Rockwell Automation and Hebei Provincial Government Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement
Agreement will deploy automation technologies to help Chinese provincial government upgrade traditional industries MILWAUKEE, Oct. 27, 2008 - Rockwell Automation, a leading provider of industrial automation, control and information solutions, signed a strategic partnership agreement today with the Hebei Provincial Development and Reform Commission. The agreement will allow both sides to ...

Provincial Government Capping Salary Hikes
The Ontario government is capping salary hikes for provincial politicians and senior bureaucrats at 1.5 per cent. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan says the government will also freeze the current size of full-time employees in the public service, starting immediately. Duncan unveiled the measures today as part of the government's plan to deal with the global economic downturn. The government is ...

Two initiatives could benefit from provincial government funding
TRURO DAILY NEWS TRURO ? More than $400,000 in provincial funding that has become available to the local school board is expected to go toward two initiatives.

Provincial employees raise $145,000 for United Way : In most successful campaign ever
Provincial government employees raised more than $145,000 for the United Way this year, making it their most successful campaign ever.

Ties between people, government based on religious beliefs
Iran - President - Faith President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that relations between people and the government in an Islamic system is based on religious beliefs.

Harper meeting with GG in bid to save government
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived at Rideau Hall and is meeting with Gen. Michaelle Jean to ask to have Parliament suspended in order to keep his government alive.

13-day P.E.I. legislature session ends
Question period dominated the news from the fall session of the P.E.I. legislature, which closed Wednesday, with the opposition grilling the government over immigrant investment through the Provincial Nominee Program.

Board cashing in on provincial funding
The county's public school board cashed in on the provincial government's open wallet yesterday. Barrie MPP Aileen Carroll announced that the Simcoe County District School [...]

Government okays flat land-line rates
VietNamNet Bridge ? The Government has given the go-ahead to the Ministry of Information and Communications to apply a flat rate on all domestic land-lines of every telecom company in Viet Nam.

Pampanga, CSF 'Galing Pook' awards finalists
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Provincial Government and the City Government of San Fernando have been named as among the top finalists in the Galing Pook Awards 2008 for "good government practices."

LGUs urged to follow Palawan's ban on mining
AN ENVIRONMENTAL group has urged other local government units to follow the footsteps of Palawan whose Provincial Board imposed a 25-year moratorium on large-scale mining activities in their province.

Sask. government not ruling out nuclear investment
As debate over nuclear power in Saskatchewan heats up, the provincial government is not ruling out putting public money into a building a reactor.

S Korean president urges aggressive fiscal spending next year
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday urged his government to aggressively expand fiscal spending next year to help revitalize the slumping economy. "Both the central and provincial governments should be ready to implement planned fiscal expenditures as soon as parliament approves next year's budget bill," Lee said at a meeting with 16 provincial governors and metropolitan mayors in ...

Province looks at remediation of homes
The Government of Ontario continues to refine its provincial strategy for keeping communities safe from the production and distribution of illegal drugs, and as members of the Perth County Task Force heard recently, that includes establishing guidelines for safe remediation of buildings that have housed either clandestine (meth) labs or marijuana grow operations.

Eyes on Ottawa: Provincial Grits, NDP welcome federal coalition
Provincial NDP Leader Lorraine Michael says she's excited about what's happening in Ottawa. It seems more and more likely the federal Liberals and NDP will form a coalition government with the blessing of the Bloc Quebecois and overthrow the Stephen Harper government next Monday.

Vice President Xi: World financial crisis "to test Chinese leadership"
Vice President Xi Jinping on Thursday said keeping China's economy growing amid the global financial crisis would test the competence of government leaders. At a two-day meeting that started on Wednesday, attended by about 10 provincial leaders, Xi urged government officials to find ways to sustain steady, rapid economic growth. Government leaders should integrate their study and practice with ...

Centre Wellington gets millions for water protection work
Centre Well ington Township has received grants from the federal and provincial government that will help cover nearly $6-million in expenditures that the muni cipality had already under taken.

Portage la Prairie News
The provincial government has doubled its commitment to rejuvenate Manitoba Housing in the second year of the Building Foundations strategy.

Angola: New Vice Governors Presented
Luanda ? Luanda governor, Francisca do Espírito Santo, Wednesday here presented to the members of the provincial Government, the deputy governors for social and economic affairs, Juvelina Imperial and Francisco Domingos, respectively.

Dad loses latest fight over kids' surname
The father of 12-year-old triplets has lost a lawsuit against the provincial government stemming from a series of cases over his right to give his children his last name.