Catholic Church Sells 1914-Built Church Edifice in Philadelphia, USA

EAGLENEWS.PH “WE LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES” Volume 1 Issue No. - 2 DECEMBER 2017 Catholic Church sells 1914-built church edifice in Philadelphia, USA to Iglesia Ni Cristo Mater Dolorosa church closed and sold due to dwindling mass attendance, and mounting operational deficits (Eagle News) — An old Catholic vania in the United States. church edifice built in 1914 in A report by the Northeast Philadelphia was recently sold Times, a community newspaper by the Catholic Church to the Ig- in Northeast Philadelphia, said lesia Ni Cristo, four years since the proceeds of the sale were to it was closed due to dwindling be used by the Catholic Church mass attendance. to primarily pay parish operation- The Iglesia Ni Cristo, a glob- al expenses and close the annu- al Christian Church first regis- al operating deficit. tered in the Philippines on July Rev. Thomas Higgins, pas- 27, 1914, bought the Mater Do- tor at Holy Innocents Catholic lorosa Catholic church property Church, announced the sale re- for $450,000. cently of the property with the ex- It would be converted to an act address at 1676 Ruan Street Iglesia Ni Cristo house of worship in Frankford, Philadelphia. that will serve its growing mem- (Eagle News Service) bership in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- A streetview of the side of the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church edifice along Ruan Street in Frank- A streetview of the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church edifice in Frankford, Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States, which ford, Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States, which was recently bought by was recently bought by the Iglesia Ni Cristo from the Catholic Church for $450,000. (Photo captured from Google maps street view/Courtesy the Iglesia Ni Cristo from the Catholic Church for $450,000. (Photo captured from Google maps Google maps) street view/Courtesy Google maps) DOH asks UP-PGH to probe whether three President Duterte gives P100 million to deaths are linked to Dengvaxia VMMC; directs procurement of the best medical equipment for veterans he Department of Health has tapped Tthe Philippine Gen- (Eagle News) — Presi- source of corruption. undergoing hemodialysis eral Hospital to determine dent Rodrigo Duterte on The President also vowed received groceries from the whether three deaths were Wednesday, November 20, to augment his P100 million Chief Executive. linked to Dengvaxia. turned over P100 million donation before the end of the The President was Health Secretary Fran- to the Veterans Memorial year. accompanied by Defense cisco Duque told reporters Medical Center (VMMC) He said the additional Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the University of the Phil- for the improvement of its funds would come from the Health Secretary Francisco ippines-run will assemble services, and instructed Philippine Amusement and Duque III, and Special Assis- a panel of medical experts officials of the medical cen- Gaming Corporation (PAG- tant to the President Chris- and pathologists to look ter to get the best medical COR). topher Lawrence “Bong” Go. into the deaths of the three A new dengue vaccine “Dengvaxia” developed by the Sanofi Pasteur equipment in the market for Meanwhile, 19 patients (with PND report) vaccinated children. Dengue Company is shown to AFP reporters at a hotel in Mexico City on the hospital that provides “UP-PGH will be provid- September 9, 2016. The dengue vaccine is the culmination of 20 years of service to the country’s vet- ing an independent review Sanofi Pasteur’s commitment to discover and develop a vaccine against eran soldiers and their de- and assessment on the dengue for priority launch in Latin American and Asian countries where dengue is a major public health priority. YURI CORTEZ / AFP pendents. probable cause of deaths of “Buy the best, huwag cases submitted by the De- yung lowest bid… I want partment of Health,” Duque ident Benigno Aquino III’s this month after the French quality. Quality ako,” the said, without giving details term—in the world’s first pub- company Sanofi, the man- President told the hospi- on the three cases. lic dengue immunization pro- ufacturer, warned it could tal’s officials and staff. More than 830,000 gram. worsen symptoms for peo- He also banned the Filipino schoolchildren were The government sus- ple who had not previous- practice of awarding con- injected with the vaccine pended the sale and distri- ly been infected. (Agence tracts to the lowest bid- last year–under then-Pres- bution of the dengue vaccine France Presse) der, saying this was only a President Rodrigo Duterte (Photo courtesy: Presidential photos Defying Trump threat, UN rejects 29 dead in fitness center blaze Nine foreigners among Melbourne US decision on Jerusalem in S. Korea: fire service car attack injured See Page 6 See Page 7 See Page 8 CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK: FOR MORE NEWS UPDATES, VISIT OUR Subscribe to our newsletter facebook.com/eaglenewsph OFFICIAL WEBSITE AT WWW. EAGLENEWS.PH eaglenews.ph 2 NATION President Duterte declares unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels for the holidays (Eagle News) — President Ro- person Harry Roque said the drigo Duterte has declared a government “expect(s)” the ceasefire with the communists Communist Party of the Philip- for the holidays. pines-NPA to “honor their word Presidential Spokesper- and comply” with the unilater- son Harry Roque said Presi- al ceasefire. dent Rodrigo Duterte said on He said President Rodri- Tuesday night that the cease- go Duterte, for his part, “decid- fire was effective from Decem- ed to declare a suspension of ber 24, 2017 to January 2, offensive military operations 2018. against the Reds precisely “This unilateral ceasefire because he wants Filipinos to would lessen the apprehen- feel safer during the holiday sion of the public… We expect season.” that the (Communist Party of Even then, he said that the Philippines-New People’s the government will “remain Army-National Democratic vigilant in ensuring the safety Front of the Philippines) would of our countrymen.” do a similar gesture of good- “May we all stand togeth- will,” Roque said. er in fulfilling our shared de- President Duterte has de- sire of achieving lasting peace clared the CPP-NPA as terrorist throughout the nation,” he organizations. said. He said this was following their The NPA declared the “depredatory acts” that in- 8-day unilateral ceasefire on clude the killing of a 4-month- Friday, days after the govern- old baby. (Eagle News Service) ment declared its own. The government’s cease- Palace welcomes NPA dec- fire falls on the same days, but is six hours longer on Decem- laration of 8-day ceasefire ber 26 and January 2, 2018. The NPA said the decla- The Palace on Friday, Decem- ration of its ceasefire was in ber 22, also welcomed the “observance of the Filipino New People’s Army declara- people’s traditional holidays President Rodrigo Duterte (Photo courtesy: Presidential Photo) tion of an eight-day ceasefire and the Party’s 49th anniver- covering the holidays. sary.” (ENS) Presidential Spokes- National security will not be compromised Lorenzana says he sacked Navy chief Mercado by Chinese telco – Malacañang because he “lost confidence” in him QUEZON CITY, Philippines – (Eagle News) — “I have lost Malacañang allayed fears that trust and confidence in his in- a third telecommunications tegrity and leadership.” company player from China Defense Secretary Delfin will compromise the national Lorenzana on Wednesday said security of the country. this was the reason Navy Flag According to Presidential Officer in Command Vice Ad- Spokesman Harry Roque, the miral Ronald Joseph Mercado administration is taking steps was sacked the day before. to strengthen the country’s In a press conference, cyber-security and to further Lorenzana said in particular, strengthen the ties between he “question(ed) (Mercado’s) the two countries. intention behind his fixation “Well, as far as security with one specific company for considerations are concerned, the combat management sys- we will look into that because tem of the frigate acquisition there are really concerns over- project.” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana all on cybersecurity in gener- Screenshot from Agila Balita Lorenzana was referring al,” he said. to the project worth P15.5 This was in reaction to billion, which was awarded to but that Mercado disapproved nation.” a statement from detained “What will assure us that to our own?” De Lima’s state- Hyundai Heavy Industries. of. “…He talks about re- Senator Leila De Lima claim- in the future, our national se- ment read. Hyundai had wanted to Lorenzana said because scinding the contract kung hin- ing that the country’s “infor- curity and whole intelligence The administration tar- tap another supplier for the in- of that “fixation” with one com- di matutuloy yung pinapasok mation and communications and defense systems won’t be gets March 2018 as the start stallation of the combat man- pany, Mercado “disregarded” niya kumpanya,” Lorenzana infrastructure” might be com- compromised, if not under the of operations of the Chinese agement system, a move that several directives the defense added, accusing Mercado also promised if China becomes complete control of a foreign telecommunications company. was supported by the Depart- secretary issued, an act which of “forum shopping.”. (Eagle the third telecommunications government with national in- (Eagle News Service) ment of National Defense’s the defense secretary said News Service) player. terests diametrically opposed bids and awards commitee, was tantamount to “insubordi- Duterte orders DAP president to vacate post Order comes a week after DAP employees publicly accused Elba Cruz of going on frequent travels abroad, among others (Eagle News) — President on 30 June 2017 and that Rodrigo Duterte has ordered (she) has been serving the the Development Academy DAP Board in a holdover ca- of the Philippines president pacity..” to vacate her post.

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