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Parts of the Newspaper

 General News – This is usually the most important news in both local and
abroad. These are usually found on the front page of the paper. The title of
the news is printed in big, bold letters called “banner headline”

 Local and Foreign News Section – Contains news from towns and cities of
the nation and abroad.
 Editorial Page – This section contains articles called editorials. Editorials give
views or opinions of the editor or publisher on certain issues or events.

 Sports Page – This section contains news on events containing sports from in
and out of the country. This section also contains well-known people in the
sports world.
 Classified Ads Section – Contains advertisements that fall under the
categories like “Help”, “Wanted”, “For Lease / For Sale”, and “Wanted To Buy”.

 Business and Finance Section – Contains businessmen and people interested


in business with information on banking. foreign exchange rates, imports and
exports, and prices of prime commodities.
 Entertainment Section – Contains info about movies, radio, television and
other activities for entertainment.

 Home and Culture Section – Provides info about budgeting, food preparation,
house improvement, etc.
 Society Page – Contains news about important people who are celebrating
special events in a particular place

 Travel and Tourism Section – Contains a guide to travel and directs tourists
to a scenic vacation spots and gives information on the activities in these
places.
 Announcements and Obituary Page – Provides info on the activities of
different religious sections and also lists people who recently died and the time
and place of their burials.

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