News from March 2017
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Republic of Austria is a parliamentary democracy with constitutional power shared between a popularly elected president and a bicameral parliament (federal assembly). The multiparty parliament and the coalition government it elects exercise most day-to-day governmental powers. National parliamentary...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Tajikistan is an authoritarian state dominated politically by President Emomali Rahmon and his supporters. The constitution provides for a multiparty political system, but the government has historically obstructed political pluralism and continued to do so during the year. A constitutional amendment...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: In recognition of Women’s History Month and in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of Storer College, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to participate in a special presentation entitled “Missionaries and Money: How Free Baptist Women Influenced Storer College" on Saturday...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Arkansas state senator, a college president and a consultant were charged in an indictment filed for perpetrating a bribery and fraud scheme involving tens of thousands of dollars in bribes provided to the senator and another legislator in exchange for directing approximately $600,000...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Iceland is a constitutional parliamentary republic. The president is the head of state, and a prime minister, usually the leader of the largest party, is head of government. There is a unicameral parliament (Althingi). On June 25, voters elected Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson president in a free and fair election. Free and fair parliamentary elections took place on October 29. Negotiations to form a new government continued at year’s end.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced David Chambers Opembe (25, Texas) to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The Court also ordered him to forfeit $252,107.07, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Dominica is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy. In the 2014 general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s Dominica Labor Party prevailed over the opposition United Workers Party by a margin of 15 seats to six. Organization of American States election observers noted some irregularities but found the elections generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Bangladesh is a secular, pluralistic, parliamentary democracy. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League (AL) have retained power since the January 2014 parliamentary elections, which most international observers characterized as controversial and falling short of international standards.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Principality of Monaco is a constitutional monarchy in which the sovereign prince plays the leading governmental role. The prince appoints the government, which consists of a minister of state and five ministers. The prince shares the country’s legislative power with the popularly elected National Council. Multiparty elections for the National Council in 2013 were considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Mexico, which has 32 states, is a multiparty federal republic with an elected president and bicameral legislature. In 2012 President Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won election to a single six-year term in elections observers considered free and fair. Citizens elected members of the Senate in 2012 and members of the Chamber of Deputies in 2015. Observers considered the June gubernatorial elections free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Jose Cardenas Aguirre, 25, of Dallas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 324 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2016 to one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Prior to morning rush hour on Friday, May 29, 2015, the National Park Service, at therecommendation of Federal Highway Administration, announced a 10-ton load limit onArlington Memorial Bridge indefinitely. The 10-ton load restriction is intended to extend the lifeof the bridge deck for passenger vehicles. United States Park Police will begin activeenforcement of the load restrictions on June 22, 2015.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy, consists of four equal autonomous countries: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao, and Sint Maarten. The kingdom retains responsibility for foreign policy, defense, and other “kingdom issues." The country of the Netherlands also includes the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius, which are designated as special municipalities. The six Caribbean entities collectively are known as the Dutch Caribbean.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Richard Calvin Harper, 52, of Clinton, Mississippi, and Andrew Sneed, 57, of North Las Vegas, Nevada, were sentenced on March 2, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, for their convictions on charges of conspiracy to steal merchandise under the control of the United States Customs Service, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Republic of Finland is a constitutional republic with a directly elected president and a unicameral parliament (Eduskunta). The prime minister heads a three-party coalition government approved by parliament and appointed by the president in May 2015. Parliamentary elections in April 2015 were considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Belarus is an authoritarian state. The country’s constitution provides for a directly elected president who is head of state, and a bicameral parliament, the national assembly. A prime minister appointed by the president is the nominal head of government, but power is concentrated in the presidency,...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: North Bend, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Coastal Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Wednesday, March 15, 2017 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the BLM Coos Bay District Office, located at 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, Oregon.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The government of Cabo Verde is a parliamentary representative democratic republic, largely modeled on the Portuguese system. Constitutional powers are shared between the head of state, President Jorge Carlos Fonseca, and head of government, Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva. The Supreme Court, the National Electoral Commission, and international observers declared the 2016 nationwide legislative elections generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Although the 2016 constitution declares Turkmenistan to be a secular democracy, the country has an authoritarian government controlled by the president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and his inner circle. Berdimuhamedov has been president since 2006 and remained president following a February 2012 election...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Alexandra Foster (619) 546-6735.
