News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Holbrook resident was sentenced yesterday for distribution of heroin and cocaine base.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 22-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to prison following his conviction of attempting to export firearm magazines, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Venezuela is legally a multiparty, constitutional republic, but for more than a decade, political power has been concentrated in a single party with an authoritarian executive exercising significant control over the judicial, citizens’ power (which includes the prosecutor general and ombudsman), and...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: With 2,594,904 recreational visits in 2019, Bryce Canyon National Park has enjoyed another year of global popularity. The park has remained above 2 million annual recreational visits since 2016, and is currently the 12th most-visited national park in the country. As Spring Break begins an early increase to visitation, park facilities will begin to reopen, hours will extend, and shuttle service will resume to best serve our 2020 visitors.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Cuba is an authoritarian state led by Miguel Diaz-Canel, president of the republic, with former president Raul Castro serving as the first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (CCP). Despite ratifying a new constitution on Feb. 24, Cuba remains a one-party system in which the constitution states the CCP is the only legal political party and the highest political entity of the state.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Brazil is a constitutional, multiparty republic. In October 2018 voters chose the president, vice president, and the bicameral National Congress in elections that international observers reported were free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News 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 the prime minister and legislators on November 7 to be free and fair. The coalition headed by the incumbent prime minister won a majority of seats.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
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 a transition to democracy. President Roch Mark Christian Kabore won with 53 percent of the popular vote, and his party-the People’s Movement for Progress-won 55 seats in the 127-seat National Assembly. National and international observers characterized the elections as free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Portugal, which includes the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, is a constitutional semipresidential representative democracy with a president, prime minister, and parliament elected in multiparty elections. Observers considered regional elections in Madeira on September 22 and national legislative elections on October 6 free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Grenada is a parliamentary democracy with a bicameral legislature. Observers considered the March 2018 elections to be generally free and fair. The New National Party won all 15 seats in the House of Representatives and selected Keith Mitchell as prime minister.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a constitutional monarchy ruled by King Abdullah II bin Hussein. The constitution grants the king ultimate executive and legislative authority. The multiparty parliament consists of the 65-member Senate (Majlis al-Ayan) appointed by the king and a 130-member popularly...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Ryan Antrim, 29, of Allentown, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment and a lifetime of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith, for the distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Barbados is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state. The governor general is the queen’s representative in the country and certifies all legislation on her behalf. In the 2018 national elections, the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) won all 30 seats in the legislature. BLP leader Mia Mottley was appointed as prime minister by the governor general with the support of the BLP’s overwhelming parliamentary majority.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: The Republic of San Marino is a multiparty democracy. Twice yearly, 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 of 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 on December 8 to be generally free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Under Influence of Marijuana Wax at Time.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: The Central African Republic (CAR) is a presidential republic. Voters elected Professor Faustin-Archange Touadera president in a 2016 run-off election. Despite reports of irregularities, international observers reported the 2016 presidential and legislative elections were free and fair. On February 6,...
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Matthew Harrell has been sentenced for his role in organizing and managing a health care fraud scheme that stole millions in Medicaid funds in Georgia, Louisiana, and Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Matthew Harrell has been sentenced for his role in organizing and managing a health care fraud scheme that stole millions in Medicaid funds in Georgia, Louisiana, and Florida.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Somalia is a federal parliamentary republic. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo," following his election by a joint vote of the two houses of parliament in February 2017, led the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), formed in 2012. Members of the two houses of parliament were selected through...
