News from April 2018
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News 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 State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News 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: Greece is a constitutional republic and multiparty parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority is vested in the unicameral parliament. In 2015 the country held parliamentary elections that observers considered free and fair. A coalition government formed by the SYRIZA and ANEL parties and headed by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras leads the country.
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 Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: While you are patiently looking forward to a spring full of sunshine and warmer days, the National Park Service (NPS) is preparing to help you #FindYourPark during National Park Week, April 21 through April 29. This year’s theme, “Park Stars," is celebrating everything from starry skies to superstar...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Botswana is a constitutional, multiparty, republican democracy. Its constitution provides for the indirect election of a president and the popular election of a National Assembly. In October 2014 the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won the majority of parliamentary seats in an election deemed generally free and fair. President Ian Khama retained his position. The BDP has held the presidency and a majority of National Assembly seats since independence in 1966.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a constitutional republic led by President Hilda C. Heine. The Nitijela, the country’s parliament, elected Heine in early 2016, following free and fair multiparty elections in late 2015.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Kingdom of Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara and administers the estimated 85 percent of that territory that it controls. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO), an organization that seeks the territory’s independence, disputes Morocco’s claim...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Mr. Good Vape LLC of Chino, California, to reinstate a former manager and pay him $110,000 in compensation after he was fired for claiming the company’s production of flavored liquids for e-cigarette vapor inhalers violated federal environmental law.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty republic with a freely elected government. In January 2015 voters elected President Maithripala Sirisena to a five-year term. The parliament shares power with the president. August 2015 parliamentary elections resulted in a coalition government between the two major political parties. Both elections were free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Malta is a constitutional republic and parliamentary democracy. The president is the head of state, appointed by a resolution of the unicameral parliament (House of Representatives) for a term of five years. The House of Representatives appointed a new president in 2014. The president names as prime minister the leader of the party winning a majority of seats in parliamentary elections. Early parliamentary elections held on June 3 were considered free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Jason Morris was sentenced to 132 months in prison, lifetime supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen presided over the hearing.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Vanuatu is a multiparty parliamentary democracy with a freely elected government. The president is head of state. Parliament elected Tallis Obed Moses president in July after the former president died in June. Following a snap election in 2016, which observers considered generally free and fair, parliament elected Charlot Salwai as prime minister.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant Admits She Lied during Deposition with Bankruptcy Trustee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: A Miami, Florida man was sentenced to 97 months in prison today for his role in an approximately $10 million health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct home health clinic and two sham physical rehabilitation clinics located in Miami.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Republic of Latvia is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. A unicameral parliament (Saeima) exercises legislative authority. Observers considered elections in 2014 for the 100-seat parliament to be free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of Kazakhstan’s government system and constitution concentrate power in the presidency. The presidential administration controls the government, the legislature, and judiciary as well as regional and local governments. Changes or amendments to the constitution require presidential consent.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Kosovo is a parliamentary democracy. The constitution and laws provide for an elected unicameral parliament, the Assembly, which in turn elects a president, whose choice of prime minister the Assembly must approve. The country held parliamentary elections on June 11 that international observers considered...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Sultanate of Oman is a hereditary monarchy ruled by Sultan Qaboos al-Said since 1970. The sultan has sole authority to enact laws through royal decree, although ministries and the bicameral Majlis Oman (parliament) can draft laws on non-security-related matters, and citizens may provide input through...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Nigeria is a federal republic composed of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In 2015 citizens elected President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress party to a four-year term in the first successful democratic transfer of power from a sitting president in the country’s history.
