September 2020

The best and the worst in us

Because of the way we are, with our intelligence and will that enable us to know, to choose, to feel free, to love, etc., we will always have the possibilities of either rising to the zenith of our humanity, making ourselves no less than “another Christ” as we are meant to be, or plunging south to be the most wretched of all God’s creatures.

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Yes, Lord!

Today we are presented with another parable which is as intriguing as last Sunday’s. It tells of two sons whose response to their father’s order is totally opposite of the other. When the first son was asked by the father to go to work in the field, he said no, but eventually changed his mind and went. Instead, when the second son received the same order from the father, he said yes, but did not go.

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When Pinoys travel

There are only 35 days before the American election and one can imagine the excitement, as well as the anxiety among the contenders and their supporters. The way I see it, the incumbent seems to be more worried than the challenger who still appears to be taking it easy even it his opponent has been accused of using fake propaganda items against him. Is Joe Biden that confident or is it only because Donald Trump is so insecure about his reelection chances?

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Hospital running 1.3K tests daily

The Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital molecular laboratory in Silay City, Negros Occidental, has increased its Covid-19 testing capacity, and is now processing up to 1,300 samples daily since it opened on June 1.

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TLJPH gets 18K testing kits

The Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City received 18,000 RT-PCR testing kits from the Department of Health yesterday facilitated by Rep. Francisco Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District).

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Two killed in Neg. Occ.

A group of armed men shot and killed a 35-year-old man in Calatrava, while a security guard was found dead at his outpost in Sipalay City, all in Negros Occidental, the police reported yesterday.

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Negros, Bacolod to boost contact tracing

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has invited the mayors of Negros Occidental to a zoom meeting 4 p.m. today to further boost the provincewide fight against Covid-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday.

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