ant EWC Receives $105K in Grants for Khmer Rouge Tribunal Work By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:33:08 +0000 EWC Receives $105K in Grants for Khmer Rouge Tribunal Work HONOLULU (March 9) – The East-West Center (EWC) received two grants totaling over $105-thousand dollars from the British Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for two projects supporting the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Both projects are part of the Asian International Justice Initiative, a partnership between the EWC and the War Crimes Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley. EWC President Charles E. Morrison says, "We certainly appreciate these grants in underwriting our efforts to support development of the rule of law in Cambodia and to help the Khmer Rouge Tribunal bring some closure to a horrific period in Cambodian history." Full Article
ant Elegant ‘Sala’ Opens Door to Thailand at EWC Exhibition By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:33:09 +0000 Elegant ‘Sala’ Opens Door to Thailand at EWC Exhibition Release Date: 2/14/2007 Full Article
ant Participants from a Variety of Sectors Explore Desired Paths for Myanmar’s Development at Landmark Futures Workshop By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 10 May 2013 21:43:58 +0000 According to participants at a strategic forecasting workshop held recently in Yangon, ethnic relations are likely to be one of the key drivers of change in Myanmar over the next seven years, along with the development of human capital, democratic gridlock, and the power triangle between China, India and the United States. Full Article
ant EWC Receives More Than $940,000 in Research Grants By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:29:23 +0000 HONOLULU (Aug. 28, 2013) -- The East-West Center has received a total of $941,440 in grants for research on environmental and economic issues affecting the Asia Pacific region. The awards include: Full Article
ant EWC Welcomes First Participants to New Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:16:45 +0000 Young leaders from 10 Pacific nations participating in program supported by Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry HONOLULU (Sept. 10, 2013) -- The East-West Center has welcomed the first group of participants to the Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan, a new initiative designed to enhance leadership capacity in the Pacific islands region and build a network of young leaders who will contribute to lasting people-to-people relationships across the Pacific, Asia, and United States. Full Article
ant East-West Center Receives USAID Grant to Promote Dialogue and Understanding About the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 01:35:06 +0000 HONOLULU (Oct. 31, 2013) -- The East-West Center has received funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote public understanding and dialogue about the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia through the continuation of activities to monitor, analyze, and disseminate information about the tribunal proceedings. Full Article
ant Youth Leadership Exchange Participants from Burma Awarded Funds for Mandalay Environment Project By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:19:20 +0000 HONOLULU (Dec. 3, 2013) -- Five high school students and one teacher from Burma who were recent participants in the Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program at the East-West Center have won a grant of $7,000 in a project proposal competition sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, which funds the SEAYLP program. The EWC program alumni received their award for a proposal to educate the public in the city of Mandalay about environmental issues – with a special focus on outreach to adolescents – and to decrease the amount of litter in the community through clean-ups and placement of recycling bins. Full Article
ant EWC Welcomes 2014 Pacific Islands Leadership Program Participants By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 23:50:22 +0000 Young leaders from 13 Pacific nations participating in program supported by Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry HONOLULU (Sept. 9, 2013) -- The East-West Center has welcomed 26 participants from 13 island nations to the 2014 Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan. Full Article
ant East-West Center Receives $750,000 NASA Grant to Study Changes in Mountain Forests of Nepal By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:27:31 +0000 HONOLULU (Jan. 15, 2015) -- The East-West Center has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study changes in the mountain forests of Nepal over the past 25 years. Led by EWC Senior Fellow Jefferson Fox, the project will chart the previously unmapped mountain forests of Nepal’s Middle Hill region using data drawn from Landsat satellite imagery between 2000 and the present. Investigators seek to document a suspected “forest transition” in Nepal, a country whose mountain forests have sustained the lives of much of its population for centuries. The forest transition refers to the recovery of trees and other plant growth in a previously deforested area. Full Article
ant East-West Center Awarded $267,000 Grant for U.S.-Japan Grassroots Exchange on Post-Disaster Community Building By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:35:31 +0000 Honolulu (Feb. 12, 2015) -- The East-West Center has been awarded a grant of $267,186 from the Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership for a three-year dialogue and travel-exchange program focusing on community participation in long-term recovery after a major disaster. Participants from the cities of Kobe and Kesennuma in Japan, and New Orleans and Galveston in the United States, will share experiences, perspectives, and best practices for increasing citizen input on post-disaster policy and decision-making. Full Article
ant President Obama Meets With EWC Southeast Asian Leadership Participants By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 01:14:55 +0000 Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy Full Article
ant East-West Center Researchers Receive National Science Foundation Grant for Trade and Innovation Workshop Series By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 20:36:56 +0000 HONOLULU (Sept. 3, 2015) – The East-West Center has received a $45,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to launch a series of agenda-setting workshops focusing on the impact of Asia Pacific trade agreements on trade and innovation in the region. The East-West Center New Challenges for Trade and Innovation Workshop series, headed by EWC Senior Fellows Dieter Ernst and Michael Plummer, will bring together trade economists and experts on innovation, intellectual property rights, competition law, technical standards, and industrial development from the U.S., Asia and Europe. Full Article
ant Doris Duke Foundations Award East-West Center $300,000 Grant to Support U.S.-Islamic Journalist Exchange By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 22:53:39 +0000 HONOLULU (Aug. 8, 2016) – The East-West Center has been awarded a three-year grant totaling $300,000 from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in support of the Center’s Senior Journalists Seminar media exchange program, which seeks to enhance media coverage and elevate the public debate regarding U.S. relations with Muslim majority regions. Full Article
ant EWC Welcomes Leadership Program Participants from 10 Pacific Island Nations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 03:04:45 +0000 HONOLULU - (Aug 16, 2017) -- The East-West Center has welcomed 27 emerging leaders from 10 Pacific island nations to this year’s Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan, or PILP. The participants will spend close to two months in Honolulu, engaging in experiential learning exercises on such topics as applied leadership skills, future scenario planning, social entrepreneurship and risk analysis, climate change and environmental stewardship, international relations, and public health. Then they will travel to Taipei for a month of field study in at the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs. Full Article
ant An important new measure for PFI projects By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-04-24 £2bn Government boost to PFI The latest budget has included an important measure for PFI projects. The Government will spend up to £2bn this year to rescue PFI projects which are struggling to reach financial close. The Treasury Infras... Full Article
ant Coronavirus - Court decides important case on furloughing employees in administration - UK By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-15 The High Court has provided some clarity on applying the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to insolvent businesses. In particular, how the Scheme permits administrators to pay furloughed employees within the constraints of current ... Full Article
ant Affordable housing - liability for anti-social behaviour By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-07-30 Octavia Hill Housing Trust v Brumby [2010] EWHC 1793 (QB) A landmark case could open the floodgates for Registered Providers. Terri Brumby has won the right in the High Court to proceed with a claim against Registered Provider Octavia Hill Housing ... Full Article
ant Break Clauses and Vacant Possession By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-07-29 Tenants operating break clauses need to be absolutely punctilious about observing the requirements of the clause; this is not an area of the law where they can expect much help from the courts. The Court of Appeal’s decision in NYK Logistics (... Full Article
ant Tenants now have the freedom to choose energy suppliers By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2012-02-07 Following a recent change in the law relating to the supply of electricity and gas, landlords of multi-occupancy premises must now allow their tenants to connect to energy suppliers of the tenants' choice. The landlord can only refuse if it is... Full Article
ant The question of a sufficiently serious breach: a relevant consideration in the review of applications for the lifting of automatic suspensions? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2018-04-05 Case comment: (1) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and (2) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Lancashire County Council [2018] EWHC 200 (TCC) Summary In a recent judgment of the new head of the TCC, Fraser J, Lancashire County ... Full Article
ant IHC HR e-briefing 118 - The ECJ clarifies the effect of a relevant transfer on trade union recognition By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-08-05 After more than 10 years of European legal protection for employees in the event of a relevant transfer, many aspects of the Transfer of Undertakings Directive 2001 (Council Directive 2001/23/EC) and its predecessor have by now been litigated over a... Full Article
ant IHC HR e-briefing 128 - Important TUPE case on non contractual employers By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-10-27 Does the transferor need to be the employer? This may sound a strange question in abstract but, in the context of group companies, can be a highly relevant issue to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE). In... Full Article
ant Court of Appeal finds that injunctions against persons unknown can (i) be framed by reference to a defendants intention and (ii) prohibit lawful conduct By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-02-13 Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd & Ors v Persons Unknown & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 9 Background In Boyd v Ineos Upstream Ltd... Full Article
ant Pregnant workers and COVID 19 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-20 Amid the COVID 19 outbreak, employers will be dealing with a host of issues around the management of its workforce, including those who have special requirements and needs. When it comes to pregnant workers, employers are required to carry out a ris... Full Article
ant Lao Migrant Workers Clear Quarantine, Return Home, After Crossing Back From Thailand By www.rfa.org Published On :: 2020-05-08T21:30:00Z Those sent home will continue to be monitored by local officials for signs of ill health, though, provincial officials say. Full Article Story
ant Coronavirus - Additional legal protections for residential and commercial tenants in England and Wales - UK By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-06 In addition to the FCA’s recent guidance (see our note summarising the main points here) on payment holidays and repossession actions addressed to mortgage lenders, mortgage administrators, home purchase providers and home purc... Full Article
ant Covanta Holding Corporation (CVA) CEO Steve Jones on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:04:05 -0400 Full Article CVA SA Transcripts
ant Atlantic Power Corp (AT) CEO James Moore on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:21:19 -0400 Full Article AT SA Transcripts
ant Alliant Energy Corporation (LNT) CEO John Larsen on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 21:52:35 -0400 Full Article LNT SA Transcripts
ant Liability guaranteed By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-03-05 A non-recourse agreement between a landlord and an incoming tenant did not affect the liability of a previous tenant under an authorised guarantee agreement. The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the 1999 Act) applies to contractual ter... Full Article
ant Stamp Duty Land Tax and anti-avoidance By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-03-05 In its concern to block tax avoidance, HMRC is planning to make Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) ever more complicated, as two recent consultations show. Residential properties held by companies The first consultation proposes the imposition of SDLT on ... Full Article
ant Enforcing restrictive covenants By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-06-10 The litigation in City Inn (Jersey) Ltd v Ten Trinity Square Ltd, between rival hoteliers next to the Tower of London, concerned restrictive covenants imposed by the Port of London Authority (PLA). The parties asked the court to decide whether the c... Full Article
ant Easements, covenants and profits à prendre: reform is in the air By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-06-10 The Law Commission has published a consultation paper proposing wide-ranging reforms to the law governing easements, covenants and profits à prendre. The changes suggested by the Law Commission include: the creation of a single new method ... Full Article
ant Tenants rights of first refusal By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-06-10 The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 grants tenants of flats a right of first refusal if the landlord wishes to dispose of its interest in the whole or part of 'a building'. In a decision that is hugely significant for the increasing numbers of landowne... Full Article
ant Discharging restrictive covenants By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-06-10 In Re Alisha House, the Lands Tribunal discharged a restrictive covenant preventing a developer from using land for residential development in circumstances where: the developer had entered into the restrictive covenant with the local authority r... Full Article
ant The effect on VAT recovery of granting a residential tenancy in a new building By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-06-19 Residential developers need to take great care that they do not jeopardise their recovery of VAT by granting a short–term tenancy. The current downturn is leading developers to let out new properties instead of selling them. Great care is nee... Full Article
ant Consulting tenants of mixed-use properties on service charge expenditure By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-06-19 Helpful analysis of when landlords of mixed–use properties need to consult their tenants before incurring service charge costs. The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requires landlords who own residential blocks of flats to consult their tenants b... Full Article
ant Court of Appeal's analysis of lease guarantees By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-07-29 ... Full Article
ant The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) for commercial properties upcoming changes for landlords and tenants. By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-31 On the 15 October 2019 the government published its consultation on the future trajectory of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard for commercial properties under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 ... Full Article
ant Charity matters We want to help By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-07 Given the current climate we are in, we appreciate that charities and not-for-profits are finding themselves in a very difficult position and we want to help. We would like to offer our services to give pro bono advice and a forum to discuss any Cor... Full Article
ant Realty Income: Taking Nothing For Granted By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 10:56:59 -0400 Full Article O Williams Equity Research
ant 2020 Luxembourg budget draft law: Tax rulings granted before 2015 are no longer valid! By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-16 In Brief: According to the 2020 budget draft law n°7500, published on 14 October 2019 (the “Bill”), the validity of advance tax agreements (“ATAs”) granted prior to 1 January 2015 should now be limited to five years. Sinc... Full Article
ant Coronavirus - Requirements for granting tax relief - Germany By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-03 Corona tax deferrals in the light of the applicable law Since the publication of the guideline from the German Federal Ministry of Finance ("Bundesfinanzministerium", BMF) published 19 March 2020 (cf. our ... Full Article
ant Eversheds' HR e-briefing 508: Significant change for European Works Councils from 5 June 2011 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-06-03 There are over 900 European Works Councils (EWCs) providing for pan-European workplace consultation involving cross-border restructuring, mergers and transfers. While employers with EWCs have differing views on their success and relevance to date, l... Full Article
ant P. H. Glatfelter Company (GLT) CEO Dante Parrini on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:42:32 -0400 Full Article GLT SA Transcripts
ant Shipping: Calculation of damages following an anticipatory breach By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-08-12 Bunge SA v Nidera BV [2015] UKSC 43 This case was first brought to the attention of the Commercial Court in June 2013, when an appeal on the ruling of the first arbitral panel was sought by the Claimant, Bunge SA (“Bunge”). The matter at... Full Article
ant Shiseido: Japan Cosmetics Giant's Outlook Is Less Pretty This Year, But Share Price Has Yet To Look In The Mirror By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:32:10 -0400 Full Article DBJP DFJ DXJ EL EWJ HEWJ LRLCF SSDOY Benedict Ong
ant HDFC Bank: An Unwarranted Premium By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:43:45 -0500 Full Article HDB Opal Investment Research
ant Vedanta: Value With A Catalyst By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 18:43:20 -0500 Full Article VEDL Opal Investment Research
ant Little Richard, flamboyant rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 87 By www.startribune.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:55:10+00:00 Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll" whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, died Saturday. He was 87. Full Article
