Directions: Identify the issue in each paragraph then tell if the writer’s

opinion presents a moral, economic or social issue. Formulate your own

opinion and compare it with the writer’s. Write your answers on the

space provided.



Christmas is all about money and material things these days. Parents spend

all their time and money trying to get the latest, most exciting gifts for their

children. Children think about nothing but what their relatives and friends will

give them. The most important Christmas decoration in most homes is the

presents under the tree, not the baby Jesus in the nativity scene or the angel on

top of the tree. Christmas should be about the things Jesus taught, about giving,

not getting, about being together, not spending money on each other.

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2. MANILA -- When the Philippines' telecom challenger DITO Telecommunity

picked March 28 to showcase its brand new network, the date was carefully chosen

to honor the man who made it all possible -- Rodrigo Duterte.

Timing it with the Philippine President's birthday would show the close ties

between the leader and China Telecom-backed DITO, the company Duterte is

hoping will break up the country's long-standing telecom duopoly.

But what the company had hoped would be a splash became instead a low-

key "internal" event after most areas in the country were put on lockdown to fight

the spread of the COVID-19.

Nor is it the only milestone the company has struggled to hit. A "technical

audit" scheduled for July 8 to confirm DITO's physical network was in place and

ready to operate has been pushed back to January 2021, as only a quarter of its

planned towers have been built.

Definitely, this will resolve communication problems in the country when

fully operational.

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