill to Malacañang by the end of the month. He
also dispelled concerns that the bill was no longer a priority measure since it was not included in the list of priority
bills that the Palace sent to Congress.

“It’s just because we haven’t finished ironing out the details yet,” Bello said.

He added that once the labor secretary decides which jobs would be deemed regular, safeguards would be put in
place so that once included in the list, such regular jobs could no longer be delisted, especially by succeeding labor
officials.
“That will not be allowed, unless they go to court to question it,” Bello said.

He said employers would still retain their right to hire seasonal or project-based workers, especially during peak
House bus ban probe still on

Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star) - August 6, 2019 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives will still conduct an inquiry into the planned
provincial bus ban on EDSA despite the issuance by a Quezon City court of an order stopping it.

“We will go ahead with the probe in the hope that we could eventually craft new legislation that would
help authorities solve the worsening traffic congestion plaguing EDSA and the rest of Metro Manila,”
Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte, whose resolution prompted the inquiry, said yesterday.

With the court order, he said the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) should now junk its plan to
ban provincial buses from traversing EDSA.

The MMDA and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board intend to appeal the order of
Regional Trial Court Branch 223.

The ban aims to ease traffic congestion on EDSA. The MMDA and local government units in the metropolis
are also planning to remove provincial bus terminals along the highway.

Villafuerte said the ban would not really ease traffic congestion, as there are only 3,300 provincial buses
that pass through EDSA, compared to 12,000 city buses and 247,000 private vehicles.

MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago said the agency will leave it with operators if they would require their
provincial bus drivers to drop off their passengers at interim terminals in Valenzuela, Parañaque and
Laguna as part of the dry run of the ban on Wednesday. – Marc Jayson Cayabyab

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AFP denies hand in Basilan raid

Roel Pareño (The Philippine Star) - August 4, 2019 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The military had no participation in the raid conducted by police
Special Action Force commandos and National Bureau of Investigation agents in Basilan
on Friday that left three persons dead, two of them Abu Sayyaf surrenderees.

Maj. Arvin John Encinas, spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command, expressed
concern that the operation could affect the campaign to lure more Abu Sayyaf bandits
to surrender.

Encinas said the operation in Barangay Candiis, Mohammad Ajul town was not
coordinated with the local police and military.

Two of the fatalities, Ajan Mande and his brother Jamsid, were helping the military
convince their former comrades to surrender.

The other fatality, Rajak Manguma, was a regular member of the Moro National
Liberation Front.

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SC lifts TRO on Mamasapano trial at Sandiganbayan

Published August 7, 2019 11:35am

Updated August 7, 2019 4:49pm
By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS and VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News

The Supreme Court has lifted the temporary restraining order it had issued on the Mamasapano trial at the Sandiganbayan.
The Sandiganbayan may now proceed with the trial of the case, high court spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said Wednesday.
Former president Benigno Aquino III faces graft and usurpation charges in connection with the Mamasapano clash that killed 44 Special
Action Force commandos in 2015.

He was scheduled to be arraigned, but the SC issued a TRO halting the proceedings in the case in February last year, acting on a petition
by relatives of two of the slain elite policemen.

Last June 24, while the TRO was still in effect, Ombudsman Samuel Martires moved to withdraw the graft and usurpation charges against
the former president.

Martires said he had reviewed the Ombudsman resolutions dismissing charges against Aquino, former Philippine National Police chief Alan
Purisima and former SAF chief Getulio Napeñas for reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and found “no sufficient ground
and evidence” to charge Aquino for graft and usurpation of official functions.
The reviewed resolutions were made by Martires' predecessor, retired Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, an Aquino appointee. Martires
was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte.

However, the Sandiganbayan decided not to take action on the Ombudsman's motion at the time because the TRO was still in place then.

No comment
Malacañang declined to comment on the action taken by the SC, which belongs to a co-equal branch of government.
“In accordance with the policy that has long been practiced by this administration, we refuse to comment on the action undertaken by
the Supreme Court, which belongs to a separate and independent branch of government from ours. We cannot and we do not intend to
interfere with the functions of other branches which are distinct from the Executive,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.

Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte and and his administration “will always give deference to and uphold the rule of law regardless of
the political and social stature of those involved in cases pending before the judiciary.”
The Palace spokesman added they believe the Office of the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan can tackle the matter with independence
pursuant to their respective mandates.

“As these institutions afford each citizen his or her constitutional guarantees under the Bill of Rights, we expect the latter to respect the
proceedings and bow to the majesty of the law. We will, as usual, let the law take its course,” Panelo said. — RSJ, GMA News
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Maute sub-leader, member surrender in Lanao del Sur

Published August 8, 2019 10:57pm

A former sub-leader of the Maute Group and his follower yielded to the troops of the
49th Infantry Battalion in Poblacion, Bayabao, Butig, Lanao del Sur on August 6, 2019.

Hadji Omar Olama, a.k.a Omar/Ivan, a former sub-leader of the Maute Group, and his
follower, Ibrahim Abbas Olama, a.k.a. Abbas, turned over their firearms consisting of 1
Caliber .30 US Carbine Rifle with magazine and 10 rounds of ammunition and 1 Caliber
.45 Pistol with magazine and 7 rounds of ammunition.

“With the neutralization of their potential leaders, the capability of local terrorist
groups in Lanao area is now dwindling,” Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana,
WestMinCom Commander, said in a press statement.

“While we continuously conduct our focused military operations, we encourage all the
remaining bandits to submit themselves to the government forces and take advantage of
the livelihood programs and other services offered by the national government and its
stakeholders,” Sobejana added.

The two are undergoing custodial debriefing at the 49IB headquarters. —LDF, GMA News

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SONA 2018 RECALLED Three Years After: Duterte‘s drug war
Published July 19, 2019 11:51am

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News

It has been three years since the Philippine government launched its stiff campaign against illegal
drugs and local and international critics continue to express alarm over the growing number of deaths
amid the anti-illegal drugs operations.
During his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte had promised
that his campaign against narcotics would be "relentless" and "chilling.”

"The illegal drugs war will not be sidelined. Instead it will be as relentless and chilling, if you will, as
on the day it began," Duterte said during his third SONA before a joint session of Congress at the
Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City.

"These drug dealers know fully well that their business is against the law. They know the consequences
of their criminal acts, especially when caught in flagrante delicto and they violently resist arrest. They
know that illegal drugs waste away lives, dysfunctionalize families, and ruin relationships," he added.

The police has said that its men will heed the Chief Executive's call of continuing the controversial war
against illegal drugs. Amid criticisms, Police General Oscar Albayalde has insisted that police
operations amid the drug war are always within the bounds of the Philippine law.

Data from the police showed that a total of 6,600 suspected drug personalities were killed from July
1, 2016 to May 2019. More than 240,565 drug suspects, meanwhile, have been arrested during police
operations.
But latest government data read by Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary
Marie Rafael on Thursday showed that a total of 5,526 drug had been killed in 134,583 drug operations
conducted from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2019.
Authorities said the conflicting figures came after they vetted the one earlier provided by the police.

Meanwhile, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported that a total of
12,099 barangays have already been declared drug-free while the number of drug-free jail facilities
already reached 172.

The DILG also mentioned a total of 1.3 million drug surrenderers, with DILG chief Eduardo Año saying
that the government finds more meaningful success in its drug war "in seeing former pushers and users
entrust their future to us through our rehabilitation programs.”

The government's data on the drug war deaths is way too far from the number being cited by local and
international human rights groups that the war on illegal drugs has resulted in the deaths of more than
20,000 individuals.

Recently, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) passed a resolution which seeks
investigation on the slays blamed on Duterte's war against illegal drugs.

The Philippine government described the UNHCR's move as "offensive" and "insulting" to the majority
of Filipinos who support Duterte's "unique" leadership style.
The nation's top cop has dared the international body to show to the local police the list of names of
the more than 20,000 individuals killed in the drug war. Albayalde said the Philippine National Police
would be very much willing to investigate it. — RSJ, GMA News

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Bangsamoro barangays to get boost in education, health services in 2019

Pia Ranada
Published 5:07 PM, August 08, 2019
Updated 5:07 PM, August 08, 2019

MANILA, Philippines – A little over 4 months after the inauguration of the Bangsamoro region, the pressure is on for the
new regional government, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), to bring concrete improvements to lives of the
region's residents.

The first months have been devoted to setting up the bureaucracy and forming a transition plan, but the BTA has a plan
to make social services more felt in all 63 barangays in the region.

Minister for Local Government Naguib Sinarimbo told Rappler that the Bangsamoro Cabinet aims to provide educational
subsidies and assign health workers to every barangay by the end of 2019.

The funding for this will come from the P30 billion in unprogrammed funds that had been allocated for the
implementation of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in the 2019 General Appropriations Act, Sinarimbo said in a Rappler Talk
interview on Thursday, August 8.
Sinarimbo has also designated BTA spokesman by Interim Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim.

The BTA needs to program that funds, which are still with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), before this
can be downloaded to the regional government. That's what the Bangsamoro Cabinet is working on.

"The directive from the Chief Minister (Murad Ebrahim) is for the Cabinet to propose the programs and the strategy for us
is to get the bulk of that funding to support social service delivery and frontload that to the barangay level," said
Sinarimbo.

Cabinet members have to submit their proposed projects to Murad, and then to the DBM, by the week of August 12. If all
goes according to plan, the funds can be transferred to the BTA in September so that implementation can begin and finish
within 2019.

Addressing drop-out rates, health concerns

The boost in barangay social services will come in at least two forms, said Sinarimbo.
“We are looking at improving education outcomes. So drop-out rate is high and we want to know exactly what is causing
that. Part of a study is saying parents are asking their kids, because they are poor, to do manual labor so they earn and
contribute to the family's income. If we subsidize that, we expect kids to be attending school," said the minister.

Assigning health workers for every barangay, meanwhile, is expected to improve access to medical attention, which has
been sparse in remote communities.

Need to go down to barangays

Sinarimbo emphasized the need for the BTA to improve access to social services on the barangay level.

"We understand the condition on the ground and people are expecting a lot from the BTA, from the government. We want
to respond quickly to that by frontloading the programs at the level already of the barangay," he said.

The Bangsamoro Organic Law was ratified in a plebiscite last January on the hopes that the new regional government it
creates would bring true and lasting progress and development to Muslim Mindanao – a region racked by decades of
conflict and poverty.

The BTA is under pressure to deliver just that, even if its main task is to create a stable foundation for the region and
guide its transition.

The Bangsamoro region can also expect the BTA to begin "massive hiring and recruitment" by the end of 2019, signalling
new employment opportunities for the people there.

This will coincide with the phasing out of employees of the now-defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM),
the region the BARMM replaced.

The ARMM employed 30,000 to 40,000 persons. Sinarimbo said the BARMM will employ even more since new offices were
created and more functions devolved to the BARMM.

Interested job applicants will begin their training for key posts in September.

"We want to do training begining September up to December so that everyone who would enter the pool of applicants in
January next year would already be trained. Otherwise, we will end up with employees who've not had the experience or
the training for doing the work," said Sinarimbo. – Rappler.com
 WRITING THE ARTICLE

1. Decide what the news is.

2. Try to get as many of the Ws into the first (lead)
paragraph as possible.
3. News first, background later
4. Be objective and stick to facts
5. Keep it simple and short
• News stories should be no more than 400 words long, and
preferably 250-300 words long. For text to be easily readable at
speed, write in short sentences (think 25 words or fewer).

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 WRITING THE ARTICLE

Positive even if it is negative

• Not: "The government has decided not to introduce
the planned tax increase on petrol and diesel this
autumn."
• But: "The government has abandoned plans to raise
fuel taxes this autumn."
• News is more engaging if it describes something that
is happening, rather than something that is not.

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 WRITING THE ARTICLE

Active not passive

Ex:
•"Arsenal were beaten by Manchester
United last night ... "
•"Manchester United beat Arsenal ... "
•"Arsenal lost to Manchester United ... "

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 WRITING THE ARTICLE

Quotations
• Paraphrase speeches and reports
• A quote will add a different tone of voice, inject
emotion or passion, answer the question "what was it
like?", "how did you feel?", "what are you going to do
next?", "what actually happened
• Never use a word other than "said" when attributing a
quote.

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 WRITING THE ARTICLE
Integrating quotes
The first time a source is introduced in an article, you should use that
source’s full name and title. After this initial reference, use the last
name only.
• For example:
• “The swine flu vaccine is an incredible advance in modern medicine,”
said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
• For example:
• “The housing crisis is growing out of control,” Bernanke said.
• For example:
• Bernanke said the recession is probably over.
The recession will most likely begin to recede in six to eight months,
Bernake said.

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 WRITING THE ARTICLE

Officialese
• Avoid using language used in letters from bank
managers, council officers, utilities and read from
their notebooks by police officers giving evidence in
court.
• People do not "proceed"; they walk. Police do not
"apprehend"; they stop or arrest or detain. "At this
point in time" is now.

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 WRITING THE ARTICLE
• Adjectives
• Keith Waterhouse, the veteran Daily Mail and Daily Mirror
columnist: "Adjectives should not be allowed in newspapers unless
they have something to say. An adjective should not raise questions
in the reader's mind, it should answer them. Angry informs. Tall
invites the question, how tall? The well-worn phrase: his expensive
tastes ran to fast cars simply whets the appetite for examples of
the expensive tastes and the makes and engine capacity of the fast
cars."
• If they add relevantly to the information being provided, they can
stay. If not, strike them.
• "Use specific words (red and blue)," says Waterhouse, "not general
ones (brightly coloured)."

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 WRITING THE ARTICLE

• Jargon, abbreviations, acronyms and know-

all foreign phrases
• Avoid them or explain them. They need to be
spelt out or explained, or another reader is
lost.
• Just as long words speak down to those with a
smaller vocabulary - and there is always a
simpler, and less space consuming, alternative.

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 WRITING THE ARTICLE

• Puns and cliches

• The danger is excluding readers.
• Ex: "Kingsbridge Silver Band has hit a high note with
National Lottery chiefs to the tune of nearly £52,000.
Tired old instruments struck a chord with the lottery
board, which has drummed up enough cash for a
complete new set, giving the band plenty to trumpet
about."

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 WRITING THE ARTICLE
• Attributing information
• The reporter must indicate in his/her article where material was
obtained from – from an interview, court documents, the Census, a
Web site, etc. Direct quotes and paraphrasing can be used to
attribute information obtained in an interview with a source.

• For example:
• According to a police report, the suspect threatened the cashier
with a gun before running away with the money.
• In a 500-page government report, investigators reported evidence
that the army had committed crimes against humanity.

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 EXERCISE
Rewrite the following two paragraphs in plain English suitable
for publication in a newspaper or magazine. Remove
unnecessary words, passive verbs, repetition, cliche, jargon and
pompous or pretentious expression.
• Joseph Foster and his sibling Kate were advancing cheerfully
along Wesley Street when they were in minor collision with an
HGV which unexpectedly mounted the pavement. It transpired
later, when the multi-coloured Volvo truck driver who was
transporting a container containing motor parts to Oxford was
being interviewed by a local radio reporter, that the lorry
veered to avoid a police car speeding towards him on the
wrong side of the road. The spokesman at police headquarters
told a different story.

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 WRITING HEADLINES
Important functions of the headline are
the following:
1) to tell in capsule form what the
story is all about
2) to grade the news as to importance
3) to make the page look attractive
 WRITING HEADLINES
1. Make your headline answer as many W’s as
possible.
2. The headline should summarize the news
story. It should contain nothing that is not
found in the story.
3. Positive heads are preferable to negative
ones: School physician allays flu fear is
better and shorter than Flu epidemic not
rampant in city.
 WRITING HEADLINES
4. Put a verb expressed or implied in every deck.
5. Omit articles like a, an, and the and all forms of the verb to be
(is, are, be etc.), unless needed to make the meaning clear.
EX:
• Reclaimed banks cause of recurrent flood
(Are before cause is not necessary)
• Clinton is new US President
(Is is necessary to make the meaning cleaner.)
 WRITING HEADLINES
6. Use the strongest word in the first line as much as possible.
7. The active verb is better than the passive verb in headlines.
EX:
• Local Hi-Y aids flood victim is stronger than –
• Flood victims aided by local Hi-Y.
But, for variation, and especially when the doer is unknown or not
prominent, the passive verb may be used.
• Food production drive intensified
• RP’s lost image abroad regained
 WRITING HEADLINES
8. Use the present tense for past stories and the infinitive
form for future stories.
EX:
Archbishop Sin bats for national reconciliation
Lantern parade to cap X’mas affairs
 CHECK YOUR ARTICLE
• Make sure that your text has no spelling mistakes, including names,
or any errors with grammar or punctuation. Then read it over again,
asking yourself:
• Does it make sense?
• Are things explained in order?
• Is it as easy as possible to understand?
• Is it accurate?
• Have you repeated yourself?
• Are any ideas or phrases covered twice?
• Is it written in plain English?
• Are all dates and numbers correct?
• Tweets of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.:
• “I banned marine survey ships, amending restriction to France & Japan by adding China. To pick & choose invites suspicion of favoritism.
Will universalize the ban. Period. Granting exception to one country will automatically lift ban universally. Exceptions invite bribes.”
• no other country except China is interested in a joint oil exploration with the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea
• “Actually no other country is interested. That is the only legally acceptable reason.”
• Two Chinese survey ships were recently detected operating within the Philippines’ EEZ.
• Report of Ryan Martinson, an assistant professor at the China Maritime Studies Institute of the US Naval War College: there is a presence of
survey ships Zhanjian and Dong Fang Hong 3 in Philippine waters last week
• Locsin’s tweet was in reaction to presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo’s statement that he sees nothing wrong with seeking US help in
monitoring the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
• The spokesman and chief legal counsel had said a joint exploration with China would enable the country to benefit from potentially huge oil
and mineral resources in the West Philippine Sea.
• Lorenzana: Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority administrator Amy Eisma has confirmed that the yacht is registered in Subic as Balena II. “She also
said that she and the PCG and PNP maritime units will coordinate for better monitoring of these cruise ships/recreational marine vessels.”
• Duterte and Xi signed a memorandum of understanding on joint exploration last November
• China was offering a 60-40 sharing agreement in favor of the Philippines
• President Duterte is expected to discuss a possible joint exploration deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping in his fifth visit to China this month.
• The President said he was open to 60-40 sharing in favor of the Philippines.
• Lorenzana: “Upon verification by our law enforcement agencies: the coast guard and the PNP maritime unit, it was found out that the vessel is
actually a yacht owned by a businessman based in Subic.”
• The Philippines’ top diplomat warned that any attempt to work or reword China’s terms of reference on the memorandum of understanding
(MOU) on the joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea is at the expense of basic Philippine interests.
• Locsin: accepted China’s Terms of Reference on the MOU which he described as “superior” and rejected the “suspiciously” crafted Philippine
version.
• The controversy over the supposed sighting of a Chinese vessel in Subic began with a social media post on the alleged arrival of a boatload of
Chinese nationals near the Ocean Adventure Park
• Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said yesterday: the alleged Chinese vessel that docked at a resort in Subic Bay on Sunday was a privately
owned seacraft.
• Lorenzana: further inquiry showed that the vessel used to be the Japanese research and survey ship Tankai Maru. “It has been bought and
converted into a motor yacht. It caters to tourists that are already in Subic.”
• Locsin: “I asked the US undersecretary of energy. Small pickings, she said of PH prospects. Otherwise we can’t pick and choose other than the
best offer even if American.” (name of undersecretary not stated)
• reports of alleged presence of Chinese survey ships in Philippine waters raised security concerns among the public and the military
• To curb the spread of dengue, the DOH has been coordinating with the Department of Education so that schools
can allow students to wear long pants to protect themselves against mosquitoes.
• The current number of dengue cases will likely breach the 216,190 cases recorded in the entire 2018.
• The DOH is closely monitoring the National Capital Region and Ilocos, both exceeding the alert threshold for
dengue.
• Official of the Department of Health (DOH) report as of August 9, 2019: number of dengue cases is more than
160,000, the highest in the last five years, with 661 fatalities
• Undersecretary Eric Domingo: the DOH-Epidemiology Bureau had documented a total of 12,880 cases from July
21 to 27, which brought the total number to 167,606 patients since Jan. 1.
• The DOH is also working with the Department of the Interior and Local Government to ensure the so-called 4
o’clock habit is strictly implemented at the barangay level.
• The Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police have mobilized all their available manpower
and resources to assist the DOH in transporting medical teams and logistics to the affected regions.
• Philippine Red Cross (PRC) as of August 6, 2019: served 340 dengue patients in Panay Island, 71 still under
hospital confinement, 241 discharged
• Domingo: there are 10 regions “having cases beyond the epidemic threshold,” which include Calabarzon,
Mimaropa, Bicol, Central Visayas, Western Mindanao, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
• Domingo: “The peak of dengue starts in August and this will go on in September, October and November. It will
start to decrease in December”
• Domingo: “This is the highest in the last five years. This is also 98 percent higher than the cases during the same
period in 2018. That’s why this is the first time that we declared a national dengue epidemic.”
• Under the program, the DOH is promoting the 4S strategy: search and destroy mosquito breeding sites; seek
early consultation with dengue; self protection, and say “yes” to fogging only in hotspots.

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Report of Executive Director Ricardo Jalad of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC):
Place Cases Deaths
Ilocos Region 5, 322 11
Pangasinan 2,643 5
Ilocos Sur 1,464 2
Ilocos Norte 701 1
La Union 514 3
Central Luzon Region 10,636 39
Calabarzon Region 20,636 74
Mimaropa Region 4,488 13
Western Visayas Region 27,630 126
Central Visayas Region 11,085 74
Eastern Visayas Region 7,775 27

Report of NDRRMC-DOH monitoring:

Place Cases Deaths

Northern Mindanao Region 13,734 53
Central Mindanao Region 10,338 50
Cordillera Administrative 3,458 7
Region (CAR)
Caraga Region 7,010 18

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