NEWSWRITING (ENGLISH) Direction: Write a straight accident news story based on the following facts: *** A Pampanga-bound bus turned turtle on McArthur Highway fronting the Malolos Capitol Building. *** The bodies of the victims were taken to the Santos Funeral Parlor in Malolos, Bulacan. *** Some of the fatalities were identified as Jose Reyes, 24; Erlinda Nugi,18; Teresita Co,45;Feliciano Uy, 17 and Maria Morelos, 12. They were identified by Region 3 Constabulary Highway Patrol based in Angeles City. ***Fifteen passengers were injured and five were killed. ***The accident happened at 5 p.m., Saturday, August 25. ***The ill-fated bus was racing with another vehicle at high speed when the driver Roman Garcia tried to avoid running over a carabao that suddenly crossed the street. ***The bus with Plate No. XM-086 belongs to the Philippine Deer Bus Company ________________________________________________________________________ Direction: Write a straight accident news story based on the following facts: ***Heavy rains, according to a military report trigerred the landslide. ***Seven unidentified bodies have been recovered and seven survivors were rushed to a hospital for treatment, said Sgt. Angelito Bongosia, a duty officer at the Regional United Command in Davao City. ***About 100 people were buried in a landslide ***Yesterday (supply the date) ***Second such disaster in a week. ***At gold mining sites in Davao del Norte, 30 kilometers away from the town proper. ***The avalanche killed gold miners and their family. ***Military scout rangers and volunteers from a local miners’ association are continuing search and rescue efforts, the reports said. ***The landslides were the latest disasters at gold mining sites in Davao which have attracted thousands of fortune hunters mostly farmers. ***Using picks and chisels, the miners who often bring along their families burrow into the mountains and scoop up earth containing gold dust. ***They wash the gold in streams or rivers using wooden pans. ***Earlier, 123 people were killed in a landslide also caused by heavy rains in Mt. Diwata in Davao del Sur. Direction: Write a straight fire story based on the following facts: ***A fire broke out in a commercial district in Quezon City. ***It happened August 27, at 6 p.m ***The cause of the fire is undetermined ***Three persons died and five were reported injured.(Supply their names, ages and profession or work, if any) ***P2.5 M worth of money was damaged. NOTE: News is factual but for purposes of this writing exercise, add more facts ______________________________________________________________________ Direction: Write a straight fire story based on the following facts: ***Chua Lee was in a department store at the corner of Lepanto and Legarda Sts. when his wife in their bedroom at the second floor screamed, “Fire!” ***Lee rushed out but was met by a thick smoke which almost suffocated him. ***Seeing the ceiling on fire, he rushed for help, but the fire ate up his store including Lucio Gan Bakery, Bataan Theater, Del Rio Hardware Store, and the M. Hizon Pawnshop. ***Total damage was estimated at one million pesos. ***Lee’s wife, Julia, 45, and their two-year-old son, Benito were burned to death. Lee and two neighbors, Jose Castro, 22 and Juan Galang, 34, both helpers at the Gan Bakery were injured in their attempt to save Lee’s family. They were rushed to the Sto. Thomas Hospital for treatment of first degree burns. ***The fire was put out 25 minutes after it started because of low water pressure. NEWSWRITING(FILIPIN0) Panuto: Ayusin ayon sa wastong pagkakasunod and mga sumusunod na pangyayari upang makabuo ng isang magandang balita. A. ***Agad namang nakalabas ng station hospital ang 16 pang candidate soldier na dumanas ng panghihina at dehydration at bumalik sa pagsasanay kahapon, sabi ni Army 5th ID spokesman Col. Loreto Magundayao nang kapanayamin sa telepono. ***Umabot sa 37.5 degrees Celsius ang naitalang temperature alas-4 ng hapon sa Quezon City. ***Ang nasawi at mga naospital aniya ay kabilang sa 350 candidate soldier na nagsimula ng kanilang 6-buwang pagsasanay sa ilalim ng Division Training Unit dakong alas-8 ng umaga Miyerkules. ****Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration(PAGASA), magiging mainit pa rin ang panahon sa mga darating na araw. ***Isang lalaki na nag-aaplay bilang sundalo ang nasawi habang 16 pa ang naospitaldahil sa matinding init na kanilang dinanas hanang nagsasanay sa Gamu, Isabela, Miyerkules, kinumpirma ng pulis kahapon. ***At possible rin umanong umabot pa sa 38 degrees Celsius ang temperature sa Kamaynilaan. ****Ayon kay Magundayao, pumalo sa pagitan ng 37 at 39 degrees Celsius ang init habang nagsasanay ang mga candidate soldier. ***Sa kasaysayan ng bansa,ang pinakamainit na temperature na naitala ay 42.2 degrees sa Tuguegarao City noong Mayo 1969. ***Gayunpaman, iginiit ng military official na walang pagkukulang ang Army dahil “kumpleto” sa inuming tubig ang mga trainee at may nakaantabay pang bumbero na bumabasa sa mga ito habang nagsasanay. ***Ayon sa pagtataya ng PAGASA, mula Biyernes hanggang Lunes ay posibleng pumalo sa 38 degrees Celsius ang temperature sa Tuguegarao. ***Samantala, habang lumalapit ang inaasahang tag-ulan ay naitala kahapon sa Metro Manila ang pinakamainit na temperature ngayong taon.
