Sentences with phrase «held on independence»

The last FCW was held on the Independence Day Holiday Weekend only 3 weeks ago (see Story).

5k and 10k races are common races held on Independence Day.

Not exact matches

Does our Chair (or Lead Director) have the independence, attributes, experience and track record that the company and senior management needs and respects — to lead the board, hold management to account, and focus on value creation?

The two sides agreed to hold «reunion programmes» on Aug. 15, the day both Koreas celebrate their independence from Japanese colonisation.

They save on expensive and time - consuming travel and hold out the tantalizing promise of location independence.

The other day Joe Carter linked to a BBC item about a debate that was held in Philadelphia, on the question whether the Declaration of Independence was «illegal.»

When he caused a split in his movement by putting the independence struggle «on hold» in order to crusade in behalf of his country's «untouchable» castes, the paper lavished praise on him:

If you provide an environment that's both safe and stimulating (a hands - on children's museum as opposed to Estelle's Crystal Palace, for instance), your child can exercise her independence with few holds barred.

Scottish nationalists controlling the Scottish executive are planning on holding an independence referendum before 2016, which prime minister David Cameron has pledged to oppose.

If elected, the SNP plans to hold a referendum on independence in 2010, at a cost of # 7 million.

In summary, my proposal is that following a «no» vote the Scotland Act be amended to empower the Scottish Parliament to hold a binding referendum on independence, but only if 30 years have elapsed since the last referendum or if two - thirds of all MSPs vote for such a referendum.

She knows there will be no better chance to hold a second referendum on independence than in the context of Brexit and the collapse of the Scottish Labour party.

After the SNP gained control of the Scottish Parliament it was a matter of when, not if, a vote on independence would be held.

The Scottish Parliament does, though, clearly lack the power to hold a binding referendum on independence: at present, this requires the agreement of Westminster.

With a referendum on Scottish Independence due to be held in 2014, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has appointed seven one year senior fellowships with overall funding of # 1.3 million.

McDonald, who represents the Saratoga County - area seat that Bruno held, announced in a statement Thursday he was dropping his bid, but remains on the November ballot on the Independence Party line.

The Scottish National Party's commitment had always been to hold a referendum on independence if they were elected to the Scottish Parliament.

Also at 7 p.m., Suffolk County holds the first of three required public hearings on a proposed consolidation plan as part of a statewide municipal shared services initiative, Brookhaven Town Hall, Town Board Room, 1 Independence Hall, Farmingville, Long Island.

Of course, Sturgeon would like to hold a second referendum and to be the politician who led the Yes campaign to victory but she is not reckless; the First Minister wants to see support for independence polling at at least 60 per cent - for a substantial period of time - before gambling on another vote.

ST. PETER, MN — The Independence Party of Minnesota held an endorsing convention in St. Peter on Saturday to endorse Tim Gieseke, a candidate for the MN House District 19A special election to replace Representative Terry Morrow.

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.

Ghanaian gospel diva Empress Gifty Osei will on this 60th celebration of our independence annivesary be billed to perform on one of the biggest event in Africa which will be held in Ghana this year dubbed Africa Umoja the Spirit of Togetherness.

The SNP aimed to capitalise on its 2015 electoral gains in the Scottish Parliament elections, Plaid Cymru sought to overtake Labour in the Welsh Assembly elections and take control of the Senedd, and the UK Independence Party (UKIP) intended to increase its overall leverage in the UK in a series of other elections held across the nation.

The Liberal Democrats have so far rejected SNP advances to form a coalition, citing an objection to the nationalists» manifesto pledge to hold a referendum on independence.

The Article 50 trigger comes a day after Scotland's parliament voted in favour of holding a fresh referendum on independence from Britain in a bid to hold on to EU ties.

Plans to replace council tax with a local income tax and the SNP's goal to hold a referendum on Scottish independence were also lowly - ranked.

The island will hold a nonbinding referendum on its political status Sunday, giving voters a choice between statehood, independence or status quo.

Her Facebook page, on which she declared yesterday that she holds a 10 - point lead, urges voters to back her on «the Independence Line, Row C.»

In addition to those Citations of Honor, Borough President Katz presented a Proclamation to the organizers of New York City's annual Greek Independence Day Parade, which will be held this year on Sunday, March 30, on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

The largely amicable town board race will feature former town building inspector Paul Andreassen, running on the Democratic, Conservative and Independence party lines; longtime Saugerties police officer Donald Tucker, running on the Republican and Conservative lines; Vincent Altieri, who serves as the Captain of the Sheriff's Police Services Department and holds Republican, Independence and Reform party lines; and Democrat John Schoonmaker, who majored in Biology at Siena College and currently works as a Gnotobiologist at Taconic Biosciences, is running on the Democratic line and hopes to bring the town's youth into the fold of local government.

But you won't hear a senior leader of the state Independence Party — which espouses those high - minded views on its Web site — utter one critical word about the disgraceful behavior of politicians in Albany, because he's holding down a $ 100,000 - a-year job working for Brooklyn state Sen. Carl Kruger.

Only 54 percent of Republicans polled said they would vote for Astorino on either the G.O.P. or Conservative lines if the election were held today, while 25 percent said they would choose Cuomo on either the Democratic, Independence or Working Families Party lines.

Admittedly he was an afterthought for the role, only moving into the Cabinet once the resignation of David Laws saw Danny Alexander shifted from Scotland to the Treasury, but his time there has been impressive: Moore navigated the Scotland Act through Parliament and was doing a good job in ensuring the referendum on Scottish independence was being held on the government's terms.

SNP leader Alex Salmond has promised to hold a referendum on independence if his party wins May's Holyrood elections, and has accused Labour and the Tories of «Natbashing» simply to win votes.

The main point of contention appears to be the implication of Scotland adopting the pound for a temporary period of time, but wherever one stands on Independence, it is genuinely held that a country is not independent unless it has it's own currency....

However, the Liberal Democrats declined to form a coalition, objecting to Mr Salmond's commitment to holding a referendum on Scottish independence.

According to Comres, 56 % of SNP voters in Labour - held seats say their desire for independence is one of two main reasons they are now backing the nationalists, with 35 % saying that «Labour no longer represents people like me» and 30 % saying «the other parties have broken promises on devolution.»

Delivering his speech as the Special Guest of Honor at the 59th Independence celebration held at the Black Star Square, Mr. Kenyatta said the vision of a unified continent must not be lost because of the recent spates of terrorist attacks on the continent.

Puerto Rico will hold a non-binding referendum on June 11th, with voters having the option of supporting statehood, independence or continuing the current commonwealth status.

In the special election for U.S. House, 9th district, held September 13, 2011, there were only three candidates on the ballot: the Democratic - Working Families - Independence nominee David Weprin, the Republican - Conservative nominee Bob Turner, and the Socialist Workers nominee, Christopher Hoeppner.

The Rockland Independent Living Center, a New City based consumer - directed, cross-disability advocacy and service organization dedicated to empowering disabled people to exert independence, choice and control in every aspect of their life, will hold its Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, October 27, 2011.

The Center for Progressive Governance (CenProG) received the announcement of the nomination of Martin Alamisi Amidu as Special Prosecutor with utmost shock and will like to call on Parliament to reject the president's nominee because he is too bitter, vengeful and does not in any way reflect the independence of the office he will be holding in the event parliament approves his nomination.

Cuomo held the Democratic, Working Families, Independence and Women's Equality Party lines, which combined to give him about 1.9 million votes on Tuesday.

MSPs have called on Theresa May to give Holyrood the power to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence.

which was initiated by eminent leaders of thought in 2004 under the revered leadership of late Chief Anthony Enahoro, who moved the historic motion for independence of Nigeria and his able compatriot, Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka;, made this appeal in Lagos on Sunday while presenting its position during the commemoration of the 23rd edition of the June 12 Democracy anniversary held at the residence of late Chief MKO Abiola

If the poll results hold in the general election, the Green Party would likely be granted the third party line on the statewide ballot for the 2016 and 2018 elections, ahead of the Working Families, Conservative and Independence parties.

However, since the Liberal Democrats had indicated that they would not enter discussions with parties which continued to favour a referendum on independence, no formal talks were held: the SNP became a minority administration and Nicol led his party to the opposition benches.

From 2013 to 2015, the Bow Group held a number of debates on whether the Conservative Party and UK Independence Party could work together to unite based upon common conservative values.

It's also worth noting that a rainbow coalition held together by the SNP and Plaid votes would probably get English people (who consistently vote Tory on average) angry enough to leave the union... as things are, I think it is the case that there is more support for Scottish independence in England than there is in Scotland, partly because of the West Lothian question, partly because the Barret formula is (rightly) seen as subsidizing the Scots with (quite a lot of) English tax payers cash...

Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond have signed an historic agreement enabling Scotland to hold a legally - binding referendum on independence.