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 Persuade readers
 Break up the page

 Excite readers
GOOD HEADS DO THREE THINGS:

 Tell the reader what the story is about
 Give this information in quick and easy form
 Entice the reader to follow the story and
“read all about it”
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 Bohol food crisis feared
vs
 Bohol dads fear food crisis
 Microcredit access for Agri sector backed

vs
 Agri Party-list backs microcredit access
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 Clark Airport Dev’t Fund sought
vs
 Solons bat for airport fund
 Misuari trial transferred to Taguig

vs
 SC rmoves Misuari trial to Taguig
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 Services resumed
vs
 DFA reopens services
 Ukay-Ukay traders charged

vs
 Customs charge Ukay-Ukay traders
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 20 were hurt  20 are hurt
as trains crash as trains crash
 ASEAN, US  ASEAN, US hold

special meeting
held special meeting
 3 drug pushers  Drug sting nets 3

arrested
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 Polls decided by coin toss
vs
 Coin toss break poll ties
 Whistle-blowers are sued by solon

vs
 Bong sues whistle-blowers
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 President’s DAP stand is backed by allies
vs
 Allies back Noy on DAP stand
Top police officials


are sent back to school by NCRPO
vs
 NCRPO sends top police officials
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 Man with P25-M shabu is arrested by police
vs
 Makati sting nets man with P25-M shabu
 1 dead, 7 hurt in Zambo blast

vs
 Zambo blast kills 1, hurts 7
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 Bank manager  Masked men
is shot by masked shoot bank
men manager
 Grocery robbed  Children rob
by children grocer
 Two jail guards  Chief fires
caught gambling jail
gambling fired guards
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 P8 billion to solve Bataan flooding
 Surigao to boost seaweed industry
 DOJ panel to pursue raps vs Misuari et al.
 CamSur power rates to increase in
December
 Japan to spend $500 million to fix
Fukushima leaks
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 The mayor’s wife  Mayor’s wife
is hurt in a car hurt in car crash
crash
 The forensic  Forensic experts
experts are in arrive in Manila
Manila
 An American  Psycho slays
tourist is slain American tourist
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 The cop in a lawyer’s slay surrenders
 Cop in lawyer’s slay surrenders
 The meteor showers are visible over PH

 Meteor showers visible over PH
 5 soldiers are hurt in a clash with the NPA

rebels
 5 soldiers hurt in clash with NPA rebels
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 A suspected bomb-maker is gunned down
 Cops kill suspected bomb-maker
 The Comelec is urged to uphold the ouster

of party-list groups
 Poll watchdog urges Comelec to uphold
ouster of party-list groups
 A barangay captain is slain in Abra

 Hired guns slay village chief in Abra
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President says good education
is way to the top
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 Tourism potentials
 P210 million to boost Davao tourism
 Auxiliary services
 Civilian groups beef up Coast Guard
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 Day-care upgrading
 Sarangani allots P2.5 million for day-care
centers
 Tagum port
 P3 billion int’l port construction to start in
2014
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 Typhoon Pablo hits  Typhoon Pablo
Northern lashes Northern
Mindanao Mindanao
•Tubbataha mgmt: Chinese boat wrecked

4,000 sq m of reef
•‘Yolanda’ roars toward Visayas
•Cyclone wreaks havoc in India
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 Valuable jewelry  Thieves grab
stolen 15,000 gems
 Big reduction in  Beer tax cut by
tax on beer 20 percent
 President’s  President
SONA speech pledges better
conditions for
labor
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 PLDT to expand fiber network investment
in Bohol
 PLDT to invest P1 billion
in Bohol fiber network
 6 administration senators DAP recipients

 6 senators get P100 million each from
DAP
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 Salcedo heads UN’s climate change
body
 Albay governor leads UN agency
with $100 billion climate fund
 Teachers say no to poll work

 700 teachers shun poll duty
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 Government – gov’t
 Department – dep’t
 Intramurals – intrams
 FED for the police means Firearms and

Explosives Division
 FED for economists mean Foreign
Exchange Division of banks or the US
Federal Reserve
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 Commas  Dash
Ridiculous We will stay in power—
Councilor president
Calls rates rise Wife tried to stab me—
court told
 FOR
Ridiculous,
Councilor
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Quotation marks:
To indicate doubt
- ‘Dead’ man attends own funeral
- ‘Lost’ boy safe in bed
- Show ‘proof’ of corruption, senator urges
critics
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 Witnessed – saw
 Depart – go
 Consultations – talks
 Commence – start
 Purchase – buy
 Line-up – slate
 Recommend – urge
 Appropriate – due
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 for the reason that - because
 a large proportion - many
 at the present time - now
 succumbed to injuries - died
 at an early date - soon
 is of the opinion that - believes
 In the neighborhood of - near
 In the event of - in case
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 In spite of the fact that- although
 Draw attention of - remind
 Tendered his resignation - resigned
 Affixed his signature - signed
 United in holy matrimony - married
 Held a conference - met
 Told his listeners - said
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 jiltf - ½ JILTF - 1
? - 1 space - 1
 All figures- 1 all small letters-1
 dash - 1½ small m, w- 1½
 M, W - 2
 All caps except M W J I L T F – 1 ½
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 SYMBOL MEANING
-Professor Juan Masipag Abbreviate
-Prof. Masipag Spell out word
- Bought ten cans Set in numerals
- 8 participants Spell out
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 SYMBOL  MEANING
- Local govermnent Transpose letters
- Administration school Transpose words
- Manila, philippines Set in capitals
- She Edited the Set in lower case
- occassion Delete letter
- The new recruits Delete & close up
- Pretty girl Insert word
- occurence Insert letter
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…over. He said Begin a new

paragraph
anew dress separate
Gentle man Close up
Species Homo Set in italics

sapiens
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Dr Juan Flavier
‘ Put period
Mary s book “ Insert apostrophe
“I don’t believe it, Insert quotation

she said mark
,
Los Angeles California Insert comma
- -
six year old boy Insert hyphen
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 Persuade readers

 Break up the page

GOOD HEADS DO THREE THINGS:

 Microcredit access for Agri sector backed

 Misuari trial transferred to Taguig

 Ukay-Ukay traders charged

 ASEAN, US  ASEAN, US hold

 3 drug pushers  Drug sting nets 3

 Whistle-blowers are sued by solon

Top police officials

 1 dead, 7 hurt in Zambo blast

 The meteor showers are visible over PH

 5 soldiers are hurt in a clash with the NPA

 The Comelec is urged to uphold the ouster

 A barangay captain is slain in Abra

•Tubbataha mgmt: Chinese boat wrecked

 6 administration senators DAP recipients

 Teachers say no to poll work

 FED for the police means Firearms and

…over. He said Begin a new

anew dress separate

Gentle man Close up

Species Homo Set in italics

Mary s book “ Insert apostrophe

“I don’t believe it, Insert quotation

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