Djokovic marches on at US Open
September 1, 2020
Pre-tournament favorite Novak Djokovic marched into round two of the US Open yesterday as he launched his bid for a 18th Grand Slam with a straight-sets win.
Pre-tournament favorite Novak Djokovic marched into round two of the US Open yesterday as he launched his bid for a 18th Grand Slam with a straight-sets win.
Jimmy Butler scored 27 of his career playoff high 40 points in the second half as the Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115-104 in the opening game of their Eastern Conference semi-final playoff series yesterday.
There are eight Turks for every Greek, so you might think the Greeks have to fold. But Greece has the backing of France, Italy, Israel, Egypt, and practically every other country in the eastern Mediterranean and the Arab world, as well as the entire European Union, so it has just called the bet and raised it.
Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon issued a circular yesterday urging the faithful to go through a 40-day process of “making sense in faith of the whole COVID 19 experience.” 40 speaks of “graced time” to allow us to reflect, repent, and be renewed.
Did I hear it right? Did a hospital in Ohio, U.S.A. really discover a cure for the coronavirus infection? The report identified the medicine as the Catalopram tablet, but after its announcement the other day, nothing more was reported on it. Let us all hope and pray that relief is on the way, and that all those studies and experiments going on for a vaccine will be successful. In the meantime let us continue observing all the precautions being issued to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe.
The Commission on Elections spokesperson Director James Jimenez announced that with the resumption of voter registration on September 1, the filing of applications will take place from Tuesdays to Saturdays, including holidays, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Office of the Election Officer.
The prices of meat in the markets of Negros Occidental slightly dropped this week amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas underscored the importance of marketing strategies to help local farmers in selling their produce.
Steel footbridges, worth P1.5-million, were recently completed in the outskirt barangays of Moises Padilla town in Negros Occidental.
The Apolinario Gatmaitan Command of the New People’s Army strongly disputed military claims that the four persons arrested on August 26 in Brgy. Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, are their members.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, led by former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, is eyeing the fielding of a gubernatorial bet for Negros Occidental in the 2025 elections, if there is clamor to replace Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson,
The secretary general of Power Watch Negros said that the granting of the Negros Electric Power Corp. (NEPC) franchise could provide relief to the sufferings of the consumers of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) brought about by frequent power outages.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amidst the high heat index in Negros Occidental, the Department of Education – Division of Himamaylan City is finalizing plans to shorten class hours in the different schools under its jurisdiction, Mayor Rogelio Raymund Tongson disclosed.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The sales of the weeklong Panaad sa Negros Festival this year, which ran from April 15 to April 21, dropped by 20 percent compared to 2023, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson reported yesterday. Sales reduced from P23,663,642.86
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO McDonald’s Philippines launched its Crave & Claim campaign in Bacolod City, featuring exclusive deals and discounts that customers could avail of exclusively on the McDonald’s App until April 30. The campaign was launched by McDonald’s Philippines
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The New People’s Army Mt. Cansermon Command has issued a statement claiming responsibility for the death of a woman it accused as a military informant, on April 21 in Sitio Dug-anon, Brgy. Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros