News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Richard William Lockley, 34, of Stuart, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Donald L. Graham to 15 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for producing pornography of a teenage victim. He was ordered to register as a sex offender. Co-Defendant Joshua Lane Rogers, 34, also of Stuart, is scheduled to be sentenced in June.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Lesotho is a constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliamentary government. Under the constitution, the king is head of state but does not actively participate in political activities. The prime minister is head of government and has executive authority. On March 1, former prime minister Pakalitha...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Central African Republic is a presidential republic. Voters elected Faustin-Archange Touadera president in a February 2016 run-off. International observers reported the February 2016 presidential and legislative elections were free and fair, despite reports of irregularities. The 2016 constitution...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: BELLEVUE, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Bellevue-based plastics company Wilbert Inc. for multiple safety violations after an inspection found employees exposed to fall, machine, and electrical hazards. OSHA proposed penalties of $261,454.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, with a king serving as head of state. King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun ascended to the throne in December 2016, following the death of his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej. In a 2014 bloodless coup, military and police leaders, taking the name National...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Ethiopia is a federal republic. The ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of four ethnically based parties, controls the government. In the 2015 general elections the EPRDF and affiliated parties won all 547 House of People’s Representatives (parliament) seats...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The United Republic of Tanzania is a multiparty republic consisting of the mainland region and the semiautonomous Zanzibar archipelago, whose main islands are Unguja (Zanzibar Island) and Pemba. The union is headed by a president, who is also the head of government. Its unicameral legislative body is...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Moldova is a republic with a form of parliamentary democracy. The constitution provides for a multiparty democracy with legislative and executive branches as well as an independent judiciary and a clear separation of powers. Legislative authority is vested in the unicameral parliament. The 2014 parliamentary...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Canada is a constitutional monarchy with a federal parliamentary government. In a free and fair multiparty federal election held in October 2015, the Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, won a majority of seats in the federal parliament, and Trudeau formed a government at the request of the Governor General.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Mauritius is a multiparty democracy governed by the prime minister, the Council of Ministers, and the National Assembly. International and local observers judged elections for both the prime minister and legislators in 2014 to be generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Bahrain is a constitutional monarchy. King Hamad Bin Isa al-Khalifa, the head of state, appoints the cabinet, consisting of 26 ministers; 12 of those ministers were members of the al-Khalifa ruling family. Parliament consists of an appointed upper house, the Shura (Consultative) Council, and the elected...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Qatar is a constitutional monarchy in which Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani exercises full executive power. The constitution provides for hereditary rule by men in the emir’s branch of the Al Thani family. The most recent elections were in 2015 for the Central Municipal Council, an advisory and consultative body; observers considered the elections free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary national legislative system under which ultimate authority rests with King Mohammed VI, who presides over the Council of Ministers. The king shares executive authority with the Head of Government (prime minister) Saadeddine El Othmani. According...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Argentina is a federal constitutional republic. Mauricio Macri won election to the presidency in 2015 in multiparty elections the media and various nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) described as generally free and fair. The country held midterm elections in October for one-third of the Senate and one-half of the Chamber of Deputies.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of the Congo is a parliamentary republic in which the constitution, promulgated in 2015, vests most decision-making authority and political power in the president and prime minister. In 2015 citizens adopted a new constitution by a 94 percent vote, but in a controversial process boycotted...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Lake Charles man was sentenced Tuesday to a prison term for selling a stolen black rhinoceros horn.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of San Marino is a multiparty democracy. The popularly elected, unicameral Great and General Council (parliament) selects two of its members to serve as captains regent (co-heads of state). They preside over meetings of the council and the Congress of State (cabinet), which has no more than 10 other members (secretaries of state), selected by the council. Observers considered the parliamentary elections in 2016 to be generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Malawi is a multiparty democracy. Constitutional power is shared between the president and the 193 National Assembly members. International observers characterized the 2014 elections for president, parliament, and local councils as free, transparent, and credible.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The operator of a business that abused bankruptcy filings to get drivers licenses reinstated pleaded guilty to perjury this week in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. Between 2012 and 2017, TRACY J. TALLY, 46, of Poulsbo, Washington, admits she unlawfully provided...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Deadline to apply for FBI Albuquerque Teen Academy is May 2.
