by the chief executive officer. The legislature works under a bicameral system: the Senate (upper house) and the Chamber of Representatives (lower house). Each of the 102 senators and 166 representatives are appointed through popular vote from a multiple parties’ lists of candidates – two of the senate seats are occupied by members of indigenous communities. A particular feature of the Senate is the power to designate the Constitutional and Supreme Court justices, and the nation’s Inspector,…
1950s a tour guide was taking a visitor, King Saud, from Saudi Arabia for a tour around the pyramids, when he suggested that an area around the base of the pyramids get clear of sand so the people could get a ground level of them. The chief of antiquities inspector of Giza, Zaki Nour, agreed and ordered an archeological team to uncover the are to see if there is anything of interest. While digging, the team found large limestone slabs set into the ground with mortar around them, meaning the…
discriminated against or it could be that the group is actually more involved in crime than any other group, however there is no evidence to support this. Even within prisons where prisoners are said to be treated equally and in the same way, the chief inspector of prisons not only found…
Job that he ran into his friend Ed and that Ed was in good health. Job than expressed how warm it was and how unbearable the mosquitos were. Now Job wants to write his letter, but he can’t because his company is under inspection. Eventually the inspector decides to go read a book which gives Job time to write his letter. Job is celebrating because Jeff Davis and his family were all captured. Job says he should be home by July 4th at the latest. He also says that because things have been so quiet…
As a director, he was required to act, exercise and discharge his duties in accordance to Section 180, Section 181, Section 182 and Section 183 of the Corporation Act. He however failed to do so, for example when he authorised the issue of a prospectus by HIH Holdings (NZ) Ltd for the purpose of raising up $155 million of convertible notes to assist HIH in funding the takeover of the FAI. The prospectus failed to disclose the effect of a simultaneous transaction between HIH and Societe Generale…
feast highlights imperial munificence and the inclusion of common people with modest means, in the distribution of food. Sources have described these early Mughal rulers as benevolent kings who had no attachment to wealth and spent lavishly on their chiefs and subjects, granting them gifts, arranging lavish feasts and distributing food and money in charity. Both Humayun and Akbar followed the tradition of being weighed against gold in the balance, and the entire cash or kind was distributed to…
serial killer in history has been known as a rather underwhelming Polish madman called Aaron Kosminski, who was committed to a mental asylum at the height of the Ripper frenzy. Kosminski was actually a suspect at the time of the murders, even named by Chief…
The My Lai Massacre took place on March 16, 1968, in a small village located in the Quang Ngai province named My Lai. The U.S. soldiers thought of My Lai as a stronghold of their Viet Cong enemies, and was a frequent target of U.S. and South Vietnamese bombing attacks. An American contingent of 100 soldiers, “Charlie Company”, led by Lieutenant William L. Calley, had received poor intelligence and were told that they would encounter many Viet Cong. After the murder of 504 innocent civilians, the…
Wealthier children are more likely to attend grammar schools, as the parents are able to afford the tuition. The chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw has said ‘grammar schools are stuffed full of middle class kids’. As you may be aware, all the students wishing to attend a grammar school, have to sit an entry exam known to many as the 11-plus exam. Lucy Powell…
The beginning of the social democratic decade saw the first Labour government been elected in to govern New Zealand in 1935 with Michael Joseph Savage as Prime Minister. Peter Fraser then took over from 1940, however prior to this position, he was the Minister of Education from 1935 to 1940. Along with the new Government been elected in, Peter Fraser saw the election victory as an opportunity for social reforms to be implemented on the nation to build a viable nation state. Such reforms included…