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Two men were killed and another seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in Manila. A 22-year-old fast food crew member, A. Cagaoan, died at the hospital from gunshot wounds to the head and body. A 24-year-old airport maintenance worker, M. Tan, also died from a head wound. A 19-year-old man, D. Fajardo, was wounded and is hospitalized. The victims had been drinking in front of a house when men in a dark blue Mitsubishi Pajero shot at them before fleeing in the vehicle with plate number ERY-929. Police are investigating the motive, which may have been revenge over a previous fight.

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Two men were killed and another seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in Manila. A 22-year-old fast food crew member, A. Cagaoan, died at the hospital from gunshot wounds to the head and body. A 24-year-old airport maintenance worker, M. Tan, also died from a head wound. A 19-year-old man, D. Fajardo, was wounded and is hospitalized. The victims had been drinking in front of a house when men in a dark blue Mitsubishi Pajero shot at them before fleeing in the vehicle with plate number ERY-929. Police are investigating the motive, which may have been revenge over a previous fight.

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Newswriting 2009

Write a news article based on the following facts which are given at random:

- the incident happened shortly after midnight yesterday.

- unidentified men sprayed the casualties with bullets.

- two men died in the said incident. Another was seriously wounded.

- the unidentified men were in a sport utility vehicle.

- A service crew of a fast food chain named Sonny Cagaoan was declared dead

on arrival at the Mary Johnston Hospital. He is 22 years old.

- Cagaoan died due to gunshot wounds in the head and body.

- Investigation showed that the victims were having a drinking spree in front of a

house along Panday Pira Street. Here, the suspects in a dark blue Mitsubishi

Pajero repeatedly shot at the group. Afterwards, they drove away.

- The car’s plate number is ERY-929.

- Danilo Fajardo- the companion of the two.He is 19 years old and is under

observation at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center for gunshot wounds

in the arm and foot.

- Chief Inspector Alberto Peco – head of the Homicide Section of the Manila Police

District. Accoding to him, revenge could be the motive for the attack.

- Another who also succumbed to gunshot wounds in the head is Mar Jerkin Tan.

Tan is 24 years old and a maintenance crew of the Ninoy Aquino Int’l Airport.

- the suspects were backed up by unidentified men on board another sports utility

vehicle resembling an Isuzu Crosswind.

- Police are verifying the identities of the owners of the vehicles used in the shooting.

- Peco said his follow-up team failed to find Quan and the rest of his gang at their

residences.
- Peco gathered from the witnesses that several days ago, Tan and his group figured

in a fight with five residents of the nearby Dandan Street resulting in injuries.

the injured here are the cousins Francis Quan and Edward Basilio.
Exercise 3

Exercise 3

Newswriting 2009

Write a news article based on the following facts which are given at random

- Ferdinand Paglinawan – Police Officer 2 of the QC Traffic Sector 2. He was the one

the one who identified the fatality.

- the incident happened in Barangay North Fairview, Quezon City yesterday morning.

- Michael Franca- He was killed while 14 others were injured. It happened when a

speeding bus rammed a Manila Electric Co. post. Franca is 32 years old. He lives on

Saint Catherine Street, Barangay Holy Spirit.

- according to the investigator, the victim was apparently hit by the bus. Afterwards he

was dragged and pinned between the bus and the wall of the building. The building

smashed after the concrete Meralco post split due to impact.

- Joel Bacus – name of the driver. He is 37 years old. According to Paglinawan, Bacus

claimed that the bus lost its brakes and he could no longer control the steering wheel.

- the bus is on its way to Baclaran from Bulacan when the incident happened. Around

9 a.m.

- the driver will be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property
with multiple physical injuries and homicide.

- thirteen passengers of the bus sustained bruises and abrasions. They were brought to

the nearby hospital for treatment.

- Franca was reportedly crossing Don Mariano Marcos Avenue when a Rubino Elena

bus struck him. The bus has a plate number PWZ-900.

- The driver sustained wounds in his foot. He was also brought to the hospital even as

he was placed under the custody of the Quezon City Traffic Sector 2.

- ‘the victim’s death was brutal’– said by Paglinawan to The Star in an interview.

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