News from May 2018
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom, including the freedom to change religions, proselytize, and establish religious schools. Laws “reasonably required" to achieve certain listed public goals may restrict these rights. In April parliament passed a motion to explore the possibility of amending...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Marc Punzalan, age 24, of Rockville, Maryland, was indicted on May 24, 2018, by a federal grand jury on one count of stalking and one count of the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution protects freedom of religion and the right of religious communities to establish their own institutions. The constitution specifies the state and the Catholic Church are independent, their relations governed by treaties, which include a concordat granting the Church a number of privileges...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom, including the freedom to change religions, proselytize, and establish religious schools. Laws “reasonably required" to achieve certain listed public goals may restrict these rights. In April parliament passed a motion to explore the possibility of amending...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution stipulates the state is independent of religion and provides for “freedom of thought, spirituality, religion, and cult, expressed individually or collectively, in public and in private." The constitution and other laws give educational institutions the right to teach religion, including...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Gerard Terry, former Chairman of the Democratic Party in North Hempstead and head of the Nassau County Board of Elections, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years’ supervised release, $992,057 in restitution and $31,000 in forfeiture, following his guilty plea on Oct. 12, 2017 to tax evasion. The sentencing proceeding was held before United States District Judge Joanna Seybert.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Alialin Doughty, 29, of Old Town, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 3½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for maintaining a drug involved premises. Doughty pled guilty on Oct. 25, 2017.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom and prohibits the government from taking any action to compel, prohibit, or hinder the exercise of religion. A law enacted on April 13 established a National Day of Prayer that “welcomes all expressions of religion, no matter of his or her choosing without reservation or reproach.".
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution stipulates everyone is free to choose his or her faith. It makes the state responsible for “protecting the religious…interests of the People" and establishes Roman Catholicism as the state religion with full protection from the state. It stipulates other religions may practice their...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan autonomous prefectures and counties in other provinces to be part of the People’s Republic of China. The constitution of the People’s Republic of China states that citizens “enjoy freedom of religious belief" but limits protections...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the official religion and states no law may be enacted contradicting the “established provisions of Islam." The constitution guarantees freedom of religious belief and practice for Muslims, Christians, Yezidis, and Sabean-Mandeans, but not for followers of other...
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Two prime contractors working at EM’s Paducah Site recently received the Governor’s Safety and Health Award at the Kentucky Labor Cabinet’s 34th annual Safety and Health Conference and Exposition.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion or traditional belief. The preamble to the constitution refers to traditional Christian values, but there is no state religion. In July the newly elected president, who is a Presbyterian Church pastor,...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that JOSE HERNANDEZ-RAMIREZ, age 31, of Mexico, illegally present in the United States and residing in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: A Parma man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for leading a cocaine conspiracy.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and prohibits political parties based on religious affiliation. The law states that the country has no national religion, but by decree and practice, the government gives preference to the Roman Catholic Church and the Reformed Church of Equatorial...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and states that religion is a personal choice, and all churches and religious organizations have equal rights. An agreement with the Holy See determines relations with the Roman Catholic Church and grants it privileges not accorded to other religious...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: In February 2014 Russian military forces occupied Crimea. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262, adopted on March 27, 2014, and entitled “Territorial Integrity of Ukraine," states the Autonomous Republic of Crimea remains internationally recognized as within Ukraine’s international borders. The U.S. government does not recognize the purported annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and considers Crimea still to be a part of Ukraine.
By USDA Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Karim Baratov, aka Kay, aka Karim Taloverov, aka Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, 23, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine, which encompasses all of his remaining assets.
