Sentences with phrase «on public petitions»

[11] Cory sits on the Public Petitions Committee.

Presenting the report of the investigation to the plenary on Wednesday, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Petitions, Hon. Nkem Abonta, said series of invitations were sent to the Inspector - General of Police to appear before the committee but he refused to honour.

This follows the recommendation by the House Committee on Public Petitions, which conducted investigative hearing into the «illegal» closure of Peace Corps facilities and the alleged disobedience to subsisting court orders to unseal the premises.

Not exact matches

EBSA intends to continue to post comment and petition letters for public inspection on EBSA's Web site as quickly as practicable after receipt.

The SEC invites comments on Proposed Rules, Concept Releases, Self - Regulatory Organization filings, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Rulemaking, Rulemaking Petitions, and Other Releases.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

The petition states: «Ricardians (those who believe Richard was wrongly accused of usurping the crown by murdering his way to it, but that he was actually one of our most just and enlightened kings) are clearly aware that Shakespeare's play was fiction and probably written as a satire on the corruption of power, but members of the general public often believe that Shakespeare was accurate, so each time the play is produced it only adds to the unfair reputation that Richard has been given.

I would like to use your Lentil Walnut Apple Loaf photo (with the recipe title) as one of four photos to represent on Change.org the Canadian petition e-1205 asking the government to offer a mandatory vegan option in all federal and provincial public establishments such as schools, hospital, prisons, ect

Between the crafts and the leadership role I've taken on (with a few others) for the urban hen movement (we're working on a petition and will be hosting a public educational urban hen meeting in a couple weeks), I'm going to have a very busy December.

While I do not dismiss the recent grassroots efforts that have gained significant strength via a petition to get pink slime out of school cafeterias, I worry that the focus on it detracts from bigger and more important food system issues, and provides the meat industry with a convenient distraction and an easily fixable problem that can effortlessly be spun into a public - relations success.

Nestlé launched Pure Life water in Brazil shortly afterwards, demineralising water from a spring in the water park in the historic spa town of São Lourenço, which had an adverse impact on other springs and the tourism industry, leading to a mass petition which prompted a civil public action by the public prosecutor.

On May 21 2014 - to mark 33 years since WHO's adoption of the Code - Public Citizen, flanked by scores mothers and ally organizations, hand delivered the petition to a Mead Johnson executive outside the company's headquarters near Chicago, Illinois.

And while the science may be disputed, depending on who is funding the study, as to whether commonly used food dyes such as Yellow 5, Red 40 and 6 others made from petroleum pose a «rainbow of risks» that include hyperactivity in children, cancer (in animal studies), and allergic reactions, because of the problem of hyperactivity, the Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of these dyes given that the British government and European Unionhave taken actions that are virtually ending their use of dyes throughout Europe.

Some residents opposed to the project had organized a petition drive and gathered more than 1,000 signatures asking for a public referendum on the tax increase that would be needed to pay for the building.

After much petitioning by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to form an advisory committee meeting which will review clinical studies conducted on common food dyes including Yellow 5 and Red 40 and the link connecting them to adverse behavior issues in children.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, which filed the original petition to the FDA requesting a hearing, wants the agency to encourage companies to switch voluntarily to safer colorings and to require warning notices on products that contain synthetic food dyes.

An outright ban on synthetic dyes is unlikely, though the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest just petitioned the FDA to outlaw caramel colorings that use ammonium compounds, and in 2008 asked it to revoke approval for several synthetic food dyes.

The industry filed its petition four years ago, but the FDA is just now seeking public comment on the request before it makes a decision.

He gathered more than 200 signatures on a petition to stop the practice and spoke at two public meetings.

His lawyers are expected to argue that Anas, after petitioning the president to remove him from the bench because of the acts complained about on the video, violated the constitutional provisions by proceeding to make the evidence public.

The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, would on Tuesday appear before the Senate committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to answer questions on allegations of fraud preferred against him.

Two types of recall election are needed: (i) local people forcing a by - election on their sitting MP; and (ii) public petitions calling for a general election: once more than 50 % of the electorate had signed a properly conducted petition, then the sovereign would dissolve parliament for a general election.

Interestingly, the National Council cited the public comments of Mr. Paul Afoko on an alleged criminal conduct of two National Officers with respect to illegal use of party funds as one of the reasons for their petition.

In order to assure a transparent and accountable process for examining and determining the petitions, the EC assembled a Panel of Eminent Ghanaians to chair the two - day public hearing on the issue.

While calling for the Senator to «come clean,» Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy reminded the public of Panepinto's 2001 misdemeanor election fraud conviction for collecting false signatures on nominating petitions.

Michelle McCulloch, of Attica, confirmed in a phone interview Monday night, that she filed a complaint with the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics accusing Ranzenhofer of coercing staff into gathering petitions for Bellavia's GOP rival, Chris Collins.

But, but, but: The Post's in - house pollster, Scott Clement, flags a 2013 Pew Research Study, which found that people who prioritize gun rights over gun control are four or five times more likely to contribute money to advocacy groups, contact public officials, sign petitions and express their views on social media.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has decided to allow new evidence in regards to a petition calling for the removal of Carl Paladino from his position on the Buffalo Public School Board.

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, after subjecting the Management of four different banks, where the first lady had accounts, directed that those accounts not encumbered by any legal process be re-opened.

Explaining the motive for the petition, one of the petitioners Abigail Elorm Mensah said the former Attorney General has on several occasions conducted himself in a manner that has brought the party into disrepute and public ridicule and also weakened the unity and cohesion of the party in breach of articles 46 [8] and 45.

He then urges WFP supporters to sign an on - line petition urging the governor and legislative leaders to pass a public financing bill this year.

Opponents of the project say they have the support of over 30 grassroots community and environmental organizations (attached list) and a petition with over 1300 signatures which they will deliver to Governor Cuomo, who banned fracking last month based on public health concerns.

The petition was filed on August 18 at the Presidency and is demanding that a process to remove the EC boss should be commenced over alleged breaches of public procurement practices and provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663), as well as gross financial mismanagpublic procurement practices and provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663), as well as gross financial mismanagPublic Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663), as well as gross financial mismanagement.

The Minister also expressed disappointment that the petition he sent to the President on the matter could be leaked to the public.

The statement reads: «I regret to inform you that hearing of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions slated for Tuesday, 10th November, 2015 has been postponed for the time being.

Sagay on Wednesday told press after the Senate resolved to summon him to appear before its committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions over comments credited to him by Punch Newspaper.

However, the president noted that — any Ghanaian can demand to know the assets declared by public officials with a court order or a petition to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) under the current law.

In the case of my 500 constituents waiting for a resolution on their Equitable Life pensions, you join up the dots: you collect a petition to present in the Chamber, you hold a public meeting, you create a special section on your website and you send a regular email update to them.

Another Senator said with the revelations at the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Ndume is on the verge of being suspended.

From an eyewitness account of the Tuesday Town of Sanford Board meeting, we heard the following: «People speaking included those with land and with leases who had signed the petition asking for the resolution that was passed to be rescinded, for board members with conflicts of interest to recuse themselves from shale gas decisions, and for no resolutions on shale gas extraction to be passed without notifying the public a week in advance and allowing full participation.

The Deputy Senate Leader, Bala Na'Allah, on Wednesday had read Prof. Sagay's comment to his colleagues who subsequently resolved to summon the senior lawyer to appear before the committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions to explain his statement.

Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions in its report, recommended that Ndume should be suspended which was considered by the lawmakers at the plenary on Wednesday.

According to him, Omo - Agege's right was not breached when the senate referred him to its committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions as he erroneously believed.

The senator representing Rivers South East senatorial district, Magnus Abe has said that he will not attend the public hearing on a petition written against the...

The commission proposed cutting the number of petition signatures needed to get on the ballot for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president and Council by half.

«I hereby nullify the suspension of the plaintiff (Omo - Agege) which was based on the recommendations of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions with immediate effect.»

A declaration that the conduct of the 1st Defendant acting through its Chief Executive Officer and Acting Editor of the Crusading Guide newspaper, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, in releasing the contents of the petition, through publications in the Crusading Guide newspaper, his personal facebook page, public screening of the audio — visual recordings in support of the petition at the Accra International Conference Centre on the 22nd September, 2015, containing the evidence in support of the petition, is in violation of Article 146 (8) of the 1992 Constitution and therefore unconstitutional...»

A Cuomo aide cited the website Reclaim New York — which bills itself as nonpartisan and opines on public policy — which has promoted the petition on its site.

The gravamen of their petition is that in exercise of my rights as a citizen of Ghana under the 1992 Constitution, I wrote four articles published on 2nd November 2016; on or about 15th November, 2016; on or about 29th July 2017; and on or about 7th August 2017 which were «carefully designed by to expose the Party to public hatred, ridicule and opprobrium and to lower its reputation in Ghana and elsewhere.»

White served as an SNP Parliamentary group whip in the first parliamentary session and sat on the parliament's Public Petitions Committee and Equal Opportunities Committee.