News from March 2020
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Nepal is a federal democratic republic. The 2015 constitution established the political system, including the framework for a prime minister as the chief executive, a bicameral parliament, and seven provinces. In 2017 the country held national elections for the lower house of parliament and the newly...
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Australia is a constitutional democracy with a freely elected federal parliamentary government. In a free and fair federal parliamentary election in May, the Liberal Party and National Party coalition was re-elected with a majority of 77 seats in the 151-seat House of Representatives. The House subsequently reconfirmed Scott Morrison as prime minister.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney David C. Weiss announced that Roy Horsey, 28, of Sussex County, pled guilty yesterday to a drug offense, and admitted that he distributed a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that killed a Seaford woman in March, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Millennium Physicians Association PLLC has paid the United States $1,248,964 to resolve claims that they improperly billed the Medicare program for sleep studies, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Peru is a constitutional, multiparty republic. President Martin Vizcarra assumed the presidency in March 2018 following the resignation of then president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski when Vizcarra was vice president. Kuczynski won the 2016 national elections in a vote widely considered free and fair. Invoking articles of the constitution, President Vizcarra dissolved Congress on September 30. Legislative elections are scheduled for January 2020.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Suriname is a constitutional democracy with a president elected by the unicameral National Assembly. Elections for the National Assembly took place in 2015. International observers considered the legislative elections to be free and fair. In 2015 the Assembly elected Desire (Desi) Delano Bouterse to a second consecutive term as president.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Note: Except where otherwise noted, all references in this report exclude the secessionist region of Transnistria.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Point Pleasant, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for distributing approximately 300 grams of crystal methamphetamine and thousands of pills containing heroin or fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) signaled his support for modernizing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in order to more efficiently carry out reviews of proposed transportation and infrastructure projects, without compromising environmental protections.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., March 11, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has determined that fresh jujube fruit from China can be safely imported into the continental United States under a systems approach. APHIS based this decision on the findings of our pest risk analysis and a thorough evaluation of comments made by the public on the analysis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Demarcus Deon Crawford, 36, a/k/a/ "Trip," has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Niger is a multiparty republic. President Issoufou Mahamadou won a second term in 2016. He won 92 percent of the vote in a second round boycotted by the opposition. The African Union certified the election as free and fair despite the criticism of some domestic observers who noted the jailing of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that LARRY DAVIS, age 41, from Washington Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced on March 10, 2020 to 204 months in prison in connection with his convictions for heroin and gun charges.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: The Federated States of Micronesia is a constitutional republic composed of four states: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. Individual states enjoy significant autonomy, and their traditional leaders retain considerable influence, especially in Pohnpei and Yap. On March 5, national elections were held...
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Papua New Guinea is a constitutional, federal, multiparty, parliamentary democracy. Parliamentary elections took place in 2017, and the People’s National Congress party won a majority in the 111-seat unicameral parliament, led by former prime minister Peter O’Neill. In May, O’Neill resigned, and parliament elected James Marape prime minister. In some parts of the country, electoral contests involved widespread violence, fraud, bribery, voter intimidation, and undue influence.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Cameroon is a republic dominated by a strong presidency. The president retains the power over the legislative and judicial branches of government. In October 2018 Paul Biya was reelected president in an election marked by irregularities. He has served as president since 1982. His political party-the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: TULSA, Okla. -A man who was discovered transporting methamphetamine into Oklahoma in his vehicle’s engine compartment was sentenced Tuesday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Turkey is a constitutional republic with an executive presidential system and a 600-seat parliament. The unicameral parliament (the Grand National Assembly) exercises legislative authority. In presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)...
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: The Republic of Lithuania is a constitutional, multiparty, parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority resides in a unicameral parliament (Seimas), and executive authority resides in the Office of the President. Observers evaluated the presidential elections on May 12 and 26, the European Parliamentary elections on May 26, and the 2016 national parliamentary elections as generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: The Oriental Republic of Uruguay is a constitutional republic with a democratically elected president and a bicameral legislature. In November, in a free and fair general election, Luis Lacalle Pou won a five-year presidential term. No political party won a majority in parliament; consequently, party coalitions will be required to pass legislation. Legislative elections were also held in October.
