Sentences with phrase «as ministers hold»

But opinions are moving as the weight of evidence builds, and as ministers hold more meetings and do more listening.

Not exact matches

Najib chaired its advisory board and as finance minister held veto power over its activities.

With the deal in peril, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has held back from announcing whether he will attend the Oct. 27 Canada - EU summit, a date set months ago as the official signing date for the agreement.

Those efforts would come as Prime Minister Najib faces increasing political pressure — including large protests in August calling for his ouster and opposition parties filing this week to hold a parliamentary no - confidence vote; it isn't clear when the vote would be held.

September 20, 2017 — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government doubles down on plans to change the way Canadian small business owners are taxed, entrepreneurs themselves are skeptical of one of the proposed changes: New rules for taxing passive investments held by businesses.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May then unexpectedly announced elections to be held in June, meaning the scheduled two years of negotiations to determine the terms of the United Kingdom's departure seemed unlikely to make much headway until after the results of the UK vote — and probably the German elections as well — were known.

He became one of Mr. Prentice's campaign co-chairs during his party's 2014 PC leadership contest and was rewarded with an appointment as Minister of Infrastructure, a position he held until the 2015 re-election.

The govtâ $ ™ s top tag team of Premier Rachel Notley and Finance Minister Joe Ceci held their telephone townhalls on Monday and Tuesday nights as part of the so - called â $ œconsultationâ $ process in adv...

Jacob Frenkel, chairman of JPMorgan Chase International, was appointed June 23 by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as his successor and will return to the post he held in the 1990s.

It has yet to be seen what new powers Minister Liepert will hold as Finance Minister.

Big news in politics and the economy is also expected out of Japan today, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to hold a press conference on the election and a stimulus package.

From 1998 to 2000, Mr Solovyev held the position of Deputy Director of the Department of Tax Policy and worked as an adviser to the Minister for Taxes of the Russian Federation.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi also passed a law aiming to encourage a wave of mergers among the country's «popolari» banks — the 10 largest cooperative institutions — while new regulations limiting the number of bank shares that a foundation can hold as well as new tax rules regarding loan write - downs have been introduced.

The newspaper said the prime minister's team had held talks with both Unilever and Kraft Heinz to see what the implications of its plans were for jobs, research and development, as well as for Unilever's headquarters and operations in Britain.

Consistent with Finance Minister Flaherty's view that there is no such thing as a «bad job», unemployed workers will no longer be allowed to hold out for a «good employer.»

A top figure in Armenia's ruling party says it will support opposition leader Nikol Pashinian as prime minister if he keeps his supporters from holding protests.

Such ministers obviously do not hold themselves to the same kind of rigorous discipline and judgment as do laymen in their fields of endeavor.

Since these are representative of feelings held by many clergymen, it would seem important to discuss them, as a potential means of enhancing good relations between ministers and AA.

Fry Brown, who is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal church, said those numbers seem to be «holding,» even as the role of the black church is changing.

By the sheer number of these cartoons, Robinson demonstrates that Burke was far more in the public eye than anyone of his day with the exception of the prime ministers and royalty - quite a feat for someone who never held Cabinet - level office and was never regarded as an insider.

Women are shown wearing aprons, holding babies, wearing nurses» uniforms, typing — rarely if ever as ministers.

What won them most repute was their ministers» painful preaching in populous places; it being observed in England that those who hold the helm of the pulpit always steer people's hearts as they please.12

So according to what I see in Scripture, one should minister locally (whether you're paid because you live of the Gospel [which you and I know that it's scriptural] or unpaid [as one that exercises their spiritual gifts -LSB--RRB- and be held accountable?

Welcoming the investment, Irish minister of state Shane McEntee identified the British market as one that held «considerable growth potential» for the Irish dairy sector, within the context of industry targets under the government - led agri - food initiative Food Harvest 2020.

Specifically, Davis asked the Prime Minister whether powers held by GCA «should be extended and strengthened» as recommended by the EFRA Committee.

The deputy prime minister did not hold back as he assessed the 2006 probe into phone - hacking - which failed to notify him that his phone had been accessed 44 times.

Shipman is objective and fair in assessment of the main characters, but his judgement on Cameron as prime minister and his reason to hold a referendum is devastating.

Dates for the election have shifted back amidst political disagreements between President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga but the March 2013 date is likely to hold fast, announced as it was by the country's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.

As a former lawyer doing legal aid work, but also as a former minister being regularly advised to follow due process, I understand the tensions between the executive and being held to accounAs a former lawyer doing legal aid work, but also as a former minister being regularly advised to follow due process, I understand the tensions between the executive and being held to accounas a former minister being regularly advised to follow due process, I understand the tensions between the executive and being held to account.

Of the 988 meetings ministers held with outside organisations in 2012 just two were with companies which are formally defined as lobbyists, the Guardian reported.

Ideally, they need to be readily understood by those holding the organization to account such as ministers, non-executive directors and regulators.

There were similar suggestions that Prime Minister John Major provided President George H.W. Bush with information held by MI5 and the police in Britain on the young William Clinton, dating from the latter's time as a student at Oxford.

As a member of the House of Lords, a position he has held since 2000, Lord Ashcroft is entitled to ask questions and the minister responsible for the area involved has to address them.

They will, as the outgoing first minister Alex Salmond suggested, «hold Westminster's feet to the fire» on these promises.

Israel's prime minister has made a last - ditch attempt to rally his supporters as the country went to the polls, with an incendiary warning that a high turnout of Israeli Arab voters could threaten his party's hold on power.

Maria Miller must have been holding her breath throughout, and although she had a firm and embarrassing telling - off by Bercow for giving a lengthy statement rather than answering topical questions, she was lucky no one asked her about how appropriate she was as the new equalities minister, considering she has voted against the criminalisation of hate speech.

Opponents of the plan, and some ministers, such as Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister Natan Sharansky, called on Sharon to hold a national referendum to prove that he had a mandate, which he refused to do.

The congress held by Sylva's faction, which was attended by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and other party members, elected the Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Jonathan Amos, as the chairman.

Nine - tenths of the M.P.'s who first won seats in the House of Commons in 1918 or thereafter, and who held some ministerial office in the years from 1918 to 1955, began their progress towards posts in a ministry or a Cabinet by serving as parliamentary secretaries or as junior ministers... Recruitment to the front bench clearly begins with these two offices.

«Isn't it now necessary for the President to fulfill his promise of leading from the front and getting his Information Minister, Lai Mohammed to go and hold a press briefing in Sambisa forest unguarded by military men so as to show to Nigerians that indeed, they have defeated Boko Haram technically?»

Mr Naabu is accusing the minister and his deputy of sabotaging the confirmation of some MMDCEs appointees in the region and therefore described the minister in particular as unfit to continue holding onto his position.

Perhaps the prime minister's concerns are heartfelt but you don't get to hold a senior position in government and then act as if you have nothing to do with its failings.

What some failed to know is that Bagbin has always been bold and frank to fight for the common good at the expense of his personal interest.It will be recalled that in 1997, he criticizedPresident Jerry John Rawlings after he appointed then Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Dr. Obed Asamoahto hold an additional portfolio as Acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

Tony Blair had famously never held a government position before becoming Prime Minister, as the Labour Party had been out of power for the entire duration of his career as an MP.

The Independence party leader, finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson, whose name also appeared in the leaked documents in connection with a Seychelles - based company of which he once owned a third, was holding talks with Grímsson, who flew back early from the US to sound out all of Iceland's parliamentary party representatives as the island's political crisis deepened on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari still hold on to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources as the State Minister for Petroleum was only announced which has been assigned to the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Ibe Kachikwu

The defence secretary said he expected an «adult conversation» would take place after it emerged the Treasury is reforming its committee of Cabinet ministers as a «deterrent» to those still holding out.

The president, however, holds ceremonial powers as executive powers lies in the hands of the Prime Minister or members of the cabinet.

She presented Kylie Minogue with a Hall of Fame award, then stood holding the trophy as Kylie made her acceptance speech: «Thank you, prime minister... now you're just minding my trophy.»

She also held various ministerial positions during Gordon Brown's premiership, but famously resigned as Europe minister after accusing him of treating her and her female colleagues as «window dressing».