APPLIED 1 CAMPUS JOURNALISM

ACTIVITY 1: 5W’s and H Questions

WHAT: Duterte urges police, military medical personnel to help fight COVID-19
WHERE: MANILA, Philippines
WHEN: Thursday, 04:25 AM September 23, 2021
WHO: President Rodrigo Duterte
WHY: the Philippines has logged a total of 2.4 million COVID-19 cases, with 37,228 deaths,
2.2 million recoveries, and 162,580 active cases.
HOW: by appealing to the medical personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and
Philippine National Police (PNP) for help in hospitals as COVID-19 infections rise among health
workers.

ACTIVITY 2:

NEWS LEAD:
President Rodrigo Duterte is appealing to the medical personnel of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) for help in hospitals as COVID-19
infections rise among health workers.
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1491673/duterte-asks-police-army-medical-corps-to-help-amid-
covid-19-infections-among-health-workers

SUMMARY LEAD:
Summary lead is the most typical and traditional lead in journalism. It is usually one sentence
and is intended to provide a brief summary in as few words as possible. It covers the majority of
the 5Ws (who, what, when, where, and why) as well as the H. (how). I've noticed that the six
interrogative pronouns have been used to attract the attention of every reader.

ACTIVITY3: NEWS WRITING

 DepEd memorandum for unpaid students allowed to take Final Exams

Former DepEd Sec. Jesli Lapus proposed a memorandum enjoining schools to allow
students take final exams despite of inability to complete obligation fees, last decade ago.

It was on February 18, 2010, when the Department of the Education, filed a
memorandum in relation to the very controversial problems of every students at the said year.
The former secretary of the Department of Education and also a former Tarlac Congressman,
Jesli Aquino Lapus, signed a memorandum focused to the most heard problems in education
back then, Encouraging every school, public or private, to let the students take the final exams
and finish the semester without harassing them to pay their school tuition fees, miscellaneous
fees, book fees and other fees that students are required to provide to the schools.For Public
students, since they are not required to comply tuition fees, there are some things that they are
oblige to pay, like paying balances to some school activities, paying damage fees of chairs,
vandals and loss books and any school properties that supposedly, it is not a hundred percent
possible to happen. The former secretary conducted such provisions to inform their school
institutions, some of the school directors, government and lots of important people to take it as a
consideration for the betterment of their institution. Those public and private people approved
the memorandum to create solutions with regards to the unfixed and unsolvable problem of the
government in education.
According to ASEAN Today, A blogger, an article creator John Pennington, The
Kindergarten Act of 2012 and the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 extended formal
education from 10 to 13 years in a bid to lower dropout rates and better prepare students for
further education or training. They have not worked. Dropout rates continue to rise. It is
believed that poverty is still one of the visible problems in order to further expand the problem
facing the country and the education government. This remains a possible reason why there are
students who are unable to complete their education due to the lack of funding for their school
needs. Even their parents are still having a hard time causing them to drop out of school.
In the case of public schools, the policy against mandatory contributions is maintained. In
the event that unpaid responsibilities remain, such as payment for missing textbooks, school
organ membership, or student organization membership, school authorities should still allow
students with unpaid commitments to take their first exams and collect payment afterward.
Compliance with this Order is to be monitored by regional and division offices. For quick and
widespread distribution and compliance. “Education is the passport to the future, for
tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” –it means “Education is an important
element in the struggle for human rights. It is the means to help our children and our people
rediscover their identity and thereby increase their self-respect. Education is our passport to the
future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.”
RESOURCES:

https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/DO-No.-15-s.-2010.pdf
https://knoema.com/atlas/Philippines/topics/Education/Expenditures-on
Education/Public-spending-on-education-as-a-share-of-GDP
https://www.deped.gov.ph/2010/02/03/do-15-s-2010-enjoining-schools-to-allow-students-with-unpaid-
fees-to-take-their-final-exams/