NEWS WRITING ENGLISH SECONDARY

Alexander Abeleda
Create a news story with headline. Traditional/Alternative Leads. Use the facts below
1. JAKARTA, Indonesia
2. Thursday, April 9, 2015
3. Lawyers for the Philippine and Australian citizens on death row in Indonesia are
launching new bids to lift/save them from the firing squad (country's attorney-general
declaring they've already exhausted all legal options)
4. Explaining that this time they will prove that Veloso's rights were violated when she was
questioned by police without proper legal representation Sisca said, "We're preparing
new evidence in close coordination with the Philippine embassy,"
5. Sisca (one of the Indonesian lawyers representing Filipina Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso,30)
said they would file a second case review request as soon as they receive the official
Supreme Court decision. The first request rejected.
6. Veloso, arrested in April 2010 at the airport in Yogyakarta with 2.6 kilograms of heroin in
her suitcase,
7. She maintains she was tricked by a drug syndicate and did not know about the illegal
drugs.
8. After President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo rejected her clemency request in January, lawyers
quickly filed a case review request, arguing the mother of two wasnt given an awesome
translator for the hearing. However, that was rejected in late March.
9. Heres another statement from Sisca: We can also see that the judges' decision was too
extreme. First, they said Mary Jane was the intermediary in the transaction. But if she
was an intermediary, then she should know who the goods came from, who they were
going to, and the value of the goods. This cannot be proven. In fact, she was only told to
bring the bag and did not know there were drugs inside.
10. According to the lawyers: Judges decided that Veloso was a drug kingpin without
evidence
11. Lawyers added: the judges also did not consider her age and the fact that she had
children as mitigating circumstances in sentencing her.
12. Prosecutors during the first trial didn't seek the death penalty for Veloso, but the judges,
arguing that drugs destroy the nation, handed down the maximum penalty allowed by
law.
13. "They should decide on a case by case basis," the lead lawyer, Agus Salim, said.

COPYREADING EXERCISE
Instructions:
1. Copyread the news article using copyreading symbols
2. Write a two-line headline. Each line should not be longer than 25 units. Indicate a
headline order for a two-colum, two-line head.

Senatr benigno Aquino IV called on Bureau Of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim
Jacinto-Henares to not penalize greedy Taxpayers who fail to use the bureaus newelectronic
filing system, or Estend the April 15 deadline for anther 3 month.

Aquino said in a statement on Thursday, April 9. We should make things easier for our
taxpayers, not make things difficult for them,

Aquino earlier asked BIR to delay imposng penalties should taxpayers not be able to use
and file their tax returns using electronic the Filing

and Payment System (eFPS) or electronic BIR Forms (eBIRForms).

Let us not make it difficult for our bosses. the bir issued the regUlation on March 15, published
in a national daily two days later, leaving taxpayers with less than a month to comply with the
new policy. thedeadline of Tax filing is Wednesday, April 15.

Lawyers for the Philippine and Australian citizens on death row in Indonesia are launching fresh
new bids to save them from the firing squad, despite the country's attorney-general declaring
they've already exhausted all legal options.

The fines are nt comenssurate to the offense of manual filing, Aquino said. The senator asks
why the would government fine those who are Willing to pay their taxes, albiet doing so
mannualy.

apart from this, Aquino said the BIR personnel are also unable to explain the new
proceduresfurther, thus burdering the taxpayers more.

The Bir local ofiices have conflicting statements on to proceed, who are covered, determination
of penalties, etc. This creates uncertainty in our taxpayers which in turn lead to dissatisfaction,
Aquino pointed out.

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Sumulat ng balita gamit ang mga impormasyong nakatala. Limitahan sa 5 hanggang 6 na talata
ang balita.

Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) naghihimok na na ipagdasal ang

Pilipinang nasa death row sa Indonesia dahil sa pagtutulak umano ng droga.

Sinabi kahapon ng Palasyo: ginawa na gobyerno ang lahat ng kanilang makakayaupang

mailigtas ang Pinay na nasa death row.

"We storm heavens with prayers that she be saved from this tragic fate. We join the appeal to
Indonesian authorities to spare her the death penalty... At this time it is important for all of us to be
one in prayer to save Janes life."

Hinatulan si Veloso ng death by firing squad matapos makuhaan ng 2.6 kilo na heroin.

Si CBCP- Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People chair, Balanga Bishop
Ruperto Santos ay naniniwala tanging ang pagdarasal ang makakapigil sa pagpatay kay Mary
Jane Veloso. Ito ay winika niya kahapon April 10.

Sa kabila ng kontrobersiya, Ipinaliwanag ni Deputy Presidential Abigail Valte ngayong Biyernes

na inatras ng Bill at Melinda Gates Foundation ang kanilang request para sa courtesy call.

MANILA, Philippines

"We in the Migrants Ministry and Apostolate feel deep concern and sadness over the unfortunate
situation of our compatriot Mary Jane Veloso now facing the punishment of death in an
Indonesian Jail. Every Live is precious as it comes to God., wika ni Santos.

NEWS WRITING ENGLISH ELEMENTARY

Alexander Abeleda
Create a news story with headline. Traditional/Alternative Leads. Use the facts below

Cause of death: with a powder flavoring called Hokkaido in a Manila eatery.

2 people dead after sipping milk tea

Dr. Benjamin Yson, head of the city health department of Manila, said the incident happened
too fast, too quick and too fatal that the victims were not able to leave the premises of
ErgoCha Milk Tea House on Bustillos Street in Sampaloc for the hospital right away.

A third victim is recovering and the police are investigating.

William Abrigo collapsed on the floor of the eatery (on Thursday, within three minutes of
consuming the Hokkaido-flavored milk tea that he himself had prepared). He is the shop
owner. He later died at Ospital ng Sampaloc.

Too fast, too quick and too fatal. And they only sipped milk tea.

Before Abrigo collapse, Suzaine Dagohoy, a customer of Abrigo, and her boyfriend Arnold
Aydalla had complained the milk tea was foul-tasting when it was served to the couple
( Dagohoy and Aydalla).

This prompted the store owner to taste the drink.

Dagohoy died two hours after Abrigo had collapsed, according to the police.

Aydalla was later described as in a stable condition.

But until we have the results of the specimens sent to the BFAD (Bureau of Food and
Drugs), we cant really say what happened, Yson told the Inquirer in a phone interview.

Milk tea -considered the biggest food/beverage trend in 2011 as tea shops have sprouted all
over the Metro.

Most milk tea shops originated from China,Taiwan, ingredients such as the tea leaves are
shipped to give an authentic taste then regular milk tea is made of tea powder or syrup, milk
and pearls (sago).

PAGSULAT NG BALITA
Sumulat ng balita gamit ang mga impormasyong nakatala. Limitahan sa 5 hanggang 6 na talata
ang balita.

Hindi papayag ang Pilipinas na agawin ng China ang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea
Ito raw sa gitna ng ginagawang reclamation ng China sa ilang isla sa Spartly.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte :agad na naghain ng diplomatic protest

ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)

Nagpahayag na mismo ng pagkaalarma si US President Barack Obama sa ginagawang

pag-bully ng China sa maliliit na bansa sa Asia Pacific region.

Where we get concerned with China is where it is not necessarily abiding by
international norms and rules and is using its sheer size and muscle to force countries
into subordinate positions. We think this can be solved diplomatically, but just because
the Philippines or Vietnam are not as large as China doesnt mean that they can just be

elbowed aside, sabi ni Obama.

April 9, 2015, Malacanang, Manila
Bukod sa China at Pilipinas, claimant din ang Malaysia, Taiwan sa pinagtatalunang

teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea.

Ito ay sa sinasabing expansion ng China sa Panganiban reef sa Spratly island

Ang Panganiban Reef na nakunan ng Center for Strategic and International Studies
(CSIS).

Inokupahan ng China ang Panganiban reef na pasok sa exclusive

economic zone ng Pilipinas noong 1995.