FACT SHEET FOR NEWS WRITING (Filipino)

Panuto: Sumulat ng isang balita na nakabase sa mga datos at impormasyong nabanggit sa ibaba.

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte yesterday led the kick-off
ceremony for this year’s Brigada Eskwela in Imus, Cavite, as she admitted that the Department of
Education (DepEd) is facing gargantuan challenges with the resumption of face-to-face classes and
would need some P18 billion in funds to address the problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and
other natural calamities to the education sector.

Speaking before DepEd employees, teachers, local leaders, parents and representatives of civil
organizations, Duterte cited the continuing threats of the COVID pandemic, natural calamities such as
flooding, typhoons and earthquakes, and the entry of monkeypox in the country as among the
challenges that the agency is facing as school reopens later this month.

“We all know these problems and the other problems and challenges that the Department of Education
and its partners are facing year in and year out... We are in a quicksand. While we have yet to address
the destruction of a previous calamity, another calamity has hit us,” the Vice President said in English
and Filipino.

“And we need more than P18 billion, excluding the P1.4 billion of damage from the Abra earthquake to
get ourselves out of the quicksand of this year and last year. It does not include the things or the repairs
that we have to do from 2016,” she added. Citing the assessment of the DepEd’s Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Service (DRRMS), Duterte said more than 9,000 schools in Northern Luzon have been
affected by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit the region last Wednesday.

She added that based on the DRRMS’ assessment, the government would need P1.4 billion for the repair
of 451 classrooms destroyed by the earthquake and the other 706 classrooms that sustained damage.
The Vice President, however, stressed that she is confident that the DepEd can overcome the challenges
and mount a successful return of face-to-face classes.
“I am confident, and I am optimistic that Department of Education will overcome – and we will
overcome with the support of our national government and the administration of President Bongbong
Marcos,” she said.

She added that the previous DepEd leadership, under the administration of her father, former president
Rodrigo Duterte, has left the agency with a clear roadmap, the “Basic Education Development Plan
2030,” to ensure that basic education targets would be met. “What is important is that we have the
determination to succeed in our mission. We are all set to open our schools all over the country 22 days
from now,” the Vice President said.

“With the national government supporting the DepEd, with the Basic Education Development Plan 2030
serving as our guide, the success of the department’s plans and programs shall now be completed by
our undying love for the profession of teaching Filipino children, our children, the future of our nation,”
she added.

“That we are gathering here today to pilot Brigada Eskwela all over the country – with your presence
here – is truly inspiring, and I hope that the energy that you are showing today will create waves and
waves of the same energy and will reach even the farthest public school in the Philippines,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Commission on Audit (COA) has admonished the DepEd over its procurement of
“pricey” laptops totaling P2.4 billion, through the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and
Management (PS-DBM) last year.

In its 2021 annual audit report, the COA has noted several “deficiencies” in the DepEd’s utilization of
P2.451 billion in COVID-19 response fund allocated under Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan to
Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2), the bulk of which or P2.4 billion was used for the procurement of
39,583 units of entry-level type laptops for distribution to public school teachers nationwide.

COA said the items, procured by the DepEd Central Office (CO), were “pricey” for an entry-level type of
laptop, thus, resulting in “significant decrease in the number of units provided to intended users”.
“Apparently, the supposed number of laptops to be procured of 68,500 units was significantly reduced
to 39,583 units which was mainly due to the huge increase of estimated cost from P35,046.50 (per unit),
based on DepEd’s submitted and approved Agency Procurement Request (APR), to P58,300.00 (per unit)
anchored on the DBM-PS’ recommendation, which was duly accepted by the DepEd,” the audit body
said.

“The huge difference of P23,253.50 per unit price resulted in significant decrease by 28,917 laptop
computers, purportedly for distribution to intended recipient-teachers, which could have helped them
in performing their tasks in the blended learning set-up. Consequently, an estimated 28,917 teachers
were deprived of the possible benefits from the supposed provision of these laptops,” it added. –
Rainier Allan Ronda & Elizabeth Marcelo - The Philippine Star August 2, 2022 | 12:00am

FACT SHEET FOR NEWS WRITING (English)

Directions: Write an effective and compelling news story using the information below

Walang katuturan pa raw ang mga panawagang isara ang mga borders ng Pilipinas mula sa ibang bansa
sa gitna ng banta ng kinatatakutang monkeypox, bagay na namapasok na ng Pilipinas kamakailan. Ito
ang sabi ni Department of Health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire, Martes, matapos
makumpirma ang monkeypox sa isang 31-anyos na Pilipinong nakapasok mula sa ibang bansa.

"I'd like to tell everyone of you, hindi po natin papalitan ang ating restrictions sa ngayon sa ating
borders," ani Vergeire sa isang press briefing. "Closing our borders when in fact we can only really
confirm this virus kapag nakita mo na 'yung lesion, kapag nakapagpa-test na, is somehow irrational at
this point."

Paliwanag ng opisyal ng DOH, World Health Organization na ang nagsabing "low to moderate" pa lang
ang banta ng naturang virus. Bagama't nakamamatay, sinasabi ng U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention na "rarely fatal" lang ito.

Bukod pa riyan, iminungkahi raw ng WHO na hindi kailangang itigil ang kalakalan at mag-restrict ng
borders.
Matatandaang nabatikos noon si dating DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III matapos tutulan ang
suwestyong maagang pagpigil sa flights mula Tsina papasok ng Pilipinas noong nagsisimula pa lang ang
COVID-19 bandang Enero 2020. Sa Tsina unang natukoy ang virus.

Una nang nagkaroon ng matinding epekto ang mahihigpit na lockdowns at travel bans sa Pilipinas sa
ekonomiya ng bansa dulot ng pandemya, bagay na ngayon-ngayon pa lang talaga nakahihinga nang
maluwag.

"Let me just emphasize, COVID-19 is different from the monkey[pox] virus," dagdag pa ni Vergeire
kanina. "Ang COVID-19 po, mas mabilis makapanghawa dahil 'yung droplet niya po maaring maipasa
within this distance na meron ang isang tao. Compared sa monkeypox virus which is really through close
contact."

Mayo pa lang ay tinututulan na ng National Task Force Against COVID-19 ang pagsasara ng borders ng
Pilipinas dahil sa banta ng monkeypox. Sa ngayon, ang kailangan lang gawin ay ang pagpapatindi ng
surveillance efforts, alamin ang mga sintomas, at agad na mag-isolate oras na makaranas ng mga
symptoms nito.

Ilan sa sinsabing symptoms ay ang lagnat, sakit ng ulo, pananakit ng katawan at likod, pamamaga ng
kulani, chills pagkapagod Respiratory symptoms (hal. sore throat, nasal congestion o ubo), rashes na
mukhang tigyawat o lapnos at lumalabas sa mukha, loob ng bibig at iba pang bahagi ng katawan gaya ng
kamay, paa, dibdib, ari at pwetan

"The rash goes through different stages before healing completely. The illness typically lasts 2-4 weeks,"
sabi ng US CDC.

Matatandaang nag-designate na ang DOH ng mga specific isolation facilities para sa mga potential
monkeypox cases.

Ang naturang sakit ay unang lumabas sa mga tao noong 1970s sa Democratic Republic of Congo. Taong
2003 lang nagsimulang magkaroon ng outbreak nito sa labas ng Africa.
Iniulat ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na isang Pilipino sa Singapore ang nagpositibo sa
monkeypox.

Sa ulat ng Ministry of Health sa Singapore, ang pasyente ay isang 31-anyos na lalaking Pinoy na
nagpositibo nang isailalim sa test noong Hulyo 25. Ang pasyente ay nagkaroon umano ng lagnat noong
Hulyo 21 na sinundan ng mga pantal sa mukha at katawan. Nagpagamot umano ito sa Singapore General
Hospital noong Hulyo 24 at na-confined ng araw din na iyon. Dahil dito kaya patuloy umano ang contact
tracing sa mga nakasalamuha ng nasabing Pinoy.

FACT SHEET SPORTS WRITING

DIRECTIONS: In at least eight (8) paragraphs, write a sports coverage news using the given facts. Use
two-deck headline.

What: Championship game

2ND District Intertown Volleyball League

Who: Bansud Delta Force (BDF) and Bulalacao Stars (B-Star )

SevenTowns of 2nd District Or. Min

Congressman PA Umali, Mayor Aris Baldos

Where: ,Punzalan Gym Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro

When : July 25, 2022 at 2 p.m.Between :

Significance of the game:

-Scores sheets (BDF-BStars) 24-26, 23-25, 25-20, 27-25, 15-8

-BDF lost to BStar in the first meeting July 23, 3-0;

-See-saw sets,

-BDF made a thrilling comeback on the third set

-BFD,excellent digs libero Arthur Manalo, 3rd sets

-Almost lost in the 4th set, Cuarto hit a backcourt attack (26-25), Coloma blocked Camo (27-25)

-BFD,excellent digs libero Arthur Manalo, 3rd sets

Scores:

Set 1 BDF BStar 0-6, 18-19, 24-24,

Set 2 5-5, 16-16, 23-25

Set 3 8-8 , 15-8, 25-20

Set 4 long rallies, 6-6, 12-12, 25-25, 27-25

Set 5 BStar exhausted 8-5, 10-6, 12-8, 15-8

Cross court attack, drop-ball, Jhon Cuarto

Coloma’s last point, ace

Heroes of the game: BDF- Jhon Cuarto 8 excellent attack in the last set,

Max Coloma open spiker ,service ace, winning point

Super 3, Cuarto, Coloma Joko Paz, setter

BStar Key Players: Rene Camo, Troy Monton , spikersblocker

Jun Malapitan, libero

Quote from BDF coach Darius Rodas (MRAA Coach):

“It’s a miracle third set. My boys are well motivated to taste their sweet-revenge victory over BStar.