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Desperate to make a deal that will secure her future, Naomi instead comes up against corruption on a major scale.
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Adelakun said, «We pastors want to know what the government that put fighting against corruption on the front burner is doing about Mainagate and other government officials alleged of corruption.
But beyond just holding Sheldon Silver accountable, we need real leadership in New York to stand up against corruption on all levels.
Not exact matches
Speaking to Reuters just ahead of his release Saturday, Alwaleed said that there were no charges against him following his arrest as part of a nationwide crackdown on corruption last November.
Ausdrill has backed former Leighton Holdings chief executive Wal King to continue serving on its board despite allegations of bribery and corruption against Mr King and several other executives.
But given the potent ethical arguments against corruption, not to mention the potent legal penalties for being caught engaging in it, it's a problem that needs to be tackled head - on.
During the course of the campaign, Jokowi has drawn closer to some of the entrenched interests that he is, in theory, running against — showing that for now, perhaps, there are limits to just how high Indonesia's self - made, corruption - busting leader from the slums can climb on his own.
Despite failure on the pitch and mass protests off it against perceived government corruption and vast overspend, Brazil is undergoing a period of transformation.
I used the only tools in the toolbox to essentially be a private prosecutor against civil rights violations and corruption and brutality on the part of police.
McAfee provides regular insight on global hacking scandals and internet surveillance, and has become a hugely controversial figure following his time in Belize, where he claims to have exposed corruption at the highest level before fleeing the country amid accusations of murder (the Belize government is currently not pursuing any accusations against him).
Apart from railing against corruption, austerity, and institutional inertia (as Ciudadanos does), Podemos backs a referendum on independence in Catalonia.
Prince Bader splurged on this controversial and decidedly un-Islamic portrait of Christ at a time when most members of the Saudi elite, including some in the royal family, are cowering under a sweeping crackdown against corruption and self - enrichment.
He also serves on the board of the World Economic Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative and is a member of the Forum's International Business Council, as well as on the International Advisory Boards of British American Business and the Atlantic Council.
Includes provisions that build on Canada's existing international commitments to fight corruption and reinforces a collective commitment to eliminating bribery and corruption in trade and investment in line with parties» commitment under the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and the domestic frameworks put in place by all TPP parties to criminalizcorruption and reinforces a collective commitment to eliminating bribery and corruption in trade and investment in line with parties» commitment under the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and the domestic frameworks put in place by all TPP parties to criminalizcorruption in trade and investment in line with parties» commitment under the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and the domestic frameworks put in place by all TPP parties to criminalizCorruption, and the domestic frameworks put in place by all TPP parties to criminalize bribery.
Well let me tell you that all corruption, destruction and decline of morals is not caused by religious ones but in the contrary it was and still is caused by disbelievers who have nothing to stand on except standing against all good morals brought by religions... well Mr. Go enjoy your infidelity with your kind and leave out religious ones from your hopelessness...
This does not mean that we must neglect this world; on the contrary, Islam warns us against neglecting it, for the Qur» an says, «But seek the abode of the Hereafter in that which Allah hath given thee and neglect not thy portion of the world, and be thou kind even as Allah hath been kind to thee, and seek not corruption in the earth; lo!
Madison's words were taken from a lengthy argument against a specific bill in Virginia's legislature which would have levied a tax in order to financially support the teaching of Christianity, and he argued against such a tax on the grounds that past legal support of Christianity had led to its corruption.»
CSW's Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas said: «We are deeply concerned by the new charges against Pastor Irani, especially the charge of spreading corruption on Earth, which bears unsettling similarities to the one faced by Pastor Matthias.
Historically, they have served as behavioral role models, speaking out fearlessly on behalf of «good government» and against social corruption.
In the ongoing corruption scandal embroiling college basketball for months, federal prosecutors in New York added charges on Tuesday against a former Adidas rep, Jim Gatto, which allege payments to families of players at four universities.
In a 1992 article in The North American Review entitled «The Corruption of Nobility: The Rise & Fall of Thoroughbred Racing in America,» Ferraro penned a stinging rebuke against drug abuse on the backstretch, saying, «In general, treatments designed to repair a horse's injuries and to alleviate its suffering are now often used to get the animal out onto the track to compete — to force the animal, like some punch - drunk fighter, to make just one more round.
February 20 — Jack Warner, the most wanted man of all among powerbrokers snared by US authorities in the $ 200 million FIFAGate corruption scandal, has again managed to thwart extradition by having committal proceedings against him put on hold — for another nine months.
We have decimated Boko Haram, while the fight against corruption is going on well.
«I acknowledge receipt of the report prepared by Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) dated September 29, 2016 in respect of complaints of conflict of interest and corruption lodged against my client by 3 different complainants,» he wrote in the statement.
Former Attorney General and avowed critique of the John Mahama administration Martin Alamisi Amidu has confessed that his anti- corruption campaign against John Dramani Mahama and his appointees were based on mere public perception.
Ladies and Gentlemen, what happened on June 4 1979 was a justifiable intervention and an expression of rage against corruption and the rape of the country by some political and military leaders of the time.
At 8 p.m., Sen. James Sanders and Black Spectrum Theatre Company members host a discussion and film screening about corruption allegations against black politicians, titled «Attack on Black Leaders: Corruption or Conspiracorruption allegations against black politicians, titled «Attack on Black Leaders: Corruption or ConspiraCorruption or Conspiracy?»
A Westchester County judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the corruption case against Democratic Queens Sen. Malcolm Smith after four jurors needed to excused as the case was expected to continue for another month.
But I am ready to take it on, like I've done as attorney general, where I've fought for you against bankers, lobbyists and corruption politicians in both parties.
(Recall that the AG's office actually doesn't have subpoena power in corruption cases until the governor specifically refers a case to his office, which is why Andrew Cuomo couldn't compel testimony in the Troopergate case, but former Chief Judge Judith Kaye — working as Cuomo's request on the ethics charges lodged against Gov. David Paterson — can do so).
US Ambassador to Ghana Robert Porter Jackson has pleaded on behalf of government and president Akufo - Addo by calling on Ghanaians to be a little more patient with the government as it prepares to fight against corruption.
The city comptroller campaign of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer released a Spanish - language TV ad today that focuses his heavily on low - income workers and his cursade against Wall Street corruption.
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On the question of how he would be dealing with allegations of corruption against members of his own government, President Akufo - Addo answered, «I have made it publicly known that anyone who has information about acts of corruption against any of my appointees should bring it forward and should be prepared to back it up with evidence.»
The presidency on Monday admitted that the battle against corruption is an ongoing one which is yet to be won.
Since both men were arraigned, the labour unions have called for the removal of the VC from office based on the corruption allegations against him.
A rare exception occurred in 2005, when staff at Beijing News went on strike against their editor's removal, after the publication exposed a sensitive corruption case in Hebei province outside Beijing.
«And now, further, the news about the five - count federal indictment on federal corruption charges against Silver will be an enormous distraction and prevent him from credibly leading the Assembly, especially as the budget process kicks into overdrive in this high stakes year for New York's economy and our citizens.»
Engaging more small donors and making legislators more dependent on their constituents, rather than a few wealthy special interests, offers an added layer of defense against corruption.
Governor Andrew Cuomo visited Buffalo on Friday, one day after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced corruption charges against nine men, including two of his confidants, in relation to projects including the Buffalo Billion.
New Yorkers Against Corruption, the main anti- group has raised $ 635,300 to spend on the referendum campaign.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announces corruption charges against two former aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and seven other defendants at a Manhattan news conference on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.
Prosecutors drop the case against former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife after the Supreme Court overturned his public corruption conviction on June 27, 2016.
Dr. Yakassai, who also chairs the Northern Elders» Council, speaking with Vanguard in Abuja said any fight against corruption must be holistic rather than being centred on just an individual.
In his remarks, Sheikh Al - Thani said that the global opinion on Nigeria as an investment destination had been boosted by President Buhari's strong standing against corruption and adherence to the rule of law.
Protests were called against «Torture, Corruption, Poverty, and Unemployment» on Police Day, and the chant «Bread, Freedom, Human Dignity,» popularised.
«For years we have been relying on federal prosecutors to bring the lion's share of corruption cases against state officials,» Kaminsky said.
The assertion about the huge financial involvement in my views is in order but may not be completely correct, as the argument was not only sophistry but antithetical to building a nation devoid of corruption and goes against the global warning on corruption as succulently pointed out.
The charges against Mubarak are gruesome: it is alleged that he ordered tortures and authorised the brutalities of the secret police, that he sent out snipers to shoot and kill innocent and unarmed protestors during the January - February revolution, and that he conducted corruption on a grand scale, taking millions from the state coffers through a dodgy deal to supply gas.
Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.