Name: Date: Year and Section: DIRECTIONS: Copyedit the following news story using The Associated Press-prescribed editing marks/symbols (20 points – 1 point for each of the 20 errors), then, on the line provided, write a one-line head with at most nine words (10 points). Highest possible total score: 30 points ____________________________________________________________ Former president Benigno Aquino III yesterday lashed out at former senate president Juan Ponce Enrile for distorting history by denying massive rights abuses and corruption during martial law. “Senator Enrile is old but this should not be used as an excuse for us to believe in his attempt to change the truth Aquino told reporters after attending a “Mass for Peace” at the Cory Aquino Demo cratic Space at the De La Salle University-Manila. Aquinos father, former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., was detained when martial law was declared on Aug. 21, 1972 and was assassinated on Sept. 21, 1983 during the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ regime. In a video-recorded interview with former strongman’s namesake, Enrile denied killings and thousands of arrests during the Marcos years. Enrile was Marcos’ defense chief and widely believed to have been the chief implementer of martial law. Enrile claimed the elder Marcos was 1st reluctant imposing about martial law until he learned about analleged conspiracy the Liberal Party and the Communist Party of the the Philippines to take over the government. The interview was posted on Marcos, Jr.’s Facebook account on the eve of the anniversary of the 1972 martial law declaration on Friday. Enrile said millenials are misinformed about Marcos’ martial rule. The memorial is part of UP president Danilo Concepcion’s commitment to recognize the role of the University in the resistance against the dictatorship. Aquino said, however, that the passage of the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act in Twenty Thirteen was proof of the atrocities during martial law Through the law, the Philippine government recognised “the heroism and sacrifices of all Filipinos who were Victims of summary execution, torture, enforced or involuntary disapppearance, and other gross human rights violations” under the Marcos regime.
