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A WRITTEN PERFORMANCE TASK
IN THE SUBJECT READING AND
WRITING SKILLS
SUBMITTED BY:
CONCEPCION, SIMOUN
SALIBANGSA, MERHAN
KATAMBAK, AL-PRINCE
UNTONG, FHARYNA
DOMINGO, NAJIM
TAHA, ABDUL KADIR
SUBMITTED TO:
FARINA D. AMIER
APRIL 5, 2023
Title: CAAP upgrade air traffic system.
By: Niña P. Calleja - @inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:23 AM January 21, 2015
MANILA, Philippines–The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has upgraded its
19-year-old air traffic management system, which is seen to improve air traffic control,
especially during the rainy season.
The aviation authority on Tuesday unveiled the P159.9-million upgraded Eurocat air traffic
management system which replaced the old outdated one which had been in place since 1996.
The system is a computerized air traffic control and management solution that controls en route,
overflights, and arriving and departing air traffic from as far as 250 nautical miles.
CAAP director general William Hotchkiss III said that before the upgrade, flights at the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport, particularly during rainy periods, are affected by outages resulting
in flight cancellations or diversions.
He said the aging system had outlived its life span of 19 years and parts are already obsolete and
unavailable for replacement.
Undertaken in partnership with Thales Australia and Pacific Hemisphere Development, the
systems upgrade was inaugurated and blessed at the airways facilities complex at the CAAP
central office in Pasay City.
Hotchkiss and deputy director general for operations Gen. Rodante Joya with Raymond Lions,
branch manager of Thales Australia’s Philippine branch office, Roger Ferrari of Pacific
Hemisphere Development, and other officials attended the launch.
According to CAAP, the total cost of the project was pegged at P159.9 million.
Title; Supreme Court Junks Erap Disqualification Case
Camille Diola - The Philippine
January 21, 2015, | 12:38 pm
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) —The Supreme Court En banc on Wednesday junked
petitions questioning the constitutional basis of Manila Mayor Joseph "Erap" Estrada's candidacy
in the 2013 local polls.
Voting 11-3, the high court dismissed the disqualification cases filed by lawyer Alicia-Risos
Vidal and former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, questioning the validity of Estrada's political
office.
The ruling, penned by Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, upholds the Commission
on Election’s decision to dismiss Vidal's case against Estrada.
The court also recognized that Estrada was pardoned by former President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo through absolute clemency in 2007.
The petitions argued that Estrada should not have been allowed by the Commission on Elections
to seek another political seat after having been convicted of plunder.
Besides De Castro, magistrates Presbitero Velasco Jr., Arturo Brion, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas
Bersamin, Mariano del Castillo, Jose Mendoza, Jose Perez, Bienvenido Reyes, and Estela Perlas-
Bernabe voted to dismiss Vidal's case.
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, and Associate
Justice Marvic Leonen, meanwhile, dissented from the majority's opinion.
Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te said in a televised briefing that petitioners Vidal and
Lim can still file a petition against the court's decision.
"The petitioner here, Attorney Vidal, and the intervenor, Attorney Lim, if they wish they have
recourse to motion for reconsideration," Te said.
Instruction: Read the instruction listed below. Afterward, read the article that will be shown by
your teacher and answer the following given question.
Title: CAAP upgrades air traffic system.
1. What is the main idea of the news article?
- To ensure a safe, secure, and green Philippine Sky
2. Who is the CAAP director general?
- CAAP director general William Hotchkiss III
3. Which system was upgraded by CAAP?
- Eurocat air traffic management system
4. How much was the cost of the project?
- According to CAAP, the total cost of the project was pegged at P159.9 million.
5. How old was the air traffic system to be replaced?
- (CAAP) has upgraded its 19-year-old air traffic management system which replaced the old
outdated one which had been in place since 1996.
Instruction: Read the instruction listed below. Afterward, read the article that will be shown by
your teacher and answer the following given question.
Title: Supreme Court Junks Erap disqualification case.
1. What is the main idea of the news article?
- Aside from its power of judicial review, the Supreme Court of the Philippines also has the
exclusive power to promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional
rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts, the admission to the practice of law, the
integrated.
2. Who wrote the decision of the supreme court?
- The Chief Justice, or the most senior Justice in the majority of the Chief Justice is in the
dissent, assigns a Justice in the majority.
3. Who filed the disqualification case against Estrada?
- The ones who filed the disqualification of Estrada were lawyer Alicia-Risos Vidal and former
mayor Alfredo Lim who questioned the validity of Estrada's political office.
4. How many justices voted for the dismissal of the disqualification case?
- Voting 11-3, the high court dismissed the disqualification cases filed by lawyer Alicia-Risos
Vidal and former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, questioning the validity of Estrada's political
office. Besides De Castro, magistrates Presbitero Velasco Jr., Arturo Brion, Diosdado Peralta,
Lucas Bersamin, Mariano del Castillo, Jose Mendoza, Jose Perez, Bienvenido Reyes, and Estela
Perlas-Bernabe voted to dismiss Vidal's case.
5. Who is the spokesperson of the supreme court?
- Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te.