2nd Periodical Test

PRACTICAL EXAMINATION IN ICT 10: Computer Desktop Publishing

October 17 – 18, 2019

General Instruction: Layout the front page of a newspaper using the different
news articles, pictures, headers and others given below.
 Paper size: A3
 No. of Columns: 5
 Margins: 0.5 inches
 No. of Articles: 7
 No. of Pictures: 3 – 5
 FONTS: Body – Times New Romans, 11 – 12 points only, Title: Arial Only: 14
+ font size

Choose any header for your own work.

PNP chief steps down amid drug charges

CARRY ON Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go says President Duterte has not lost trust in Gen. Oscar Albayalde,
but just wants the Philippine National Police to be able to do its job without “any baggage to carry.”
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Richard Gordon on Monday said it would be a “national
disappointment” if President Rodrigo Duterte allowed former Philippine National Police chief
Gen. Oscar Albayalde to go scot-free despite damaging evidence linking him to “recycling”
confiscated drugs, an allegation that has put in question the government’s antinarcotics
campaign. Amid allegations of protecting policemen accused of selling a huge haul of seized
“shabu” (crystal meth), Albayalde stepped down on Monday, three weeks ahead of his
retirement. “After careful thought and deliberation, I have come to the decision to relinquish my
post as chief PNP effective today and go on nonduty status. Since I am retiring compulsorily on
Nov. 8, this will pave the way for the appointment of my replacement,” he said in a speech
during a flag-raising ceremony at PNP headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City.

“Nonduty status” is the equivalent in the PNP of terminal leave. Police Brig. Gen. Bernard
Banac said this was the first time a PNP chief had gone on terminal leave. And because he had
already stepped down, Albayalde may no longer be given retirement honors, which had been
scheduled for Oct. 29, Banac said. A “simple” turnover ceremony was held on Monday, with
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año overseeing the assumption of Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa, the PNP
deputy chief for operations, as officer in charge. Just before Albayalde announced his decision,
Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go said the police general went on terminal leave on Mr. Duterte’s
advice. “The President did not ask him to resign, but just to take a terminal leave,” said Go, the
President’s former longtime aide. Go said the President relayed his advice to Albayalde through
Año during a meeting between the President and the home affairs chief early on Saturday.

He said Año and Albayalde met on Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday, Albayalde sent a letter to
Malacañang informing the Palace that he was going on terminal leave until his retirement on
Nov. 8. The senator said the President had not lost trust in Albayalde. “He just wants the PNP to
buckle down to work without having any baggage to carry,” Go said. But in his speech on
Monday, Albayalde said he informed Año of his decision to step down during their discussion
over the weekend of the Senate investigation of the pilfering of seized drugs by rogue policemen,
who sell these back on the black market. His early departure came days after two former police
officials implicated him in a raid in Pampanga in which 13 officers allegedly seized and then
sold parts of a large haul of shabu in November 2013, when he was the police chief of the
province. Benjamin Magalong, a former chief of police for criminal investigation and now
mayor of Baguio City, testified that Albayalde protected the officers from dismissal, while Rudy
Lacadin, Magalong’s former deputy, told the Senate inquiry that Albayalde admitted receiving
“just a little” from the drug haul. Albayalde has vehemently denied the allegations, and warned
the witnesses that he will take legal action against them.

In his speech on Monday, Albayalde insisted on his innocence, saying the allegations of the
witnesses “were apparently inspired by the publicity [that had] accompanied the Senate
investigation.” But Gordon, chair of the Senate blue ribbon committee that is investigating the
scandal, on Monday said the inquiry had gathered enough evidence to prompt the President to
order the Department of Justice to bring complaints against Albayalde and the 13
policemen. Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite said Albayalde’s early departure was intended to
hide the cracks in the President’s war on drugs. “They are trying to minimize the damage that
General Albayalde’s involvement had done, which is why he was let go earlier. Malacañang
officials may have talked to Albayalde over the weekend for him to resign and ‘take one for the
team,’ as they say,” Gaite said in a statement. He noted that Albayalde had been adamant about
staying until his Nov. 8 retirement. “Apparently, he became too hot to handle and the Senate
investigation has further exposed the bogus character of the drug war of President Duterte,”
Gaite said.

In Baguio City, Magalong said on Monday that Albayalde “had no choice, given that fellow
officers and the rank and file of the PNP at Camp Crame had been avoiding and evading him.”
Apparently unaware of the meeting between the President and Año on Saturday, presidential
spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a television interview on Monday that Albayalde probably
had had enough so that he decided to go early.
Later, Panelo told a press briefing that he still believed Albayalde was presumed innocent in the
absence of evidence directly linking him to the police recycling of confiscated drugs.
Albayalde had said he was open to a Cabinet job after his retirement, but Bayan Muna chair Neri
Colmenares said on Monday that Albayalde should not be reappointed to a government office.
“Albayalde should not be allowed just to cool down and then be appointed to some juicy post.
He must be held accountable for his actions,” Colmenares said.

Apple introduces significant iPhone changes

The annual Apple Keynote presentation recently unveiled three new iPhones: the iPhone 11,
iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. These new models have a plethora of new features,
some of which are long awaited.  
The iPhone 11 models have longer lasting battery, something desired by Apple fans for some
time now. Another noteworthy feature is the apparently stronger and more durable glass
screen which will come in handy for those who are prone to cracking theirs. But the most
popular feature for these new models is the bigger and better camera.
The iPhone 11 has a new dual-camera system, which has an extra wide angle camera lens on
the back of the phone, allowing the user to take wider and clearer pictures. The iPhone 11
Pro and Pro Max have a new triple camera system, which can take even wider pictures, as
well as better pictures in low lighting. They can also shoot video with 4k quality, allowing
users to shoot smartphone footage rivaling that of a traditional camera. These features are
alongside a faster chip and a custom OLED screen that makes colors brighter and clearer. 
Senior Grace Novak said she is happy with the new iPhone models.
“It is super-innovative and totally different from other iPhones in the past,” she said. “The
coolest new feature is definitely the option of having three cameras.”
Senior Isha Patel said she disagrees.
“[I dislike] the new design of the cameras because it isn’t as clean looking as previous
models,” she said.

MRT-3 line to deploy China-made

Dalian train Tuesday
MANILA, Philippines — The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 is set to deploy Tuesday one of the trains
made by Chinese company Dalian. 

MRT-3 Director Michael Capati said one train with 3 coaches will be deployed between 8:30 p.m. -
10:30 p.m. Tuesday. He added that the train can carry up to 1,050 passengers.  The Aquino
administration had purchased 48 Dalian trains for P3.8 billion, most of which have not been used
amid doubts over their compatibility with the MRT tracks.

Deployment of the Dalian trains was delayed after the MRT had to wait for the go signal from
Japanese firm Sumitomo Corp, which is contracted to rehabilitate the MRT line and maintain its
original 72 coaches.  Transportation Undersecretary Timothy Batan earlier said the government and
Sumitomo will need to negotiate another contract if the 48 coaches made by China's Dalian Corp are
integrated into the MRT.

Sen. Grace Poe, who leads the Senate's public services panel, said deploying the China-made trains
to increase the MRT's capacity could help solve traffic congestion in Metro Manila.
Marcos, Robredo supporters
trade barbs ahead of poll
protest deliberation
MANILA — Around 100 supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo and former senator Ferdinand
"Bongbong" Marcos Jr., exchanged insults in front of the Supreme Court early Tuesday, hours ahead
of its deliberation on a protest questioning the results of the 2016 race for the country's second
highest elective post. Clad in red, Marcos' supporters chanted "Leni mandaraya (cheater)" along Taft
Avenue, while Robredo's supporters shouted: "Marcos magnanakaw (thief)" just a few meters away.
Robredo's supporters also waved banners with the slogans "Isoli mo ninakaw nyo (return what you
stole)" and "BBM move on", while the Marcos camp carried posters with the hashtag "#BBM the
Real VP".Marcos loyalists also staged a prayer vigil but declined ABS-CBN News' interview
request.

Marcos, whose family is accused of plundering billions from public coffers, claimed "massive
cheating" led to his 2016 defeat against Robredo by some 260,000 votes, on of the the narrowest
margins in recent history.

The High Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), earlier finished a recount of
votes in 3 pilot provinces chosen by Marcos, namely Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental.
 
Robredo's camp claimed her lead over Marcos grew by 15,000 votes after the recount. This claim is
"speculative", the PET earlier said. The body, however, has not released a copy of the report on the
initial recount.

Supporters of 2016 VP candidate Bongbong Marcos hold prayer rally in front of the Supreme Court a day
ahead of an expected ruling in the Presidential Electoral Tribunal election protest on Tuesday.
58 dead, rescuers in 'day and
night' hunt for missing after
Japan typhoon

A woman cries in relief after being rescued from an area flooded by Typhoon
Hagibis in Marumori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, October 14, 2019.

TOKYO - Fresh rain threatened to hamper efforts by tens of thousands of Japanese rescuers
searching for survivors after a powerful typhoon that by early Tuesday had killed 58 people.
Typhoon Hagibis crashed into the country on Saturday night, unleashing high winds and torrential
rain across 36 of the country's 47 prefectures, triggering landslides and catastrophic flooding. The
death toll from the disaster has risen steadily, and national broadcaster NHK early Tuesday said 58
people had been killed, according to authorities, while more than a dozen were still missing.

The government has given lower numbers but was still updating its information. "Even now, many
people are still unaccounted for in the disaster-hit area," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told an
emergency disaster meeting on Monday. "Units are trying their best to search for and rescue them,
working day and night," Abe said.

Later in the day, he pledged to "do whatever the country can" for victims and survivors, ordering the
defense ministry to call up to 1,000 reserve troops to join 31,000 active forces in search operations.
But rescue work that continued into the night Monday risked being thwarted by additional rain
falling in central and eastern Japan. "I would like to ask people to stay fully vigilant and continue
watching for landslides and river flooding," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news
conference.

In Nagano, one of the worst-hit regions, officials said they were working cautiously. "We are
concerned about the impact of the latest rain on rescue and recovery efforts," local official Hiroki
Yamaguchi told AFP. "We will continue operations while watching out for secondary disasters due
to the current rain."

Bodies pulled from flooded cars and homes, swollen rivers and landslides all added to the death toll.
The casualties included a municipal worker whose car was engulfed by floodwaters and at least 7
crew from a cargo ship that sank in Tokyo Bay on Saturday night, a coast guard spokesman said.
Four other crew, from China, Myanmar and Vietnam, were rescued when the vessel sank and the
coast guard was still searching for a last crew member. Wind gusts from Hagibis reached up to 216
kilometers per hour, but it was the heavy rains that caused the most damage.

A total of 176 rivers flooded, mainly in eastern and northern Japan, local media said. In central
Nagano, a levee breach sent water from the Chikuma river gushing into residential neighborhoods,
flooding homes up to the second floor. Television footage from the area showed patients being
transferred by ambulance from a Nagano hospital where some 200 people had been cut off by
flooding. Elsewhere, rescuers used helicopters to winch survivors from roofs and balconies, or
steered boats through muddy waters to reach those trapped.

By Monday afternoon, almost 76,000 households remained without power, and water was cut off to
135,000 homes. The disaster left tens of thousands of people in shelters, many of them unsure when
they would be able to return home. "Everything from my house was washed away before my eyes, I
wasn't sure if it was a dream or real," a woman in Nagano told NHK. "I feel lucky I'm still alive."

The storm brought travel chaos over the holiday weekend, grounding flights and halting commuter
and bullet train services. By Monday most subway trains had resumed service, along with many
bullet train lines. Flights had also restarted. But NHK reported the swamping of a maintenance yard
for the Hokuriku bullet train which connects Tokyo with Nagano. Ten trains were damaged when
water levels rose by an estimated 4 meters, NHK said, citing the train operator.

The storm brought havoc to the sporting world, forcing the delay of Japanese Grand Prix qualifiers
and the cancellation of three Rugby World Cup matches. But a crucial decider pitting Japan against
Scotland went ahead, leaving the hosts with a stunning 28-21 win they dedicated to the disaster
victims. "To everyone that's suffering from the typhoon, this game was for you guys," said Japan's
captain Michael Leitch.
PSC chief says Yulo, Petecio
to get P1-M, vows support for
Olympic prospects until 2028
Games

MANILA - Filipino athletes considered by the government to be capable of winning an Olympic

medal can be assured of long-term financial support, a top sports official said on Monday. The
country has been on a roll the past few weeks in international competitions, highlighted by pole-
vaulter EJ Obiena, 22, and gymnast Carlos Yulo, 19, booking tickets to the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez said his office will
shoulder the training expenses of Yulo and Obiena, as well as other medal prospects, as far down the
road as the 2028 Olympic Games in the United States.

“We will provide them with everything that they need to win a medal in the Olympics,” Ramirez said
during a press briefing in Manila. “If they can’t win the gold in Tokyo, we will continue helping
them to become better in Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028),” the PSC official added, a promise he
is patterning after the career trajectory of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who debuted in the Olympics in
2008 and won a silver medal two Games later in 2016.

Meanwhile, Yulo, the first Filipino gymnast to win a world championship gold medal, and Nesthy
Petecio, who topped her division in the boxing worlds, will be awarded P1 million each for their
feats. Boxer Eumir Marcial, who won a silver in the world championship, stands to receive
P500,000.

Marcial’s podium finish happened in September, around the time Diaz pocketed a pair of bronze
medals in the world weightlifting championships. Earlier in the same month, Obiena’s performance
in a competition in Italy paved the way for his entry into next year’s Olympics. Yulo and Petecio’s
accomplishments happened over the weekend.

Asian stocks make cautious

gains ahead of key Brexit
summit

Passersby are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan.
TOKYO -- Asian stocks and Wall Street futures inched higher on Tuesday as some investors held out
hope that Britain still had a chance to avoid a messy exit from the European Union at key
negotiations this week. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.01
percent. Australian shares were up 0.12 percent, while Japan's Nikkei stock index rose 1.38 percent.

Capping the broader gains, however, was a perceived lack of progress coming out of US-China trade
negotiations. Reports of a "Phase 1" trade deal between the United States and China last week had
earlier cheered markets but the dearth of details around the agreement has since curbed this
enthusiasm with oil prices extending declines and the safe-haven yen holding gains versus dollar.

The focus has now shifted to Europe where officials from Britain and the EU will meet at a make-or-
break summit on Thursday and Friday that will determine whether or not Britain is headed for a so-
called no-deal Brexit. "Given the parliamentary intervention, I would say the chance of a no-deal
Brexit is around 10 percent to 20 percent," said Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief
economist at AMP Capital Investors in Sydney.

"If there is a deal, sterling would rally and risk assets would rally, but the reaction could be limited to
a day." US stock futures rose 0.19 percent on Tuesday in Asia after the S&P 500 ended 0.14 percent
lower. Traders, however, cautioned that sentiment remains fragile because the outcome of Brexit
talks is far from certain and the US-China trade war remains a risk to global growth.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to strike an exit deal at an EU summit on Thursday and
Friday to allow an orderly departure on Oct. 31. The main sticking point remains the border between
EU member Ireland and Northern Ireland, which belongs to the UK. Some EU politicians have
expressed guarded optimism that a deal can be reached.

However, diplomats from the EU have indicated they are pessimistic about Johnson's proposed
solution for the border and want more concessions. In the currency market, sterling held steady at
$1.2608, below a three-month high of $1.2708. The yen, often considered a safe haven in times of
economic uncertainty, edged higher to 108.40 per dollar. A perceived lack of progress in resolving a
prolonged trade row between the United States and China also weighed on investor confidence.

The United States agreed to delay an Oct. 15 increase in tariffs on Chinese goods while Beijing said
it would buy as much as $50 billion of US agricultural products after tense negotiations last week.
However, the United States has left in place tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese
goods.

Trade experts and China market analysts say chances are high that Washington and Beijing will fail
to agree on any specifics - as happened in May - in time for a mid-November meeting between
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. US crude dipped 0.22 percent to $53.47 following a 2
percent decline overnight due to worries that global energy demand will remain weak.

Brent crude also fell 0.29 percent to $59.18 per barrel. By early last week, hedge funds had become
the most bearish towards petroleum prices since the start of the year, according to an analysis of
position records published by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and ICE Futures
Europe.