Sentences with phrase «of local corruption»

The issue of local corruption is a proble there in every aspect of their society.

In the days following the earthquake, all fingers were pointed at lax building codes and the possibility of local corruption.

Former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and a former finance minister who is now chairman of Oxfam International were arrested on Tuesday as part of a local corruption investigation, the public prosecutor's office said.

Not exact matches

According to Turkish dissidents, social media and external sources such as VICE are even more important than they would be elsewhere because local media outlets are unwilling to report on corruption or the behavior of Turkish police and armed forces.

Not in Mexico, where neighbouring state Michoacan has become a battleground, with armed vigilantes battling the Knights Templar drug cartel and a federal investigation into the possible corruption of more than 1,200 local police officers.

Among the dozens of protest causes were transportation costs; Native Indian rights; government spending on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics; corruption in state and local governments; and a bill in the Brazilian congress that would authorize psychologists to try and «cure» homosexuals.

Transparency International, an NGO, each year produces the Corruption Perceptions Index based on surveys of business people, including locals.

Conversations about the power of making arrests, the corruption and complicity of local governments, the holistic care for survivors, the mechanisms of business and labor, the dangers of coming against criminal syndicates — these are not simple ideas or odds to overcome — especially in the NGO community.

In sermons and addresses he discussed the problems of emancipation, Reconstruction, immigration, the currency, taxes, a standing army, women's rights, Civil Service, reform, local party politics, municipal corruption, free trade, pacifism, presidential candidates... 54

Local religious independence and political independence on a national basis, were again being actively intertwined and this progress, laced with the duplicity and corruption common to such affairs, was at the heart of local and international politics during the coming twelve yLocal religious independence and political independence on a national basis, were again being actively intertwined and this progress, laced with the duplicity and corruption common to such affairs, was at the heart of local and international politics during the coming twelve ylocal and international politics during the coming twelve years.

While exposing council corruption, championing community heroes and chasing down criminals proved to be brilliant training, local news was not as captivating as the world of wine.

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. will join state lawmakers today in proposing legislation that would significantly expand the ability of local law enforcement officials to prosecute public corruption.

By contrast, the corruption of the environment is the quickest way to degrade our human self - worth, and a government or local authority that would butcher trees or watch the degrading of its environment, can not expect people to behave responsibly in other facets of their life, or respect their government.

Lt. Rawlings who spoke in an address to mark the 37th anniversary of the June 4 1979 uprising on Saturday, said, «the corruption of the environment is the quickest way to degrade our human self - worth, and a government or local authority that would butcher trees or watch the degrading of its environment can not expect people to behave responsibly in other facets of their life.»

Kaminsky, meanwhile, released a five - point ethics reform platform that include bans on lawmakers earning outside income, expanding penalties for corruption, campaign finance law changes and enhancing the powers of local district attorneys.

How about Flanagan addressing all the corruption and poor oversight in Suffolk County of the local school system?

Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.

The project uses a series of survey experiments to measure how incidences of corruption and insecurity impact on public trust in government institutions, both at local and central levels.

Former state Sen. George Maziarz is facing trial for alleged campaign - related corruption, and former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is being prosecuted for charges of local government corruption.

Local reports have claimed that Ghana loses US$ 4.5 billion every year (annually) from nominal gross domestic product (Nominal GDP) growth as a result of economic corruption and economic crime by the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of Ghana led by John Dramani Mahama.

Shell has attempted to say that any corruption was a reflection of local government and politics and that they could not be held accountable.

The Daily Beast covers the decline of the local press and why «it's going to be a field day for local corruption.»

The situation was different in the US, where VW didn't have the political backing and corruption network, and local manufactureres were happy to get rid of some competition.

It was learnt that various issues affecting the region, including corruption charges levelled against ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and the halted Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Warri South - West Local Government Area of Delta State, are to be considered at the meeting in Abuja today.

Richard was selected as Labour's official candidate in Blyth in Northumberland for the October 1974 election, but was defeated by the sitting MP, Eddie Milne, who had been deselected as the candidate for alleging corruption in the local Labour party and was then triumphantly re-elected as something of a local hero.

She now works as an activist to fight corruption and help the poor and disenfranchised with a variety of local community programs, including The Community Pantry, a food pantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local families.

«I have had a front row seat to a lot of the corruption and shenanigans in our local government and I want to fix it,» Curran said.

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

Buffalo News Political Reporter Bob McCarthy discussed the impact of the Dean Skelos corruption case and other local developments during his weekly appearance during WBFO's Morning Edition.

From former State Senator George Maziarz to former Democratic Party chief Steve Pigeon, a long line of corruption cases with local ties remains unresolved.

And he'll be running at a time when the Skelos conviction, and ongoing federal and local probes of Nassau County officials, have made public corruption a leading issue in the Senate district.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara told a new state commission Tuesday night that recent corruption in New York state politics infects state and local officials of both major parties, and has reached intolerable proportions.

The last local government election exercise, if allowed, would have revealed the high level of corruption by the Lagos State Government, but they will never allow the truth to prevail, hence every effort was made to ensure false and rascal judicial pronouncements reminiscent of Ayo Salami's days.

Nassau lawmakers yesterday narrowly approved paying nearly $ 400,000 more to a company whose county contract is the focus of federal and local corruption investigations.

Zefzafi, 39, emerged as the leader of the movement by broadcasting passionate speeches online in the local Tarifit dialect from his home or the street, denouncing «corruption» and «dictatorship».

«I'm very worried still about the corruption influence of gambling and in fact those who have controlled casinos in different states throughout the country have been found to bribe local officials, make side deals with local officials,» Krueger said.

The dialogue, the first of its kind in the Upper West Region, was to introduce NACAP to the various stakeholders in the local governance process in the region and to provide a platform to discuss the President's directives on the implementation of NACAP towards attaining a corruption - free society.

Sergio Jadue has resigned as president of Chile's ANFP national football association and gone to the United States to talk to the FBI as part of its ongoing probe into corruption at soccer governing body FIFA, local media reported on Wednesday.

According to the Ghana Integrity Initiative, the African Automobile cars left to rot at the Institute of Local Government Studies even after the Judgment Debt Commission has concluded its work and some indicted officials by the Commission still holding public positions shows that the country has not put in enough effort and commitment in tackling corruption.

At 10 a.m., Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, along with local elected officials and advocates, will announce his comprehensive plan to prevent and punish public corruption — a package of laws called «Restoring New Yorkers» Trust» — Kennedy Plaza, 1 West Chester St., Long Beach.

And while voters have often hated the Legislature, but loved their local lawmaker, nearly two - thirds of those polled say corruption among legislators from their area is a «serious problem.»

Ghana has been ranked seventh in Africa in the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2015 released by Ghana Integrity Initiative, the Local Chapter of Transparency International.

The Hawkins - Jones ticket was nominated in Troy NY the day after former local State Senator and Majority Leader Joe Bruno won his federal retrial on public corruption charges despite clear evidence that he receive tens of thousands of dollars monthly for no - show jobs.

The statement added, «The Attorney General of Sokoto State, Suleiman Usman, is to take over the prosecution of the corruption charge brought against a serving Commissioner in Sokoto State and a former Permanent Secretary of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the administration of ex-Governor Aliyu Wamakko, Mohammed Bello, by the EFCC.

The former town supervisor of Ramapo in New York's Rockland County has been found guilty in a corruption case involving the financing of a local ball park.

The former town supervisor of Ramapo in New York's Rockland County has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after a jury had found him guilty in a corruption case involving the financing of a local ballpark.

The Tory MP argued that recent episodes of electoral fraud in local contests illustrate a wider problem of corruption whereby votes are cast in other people's names.

A Democratic candidate for state Senate wants to give voters the option of recalling officials whose corruption endangers a local government's finances.

The company at the center of a federal corruption investigation is one of the largest Syracuse - area campaign donors to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and local politicians.