Sentences with phrase «affairs department said»

Mr. Caze «passed away in Thailand,» a spokeswoman for Canada's foreign affairs department said Thursday.

South Africa's foreign affairs department said the country's security agencies were capable of ensuring the safety of its residents, noting that no incident or attack had taken place after the previous warning by the U.S. embassy last year.

Answer: The New Zealand Internal Affairs Department says no.

Not exact matches

His bid for the presidency was marred by a seemingly inadequate knowledge of national affairs, which was most pronounced during a televised debate that showed Perry unable to remember the name of a third federal department he'd said he planned to cut, along with the Departments of Commerce and Education.

Department of Indigenous Affairs director general Richard Curry said Mr Prosser had the ability to communicate effectively with both indigenous and non-indigenous people and organisations.

«The Senate Committee on Veterans» Affairs is postponing the hearing to consider the nominee to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in light of new information presented to the committee,» Isakson and Tester said in a joint statement released Tuesday.

The revision process, which includes conducting environmental impact studies and taking public comments, has taken about two years in the past, said Connie Gillette, chief of public affairs for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the unit of the Interior Department that oversees the lease schedule.

A spokesman for the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs said the agency is «not able to comment on current litigation.»

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

Exports from Canada to the U.S. could be subjected to a maximum tariff of 3.5 per cent under the World Trade Organization's «most favoured nation» provision, to which Canada would almost certainly respond with its own tariffs on imports from the U.S. «For Canada, under WTO rules, we'd have to put up barriers with the U.S., and the retaliation would be one of the biggest sources of negative impact for us,» says Dan Ciuriak, a former deputy chief economist with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

On March 15, Shulkin said that he has not gotten any direction about what role, if any, the Veterans Affairs Department will play in the parade.

Trump's decision to impose duties on up to $ 60 billion worth of Chinese imports, for example, comes at a time when Washington needs Beijing's help to rein in a nuclear - armed Pyongyang, said Wendy Sherman, a former under secretary of state for political affairs at the U.S. State Department who was the lead American negotiator for the Iran nuclear agreement.

Nor, officials said, was Secretary of State Tillerson informed of the situation until days after the department's acting assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, Francisco Palmieri, finally called in the Cuban ambassador in Washington, José Ramón Cabañas, to present a diplomatic note of protest on Feb. 17.

The sudden surge in personal attacks against Rosenstein and Mueller seems like it's coming in response to a Justice Department investigation into Cohen for payments he made to women who say they had affairs with Trump.

He said he was planning to oust several lower - down State and Defense Department officials who might object to economic war with China; he named Susan Thornton, the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, as one example of someone he wants to fire.

Not really, said Dr. John Krystal, who heads the Neurosciences Division at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD.

Peter Kurdock, director of regulatory affairs for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety in Washington, said the group sent a letter Monday to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao saying it is concerned about a lack of action and oversight by the department as autonomous vehicles are developed.

David Loevinger, a former U.S. Treasury Department senior coordinator for China affairs, said that this feud is being fed by the Trump administration's belief...

«While I will forever be grateful for the trust and confidence President Trump has placed in me by giving me this opportunity, I am regretfully withdrawing my nomination to be Secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs,» Jackson said in a statement on Thursday morning.

«One hundred and sixty - four trillion is a huge number,» said Vitor Gaspar, head of the IMF's fiscal affairs department.

More than seven billion plastic bags were handed out by seven main retailers in 2014, but this figure dropped to just over half a billion in the first six months of this year after the 5p charge was introduced in October last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

A report by the US Department of State on International Religious Freedom said the office for Religious Affairs in Cuba «continued to require a license to import religious literature and other religious materials.

Then we read this in the Times, one of our local newspapers: «Joseph Rosenfeld, assistant director of the city's Department of Community Affairs, said it was «unfortunate» that the Toto affair was more responsible for putting Allentown on the map than the recent opening of Interstate 78 to New Jersey.»

Mizell, who now works in the Office of Governmental and Public Affairs for the Department of Agriculture, says, «I used to look at it like this: After I was elected to Congress, I thought of my constituency in the same way I thought of the fans in St. Louis and Pittsburgh who watched me pitch.

Hospital of Cook County, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak said.

In the most recent shooting, about 4:45 a.m., a 34 - year - old man was shot in the 3900 block of West Wilcox Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.

The shooting happened shortly before 6 p.m. on the 7300 block of North Damen Avenue, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Dan O'Brien.

Rogers said he would like to strengthen the External Affairs Department to attract more federal money as well as funding from corporations and foundations.

A $ 150,000 grant from the state's Department of Commerce and Community Affairs will help out with the expense, Loebe said, noting that the village has also applied for a $ 200,000 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant.

The victim of the shooting was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition, with a minor shooting injury, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Stacey Cooper.

Medical personnel at the Buffalo VA Medical Center failed to try to resuscitate a patient suffering cardiac arrest in late 2016, pronouncing him dead even though they should have tried to save his life, the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General's Office said in a devastating report that recommended sweeping improvements in the facility's practices during life - or - death emergencies.

A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) refused to confirm what would be in the Queen's speech - which sets out legislation for the coming year - but said ministers were looking at «all the options» on climate change.

Population size and age, fertility, mobility, poverty, equity, and resource availability and consumption all influence the impact on the environment» «Nigeria should focus on more influence in advocacy of family planning, the need to enhance people's knowledge on the modern family planning especially in rural areas» said Fayehun According to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs as published on 21 June, 2017, global population will reach to 9.80 billion by 2050.

At a campaign launch party at the Stonewall Inn, the gay rights landmark, Nixon mocked former NYC Council Speaker Chris Quinn's «unqualified lesbian» remark, saying: «She was technically right... I don't have my certificate from the Department of Lesbian Affairs.

In her first session at the despatch box 48 hours after joining the Cabinet, Truss said she had decided to progress with the government's two culling pilots this autumn after speaking with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs» (Defra) scientific adviser.

The Department of Veteran Affairs has reversed course and now says the 27th Annual National Veterans Golden Age Games are back on, after being postponed last week.

-- Suffolk First Deputy Police Commissioner John Barry, who Sini said was instrumental in reforming the department's Internal Affairs Bureau.

«I just want to say tonight that she was technically right, that I don't have my certificate from the Department of Lesbian Affairs — though in my defense there's a lot of paperwork required.»

Acting Nassau Commissioner Thomas Krumpter said senior staff such as the chief of department are also included in major internal affairs cases.

President Donald Trump says he'll nominate acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to permanently lead the beleaguered department.

Nixon both used the label to promote her first campaign fundraiser at the Stonewall Inn, and later joked about it at the event, saying, «I just want to say tonight that she was technically right, that I don't have my certificate from the Department of Lesbian Affairs — though in my defense there's a lot of paperwork required.»

«Protecting the rights of New York City's working families is a top priority of the de Blasio Administration and is the central focus of the recently - announced Office of Labor Policy and Standards at the Department of Consumer Affairs,» said a spokeswoman for the mayor.

The department has also added more staff to internal affairs, including two Spanish speakers, and instituted weekly meetings with top brass to ensure cases are closed in 180 days, Sini said.

«We don't believe, based on what we know so far, that this is deep systemic corruption throughout the department as opposed to perhaps bad judgment of a small group of people that were relatively senior,» said NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs Lawrence Byrne.

Sini said digitizing internal affairs will enable complaints to be tracked like crime patterns, saying, «Just like we fight crime outside the department, it's important to identify patterns and trends within the department.»

Speaking after the Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Committee meeting, BASC NI director Tommy Mayne said: «BASC commends the Minister, the Committee and the department for their pragmatic approach to what some people might consider to be an emotive issue.

The commissioner of New York City's Correction Department, Joseph Ponte, removed his agency's head of internal affairs on Monday and placed him on modified duty, a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

John Barry, who overhauled the Suffolk County Police Department's internal affairs bureau as first deputy commissioner, will temporarily serve as acting police commissioner, officials said Tuesday, as the search for a permanent leader of the approximately 2,500 - member force continues.

The Minority Spokesperson on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has chastised the Attorney General's Department, saying it is not doing enough to retrieve judgment debts wrongfully paid to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

«New Yorkers from across the State have told us directly they would like the option to purchase coverage that includes both adequate provider networks and out - of - network coverage,» said Bill Schwarz, the Health Department's Director of Public Affairs, in an emailed statement.