Sentences with phrase «said widespread power»

In Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, leaders in the city's Puerto Rican community said widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Irma have spurred them to convene a special meeting by local members on Saturday to decide how to best assist their home island.

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Ana Brnabic, 41, became one of the first openly gay government leaders in the world when she came to power in June, but activists say homophobia remains a widespread problem in Serbia.

Officials there said schools are closed Wednesday because of widespread power outages and downed wires through the city.

pupil behaviour remains a major concern for teachers, with nearly three - quarters of teachers saying they believe there is a widespread behaviour problem in schools; 84 % stated that they did not believe that the increased powers to search pupils, introduced by the Government, would help tackle pupil indiscipline; 55 % do not believe that same - day detentions, a power initiated by the Government, will assist them in maintaining discipline; 52 % did not feel that the power to confiscate items from pupils would be of assistance to them.

The PDP leader said, «The only way forward politically in Nigeria is for the only party with national widespread, the PDP, to go back to the basics and bring all its members back, create a level playing field and entrench internal party democracy so that the acronym of power to the people could become real.

Queens Councilman Peter Koo, who withdrew support for the Flushing West proposal after widespread community opposition, said he can not tell Rodriguez what to do in his district and that Council members» power is limited as is.

CSEA President Danny Donohue said union members should follow all appropriate safety guidelines as they recover from the storm, which caused widespread flooding, damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure and downed trees and power lines.

But after years of pushback from some elected officials and the power companies that owned the land, he said he now sees widespread support for the idea.

«At the end of the day, what's going to truly decarbonize the transportation system is when we move to low - carbon fuel or completely battery - powered vehicles,» which will take decades to see widespread adoption, said Stepp.

After adding in ongoing maintenance delays, crippled access to public transportation and widespread power outages to the circumstances, a storm could «really set back a family already on the brink,» Kelly said.

«Widespread sexual harassment, bullying, and relationship violence in schools is a reflection of unhealthy assumptions and beliefs about gender, consent, power, and relationships,» Finn says.

Kevin Doyle, the executive director of CEA - Florida and a lobbyist for the group, said in his letter that Florida's electricity providers «should get some special attention» for their response to the widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Irma.

Investment in «off - grid» energy schemes such as that on Elephanta Island could be the way forward for hard - to - reach rural areas, he said, as «the centralised system has failed to deliver» with power cuts widespread where supplies exist.

It will lead to censorship and a massive chill on free expression, and enables a potentially widespread abuse of power,» said Tom Henheffer, Executive Director of CJFE.

«Many years ago, a good borrower would avoid using strategic default because then you would have a stigma on your image that may impact your future borrowing power,» says David T. McLain, principal with Palisades Financial LLC, a commercial real estate lending and advisory firm based in Fort Lee, N.J. «What you are seeing now, when the downturn has led to widespread defaults, they are no longer fearful because their belief is that when the economy recovers, this will be overlooked and they will be able to borrow.»