pp EWC Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki Appointed to National Petroleum Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:34 +0000 EWC Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki Appointed to National Petroleum Council HONOLULU (Dec. 23) – East-West Center Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman to serve on the National Petroleum Council (NPC). The Council is a self-funded advisory body to the Secretary of Energy whose members represent all sectors of the oil and natural gas industries and related interests. Full Article
pp Application Deadline Nears For Asia Pacific Leadership Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:37 +0000 Application Deadline Nears For Asia Pacific Leadership Program HONOLULU (Oct. 30) – The application deadline for the East-West Center's Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) – widely regarded as the premier leadership education program in the Asia region – is December 1, 2008. Application forms and detailed information about the program are available on the APLP website. The APLP is a nine-month graduate certificate program with a minimum five-month residency in Honolulu, Hawaii. The program combines the development of regional expertise with the cultivation of individual leadership capacity. Full Article
pp EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:52 +0000 EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org Full Article
pp Jan. 31 is Application Deadline for Journalism Fellowships to India, Malaysia and the U.S. By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:53 +0000 Jan. 31 is Application Deadline for Journalism Fellowships to India, Malaysia and the U.S. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org American and Asian Journalists to Focus on Issues in the U.S. and among Asia’s Muslims HONOLULU (Dec. 19, 2007) -- The East-West Center is accepting fellowship applications from Asian and American journalists who want to learn more about the United States and Muslims in Asia. The Senior Journalists Seminar, a travel-and-dialogue program, will take American journalists to Kolkata (Calcutta), India and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Full Article
pp Deadline Approaches For EWC’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:55 +0000 Deadline Approaches For EWC’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program HONOLULU (Nov. 1) — The application deadline for the East-West Center’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) is December 1, 2007. Application forms and information on fellowship opportunities are available on the program’s website at www.eastwestcenter.org/aplp . Eligible candidates for the APLP include exceptional early to mid-career professionals and mature graduate students with high leadership potential from all sectors (government, business, NGOs, media, etc.) across the globe. Applicants must have a four-year bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. Full Article
pp EWC Accepting Applications For Two Journalism Fellowship Programs By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:55 +0000 EWC Accepting Applications For Two Journalism Fellowship Programs HONOLULU (Nov. 7) – The East-West Center (EWC) is now accepting applications for two journalism travel-study fellowships—the Spring 2008 Jefferson Fellowships for Journalists and the 4th Korea-United States Journalists Exchange. The Spring 2008 Jefferson Fellowships program will take place May 3-25, 2008, and is open to journalists from the United States, Asia, and the Pacific islands. The theme for this program is “Beyond the Boomtowns: Development Challenges in The Other China.” Fellows will travel to Honolulu, Hawaii; and Beijing, Chongqing and Chengdu, China. The China study tour will include overland travel through smaller cities and rural areas. Fellows will visit regions that reflect different stages of China’s economic and political development. Full Article
pp New Members Appointed to EWC Board By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:24:27 +0000 HONOLULU (April 6, 2011) – Hawai‘i Governor Neil Abercrombie has appointed four new members to three-year terms on the East-West Center’s Board of Governors and re-appointed one currently serving member. The new members are: former Hawai‘i Governor George Ariyoshi, attorney Corianne Lau, attorney R. Brian Tsujimura, and attorney Richard Turbin. Abercombie also re-appointed the board’s current chairman, Puongpun Sananikone, an international business development consultant and alumnus of the East-West Center. Outgoing board members are Eddie Flores Jr., Betty Kwong, Roland Lagareta and Gene Ward. The EWC Board of Governors consists of 18 members, including five appointed by the governor of Hawai‘i, five appointed by the U.S. Full Article
pp EWC Alum Named Environmental Adviser to President of the Philippines By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:37:02 +0000 HONOLULU (Sept. 8, 2011) -- Philippines President Benigno Aquino III has appointed East-West Center alumnus Juan Romeo Nereus Acosta to the newly created cabinet post of Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection. President Aquino told the press that Acosta, who is popularly known by the nickname “Neric,” will be tasked with coordinating environmental concerns for a “coherent implementation of policy.” President Aquino administers the Oath of Office to Neric Acosta on Aug. 24. Photo: Jay Morales/Malacañang Photo Bureau.“(He) will help me have a better, sharper focus because he will be able to tackle it in a more in-depth manner,” Aquino said after Acosta was sworn in on Aug. 24. Full Article
pp Secretary of State Clinton Appoints New Members to East-West Center Board of Governors By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:16:59 +0000 HONOLULU (Jan. 10, 2012) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has appointed five new members to three-year terms on the East-West Center’s Board of Governors. The new members are: UN Foundation CEO Kathy Bushkin Calvin, Clinton advisor and former USAID official Margaret Carpenter, Three Oaks Investments CEO and former White House National Economic Council senior counselor Ginger Lew, Mapleton Investments Chairman Marc Nathanson, and former U.S. Ambassador to Fiji and other Pacific island nations M. Osman Siddique. Outgoing board members are Lori Forman, Theodore Lee, Patricia Saiki, S. Linn Williams, and Michael Young. Full Article
pp East-West Center Welcomes New Diplomat-In-Residence, Nicholas Papp By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:01:08 +0000 HONOLULU (Sept. 27, 2012) – – Nicholas Papp, a 13-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, has joined the East-West Center as Diplomat-in-Residence. He will be posted at the Center until June 2013 with a research focus on the current democratic reform movement in Burma. Full Article
pp Application Deadline Approaching for Asia Pacific Leadership Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:36:24 +0000 HONOLULU (Nov. 14, 2012) – The priority application deadline for the East-West Center's 2013-14 Asia Pacific Leadership Program – considered the premier leadership education program in the Asia Pacific region – is Dec 1, 2012. From August – December 2013, up to APLP 40 Fellows from around the globe will join regional specialists and leadership educators in a dynamic learning community at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii for this graduate certificate program combining the development of regional expertise with the enhancement of individual leadership capacity. All participants receive a fee-waiver fellowship valued at approximately $15,000. Full Article
pp Philippines President Aquino Addresses EWC Alumni Conference in Manila By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:26:48 +0000 MANILA (Jan. 15, 2016) -- Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino III today addressed about 300 East-West Center alumni and colleagues at the Center’s three-day international alumni conference in Manila, speaking on the conference theme of "Bridging Diverse Cultures towards an Inclusive Asia Pacific Community." “In bridging the divides between our respective contexts," President Aquino said, "it is my belief that the East-West Center, its fellows, and alumni can play an even greater, more active role by enriching the means by which we communicate, promoting more positive insights about one another, and facilitating a deeper appreciation for both our similarities and diversities.” Full Article
pp New Supplemental Scholarship Established for Okinawan Students at the East-West Center By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 01:14:22 +0000 EWC Okinawan projects specialist Bob Nakasoneestablishes $50,000 endowment in parents’ honor Full Article
pp 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
pp East-West Center Board Re-Appoints Richard Turbin as Chairman By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:48:01 +0000 Former US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell andPunahou School President James Scott Chosen as Vice Chairs HONOLULU (Oct. 17, 2017) –Members of the East-West Center’s Board of Governors have re-appointed Honolulu attorney Richard Turbin as the board’s Chairman for another one-year term. Turbin, a member of the board since 2011, has served as its Chairman since February 2016. At a meeting on Oct. 6, the board also selected former US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Kurt Campbell and Punahou School President James Scott as Vice-Chairs. Full Article
pp EWC President Vuylsteke Appointed to Hawaii Pacific Export Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:58:26 +0000 Full Article
pp Fish Family Foundation Awards EWC $50,000 to Support Women’s Entrepreneurship By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:06:43 +0000 HONOLULU (Feb. 7, 2020) – The East-West Center has been awarded a five-year grant totaling $50,000 from the Fish Family Foundation in support of the Center’s Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar and #galswithLEI Forum, which collectively seek to enhance women’s leadership skills and entrepreneurial capacity; experientially explore innovative entrepreneurship; build a sense of self-efficacy; and expand national and regional networks. As a result of the Fish Family Foundation’s funding, the Changing Faces Seminar will now be able to include female business or social entrepreneurs from Japan each year until 2024. The funding will also substantially increase the Center’s ability to include mainland and international speakers in the associated #galswithLEI Forum. Full Article
pp Gov. Ige Appoints John Waihe‘e and Lynn Miyahira to EWC Board of Governors By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 01:49:04 +0000 HONOLULU (April 30, 2020) – Hawai‘i Governor David Ige has appointed former Governor John Waihe‘e III and communications executive Lynn Miyahira to three-year terms as members of the East-West Center’s Board of Governors. They succeed outgoing Board members R. Brian Tsujimura and Richard Turbin. Full Article
pp PPP: a win-win situation for the public and private sectors By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-12-15 Public-Private Partnerships have become an effective way for Government to raise finances for large infrastructural projects, especially considering the current situation of most public coffers. Business Agenda speaks to Tomasz Korczynski about how ... Full Article
pp Coronavirus: Hong Kong Employers, travel industry receive support Hong Kong By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-09 On 8 April 2020 the Hong Kong Government announced a second round of Anti-Epidemic Fund measures. While full details have yet to be released, we summarise the available information for some of the more significant measures: Employment Support Schem... Full Article
pp Coronavirus: Hong Kong Government provides more details on the Employment Support Scheme - Hong Kong By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-17 We previously reported on the Hong Kong government’s Employment Support Scheme (“ESS”) to help employers defray salary costs and maintain employment. Earlier today on 17 April 2020, the government published more... Full Article
pp Coronavirus: Further conditions imposed on the Hong Kong Governments Employment Support Scheme - Hong Kong By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-24 We have previously reported on the initial details of the Hong Kong Government’s Employment Support Scheme (“ESS”) on 17 April 2020. Funding for the ESS has now bee... Full Article
pp 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
pp Procurement Policy Note 11/15 - Acceptance of unstructured electronic invoices by central government authorities (PPN 11/15) By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-06-29 From 30 June 2015, Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Governing Bodies (“in-scope organisations”) will have to accept “unstructured” electronic invoices from their suppliers for invo... Full Article
pp Public procurement: new rules, new opportunities By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-01-27 Public procurement is big business. The estimated value of contracts advertised by Governments and other public bodies across the EU is said to be over 420 billion euro. Most EU public contract awards are regulated under EU law. Th... Full Article
pp The effect of Brexit on UK public procurement legislation and the application of EU State aid rules in the UK By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-06-30 Introduction This briefing considers issues relating to the extent to which the UK&rs... Full Article
pp Publication of statutory guidance on supplier selection and a revised standard Selection Questionnaire By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-09-30 The Crown Commercial Service (“CCS”) has now published a revised standard Selection Questionnaire and guidance in the form of Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 8/16. This can be found here. PPN 8/16 supersedes and replaces PPN 3/15 which con... Full Article
pp 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
pp Apprenticeship employer agreements By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-16 This session will cover an introduction to these agreements and the ESFA Funding rules which underpin them. We will also cover topics such as:... Full Article
pp Covid-19 - Policy for supporting renewables and how banks are approaching renewable projects impacted by the virus By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-06 The Energy Transition Club and the REA are hosting a webinar on Wednesday 6 May at 11am for 90 minutes.... Full Article
pp IHC HR e-briefing 117 - Disability discrimination: in preserving the status quo, the Court of Appeal takes a radical leap! By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-07-30 The Court of Appeal has approved the application of the House of Lords decision in the case of London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] IRLR 700 to employment-related cases. See our previous HR e-briefing 366 for further information. In many res... Full Article
pp IHC HR e-briefing 129 - Court of Appeal decides collective redundancy consultation law is unclear By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-11-09 The Court of Appeal has today cast doubt on existing domestic case-law on when the obligation to consult begins under section 188 TULRCA and the EU Collective Redundancies Directive. Having considered two opposing views as to when consultation begin... Full Article
pp Eversheds' IHC HR e-briefing 145: Local government two-tier code to be scrapped By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-03-24 The Government has confirmed that the Code of Practice on Workforce Matters in Local Authority Service Contracts is to be withdrawn. It is not yet clear when the withdrawal will take effect. The Code applies in England and Wales to local authority ... Full Article
pp Lawbite: Court of Appeal saves defective statutory notices By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-03-09 Nigel Crighton Pease v Jeffrey William Carter and Louise Mary Carter [2020] EWCA Civ 175 A recent Court of Appeal decision found that notices of proceedings for possession under s.8 of the Housing Act 1988 were valid despite an error in a key date ... Full Article
pp Court refuses to interfere with FOSs decision-making on PPI complaint By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-11-26 Summary The High Court has recently handed down its judgment in R (Critchley) v Financial Ombudsman Service and two others [2019] EWHC 3036 (Admin). The applicant, Mrs Critchley sought to challenge FOS’s rejection of her PPI complaint on... Full Article
pp 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
pp Public Sector Pensions Speedbrief: Supreme Court refuses Government permission to appeal in public sector age discrimination cases By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-07-05 It has been reported that on 27 June 2019, the Supreme Court denied the Government’s request for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision in the cases of McCloud and Sargeant regardi... Full Article
pp PPF Levy 2020/21: deadlines are approaching By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-31 In December 2019 the PPF published its final levy rules for 2020/21, together with accompanying documents. There are few changes to the rules compared to the previous levy year, and they are broadly in line with the proposals set out in the PPFs co... Full Article
pp What happens on an assessment of costs when a costs management order has been made By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-02 With a few exceptions, costs budgeting applies to the majority of part 7 multi-track matters. Once the costs budget is agreed between the parties, approved by the court or a costs management order has been made, what is the position upon an assessme... Full Article
pp COVID 19 and the critical role of managers in supporting wellbeing in the workplace By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-06 The COVID 19 pandemic has brought mental health and wellbeing to the fore in many organisations. These issues have become more prominent across workplaces in recent years but we are now facing unprecedented challenges of supporting distributed workf... Full Article
pp EBA publishes ambitious workplan for 2020, warning that it cannot be a supervisor of supervisors and hinting that further centralisation may be the only way to ensure a truly European approach to AML/CTF By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-03 As the European Banking Authority publishes a wide-ranging workplan for 2020, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley explain the EBA’s role and its forthcoming programme, and take a look at the substance of the developments planned for the next twelve month... Full Article
pp The Dollar Index Should Be A Lot Higher- But Don't Count On It Happening By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 09:00:00 -0400 Full Article UDN UUP Andrew Hecht
pp Procurement Briefing Issue 2 2007 - Tendering burdens removed in electricity and gas supply markets By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2007-03-15 ... Full Article
pp Case comment: R (on the application of Kim Alexander Gottlieb) v Winchester City Council [2015] EWHC 231 (Admin) By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-02-18 A Councillor has successfully applied for judicial review of a decision by his own council to vary a contract for the development of a mixed retail, residential and transport hub in Winchester. The High Court ruled that the variations to the contrac... Full Article
pp Procurement opportunities to come from Brexit By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-01-11 ... Full Article
pp PPL Corporation 2020 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:56:02 -0400 Full Article PPL SA Transcripts
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pp Competition law to apply to land agreements from April 2011 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-09-15 ... Full Article
pp Court of Appeal's analysis of lease guarantees By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-07-29 ... Full Article
pp R v Faltec Europe Ltd - Court of Appeal Guidance By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-05-24 ... Full Article
