News Lead Compilation and Analysis

Direction: Read the following news headline and lead then identify the 5Ws
(What, Who, Where, When, Why) and 1H (How) present in them. ***Note not all
5W1H is present in the lead. Use the space on the left margin to write your
answers.

Headline:
Marcos woos investors in New York, cites ‘mutually beneficial’ investment
climate in PH
By: Daphne Galvez - Reporter

Lead:
NEW YORK, United States — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on
Monday (Tuesday, Manila time) told foreign investors that the Philippines has
adjusted its ways of doing business and increased its scope for mutually beneficial
investments.

Headline: PH will keep ‘friendly’ foreign policy — Marcos at UN General

Assembly

Lead: The Philippines will retain its “friendly” foreign policy, President
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in his world debut at the 77th session of the United
Nations General Assembly on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

Headline DA Usec says Kadiwa remains helpful to farmers in bringing produce to

consumers

Lead: MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Undersecretary Kristine Evangelista

maintained that the department’s Kadiwa maintains its function to help farmers
and fisher brings their goods to the market.

Headline: Bato Dela Rosa: While we’re waging war vs NPA, others in gov’t are
relaxed in office

Lead: MANILA, Philippines— While government troops are risking their lives
fighting communist rebels, “others” in various government agencies are relaxing
in their offices.

Headline More PVL teams unveil seasoned imports for Reinforced Conference
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Lead: MANILA, Philippines — Akari, Choco Mucho, PLDT, and United
Auctioneers-Army have unveiled their respective imports for the 2022 Premier
Volleyball League Reinforced Conference, which opens on October 8.

Headline: Confidential funds allowed for civilian offices — DepEd

Lead: MANILA, Philippines — Confidential funds are permitted for civilian

offices, the Department of Education (DepEd) stressed on Monday.

Headline: PH on track to higher income status by 2023, Marcos tells UN

Lead: NEW YORK CITY — Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the global
crisis caused by soaring energy and food prices, President Marcos on Tuesday
(Wednesday in Manila) told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that
the Philippines was on track to a higher income status by 2023.

Headline: CHR urges Filipino: Protect history, truth about Martial Law

LEAD: The Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday urged Filipinos to

protect the truth about the Marcos dictatorship as the nation commemorates the
50th anniversary of his Martial Law declaration

Headline: World Leaders call for urgent action on food security

LEAD: World leaders called Tuesday for urgent efforts to address global food
insecurity, with fears mounting of a disastrous harvest next year due largely to the
war in Ukraine.

Headline: US and Canadian wars sail through Taiwan Strait

Agence France-Presse/September 21, 2022

LEAD:A US destroyer and a Canadian frigate sailed through the Taiwan Strait on
Tuesday in the latest joint operation aimed at reinforcing the route's status as an
international waterway.

Headline: Bongbong Marcos, Japan Pm Kishida reinforce PH-Japan ties in New

York meeting

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Lead: New York City-On the fourth day of his working visit here, President
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Wednesday (Thursday Manila time) met
with Japanese Prime Minister Fumiko Kishida for the first time on the sidelines of
the 77th session of United Nations General Assembly.

Headline: Philippine peso depreciates to another record low of P58.49 to $1

Lead: Manila-The Philippine peso fell to yet another low against the US dollar,
following the US Federal Reserve's latest big-time rate hike, data from Bankers
Association of the Philippines showed.

Headline: Manila court: Not all activist are part of underground movement

Lead: Manila, Philippines- In dismissing the Department of Justice's proscription

petition against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army, the
Manila court warned against the dangers of red-tagging groups or activists that are
simply airing concerns on their specific advocacies or how the government is
running the nation.

Headline: Red Cross sends clean water to diarrhea-stricken PDLs in Cabuyao City
Jail

Lead: A 10,000-liter water tanker was sent by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC)to
Cabuyao City Jail as aid for over 70 person's deprived of liberty (PDLs)suffering
from diarrhea.

Headline: Enrile suggests country reverts to 'brief, simple'1935 Charter

Lead: The country should revert to the 1935 Constitution and elect 48 senates due
to its expanded population, Chief Presidential Legal Course Juan Enrile proposed
Wednesday.

Headline: Luzon, Metro Manila bear brunt of Karding’s impact

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Lead: MANILA, Philippines — Super Typhoon Karding (international name:
Noru) barreled through the heavily populated main island of Luzon on Sunday,
stranding thousands of people, canceling dozens of international and domestic
flights, and putting more than a million hectares of farmlands planted to rice and
corn at risk.

Headline: ‘Karding’ threatens rice harvests in Central Luzon

Posted at SEP 26 2022 09:09 AM

Lead: The Philippine government is set to assess the damage wrought by Typhoon
Karding (international codename Noru) after it slammed into the main island of
Luzon including Central Luzon.

Headline: U.S. warns of catastrophic consequences if Russia uses nuclear

weapons in Ukraine
By: Tom Balmforth/September 26, 2022 06:04 AM

Lead: KYIV, Sept 25 (Reuters)-The United States warned on Sunday of

“catastrophic consequences “if Moscow were to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
after Russia’s foreign minister said regions holding widely criticized referendums
would get full protection if annexed by Moscow.

Headline: NDRRMC: Gov’t resources prepositioned to assist families displaced

by ‘Karding’
September 26, 2022/09:57 AM inion time

Lead: Manila, Philippines-Government resources are in place to assist families

displaced by the strong rains caused by Super Typhoon Karding, the National
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Monday morning.