News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service’s Cape Krusenstern National Monument Subsistence Resource Commission, published in Federal Register notice 83 FR 9867, has been rescheduled. The meeting will be held in Kotzebue on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. The meeting is open to the public. Call in information is as follows.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Dominican Republic is a representative constitutional democracy. In May 2016 Danilo Medina of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) was re-elected president for a second four-year term. Impartial outside observers assessed the elections were generally free and orderly despite failures in the introduction of an electronic voting system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: For Making False Statements. HAMMOND - Daniel Murchek, 57, of Schererville, Indiana was indicted for making false statements to federal authorities, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. United States Attorney Kirsch said, “Mr. Murchek lied to FBI agents who sought truthful information from him in connection...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Burkina Faso is a constitutional republic led by an elected president. In 2015 the country held peaceful and orderly presidential and legislative elections, marking a major milestone in the country’s transition to democracy. President Roch Mark Christian Kabore won with 53 percent of the popular vote...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Medford, Ore. - The BLM will be conducting prescribed fires (controlled burns) on BLM-administered lands at the northern end of the Rogue Valley and the Applegate Valley, starting on Monday, April 23rd, and will continue as conditions allow.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Benin is a stable constitutional presidential republic. In March 2016 voters elected Patrice Talon to a five-year term as president in a multiparty election, replacing former president Thomas Boni Yayi, who served two consecutive five-year terms. In 2015 authorities held legislative elections in which...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Libya is a parliamentary democracy with a temporary Constitutional Declaration, which allows for the exercise of a full range of political, civil, and judicial rights. Citizens elected the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) in free and fair elections in June 2014. The Libyan Political Agreement,...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced it has rescheduled its hearing titled, “Do Not Call: Combating Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing." The hearing will now take place on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.as they are posted.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Chile is a constitutional multiparty democracy. Chile held presidential elections November 19 in an election observers considered free and fair. Former president and center-right candidate Sebastian Pinera and center-left independent Senator Alejandro Guillier advanced to a December 17 presidential runoff, which was won by Pinera. The country also held concurrent legislative elections.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Romania is a constitutional republic with a democratic, multiparty parliamentary system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, both elected by popular vote. The country held parliamentary elections in December 2016 that observers generally considered to be free ...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Uzbekistan is a constitutional republic with a political system dominated by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his supporters. On December 4, 2016, former prime minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev won the presidential elections with 88 percent of the vote. The Organization for Security and Cooperation’s Office...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Fiji is a constitutional republic. The country held general elections in 2014, which international observers deemed credible and “broadly reflected the will of the Fijian people." Josaia Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama’s Fiji First party won 32 of the 50 seats, and he was sworn in as prime minister.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - An investigation and arrest by members of the Central Falls Police Department has resulted in the detention of a Central Falls man charged by way of a federal criminal complaint with production and possession of child pornography. Jose A. Cortes, a.k.a. “Jose Cortez," 38, was ordered detained on Thursday following his initial appearance in federal court before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Singapore is a parliamentary republic where the People’s Action Party, in power since 1959, overwhelmingly dominated the political scene. There was no voting for the 2017 presidential election because only a single, ethnic minority Malay candidate qualified for the ballot, due to criteria specified in...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Jamaica is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. In national elections in February 2016, the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) led by Prime Minister Andrew Michael Holness won a majority 32 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives. International and local election observers deemed the elections transparent,...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced it has rescheduled its hearing titled, “Do Not Call: Combating Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing." The hearing will now take place on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.as they are posted.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) sent a letter to President Trump today expressing concern that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is inappropriately issuing waivers to fuel refiners in order to undermine the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Algeria is a multiparty republic whose president, the head of state, is elected by popular vote for a five-year term. The president has the constitutional authority to appoint and dismiss cabinet members and the prime minister, who is the head of government. A 2016 constitutional revision requires the...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Kingdom of Spain is a parliamentary democracy headed by a constitutional monarch. The country has a bicameral parliament, the General Courts or National Assembly, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (lower house) and the Senate (upper house). The head of the largest political party or coalition...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Group Used Skimming Devices to Steal Dozens of Debit Card Numbers, PINs from ATMs in Olathe, Riverside.
