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POLITICIA
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VP SARA Z.
DUTERTE-CARPIO
Vice President of
the Philippines
DepEd Secretary
ENRIQUE A. MANALO

Secretary for
Department of
Foreign Affairs
SEN. RAFAEL “RAFFY” T. TULFO

Chair of the
Senate Energy
Committee
SEN. JUAN
MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI
Senate President
SEN. AQUILINO MARTIN
“KOKO” DELA LLANA
PIMENTEL III
Minority Floor
Leader
WHAT’S
THAT
ACRONYMS?
 PDAF
Priority
Development
Assistance
Fund
 MMDA
METRO
MANILA
DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY
 DPWH
Department of
Public Works
and Highways
 DOLE
Department
of Labor and
Employment
 AFP
Armed
Forces of the
Philippines
COPYREADING AND
HEADLINE WRITING
COPYREADING
It is the art of arranging, correcting, and
selecting the quality and type of news

It is also called copyediting.

One who edits copies is called copyreader

or copyeditor.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A
COPY EDITOR

1. Edits errors on grammar (spelling,

tenses, agreement, etc.)
2. Checks the accuracy of stated facts
3. Deletes opinions and libelous
statements
4. Writes the headlines
The edited
copy
The copyreading
symbols
# Insert space
Enclosed space
Delete
Transpose
Capitalize
Indent
Spell out
Begin new
paragraph
Lowercase or cancel
capitalization
Add period
Insert
Check spelling
Pointers
in
Copyediting
Numbers One-digit numbers are written in
words
one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine

Two-digit numbers and above are

written in figures
10, 11, 12, ….. 98,99,100
Numbers Dates, address, - Always in
Exception figures
Proper nouns – maybe written
in figure or in words
Beginning of a sentence –
Always in Words
Events 1 to 9 is allowed
st th
Capitalization If a word has more than one
accepted spelling, the
shortest one is preferred.

Examples:
color not colour
Judgment not judgement
Paragraph In news stories, the rule is
one paragraph, one sentence
only.
Grammar Check the following:
Tenses of the verbs
Subject Verb Agreement
Articles (a, an, the)
Parts of speech
Infinitives
Punctuation To separate month and day
comma from the year/ street,
barangay, city and province
in address

To separate facts
Ms. Ela Cruz, 23, of San Jose
National High School
Punctuation Compound Nouns
hyphen library-in-charge
Fractions
two-thirds
In numerals
twenty-two
Punctuation Possessive form of noun
Apostrophe Students’ activity
Its

Contraction
It’s – it is
Reminders Look for repeated words on
two consecutive lines,
and joined and disjoined
words.

Write 30 if the article is

finished and more if not yet
finished.
Let’s Try!

1. Valenzuela City continues to

recognized and rewarded it’s top
performing constituents, as it
gives a cash incentive to one of
its topnotchers on February 28
2023. 
Let’s Try!

2. The Office of Vice Mayor Lorie

Natividad-Borja also provided victims
with additional support giving them
grocery items, school supplies and
baby strollers.
Let’s Try!

3. The distribution of aid are part

of the local government's ongoing
efforts to help its residents
recover for disasters and
emergency’s.
Let’s Try!

4. The clearing operation begun on the

cities main road, MacArthur Highway, last
February 2 and discovered more cables in
the barangays of Marulas, Karuhatan,
Malinta, and Malanday. The project will
continue until all the tangled wires are
removed.
Let’s Try!

5. In the early hours of february

26, 2023, a residencial fire
break out at San Jeremias St.
in Barangay Karuhatan.
HEADLINE
WRITING
The Headline
HEADLINES

Headlines should
Written in be clear and
bigger, bolder specific, and
letters than interesting
usual text enough to draw
page. It tells them into
the summary. reading the
article.
 RULES IN HEADLINES
• Two to six words
• Only the first word and the proper nouns are capitalized
• Use present tense and active verbs, but don't start with a verb
• Use infinitive form of verb for future actions
• Do not use articles - a, an, the
• Do not use conjunctions like and - you can substitute a comma
• Should be complete sentences or imply complete sentence
• Don't use unidentified pronouns
• Omit the helping verbs
 TIPS IN HEADLINES
POLICEMEN – COP
ARREST – NAB
INCREASE – UP
DECREASE – DOWN
THIEF - ROBBER
Let’s Try! Give us the headline!
1. Lawang Bato National High School will have JS prom.
2. The principal of Lawang Bato National High School said that
students must avoid vandalism.
3. Valenzuela conucted the basic first aid training.
4. The Valenzuela City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
(VCDRRMO) conducted a two-day Basic First Aid and Life Support
Training for the first batch of barangay ambulance drivers on March
3, 2023.