Sentences with phrase «officials of the friends of»

Not exact matches

«A friend of mine posted one of the stories on Facebook and she challenged her elected officials — Who's going to do something about it?»

Twenty - two - year - old Daniela Vargas had just spoken Wednesday at an immigration press conference in front of Jackson City Hall in Mississippi when, according to her attorney, ICE officials pulled her and a friend over on the freeway as they were driving back.

I finally gave up on the official procedure and found a way in (with camera) thanks to a friend at the United Nations, who put me in touch with an official of the Arab League, who put me in touch with a shady character who «facilitated» my entry in 2008 by crossing several palms with silver to procure a visa.

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A civil complaint filed by Justice Department officials in the United States said that some of the funds landed in the hands of Mr. Najib's friends and associates as well as officials and executives from Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund.

American officials are trying to recoup more than $ 1 billion that they say was taken from 1MDB, a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, and spent by family and friends of the country's prime minister, Najib Razak, pictured.

American officials are trying to recoup more than $ 1 billion that they say was taken from 1MDB and ultimately spent in the United States by family and friends of Malaysia's prime minister, Najib Razak.

As a friend recently reminded me, China's official gold holdings account for only 2 percent of its foreign reserves.

And, testifying under oath, Summers, now the president of Harvard, dismissed the adverse consequences of his friends» frisky financial behavior: «I had enough knowledge of Russian mores and Russian practices and Russian views from the conversations that I had with Chubais and Vasiliev [senior Russian officials] to be confident that the set of issues contained the allegations were not issues that were consequential for them; and indeed that they would have, in part, valued advisers more extensively if they were more involved in actual private - sector activities.»

This week marks the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season, meaning millions of Americans will begin that month - long quest to find the perfect gifts for family and friends.

I have never been even remotely an expert either on iron and steel production or on the Australian economy, but recent action in the iron ore markets and a vibrant debate within Australia has, in the past three weeks, set me up for several planned and unplanned meetings with Australians — some old friends, some fund managers and bankers, some government officials — who remembered some of the comments I made a few years ago about Australia and iron ore and who wanted to discuss future prospects.

He was moved to the Downtown construction zone and the Learning Village, where his friends told me he was asked to mislead city officials about the nature of the project, skirting zoning codes and the permit process by claiming a permanent structure was temporary.

Shi described to me how personal banking and credit information «is being used as part of the anti-corruption campaign to identify the networks of corrupt officials», who in China often hide their graft — whether it's property or cash — by putting it in the names of friends or family.

Shulkin had accepted the tickets without approval from the VA, but got the retroactive okay from ethics officials when he told them that Gosling was a friend of his wife's.

This technique, once widely used but now severely restricted, meant that officials affiliated with the voter profiling firm, Cambridge Analytica, could gain access to basic demographics and the Facebook «likes» of all of the friends of the 270,000 people who downloaded an app called «thisisyourdigitallife.»

EDMONTON — In breaking the PC promise to ensure that high ranking officials employed by Alberta's boards and agencies are covered by sunshine rules, Prentice is proving that nothing has changed under his management and his PC government will continue to protect the high salaries of government friends and insiders at the expense of transparency and accountability, said NDP Leader Rachel Notley.

But two former FTC officials said that Facebook's allowing the psychologist to take so much data about a person's friends could constitute a violation of a 2011 consent decree with the agency.

complaining that both me and my friend arrived after the official start time of the barbeque.

Me, 5 days before the official release of my new book: I've heard from a lot of friends and readers who want to know how to help or support the book release.

after losing friends and all our safety personnel and the consideration of the families i see no good coming from this and only animousity and ill feelings and betrayal by our public officials in asllowing this to happen... it is deplorable and an insult to the 3,000 dead and the thousands affected by this horrible act and time must pass to heal the wounds before the issue is even discussed.

Many of my friends think it's weird how I avoid organizations and official ministry positions like the plague.

Park was accused of allowing a non-governmental friend to weigh in and influence topics from her wardrobe to who would be placed in official positions; she is also accused of extorting millions from South Korean companies with the help of this friend.

Government officials, family and friends have gathered at the state - recognised funeral of evangelical pastor Dr Myles Munroe, and his wife Ruth in the Bahamas.

A friend of mine gave it to me when she graduated, no longer having a need for posters since she was an official grown - up at last, and so I hung it up in my room as homage to her influence in my life.

A sample: «Some of my friends asked me whether Vatican officials suffer a deep - seated hatred of women.»

A good friend of mine in the American Military Government, Captain C. H. Bischoff, secured a Mercedes - Benz, painted on it the official AMG emblems and gave Martin written authorization to drive to Stuttgart, then on through the Soviet Zone.

The addition of chorizo pairs perfectly, and this dish turned out to be a big hit among my friends / official taste testers.

Four extremely limited anniversary expressions will be showcased during the Laphroaig Live broadcast: Laphroaig ® 15 Year Old, the official expression of the 200th anniversary; Laphroaig ® Cairdeas 2015, a limited - release expression distilled using only the original small stills; Laphroaig ® 21 Year Old, an expression created for the Friends of Laphroaig's 21st Birthday, also this year; and Laphroaig ® 32 Year Old, a rare expression 100 % matured in sherry barrels.

Now I need to gather a gaggle of friends and make this our official summer brunch drink!!

The report also cited friends of Rice, who said that the team encouraged the running back to claim he hadn't been forthcoming to officials, contrary to Rice's stance.

Fundraisers and celebrity friends of the charity event across the UK showed their support by wearing a pair of ears on their head in support for Pudsey according to the official charity website.

Manolas sprints into an ever - expanding tangle of substitutes, coaches, physios, officials, friends, family members, acquaintances, hangers - on, ballboys, passers - by, photographers, a bus load of lost tourists, a couple of minor royals, British character actor Toby Jones, a small mariachi band, and a man riding an elephant.

I got to show my new friend Snap the squirrel around my second home, Snap is the official mascot of Red Touch Media who sponsored the match shirt for the Liverpool All - Stars Charity Match.

One lucky Official Membership winner Sam, and two of his friends, got to take a ride in the Mighty Mobile this week.

Banners at either end of Stamford Bridge today paid tribute to his influence at the club, and prompted a sporadic standing ovation even before referee Kevin Friend signalled the beginning of the «official» minute's applause.

This will also require the assistance of school officials, grandparents, and friends.

Rancor between the Park District and Friends of the Parks has become so bitter that parks officials refused to comment on the record for this article.

That is the disturbing message that school officials, experts and friends say was tragically illustrated by the death from alcohol poisoning of Orland Park cheerleader Elizabeth Wakulich.

Friends of the Parks officials said Thursday the USX site, the Navy Pier locations and additions to DuSable Harbor should be looked at first.

It can be anything you want it to be, a small impromptu meeting of a few friends for a girls» night or a more official group open to any moms looking to make friends and help each other through whatever they're going through at the time.

When I mentioned it to my friend, she suggested that it may be the beginning of labor, but I laughed her off, as all of my previous births had been ten days to two weeks after the official due date.

Now, you can spend the big bucks for the «official» kinds of nursing tanks out there today (or better yet, let your friends and family buy those for you!)

Family, friends and special guests attended the regularly - scheduled board meeting at Village Hall where officials zipped through a few agenda items without discussion to reach the end of the night's to - do list, taking their oaths of office.

This «network of corrupt officials» was serviced through «tradecraft» techniques which transferred payments secretly by using cash, or through the bank accounts of relatives or friends of the source.

It helps to connect aggressively with potential «friends,» perhaps starting with the candidate's own social connections and moving on to party activists, local officials, bloggers and the members of your own supporter list (include a link to your profile pages in mass emails and people will do some of the work for you).

This just in from our friend Kayle Hatt: The Catholic Church, arguably one of the most traditionalist organizations in our time with a habit of resisting change, just launched an official Twitter account for Pope Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) in eight different languages.

Mr Awah, at the ongoing AASU Delegates Congress in Khartoum, Sudan has fraudulently chosen his friends and cronies as official representatives of national student unions across Africa including Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone among others for the purposes of electing his friends into office as his tenure as Secretary General of the continental student body ends this weekend.

«Of - course I didn't start this rumours on social media, but a friend who was also travelling to UK on the same flight and was at the business class with Allotey said at Heathrow, some four security officials including three men and a lady walked to Allotey and asked him how much money he was having in his possession.

Adorye claims an account of his friend who was on board the same British airline flight 078 suggested that at Heathrow Airport, UK Security officials approached Jacobs on the flight — questioned him over money laundering issues and for a few minutes walked him out of the craft.Ghanapoliticsonline.com

It also covers the family members and friends of such public officials who are beneficiaries of the proceeds of corruption.»