Sentences with phrase «on subsequent governments»

Nonetheless, Mr. Amidu has argued that former President Kufuor's interpretation of the law then was not binding on subsequent governments.

Not exact matches

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

While that was appreciated around the globe, the subsequent severe military attack on the territories of Afghanistan that began on October 7 has cast severe doubts on the USA government's intensions.

Indeed, this bill is a direct result of the ACCC's inquiry into grocery prices and the government's subsequent public consultation on the matter.

The UK Government has not yet implemented the International Code and subsequent, relevant Resolutions in legislation, despite being called on to do so repeatedly by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

UK legislation does not reflect this, despite the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calling three times (in 2002, 2008 and 2016) for successive governments to bring legislation into line with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of the World Health Assembly.

We make submissions to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which has repeatedly called on the UK Government to fully implement the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant Resolutions in the UK, acknowledging that violations of these measures are «commonplace».

Mr. Quaitoo reacting to complaints from farmers in the area on how their farms have been destroyed by the fall armyworm and subsequent appeal for some form of compensation said, the complaints are «just a way of taking money from the government; that's what they do all the time...».

Subsequent to the referendum they seem to have regarded it as a done deal and have tended to support the government on the issue overall eg the leadership supported the vote to trigger article 50.

The Government must give better and fuller guidance to tax credit and other benefit claimants about the circumstances in which they may still claim the child element of child tax credit or universal credit for a third or subsequent child born on or after 6 April 2017, says the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG).1 Previously announced changes to tax credits, universal credit and some other benefits which limit payment of the child element to no more than two children come into effect today (6 April).

26 March 2013 — TAXATION: CAPITAL GAINS TAX Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 11 March (WA 38), whether they have revised the methodology set out in the policy costings document published alongside the 2010 Emergency Budget Report, in the light of subsequent receipts.

A far more pertinent issue raised by Kristof's piece is buried in his subsequent blog post: «When I was a kid, the Kennedy Administration had its «brain trust» of Harvard faculty members, and university professors were often vital public intellectuals who served off and on in government.»

Having said this, AYD is of the view that the recent public outcry that has greeted the activities of small - scale mining in the country, and the subsequent knee - jerk and fire - fighting war on small scale mining has only reinforced the age - old problem of successive governments.

By the way, both those comments and my subsequent article of May 10 were not a «single purpose project» designed to attack anyone, but the substance of both interventions was to focus on government's Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), highlight lessons Nigeria could learn from failed or sub-optimal implementation of previous economic blueprints, and discuss constraints and / or impediments which must be removed for the plan to succeed, especially in relation to private capital and foreign direct investment.

With the subsequent erosion of the power of the House of Lords, we have essentially been left with a unicameral parliament in which there are no checks on the government's power to pass legislation.

If the Commons votes against the Government on a motion of no confidence, the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 specifies that Parliament automatically dissolves unless a subsequent motion of confidence is passed within fourteen days.

It was after the briefing of 23 rd December 2011 and the subsequent discussions between the President, the Minister for Finance and me on the same 23 rd December 2011 that I made available file copies of the relevant documents to Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Kofi Totobi Kwakyi and others in the office of the Secretary to the President to draft a press statement explaining the role of the President in directing non-payment of the GHC51million by the Government.

On the King's College presentation, Mr Johnson said the government had been made aware of it, but not the subsequent presentation on October 29th, or the Guardian article Prof Nutt wrote to go with iOn the King's College presentation, Mr Johnson said the government had been made aware of it, but not the subsequent presentation on October 29th, or the Guardian article Prof Nutt wrote to go with ion October 29th, or the Guardian article Prof Nutt wrote to go with it.

Nwogu, however, called on the government to tackle the root cause of agitations and subsequent quit notice by Northern youths.

There is one thing, however, for which sections of the left will never forgive Miliband - as a junior minister, he supported the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and, as foreign secretary, continued to defend the government's subsequent record on Iraq.

Subsequent events have created deep conflicts between the mayor, on one side, and Cor and their top government supporters in Syracuse - Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In the wake of this morning's NY Times story and subsequent criticism from the good government community, the pro-Cuomo Committee to Save New York is filing paperwork today to register as a lobbying organization with the Committee on Public Integrity.

«This is an all - hands - on - deck situation, and we need all of our partners at every level of government to help address the situation,» said Dr. Zucker, crediting a phone conversation between Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Mr. Cuomo, and a subsequent conversation between the governor and CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden with the decision to involve federal

«In the subsequent seven years the government spending on research went up by 264 percent.

The second storyline takes us through the initial recruitment and subsequent rise through the CIA and NSA, as we see how Snowden continually uncovered more about how the government was spying on citizens.

I will also be examining the impact this scheme had on the number of university applications, before turning my attention to the subsequent evolution of the academies and how they grew and developed under the Coalition Government with its converter and sponsor academies.

2016 has left us with a number of crucial issues to consider and address, including: the impact that Brexit may have on education; the government's plans for academisation and the subsequent U-turn on the plans; the reintroduction of grammar schools; and the continuing teacher recruitment and retention crises.

Evidence from the negative - income - tax experiments carried out by the federal government between 1968 and 1982 showed only mixed effects of income on children's outcomes, and subsequent work by the University of Chicago's Susan Mayer cast doubt on any causal relationship between parental income and child well - being.

Notably, the White House administration has delayed implementation of the income verification rules, leaving income verification for now on the «honor system» (with random checks of a statistically significant sample to verify compliance), but raising concern from many that there may be a higher incidence of fraudulent income reporting to qualify for the subsidy in the coming year (though ultimately, inappropriately reported amounts could still be recaptured by the Federal government when the subsequent tax return is filed later, as discussed below, limiting the potential scope of any fraud).

Still, the subsequent foreclosures on their mortgages will keep them from qualifying for a government - guaranteed mortgage for three to five years and will stay on their credit records for seven years.

The subsequent legal onslaught on the industry brought 5 million dollars of funding provided by the government for the need of RSPCA's special investigation unit.

Subsequent research showed that what appear to be Daybreak reps have attempted to alter the company's Wikipedia page to reflect its new ownership claims since the government sanctions were announced, earning a block from the online encyclopedia's editors; a 2015 press release (now here) announcing Columbus Nova as the new owner and the 2015 privacy policy (now here) that had been hosted on Daybreak's web servers were also apparently memoryholed by the company.

At the same time, we are encouraged to witness the subsequent outpouring of commitment from individuals, local governments, states, countries and corporations on climate action.

The government intends to raise the minimum wage from $ 11.40 to $ 11.60 per hour on October 1, 2017, with a subsequent increase on January 1, 2018 to $ 14 and by January 1, 2019 to $ 15 per hour.

Advised on its agreement with the Government of Somalia to assist in the development of the country's hydrocarbons sector and its subsequent US$ 50 million equity investment.

But there is also the fact that the Chinese authorities felt that they could both officially complain to other governments about the awarding of the prize and the subsequent restrictions on other lawyers in China some of whom have been put under house arrest or have not been allowed to travel either internally or out of the country.

Parties will often seek to rely on findings made by the government as the result of an investigation in subsequent civil litigation.

Significant matters / transactions include: Advised Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited on its offer to purchase Lonmin plc's entire issued share capital, # 5 billion Advised Telkom SA Limited on its unbundling of a 35 % stake in Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited, R35 billion Advised Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited on its acquisition by Bain Capital, R25, 5 billion Advised The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) on the introduction of BEE equity participation in Sasol Limited and their arranging financing therefore, R25, 4 billion Advised FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Nedbank Limited (acting through its Nedbank Capital division) as lenders to Richards Bay Titanium (Proprietary) Limited and Richards Bay Mining (Proprietary) Limited, R19 billion Advised Citibank N.A. on a bridge loan granted to Turquoise Moon Trading 427 (Proprietary) Limited by Citibank N.A. and JP Morgan Chase, R10 billion Advised British American Tobacco plc on its secondary listing on the JSE, R550 billion Advised Pioneer Foods Limited on its listing on the JSE Securities Exchange, R6 billion Advised the South African National Roads Agency Limited in respect of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project involving the construction and upgrade of the Gauteng freeway and the procurement of an open road tolling system, R44 billion Advised Absa Bank Limited (acting though its Absa Capital division), FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Vunani Capital (as co-lead arrangers) and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (as issuer) on the establishment of its South African Guaranteed Domestic Medium Term Note Programme and the subsequent issue of notes thereunder, R32 billion Advised Shoprite Checkers (Proprietary) Limited on the proposed Brait Private Equity private equity buy - out (this did not proceed), R12 billion Advised Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and various shareholders on the acquisition by Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP (Proprietary) Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa Limited of a 20 % equity stake in Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited from various shareholders, R511 million Clients include: Multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and Government

On September 20, 2017, Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca announced that the Liberal government will introduce legislation to increase the fines for distracted driving from a maximum of $ 1,000 to up to $ 2,000 on second conviction, and up to $ 3,000 for a third or subsequent conviction as well as six demerit points for multiple offenceOn September 20, 2017, Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca announced that the Liberal government will introduce legislation to increase the fines for distracted driving from a maximum of $ 1,000 to up to $ 2,000 on second conviction, and up to $ 3,000 for a third or subsequent conviction as well as six demerit points for multiple offenceon second conviction, and up to $ 3,000 for a third or subsequent conviction as well as six demerit points for multiple offences.

Mr. Wilson's extensive experience before joining Davis Polk includes advising the Royal Bank of Scotland Group on the $ 71 billion consortium takeover of ABN AMRO and subsequent integration work, its # 12 billion rights issue, # 15 billion open offer and # 25.5 billion share issue to H.M. Treasury, its terms of accession to the U.K. Government's # 282 billion Asset Protection Scheme and various aspects of its subsequent asset disposal program.

Regulators are stepping in The advent and subsequent boom of cryptocurrencies on a global scale as well as the heavy fluctuations have left many governments scrambling to find ways to deal with this new phenomenon.

In subsequent discussions where I have expressed concern about the lack of community consultation on the issue of town leasing, the OIPC have also noted that they are not obliged under the legislation to consult with the community, just with a section of it, that is traditional owners, which the government has stated could mean just one person in some instances.

This aspect was not subsequently addressed in the High Court's ruling in the Wik case, and the first instance decision on mineral rights has since been judicially doubted because of subsequent High Court rulings about government «ownership» of resources: Justice North in the (minority of) the full Federal Court appeal decision in Ward - v - Western Australia observed of the Federal Court decision in Wik that «the conclusion that the mining legislation in Queensland conferred full beneficial ownership on the crown sufficient to extinguish native title can not be regarded as correct» (2000) 170 ALR 159 at para 843.

The Government has suggested that a «statement of regret», an allocation of sixty - three million dollars over 4 years aimed at so - called «practical assistance», and their subsequent denial of the very existence of the Stolen Generations may suffice to allow us as a nation to turn our backs on the cruel legacy of our indigenous past and move forward, blind to the future.

More research on the reasons for moving house, and subsequent family outcomes, would be useful to inform the implementation of Scottish Government's strategy and action plan for housing (Scottish Government, 2011).