Sentences with phrase «members of the task force set»

6:15 P.M.: The team meets to pray and prepare while members of the task force set out the chairs, prepare the dinner, etc..

This particular cattle owner said he has lost over 70 of his cattle after they were reportedly killed by members of the task force set up to flush out nomadic herdsmen in the Akyem North District.

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Yussuff and one of the other task force members, Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan, were at the centre of the effort to secure McKenna's commitment to set up the task force and ensure financial support for laid - off coal miners, after the minister led the formation of the Powering Past Coal Alliance during last year's UN climate change conference in Bonn.

His abrupt shuttering of the anti-corruption task force he had set up whipped up such discontent from liberals that it forced a strong primary challenge from law professor Zephyr Teachout and helped the candidacy of Green Party candidate and left - wing Teamster member Howie Hawkins.

The government, in response to the spate of political vigilantism, has set up a task - force to investigate such occurrences by some aggrieved members of the governing NPP, especially in the northern region.

In August of last year, shortly after NYPD officers shot to death an emotionally disturbed man in his apartment, City Council Member Jumaane Williams led an effort calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to set up a task force to conduct a wholesale review of the police department's protocols in dealing with «emotionally disturbed persons,» or EDPs.

Scott Rechler, a member of the governor's task force and the M.T.A. board, said that as much as $ 50 million from the new surcharges could be used to make transit improvements outside Manhattan, and set the stage for passing a congestion zone next year when the legislators are not concerned about getting re-elected.

AG: It's been an interesting lesson for me, because as a member I contributed ideas, but I've also been called on to just contribute a set of hands, like everybody else on the task force.

The legislation passed by the Assembly last month would create a 15 - member task force to investigate Common Core, a set of English and math standards that spell out what students should know and when, and the tests created to gauge students» mastery of the standards.

«The time for talking is long past,» said Shafqat Kakakhel, a former U.N. Environment Programme official and a member of Pakistan's original task force on climate change set up by the government in 2008.