Sentences with phrase «officials acted on»

If the incompetent officials acted on their early season promise to crack down on this, then he would have given away several penalties by now.

He has not attended school board sessions since being ousted from the board by state officials acting on a request from the majority of his fellow board members.

Mr. Percoco is accused of taking at least $ 315,000 in bribes from his co-defendants in return for performing official acts on their companies» behalf.

In a statement today, the Prime Minister has disavowed any attempts to create a new abortion law, so it doesn't look like any official Act on the subject will be introduced soon through that route.

Not exact matches

She, along with several of her classmates, have held gun control rallies in their Florida community and called on government officials to act now to prevent future mass shootings from taking place.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

In fact, Palestinian officials have acknowledged providing payments to the families of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis or convicted of terrorist acts and imprisoned in Israel; that is not a conspiracy theory.»

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The sanctioned officials are Willian Antonio Contreras, the vice minister of internal commerce; Nelson Reinaldo Lepaje Salazar, who is acting as head of the office of the national treasury, according to the U.S.; Americo Alex Mata Garcia, an alternate director on the board of the National Bank of Housing and Habitat; and Carlos Alberto Rotondaro Cova, the former president of the board of directors of the Venezuela Institute of Social Security.

Officials said Obama could act on that authority if Russian forces press into other areas of Ukraine, an escalation of the crisis in Crimea.

A hike on Wednesday would still leave U.S. policy extremely loose, and Fed officials have signaled they will act cautiously from that point forward to nurture a tepid recovery.

Before a bell rung 42 times to commemorate the dead, Giordano and other officials praised the ordinary and extraordinary acts of heroism by first responders and community members as the firefight raged on for more than a week.

We don't know whether officials who lather slavish praise on Xi actually believe anything of what they say or are acting out purely out of fear and greed.

The Magnitsky Act leveled sanctions on high - level Russian officials accused of human rights abuses and corruption.

Several people have asked me why the federal conflicts of interest law, which bars every lowly executive branch official from acting on matters that affect their personal financial interests, won't apply to President Donald Trump.

Jones was elevated to serve as acting assistant secretary of state responsible for the Middle East and had neither been offered the job on a permanent basis not told that he would not get it, said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Even Uncle Sam is getting in on the act, allowing some government workers to charge official purchases on government - issued credit cards.

On Jan. 26, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates contacted White House counsel Don McGahn to raise concerns about discrepancies between the public accounting and what intelligence officials knew to be true about the contacts based on routine recordings of communications with foreign officials who are in the U.On Jan. 26, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates contacted White House counsel Don McGahn to raise concerns about discrepancies between the public accounting and what intelligence officials knew to be true about the contacts based on routine recordings of communications with foreign officials who are in the U.on routine recordings of communications with foreign officials who are in the U.S.

Postmedia confirms in an email that officials executed a search warrant at its offices on Monday but adds it is «strongly of the view» that no contravention of the Competition Act occurred in the agreement announced Nov. 27.

Nor, officials said, was Secretary of State Tillerson informed of the situation until days after the department's acting assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, Francisco Palmieri, finally called in the Cuban ambassador in Washington, José Ramón Cabañas, to present a diplomatic note of protest on Feb. 17.

If anyone doubted that he was serious about imposing this new level of federal oversight on top of the already crowded provincial regulatory scene, signals coming from Flaherty's top officials this past summer suggested, not just a readiness to act alone, but a growing enthusiasm for that option.

At the end of the day, ambitious endeavors like the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act can only be profitable for American consumers and entrepreneurs if both US officials and innovators can get on the same page.

Far - reaching and critical amendments proposed by Bill S - 14, An Act to amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, received royal assent on June 19, 2013.

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The Official Residences Act gives the Prime Minister wide latitude to hire household staff «as necessary» — as of July there would seem to have been at least six people minding 24 Sussex, including the chef — but Trudeau is only months removed from taking his own stand on family assistance.

Criticism of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney's recent comments to a banking group has largely focused on his advocating a pay - to - play system for interest groups to access government officials.

Browder said that to protect the vast amounts of money, some of which he said was in American banks, Putin launched a campaign to repeal the Magnitsky Act, a U.S. law that imposed sanctions on Russian officials whom the U.S. held responsible for the 2009 death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Russian jail after being retained by Browder to investigate corruption.

Information technology officials testified on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's HealthCare.gov Web site.

Kirsten Hillman, the lead negotiator for the TPP talks and a senior official on softwood lumber issues, will act as MacNaughton's deputy in Washington and will also play a significant role.

This issue has been under review by officials of the Treasury Board Secretariat for a number of years, but the Treasury Board has failed to act on the recommendation of the Auditor General.

On June 22, CME Alberta's Acting Vice President, Mike Holden met with Government of Alberta officials to recommend changes to the proposed design of the Alberta Capital Investment Tax Credit (CITC).

Ryan Petty, father of freshman Alaina Petty, is working with federal officials on threat prevention guidelines, identifying potential school shooters before they act.

An administration official added that the Treasury has been acting quickly on all of its rescue programs, not just the small - business initiative.

Democrats also say that the dossier was not the only evidence that federal officials used to obtain the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on Page.

Rogers, who worked with the Obama administration during the planning of his first inauguration in 2009, will become Director of the Office of Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a job that includes working with outside religious groups and acting as the top White House official on religious issues.

The Public Order Act Last month, we published English barrister Paul Diamond's report on official bigotry against Christianity in England, which uses the Public Order Act and its outlawing of speech that is «threatening, abusive, or insulting» as an excuse.

The proper meaning of the Church's teaching on this point becomes clearer when one sees the official Latin text, which rather than «open» says, «perse destinatus», which refers to the objective status of the act per se.

When we refer to the Church, make a demand on it or deplore its failure to act, we very often do not mean the Church at all but the official ministry and its representatives.

If we make a demand on the Church, we must always examine precisely whether it is really addressed to the hierarchy and its members as such, or to the Church, that is, to all of us Christians, and precisely in the sphere where the official Church does not teach and act authoritatively.

For many today, this claim is associated with the Stuart kings of England; but James I in his New Law for Free Monarchic, as were his descendants in their official acts, was dependent on the Old Testament.

So the recommendations of Luther's Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church were being realised; if the officials of the Myth, the Christian bishops and priests, would not themselves reform the Church then secular officials would do it, as Christians with the responsibility to act in society.

Sometimes one is horrified at the way in which some of the younger disciples of the various neo-orthodox and neo-catholic movements — I say «movements,» in the plural, for there seem to be several of them — act in this fashion and defend their wooden and «official» preaching on the ground that they must in no way obtrude their personalities between the gospel and the hearers.

We believe that Catholics who, in good conscience, take positions on the difficult questions of legal abortion and other controversial issues that differ from the official hierarchical positions, act within their rights and responsibilities as Catholics and citizens.

An ACCC official said in a Senate hearing last week that the watchdog was preparing to act on the complaints and would make an announcement within weeks.

The purpose of the trip was to learn first - hand about the act of vandalism, and to hear the views of the key officials on site.

The king of soccer is now surrounded by a self - appointed palace guard, a troupe of officials and hangers - on that acts as a sort of reverse public - relations service.

Diego Costa has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video.

England manager Gareth Southgate said on the Football Association's official website: «Ray was a great ambassador for the game, a proud Englishman who loved playing for his country and an absolute gent — a class act.»

if people would act assertively and be responsible for themselves we don't need millions of rules and official interventions (sorry my comment got cut off before)... I for one like to use my own personal power to make changes I need for myself rather than to rely on some outside source

Colorado has seen the highest drop in teen birth rates in the entire country, and officials are putting the credit for that on a new family planning initiative that offers low - income women long - acting, reversible birth control methods (e.g. IUDs and implants) for little to no cost.