Sentences with phrase «government over a year ago»

Other challenges, it said, included special schools, such as schools for the blind and the deaf, which were either closing down or about to do so, subvention not being released to the psychiatric hospital in Accra, nearly all statutory funds being in arrears and a significant number of public sector workers, including nurses and district chief executives employed by the government over a year ago not being paid.

The company also noted that «an independent review completed by the U.S. Government over a year ago found that Autopilot reduces crash rates by 40 percent.»

Not exact matches

Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, Icelandic voters dumped the Social Democrats from power on Saturday, returning a center - right government that ruled over its financial collapse five years ago.

For «A» rated corporates, the spread over government bonds of comparable maturity is currently about 100 basis points, which is noticeably wider than a couple of years ago (Graph 32).

«Over a year ago, our first iteration of Autopilot was found by the U.S. government to reduce crash rates by as much as 40 %.

Just over a year ago, as I was returning from Europe, I wrote to praise the Trudeau government's success in saving a Stephen Harper legacy — the Canada - EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

To claim that a form filed with the government over 15 years ago has only now been deemed incomplete; therefore causing his file to be closed, is outrageous.

This is very far from being a new analysis: Family and Youth Concern, still battling away, was doing pioneering work over 30 years ago (for which its founder, Valerie Riches, was deservedly made a papal dame), pointing out how disastrous for society the undermining of the traditional family based on marriage - not least by successive governments - really was.

February 1 — The architect who wrote the original Olympic Park study over a decade ago insists that ground - sharing is the only solution after next year's London Games and that the Government must step in to resolve the ongoing dispute over the future of the site.

Just over 60 years ago The Telegraph criticised Anthony Eden for not providing «the smack of firm government».

Governor Andrew Cuomo came into office over six years ago pledging to clean up state government.

A little over a year ago, then Candidate Akufo Addo called for immediate reduction in electricity tariffs.In a statement published on myjoyonline.com and captured below, he attributed the «high» tariffs to what he described as «the insatiable appetite for taxes» of the previous government.

In order to have a balanced government we must learn to respect the differences which this great country has created through slavery and immigration starting over 400 years ago.

«This will provide leadership at senior level and independent from government to bring about the reform of the coronial system which is over 100 years ago overdue.

Just few days ago, the group asked the Federal Government to set up a panel of enquiry over the alleged killing of pro-Biafra activists in Onitsha and Aba earlier this year.

Since the assembly was suspended three and a half years ago over allegations of an IRA spy ring, it has cost # 78 million to maintain, a situation that the British government has insisted can not continue.

Since our civic group's formation, over two years ago, I've shared in the pleasure of working in volunteerism with our neighbors, fellow civic leaders, elected colleagues in government and numerous city agencies.

Okupe, who was also quizzed for allegedly receiving some dubious contracts from a local council in Niger State to the tune of N76.5 m, said his company, Romix soilfix, was one of the over 20 construction companies who were duly awarded contracts for rural roads some five years ago by the Niger State Government.

If Labour had done what it needed to four years ago; demonstrated that it understood the public's anxieties over spending with the last Labour government, and moved to win back public trust, then David Cameron would now be in serious trouble.

«Four years ago we took over a government deeply divided and in many ways paralyzed, unable to resolve issues and move forward,» Bellone said in a 30 - minute speech to about 400 people.

Highpoint of the occasion was the special tribute to the oldest mosque in eastern Nigeria which is located in Ibagwa Aka town, Igboeze South local government area in Enugu state and founded over a hundred years ago.

• When Tier 6 was adopted two years ago, the governor's Division of Budget projected it would reduce pension costs for state and local government by more than $ 35 billion over 30 years; and

Streets began focusing on emissions from China about 15 years ago and has since become such a noted expert that he helped the Chinese government clean up the smoke - clogged skies over Beijing before the Olympics in 2008.

After an outcry over an earlier version four years ago, the French government set up an international committee of scientists to scrutinise the plan.

The latest melee in the culture wars over public science funding comes from conservative CNS News, who apparently just discovered a government - funded study from 6 years ago on duck genitalia.

The mistake made over the past few hundred years (although the process began a thousands of years ago) is that through misguidance and bad advice by governments and the food industry our bodies have been forced to be sugar adapted.

The partnership, founded a little over a year ago, is made up of 100 education and arts organizations, foundations, businesses, and government agencies that want to make sure the arts are not left out when districts and states craft reform plans under the federal Goals 2000 program.

Since its inception 14 years ago, the Football Foundation, with funding from the Premier League, The FA and Government, via Sport England, has developed over 1,600 grassroots facility projects, with nearly 500 of these being 3G AGPs.

Tom: When we moved back [Tom worked in Hawaii state government post-college, then left the state for law school, an eight - year stint as an in - house lawyer for the National School Boards Association, and a few years in private practice in Seattle before moving back to Hawaii over three years ago], six months after I got there [Hawaii], the Commission was looking for its first executive director.

A government report a few years ago detailed hundreds of instances of abuse and several deaths over two decades.

«Five years ago a decision was made by staff in primary schools because of challenges put forward to them by the government and concerns over the tests.

The problems Toyota experienced just a few years ago with unintended acceleration and other mechanical and safety issues over a preceding period were grossly overplayed by government and the media.

GM's first quarter sales results versus a year ago underscore the company's momentum: Retail deliveries were up 7 percent, with cars up 14 percent and trucks up 8 percent; total sales were equal to a year ago Retail market share was up a full percentage point Commercial deliveries were up 9 percent and have increased year over year for 29 consecutive months Sales to Government customers were up 23 percent Daily rental sales were down approximately 43,000 units year over year, or about 36 percent Chevrolet has been the main engine of growth.

Exactly a year ago, the government made an announcement that it was handing over 5,000 tablets to federal university teachers and that the cash transfers for the devices destined to school teachers had been made.

About 5 years ago it appeared Amazon was gearing up for a battle royale with the California government over this issue.

As I noted when news of the theft and murder of Maya was first reported over a year ago, «Some have suggested that PETA targeted the trailer park [for rounding up and killing people's animals] because of the language barrier, the questionable immigration status, and the fear of government officials that pervades the tenants.

Oh, and actually it's mostly lands that were given to first nations through treaties many years ago, which means the Provincial and Federal Canadian governments are also shredding their treaty obligations in the rush to hand over the exploitation rights in a massive firesale.

Over 70 years ago governments around the world made the decision to launch the global geoengineering experiment without public knowledge or consent, an experiment from which there is no return.

As of last month, more than 800 global investors — including foundations such as the Rockefeller Brothers, religious groups, healthcare organisations, universities and local governments — have pledged to withdraw a total of $ 50bn (# 31bn) from fossil fuel investments over the next five years as a result of the campaign which began on college campuses in the United States three years ago.

Last year, for the fourth time since the federal government outlawed hemp farming in the United States over 50 years ago, a bill was introduced by Rep. Ron Paul in the U.S. House of Representatives.

I was actively involved in environmental protection as a Sierra Club activist and senior EPA analyst for over 45 years, but about eight years ago I concluded that I could not support the energy use / CO2 reduction objectives of the environmental movement and many governments in the developed world.

So, with the ground rules set, and no complaints if this or other posts are later removed, your point about policy makers strongly reminded me of what Thomas Sowell said four years ago about the striking success of his mentor Milton Friedman in affecting US (and other) government policy over many years, in a short appreciation a couple of years before the 92 - year - old Nobel Prize - winning economist died:

Going further back, the Quebec government says these measures sprouted naturally from the seed planted over 50 years ago in the Quiet Revolution (Révolution tranquille).

Founded over 75 years ago, Kleinbard offers sophisticated legal services to middle market and Fortune 1000 companies in the areas of business and finance, employment, government relations, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, taxation, and trusts and estates.

Until just over a year ago, Mary Alice had served for years as the top lobbyist for the American Association of Law Libraries, advocating for information policy before the federal government.

Just over a year ago the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the proposed federal Canadian Securities Act was ultra vires the federal government.

Twenty years ago, when Canadians were first debating how best to address potential conflicts over frozen embryos, the government - appointed Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies recommended that gamete providers be jointly required to make decisions regarding the disposition of their embryos prior to gametes being retrieved or embryos created, and to indicate their preferences in consent forms that would be binding for the clinic involved.

San Francisco - CREDO Mobile representatives confirmed today that their company was at the center of the long - running legal battle over the constitutionality of national security letters (NSLs), and published the letters the government sent three years ago.

The Delaware Blockchain Initiative, launched over a year ago, commits the state's government to incorporating blockchain technology in the handling of official documents such as land titles, birth and death certificates, professional licenses, collateral claims and company filings.

Since this happened over two years ago, progress to give full effect to the Declaration has been slow, despite the strong legal and moral arguments for the Australian Government to take concrete action.