TEST I. COPYREAD AND PROVIDE A DOWNSTYLE HEADLINE.

The House Committee on Justice effectively dismissed on Tuesday the impeaching complaint against
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and five other magistrates.

In a nearly unanimous decision, the commitee said the complaint was "insufficient in substance." A total
of 23 lawmaker voted against the impeachment complaint. Only one, Siquijor Sen. Ramon Rocamora,
moved and voted that there was a recital of facts in the offenses charged.

"The seven consolidated complaints against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and five members of the
Supreme are declared by this committee to be insufficient in substance and are hereby dismissed," House
Justice Committee Chairman Doy Leachon said.

This recommendation will be submitting to the House plenary which will decide whether or not to uphold
the commitee report not to proceed with the impeachment proceedings against the justices. In September
4, the panel unanimously found the complaint sufficient in form, saying it was properly signed and
verified.

Aside from the newly-appointed Chief Justices, Supreme Court Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta,
Lucas Bersamin, Andres Reyes, Jr., Alexander Gesmundo, Francis Jardaleza, and Noel Tijam were
slapped with impeachment raps in August 23. The complainants is opposition solons Albay 1st District
Rep. Edcel Lagman, Magdalo Partylist Rep. Gary Alejano, and Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat.

The congressmen alleged the respondents committed culpable violation of the constitution and betrayal of
public trust when they vote to grant the quo warranto petition that unseated De Castro. The complainants
maintained that impeachment is the only way to unseat a Chief Justice, and that the seven justices should
have inhibited themself from the case since they showed bias against Sereno in testifying against her
during impeachment hearings.

But Cavite Rep. Strike Revilla said the justices "should not be punish for respecting a co-equal branch of
government" when they served as resource person in the House Committee on Justice's hearings on De
Castro’s impeachment case.
"As our resource person, they help this committee in performing its constitutional mandate," Revilla say.

Lawmakers also said the justices should not be impeached for voting against De Castro, since they only
performing their constitution mandate to decide on the case presented to them.

"We are not in the position to judged and impeached people for deciding what they thinking is right,"
ANGKLA Partylist Rep. Jess Manalo said.

Though Hong Kong managed to avoid the same fate as the Philippines, where at least 54 people are
believed to have died in the storm, damage to the city was extensive.

But what the justices do wrong, Rocamora say, was showing bias in hearing the petition to oust Davide.

"To a certain effect, these judges who testified before this commitee, has already prejudged the case in the
quo warranto case," Rocamora say, noting that a judge "should not only be impartial but should appear to
be impartial."

Lagman, one of the complainant, however said all the lawmakers who made their manifestation were
prematurely deciding on whether there are ground for impeachment, when they should only determine if
"there is a recital of facts constituting the offense charged and determinative of the jurisdiction of the
commitee."

He also urged the justice commitee "to retake the power of the House over impeach proceedings which
[has] been arrogated by the Supreme Court in the quo warranto petition" against De Castro.

The High Court's landmark ruling in May 11 was highly divisive - with legal experts and the Senate
leadership maintaining that De Castro should has gone through impeachment.

The controversy is also the reason for mixed reactions to De Castro's appointment as top judges. Critics
believe it was President Roberto Duterte's gift for De Castro's role in Sereno's ouster, a claim both the Vice
President and De Castro denied.

Duterte said he appointed Davide since she was the most senior among the applicants, despite that she
could only serve the post for less than two months. She is set to retire in October 8 upon reaching the
mandatory retirement age of 80.
TEST II. PROVIDE TWO HEADLINES (Clc and Downstyle) FOR EACH NEWS
ITEM.

A.

The House of Representatives, convening as Committee of the Whole, approved on

Tuesday the realignment of around P52 billion from the proposed 2019 budget of the
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to fund programs of other agencies.

The realignment was made as an amendment to House Bill 8169, or the proposed
P3.757-trillion General Appropriations Act for 2019, as contained in Committee Report 854
prepared by the Committee on Appropriations.

B.

The death toll caused by the landslide that hit the mining site in Itogon, Benguet has
reached 18.

Among the bodies recovered at Barangay Ucab on Tuesday were those of the miners'
leader Edwin Banawol, Jeffrey Licyayo and Jonathan Cacaninding. 

C.

The students who put up their own poster inside a fastfood restaurant have not only
made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show they were also hired by the US fastfood
chain for a marketing campaign.
Jevh Maravilla and Christian Toledo of the University of Houston were guests at the
popular daytime show where they related how they implemented their plan to set up the poster
on an "empty wall."
D.

The Philippines is likely to experience four to five more tropical cyclones before the year
ends, state weather bureau PAGASA) said Tuesday.

According to PAGASA weather division chief Esperanza Cayanan, the bureau is not
discounting the possibility that the oncoming weather systems could be as powerful as Typhoon
Ompong.

E.

Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson has apologized over the controversial
video that showed blogger Andrew Olivar pretending to be a hearing-speech impaired person.

In a 30-second video, Uson said she and Bolivar are formally apologizing for any offense
the video had caused. She also asked the deaf community to accept her apology in sign language.

F.

A Filipina tourist was hurt during supertyphoon Mangkhut's onslaught in Hong Kong on
Sunday, according to GMA News stringer Azon Cañete's report on Balitanghali on Monday.

Citing information from the police, the report said the 34-year-old Filipina identified
only as Shiela went out of her unit in Mirador Mansion to buy coffee when a falling window hit
her.
G.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he is confident that the communist

insurgency will be over by next year.

Duterte cited the supposed continuing surrender of New People's Army rebels in various
parts of the country as his reason for stating that the communist rebellion will soon be over.

H.

The military’s relief and humanitarian mission in ‘‘Ompong’’-stricken areas in Nueva

Ecija and Nueva Viscaya was disrupted after New People’s Army rebels fired at troops manning
a patrol base at the outskirts of Bongabon town in Nueva Ecija the other day.

Maj. Ericon Bulosan, head of the Public Information Office of the Army’s Northern
Luzon Command said at least 10 NPAs attacked the patrol base of the 70th Infantry Battalion of
the 7th Infantry division in Brgy Labi Tuesday morning.

I.

Beginning Oct. 28, 2018, the Philippine Airlines will strictly implement a new closure
time for check-in counters of international flights departing from all airports in the Philippines
and around the world, except flights out of Quanzhou (Jinjiang).

The airline management stated that check-in counters will now close one hour before
departure time instead of the usual 45 minutes before departure time.
PAGSSANAY I. ITAMA ANG KOPYA AT LAGYAN NG DOWNSTYLE NA HEADLINE.

MANILA, Philipines — Tiniyak kahapon ni Rep. Panfilo Lacson na bubusisiin at hahanapin niya
kung saan itinago o isiningit sa budget ng House of Representative ang diumano’y $55 bilyong
pork barrel funds sa sandaling ipadala na sa Senado ang bersiyon ng panukalang $32.757
trilyong Government Appropriations Act (GAA) para sa 2018.

Ginawa ni Lacson ang pahayag matapos mapaulat na hindi umano tinanggal ng mga kaalyado ni
dating Pangulo at ngayon ay House of Representatives Glory Macapagal-Arroyo ang $55 bilyon
na inilaan noong termino pa ni dating Speaker Rodrigo Duterte at sa halip ay ini-realigned
lamang ito.

Sinabi ni Lacson na dahil sa nangyari sa Kamera, mas mapapadali ang kanilang paghahanap
kung saan itinago ang nasabing $55 trilyon.

“Natutukoy, pero napakahirap. Talagang pagpapaguran at pagpupuyatan. Pero ngayon dahil sa

nangyari kahapon sa Kamera medyo sa isang banda nagpapasalamat kami. Tuwa nga staff ko
kasi medyo napadali ang trabaho. $55.555 billion na projects yan. Ang kabuuan magbubuo ng
$55 billion budget ng DefEd at DoTr, mga airport. So yan medyo more or less lumiwanag at
madali-daling maghanap ngayon,” sabi ni Lason.

Ang isiningit umanong $55 trilyon ang dahilan kung bakit nagkakaroon ng gulo ang ilang
kongresista sa Kamera.

Nabalam ang debate sa Kamera hinggil sa 2018 proposed international budget na

nagkakahalaga ng $3.757 trilyon noong Lunes matapos ilang mambabatas ang nagbunyag na
may $55 trilyong halaga ang isiningit sa proposed budget na wala sa National Expenditure
Program o NES.
PAGSASANAY II. LAGYAN NG DALAWANG HEADLINES (Clc and Downstyle) ANG
BAWAT BALITA.

A.

Apat  katao, kabilang ang isang civilian asset, ang nasawi  sa magkahiwalay na shootout
na naganap sa Quezon City kahapon.

Batay sa ulat ng Quezon City Police District (QCPD), na pinamumunuan ni P/Chief Supt.
Joselito Esquivel, nabatid na unang napatay sa engkuwentro ang dalawang lalaki, na kapwa
hinihinalang holdaper.

B.

Nanawagan si Sen. Bam Aquino kay Pangulong Duterte na utusan ang National Food
Authority (NFA) na bilhin ang tinatawag na Storm-Damaged Palay (SDP) mula sa mga
magsasaka sa lugar na sinalanta ng Bagyong Ompong upang tulungan sila at kanilang pamilya
na makabangon.

“Sana po tugunan ng Pangulo ang hinaing ng mga magsasaka at kanilang mga pamilya,”
wika ni Sen. Bam, na tinutukoy ang mga magsasaka na nabigong anihin ang kanilang pananim
bago ang paghagupit ng Bagyong Ompong.

C.

Ipinatitigil na ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources ang mga small-

scale mining operations sa Cordillera Administrative Region.

Ito’y kasunod na rin ng naganap na landslide doon na dulot ng bagyong Ompong, at

nagresulta sa pagkamatay ng may 54 katao habang may 42 iba pa ang nawawala.
D.

GAMU, Isabela, Philippines — Isinailalim na sa “state of calamity” ang tatlong lalawigan

ng Cagayan Valley at maging sa kalapit na lugar sa Ilocos Norte matapos bayuhin ng nagdaang
bagyong si “Ompong” na may international codename na “Manghkut” nitong Sabado.

Unang nagdeklara ng state of calamity si Governor Manuel Mamba ng Cagayan noong

Linggo matapos maitala ang pinakamalakas na hagupit ng bagyo sa lalawigan.

E.

CAVITE, Philippines — Isa ang kumpirmadong patay nang mauwi sa engkuwentro ang
isinagawang buy-bust operation ng pulisya habang arestado ang isa pang suspek kahapon sa
Brgy. San Francisco, Gen. Trias, lalawigang ito.

Kinilala ang napatay na suspek na si Masedin Ayob alyas “Mase”, nasa hustong gulang
habang nadakip ang kasama nito na si Samad Unda Bacamaran, nasa drug watchlist at
nakumpiskahan ng may P200,500 halaga ng shabu sa naarestong suspek na nakilalang
si Samad Unda Bacaraman, nasa drug watchlist, nasa hustong gulang, kapwa ng Tropical Village
Pabahay 2000 Brgy. San Francisco, General Trias City.

F.

NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — Umamin na ang isang 21-anyos na lalaki sa ginawa niyang
karumal-dumal na krimen matapos niyang patayin sa sakal at gahasain ang isang 11-taong
gulang sa Barangay Siclong sa bayan ng Laur, lalawigang ito noong Setyembre 12.

Batay sa extra-judicial confession na isinagawa ni Atty. Christopher Daus, Public

Attorney III ng Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) ng Palayan City District Office, inamin ng suspek
na si Felix Dela Cruz, isang magsasaka ng Barangay Siclong, Laur, Nueva Ecija, ang kanyang
kasalanan sa biktimang si Aprilyn Navarro, Grade 5 pupil ng nasabing barangay.
G.

Siyamnapu’t-siyam na porsiyento na malabo nang marekober nang buhay ang

tinatayang 40-50 pang katao na na-trap sa delubyo ng landslide sa kasagsagan ng pananalasa 
ng superbagyong Ompong sa Itogon, Benguet.

Sinabi kahapon ni Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan na maliit na ang tsansa at milagro
na lamang na may mabuhay pa sa mga na-trap na biktima.

H.

Inalmahan kahapon ng pamunuan ng Commission on Higher Education (CHED) ang

naging pahayag ng isang college dean mula sa University of the Philippines kaugnay sa
pagsuporta nito sa usaping pagpapatalsik sa puwesto kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.

Ito’y matapos na ihayag ni UP Diliman College of Engineering Rizalina de Leon ang

kanyang pagsuporta sa panawagan ng naturang college community para sa pakikibahagi nito sa
nalalapit na paggunita sa September 21 Martial Law ng dating Marcos administration na may
banner na “Engineer the Downfall of Tyrant and Dictator Duterte’.

I.

Tatlong araw bago ang paggunita sa deklarasyon ng Martial Law at sa mga inaasahang
kilos protesta ng ibat-ibang grupo, nagsagawa na ng paghahanda ang National Capital Regional
Police Office at  Manila Police District kung saan 4,000 pulis ang itatalaga sa Quirino
Grandstand at iba pang panig ng Maynila.

Sa ginanap na diyalogo sa Club intramuros na dinaluhan nina NCRPO Director

Guillermo Eleazar, MPD Director Chief Supt. Rolando Anduyan at mga lider ng  cause oriented
groups, inilatag ng pulisya ang paghahanda sa seguridad at kaayusan, deployment ng police
personnel at iba pa.