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Senate approves measure to tighten English-only law
Nor, he said, it is aimed at use of Spanish. “If an Italian came in the office you wouldn't expect the state of Arizona to issue a response in Italian, nor in German or Swahili or Russian or any other thing,” he said. “So it's not what people are
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:35A
Senate approves measure to tighten English-only law
Nor, he said, it is aimed at use of Spanish. “If an Italian came in the office you wouldn't expect the state of Arizona to issue a response in Italian, nor in German or Swahili or Russian or any other thing,” he said. “So it's not what people are
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:35A
SC concerned about states not taking care of construction workers
A Bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia asked the officials to be personally present at the next date of hearing to explain their failure in implementing the law. The court referred to the case of Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and other
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:34A
Criminal Justice Branch has failed the province
First and foremost, I believe the Criminal Justice Branch failed us completely in the Dziekanski case and a recent Victoria city cop issue. Since some of these issues are both ongoing and involve multiple complaints against a single body,
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:34A
De Lima orders NBI to trace source of hoax text message
By Tetch Torres MANILA, Philippines—Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Tuesday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to trace the source of the text message that spread fear of “acid raid” coming from radiation fallout from Japan.
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:34A
Tories have turned their backs on seniors
They've done nothing to rectify our archaic bankruptcy laws to make them in line with other industrial nations. US and UK pensioners are protected from bankruptcy. We seniors are the age group that usually vote Conservative and it would appear that we
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:34A
Anti-trafficking complaint filed vs recruiter of Filipina on China death row
Slapped with the complaint for violation of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2008 before the Department of Justice (DoJ) was Tita Cacayan. Among the complainant are the relatives of Villanueva including her husband Hilarion and brother Jayson
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:34A
Tories face ethics issue
A more serious issue involves the government reticence to reveal how much its criminal justice reforms will cost. Initially, the government refused to provide any information, clinging to the somewhat bizarre rationale of cabinet confidentiality.
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:34A
Court rules explicit story not 'obscene'
said they hoped this would bring about a change in the law. The two men stood charged with breaching article 208 of the Criminal Code dealing with the distribution of pornographic or obscene material and were faced with a possible prison sentence
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:34A
Retirement home sues over renovation job
The retirement community estimates in the lawsuit that the resulting costs from the alleged defects amount to at least $1.3 million, including repairs, relocation of residents and lost income. Cascade is seeking the money it says it lost,
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:33A