Sentences with phrase «public outcry on»

In the wake of the corporate scandals in the late 1990s and early 2000s involving misappropriation of resources, bribery, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, and other such shenanigans, there was a large public outcry on the part of shareholders, the media, the regulators, the government, and other community stakeholders asking «where were in - house counsel, were they asleep at the wheel?»

There has been a lot of public outcry on how the Vita's library supposedly lacks in AAA games, and Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate undeniably offers such an AAA experience.

John Mahama last week backtracked following a public outcry on a request he made to the Nana Akufo - Addo government to allow him keep the bungalow No. 3, Prestige Link at...

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The public outcry led the company to post a letter of apology on its website: «The officer in question has acknowledged that he made a serious mistake and has apologized for his conduct.

It took its logos off the building and shut off the marquee lights — though after years of public outcry, AMC began turning on the lights in the evenings.

The #DeleteUber campaign on Facebook and Twitter erupted when Uber was accused of breaking a taxi strike in New York, right around the time Kalanick was taking heat for sitting on the president's business - advisory council in the midst of public outcry regarding Trump's travel ban.

The public outcry has also pushed up the regulatory costs to get a GM seed approved, Adamchak went on to say, meaning the institutions that can most easily pursue the technology are corporations.

The outcry after the shooting has sparked public pressure on corporations who offer discounts to the NRA as well as asset managers who invest in gun manufacturers.

Public outcry forced the company to backtrack on its new policy the following week, but it was too late to stop it from looking as a silly as the Trix rabbit.

The decision sparked outcry across the state, and on Wednesday, more than a thousand protesters are expected to attend the PUC's first public meeting since the decision.

In response to public outcry over this situation, Industry Minister Jim Prentice's position was to, «leave the matter between consumers on the one hand and Internet service providers on the other» — effectively, no position at all.

This misjudgment (perhaps initially due to management downplaying the incidents) could explain why the board got engaged so late in the process, and why they did not impose penalties on executives until after the first scathing Congressional hearing and weeks of public outcry.

The answer is that the Christian right in our country is constantly trying to force their religious beliefs into the public sphere (science education, school prayer at public schools, Decalogue displays at court houses, nativity scenes on city hall property, crosses in all kinds of public places, national days of prayer, etc.)-- if these things stopped, the outcry from us non-believers would be greatly diminished.

It would mean Greece following through on its market reforms and privatizations + Greece reforming and downsizing its civil service + Greece maintaining a stable government despite public outcry + Greece fixing its tax collection system + the troika being willing to put off some Greece interest payments and then writing off some significant portion of Greece's debt when Greece's government finally consistently reaches a primary surplus.

And even though the public outcry against it caused enforcement of the legislation to be put on hold, it was not rescinded, and thousands of public officials have already agreed to abide by it.

According to religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), his release follows a review of stringent bail terms which were set on 20th July 2017 and which provoked public outcry.

President Muhammadu Buhari, himself a Fulani, has responded to public outcry and ordered the security forces to crack down on the cattle raiders.

The U.S. public outcry for GMO labeling has prompted the food industry to start listening to its consumers and take a stand on the issue of genetically modified foods.

The biggest food manufacturers in the world are also putting aside corn ingredients based on the public outcry about GMO - infestation of this crop.

Less than ten years ago, there was public outcry of the ingredients listed (or even not listed) on formula labels.

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There has been such a public outcry against «pink slime,» (in part due to a graphic demonstration by Jamie Oliver on his Food Revolution show last summer) that fast food chains like McDonald's, Burger King and Taco Bell have agreed to stop using it in their food.

The ongoing changes at the 2.4 - mile path are a result of a fatal crash that sparked a public outcry and community discussion on safety at the park area.

The report's most shocking revelation — that Ponte had traveled out of the state, often to coastal Maine, 28 times during the course of 2016, and had been out of the state on personal business nearly a quarter of the calendar year — led to a public outcry.

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.

«We have yet to hear from Andrew Cuomo and today he is hiding behind the political unions who endorsed him in order to muffle the public outcry from those New Yorkers, and victims, who want answers on these serious questions of public safety.»

The outcry over Cipel's appointment resulted in McGreevey moving him to a less visible position on the public payroll.

In view of the public outcry in Kaduna State on the demolition of houses by governor El - Rufai, the state government has commenced the assessment of owners...

The agitation has led to a public outcry, with some persons including the MP for North - Tongu and former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, calling on the President of Ghana to intervene.

The public outcry and the criticism of social services which followed high profile cases of child abuse, such as those of Victoria Climbie and baby Peter Connelly, was reported to have resulted in increased numbers of children being taken into care as social workers erred on the side of caution.

Silver's shifting position «fueled creeping doubts about the viability of the center, which faces a raft of obstacles, like paltry fund - raising, on top of the public outcry,» writes Michael Barbaro.

Public comment on a proposal to allow new facilities to be built in New York ended in November, and drew significant outcry from environmentalists, who connect such facilities to fracking even though state officials said the two are not related.

Wasn't it employers who forced employees to work in such unsafe conditions that in 1970 Congress created, and President Nixon signed into law, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after public outcry against rising injury and death rates on the job?

Since the decision not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Garner, there has been a public outcry and an effort on the part of news organizations to have the information released.

Amid the outcry over the agents» visit, the city and the federal government issued contradictory accounts about what happened at Public School 58, also known as the School of Heroes, on Thursday.

A 30 seconds video clip showing the boko haram in pursuit of the JTF on network news and other channels immediately after the operation would have been enough to prevent the public outcry.

After a public outcry, Cuomo on Thursday pledged the city wouldn't have to pay «a penny.»

How loud would the public outcry be if only one in 10 assaults on our city streets, where the assailant was clearly identified, were prosecuted?

By August, and in the midst of public outcry, Mangano had dismissed $ 2.4 - million in tickets generated by cameras at six school locations — after cameras at five locations malfunctioned and a sixth was turned on prematurely.

The publication of the map has elicited outcry, and started a national discourse on many topics, ranging from privacy to safety to the public's right to know.

«It appears that Governor Cuomo has heard the public outcry about the need to fully assess and address public health impacts of fracking, but based on the administration's most recent statement, people remain in the dark about what is really happening.

A well - financed public outcry will almost certainly demand that hardworking taxpayers be absolved from having to pay for the education of families who are too «lazy» to earn enough on their own.

Mayor Bloomberg never worried about public outcry as embarked on his sweeping public health crusades.

They look at the governor, saying Cuomo has failed to capitalize on major public outcry over scandal and not used his bully pulpit to push reform.

Given the public outcry, speculation on this damaging the Babinec Campaign is high among pundits that follow the race.

Muzzio said he believes there will have to be major public outcry before the Legislature gets serious on reform.

The move comes after a public outcry that included, in the last few days: a lawsuit by animal welfare groups; a letter of protest sent to the agency from 18 Senate Democrats; and this letter to President Donald Trump, sent by a bipartisan group of 101 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, demanding that the information be immediately reposted on the public website.

Image courtesy of Vmenkov / Wikimedia Commons After public outcry against research into avian flu strains that can be transmitted among mammals, 40 of the top scientists working on the influenza strains signed a voluntary moratorium on research last January.

The plea was made by those working on gene editing with adult cells who are concerned that embryo editing could have unpredictable effects on future generations and stimulate a public outcry.

The FDA's announcement several months ago that it would hold a public hearing on the subject elicited an outcry from scientists, ethicists and religious groups, who say the technology raises grave safety concerns and could open the door to creating «designer» babies, whose eye color, intelligence and other characteristics are selected by parents.