September 17, 2020

Nuggets stun Clippers in game seven

Jamal Murray scored a game high 40 points and Nikola Jokic had a triple double as the Denver Nuggets stunned the Los Angeles Clippers, 104-89, in game seven to reach their first Western Conference finals in 11 years.

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Boris Johnson’s cunning plan

“I’ve got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel,” said Blackadder’s sidekick Baldrick in the BBC’s brilliant historical comedy series ‘Blackadder’. In fact, he said “I have a cunning plan” in almost every episode, but the plans hardly ever worked, and it became a popular catch-phrase.

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Celibacy an innate or acquired taste

Chastity, especially when lived in celibacy, can be difficult. Some people have regarded it as an impossible virtue, especially these days when the world is so soaked with all sorts of impure elements. Wherever you turn, they say, even in a crowd and especially when alone, temptations against this virtue attack with savagery.

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Suspend collection of rentals, building owners asked

Malls and building owners in Bacolod City were requested to suspend until end of this year the collection of rentals from small and medium business tenants, who are temporarily closed or with limited operations due to the imposition of Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine in the city, to allow them to recover.

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Educational loan program offered

Families in need of financial assistance to be able to continue sending their students to school amid the coronavirus-induced economic crisis may now avail of a lending program recently rolled out by the Land Bank of the Philippines that aims to benefit those from preschool to college who plan to enroll this coming school year.

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