Sentences with phrase «by petition since»

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The program, run since 1990 by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, begins accepting petitions each April from hundreds of thousands of companies.

There has been public outcry since the Latics were first linked with Evans and an online petition campaigning for the 26 - year - old not to be signed had 22,500 signatures by early Monday morning.

On May 21 2014 - to mark 33 years since WHO's adoption of the Code - Public Citizen, flanked by scores mothers and ally organizations, hand delivered the petition to a Mead Johnson executive outside the company's headquarters near Chicago, Illinois.

Mayor of Tamale, Musah Iddrisu Superior, who is facing a possible impeachment by the Assembly has received one of the strongest backings since some assembly members petitioned the Presiding Member for his removal.

By the White House's own accounting, these two seem to be the biggest impact that these petitions have had (at least since October of 2011).

If we keep on this path of progress, that indicator of good performance by INEC since 2011 will lead up to low or absence of post-election petitions in the forceable future.

Since Squadron began his push to rename the park, he has been joined by Assemblyman Charles Lavine, who introduced a bill in the state assembly, and by New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who circulated a petition to rename the park after folk singer Pete Seeger.

The online petition signing, which has since exceeded its target, was met with a counter online petition project, launched by Buhari's laptop activists and funded by the Presidency.

He's going to have to be quick about his decision, however, since petitioning for House races started yesterday and the ballot needs to be certified by May 4.

It further petitioned the Presidency leading to the intervention by Deputy Chiefs of Staff Samuel Abu Jinapor and Francis Assenso Boakye, who have since been accused of corruption, by musician Kwame Asare Obeng, aka A Plus.

Pidot had battled challenges by Martins to his candidacy petition signatures since May before quitting the race on Sept. 14 after a federal appellate scrapped the special Oct. 6 primary.

The party petition procedure has only existed since 1976, and was used only once before, by the Reform Party in 1995.

In a counter petition to the headquarters of the party by the Chairman of the PDP in Kogi State, Hassan Salau; Zonal Legal Adviser, North - Central, Mohammed Usman; State Secretary, Emmanuel Egwu; and party chairman in Dekina Local Government, Hassan Usman, it was stated that Wada had been a member of the party since 2005.

The letter reads: «In our petition dated 7th December, 2017 we called the attention of your office to a report of 6th of December, 2015, by an online newspaper, SaharaReporters revealing that Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District has since 2010 illegally operated bank accounts in the United States of America.

In an open letter to the group, Ablakwa noted that claims by OccupyGhana that the President can no longer trust his ministers because they signed the petition are baseless and untrue since the President does not need ministers advice to act in the matter.

Since there was way to get a definitive list of all Senate & Assembly candidates until petitions were filed last week, many candidates were probably not contacted by NY Uprising.

This was based on petitions filed by two elders of the party — Alhaji Sulemana Yirimea and Alhaji Aminu — who accused Mr. Afoko not working in the interest of the party since his election in April 2014.

UPDATE: A reader rightly points out that Serino is not necessarily guaranteed the Conservative and Independence lines, since she could be primaried by a registered member of one or both parties who circulates petitions to get onto the ballot.

«The arrest was sequel to a petition by the Ebonyi State Government over a $ 12m contract to a US - based company, Califco Group, that had been abandoned since 2012, despite a mobilisation of $ 10.8 m already paid by Ebonyi State Government into the accounts of the said company.

Since then, 10,000 people have signed a petition that Wilbur be allowed to stay and a letter has been signed by two state senators and four assemblymembers begging the city to give the pig a pardon.

The PDP spokesman said, «It is instructive to inform you that our leaders, particularly our National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, have been receiving threats since the PDP filed a petition to the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations, detailing documented threats to democracy by the APC and its Federal Government, abuse of human rights, mass killings, extrajudicial executions, persecution of opposition and unabated constitutional violations.»

Although Paladino has been targeted for removal since he told the arts newspaper that he wished then - President Barack Obama would die of mad cow disease and Michelle Obama would go live with a gorilla, the basis for the unusual proceedings is a petition filed by Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold and other board members accusing Paladino of disclosing confidential information discussed in closed - door sessions.

It's strange, since Namco - Bandai stated outright it was «impressed» by the petition and the desire for a PC port.

Last week, another teacher was allegedly assaulted by a student and has since taken time off, according to Bullard teacher Scott Hatfield, who has been leading the petition efforts.

Since the auction ban was left out of the current bill, Mary O'Connor - Shaver and her Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions have organized a petition drive to collect a minimum of 120,700 signatures by the end of 2010.

Since this was a time the PC Master Race movement was gathering steam (No Pun intended), it became a means of claiming superiority by their opponents in the Console supporters camp, leading to petitions to Rockstar Games for and against porting the game to PC.

From the petition: «Ocean acidity has increased 30 % since the beginning of the industrial revolution, and seawater acidity could increase 150 % by century's end (Feely et al. 2006).»

From such an assessment of the rules, the Court suddenly jumped to the conclusion that «in those circumstances, a decision by which the Parliament considers that a petition addressed to it does not meet the conditions laid down in Article 227 TFEU must be amenable to judicial review, since it is liable to affect the right of petition of the person concerned.

The total number of petition filings across offshore jurisdictions fell 10 % in 2016 when compared to the previous year, reflecting a continued levelling off since the high - point of 2013, according to a report released by leading offshore law firm Appleby.

As for the substance, the CFI found that since a decision not following a petition filed by a citizen to Parliament has consequences for the holder of that right as it is likely to affect the very effectiveness of the right to petition, that decision must be made by a reasoned decision, clearly showing the grounds which justify no further action of the petition.

The Shelby County case, and a second petition, Nix v. Holder, have been watched closely by civil rights and other groups ever since the justices voiced skepticism about Section 5's constitutionality in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder in 2009.

Since, as the Court held, the material cause did not fall within the scope of «interpretation or application of the Constitution,» it followed that it required due certification for appeal, by the Court of Appeal or in a proper case, by the Supreme Court; and as such leave had not been granted, the petition was dismissed with costs.

Tell the court which parent your kids have been living with since you stopped your divorce action and attest under oath, by signing the petition form, that it's been less than one year since you did so.

Since the days of the Bark Petition, Aboriginal people have been aware that the protection offered by legislation — ranging from the Aboriginal protection ordinances to the Land Rights Act — is only as secure as the government of the day... We have long believed that the protection of our rights deserves a higher level of recognition and protection.

Much has changed since the initial petition including the composition of the supporting group such as the Group Specialty Council, a need for by - laws and documented regular meetings of the Group Specialty Council, and the comprehensiveness of the petition package.