Tag: program

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wedding: Minute-by-minute guide

  by Robin Millard Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday will be a fun-filled occasion but run with military precision, as per British royal tradition. The wedding service will be followed by a carriage procession, a lunchtime reception and an evening party. Here are details of the day’s programme: — 9:00 am (0800 GMT): Some 2,640 people including charity workers, community leaders and […]

DOF: 75 gov’t flagship projects to create 1.7 million jobs by 2022

(Eagle News) — Department of Finance (DOF) Undersecretary Grace Karen Singson  said that the government’s 75 flagship projects under the “Build, Build, Build” program of the Duterte administration are expected to create 1.7 million jobs by 2022. She said the Duterte administration intends to spend around $158 billion over the next five years for the program, so that infrastructure spending would reach 7.3 percent of Gross Domestic Product by the end of the President’s term. […]

Trump says N.Korea threat must be ‘dealt with rapidly’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump called on Monday for the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic programs to be “rapidly” tackled, as he thanked visiting Indian leader Narendra Modi for rallying behind sanctions on Pyongyang. “The North Korean regime is causing tremendous problems and is something that has to be dealt with, and probably dealt with rapidly,” Trump told reporters in the White House Rose Garden after holding his first […]

House lawmaker proposes creation of rehabilitation fund, program for war-torn Marawi

(Eagle News) — A House of Representatives lawmaker has proposed the establishment of a rehabilitation fund and program for the “long-term” recovery of Marawi. “Even as fighting between government forces and rebel-terrorist groups continue to rage in Marawi City, government should already consider drawing up a rehabilitation program and seeking congressional approval for a special rehabilitation fund,” Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo said. For this, Castelo urged President Rodrigo Duterte to “form a team to […]

Livelihood training at seminar kaloob ng Golden Treasure Skills and Development Program para sa mga nais magnegosyo

Ang Golden Treasure Skills and Development Program (GTSDP) ay ilang taon na ring tumutulong sa mga Filipino sa pamamagitan ng livelihood training at seminar na magagamit bilang negosyo o kaya naman bilang ordinary skill sa araw-araw. Isang organisasyon na nagbibigay ng mga livelihood trainings ang itinayo upang maging daan para makatulong na makapagbigay ng bagong kaalaman sa komunidad, ito ang Golden Treasure Skills and Development Program (GTSDP). Ilan sa mga livelihood trainings nito ay ang […]

CIA blasts WikiLeaks for publishing secret documents

by Paul HANDLEY / Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday accused WikiLeaks of endangering Americans, helping US rivals and hampering Washington’s fight against terror threats by releasing what the anti-secrecy site claimed was a trove of CIA hacking tools. A CIA spokeswoman would not confirm the authenticity of the materials published a day earlier by WikiLeaks, which said they were leaked from the spy agency’s […]

WikiLeaks exposes alleged CIA hacking program

by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –The CIA can turn your TV into a listening device, bypass popular encryption apps, and possibly control your car, according to a trove of alleged documents from the US spy agency released Tuesday by WikiLeaks. The group posted nearly 9,000 documents it said were leaked from the Central Intelligence Agency, in what it described as the largest-ever publication of secret intelligence materials. WikiLeaks claimed that […]