The sixth session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People s Congress (NPC) will review several draft bills, including ones on the patriotic education law and the law on safeguarding national secrets.
According to Yang Heqing, a spokesperson from the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee on Thursday, the sixth session of the Standing Committee of the 14th NPC is expected to convene from Friday till Tuesday in Beijing.
In this interview, Ashok Kumar, IDIA Scholar & the first recipient of the Remala Family Scholarship, shares a few thoughts on the struggles of inclusivity, the importance of being authentic, and his journey thus far.
Today the Pulaski County Circuit Court accepted a plea of Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity in Commonwealth v. Mangekian. This disposition was agreed to by The Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office and supported by the investigating law enforcement officers. From the start of the investigation, we believed that the violence in this case stemmed from a unprecedented mental health episode. Our beliefs were validated by a written medical opinion from the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.
ONE of the biggest scandals to hit this paper s front-page concerns Andres Bautista, former chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). He disappeared from public view after the 2016 elections and has been running from the law until the US Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) caught up with him. He was then charged with bribery and money laundering before the US District Court of Florida, according to CNN.
"Make no mistake, the cancerous-like spread of mental illness spares no one in its path," Pulaski Commonwealth Attorney Justin Griffith wrote in a statement.