To control the air pollution and ensure smooth transportation during the forthcoming Olympic Games, Beijing, the host city, has taken numerous measures. One of them that caught my attention was that 30 percent of the cars owned by the central administration, city government, institutions affiliated to government, businesses and factories in Beijing were banned from [...]
Health professionals have stressed the need to promote health education at federal, state and local government levels.
They made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of the first National Conference on Health Promotion and Education (HPE)in Abuja.
The communiqué stressed the need to make advocacy a major tool for making HPE a priority.
Education It [...]
A House Bill guaranteeing access to public information was approved on third and final reading in the House of Representatives.
House Bill 3732, “An Act implementing the right of Access Information on Matters of Public Concern guaranteed under Section 7, Article III of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and for other purposes,” was authored by Manila Rep. [...]
Local governments are very much political beasts here in France and voting often reflects the feelings of the nation towards its central government.
Consequently, the mayoral hopefuls linked to President Nicolas Sarkozys centre-right party took a bit of a hammering in several major centres, including Toulouse — the great southern heart of rugby in France.
Toulouse embraced [...]
“You’ve got to cap the growth in revenues,” Patchett said.
But critics see the collapse of funding for Colorado’s classrooms, road building and health care during this decade as proof of why Florida should not replicate the cap.
“It is a machete where we need a scalpel,” said Carol Hedges, an economic analyst with the Colorado Fiscal [...]
The site in question, a concrete canyon where a tributary, Arroyo Seco, meets the Los Angeles River, is surrounded by an industrial neighborhood on the edge of downtown and, like most of the river’s 51 miles, is hemmed in by artificial banks to control floods.To obtain the permit from a maze of local governments and [...]
Late Tuesday in the Assembly, action on the day’s scheduled calendar slowed as Democrats in the minority attempted to bring up bills they wanted to address before the Legislature adjourns next month. Republicans who control the Assembly turned back their attempts, however.
The autism bill passed 25-8 and was sent to the Assembly, where its future [...]
The Chinese government has placed priority on developing education, putting forward the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education, making constant efforts to deepen the reform of educational system, and implementing the nine-year compulsory education. Governments at all levels are increasing investment in education and encourage people to run education through different channels [...]
