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Let us stay British after final Brexit by Robert Vasquez All nations that enter into treaties mutually give up small elements of sovereignty, jurisdiction and control to the degree agreed in those arrangements. All nations who belong to the EU, EFTA and/or Schengen have given each other aspects of sovereignty, jurisdiction and control within the limits defined in the treaties creating those organisations. An important consideration in treaties is that any aspect of shared responsibility should be clearly and precisely defined, so that the sovereignty of entering into any arrangement is upheld...

Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – A former Santa Fe Police Department lieutenant contends in a lawsuit that she was forced into retirement after repeatedly being retaliated against by the city of Santa Fe because she reported time card fraud and evidence room violations to supervisors. Michele Williams, who retired late last year, filed a lawsuit Dec. 11 against the city of Santa Fe and Mayor Alan Webber. She accuses the city of violating the Whistleblower Protection Act by demoting her from a field lieutenant to an administrative position and a lower salary. According to the...

Dealing with corruption By Robert Vasquez Two matters have hit the news in the Cayman Islands and in England and Wales that need attention, which would go some way to improve the ‘peace, order and good government of Gibraltar’. The first is the proposal to reform corruption laws in England and Wales. The second is an update of the Cayman Constitution, which includes an independent Commission for Standards in Public Life and an independent Public Accounts Committee. However, pointedly, in Gibraltar, we do not have either institution. Our Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, on the 4th December...

>> the department of justice will be starting in investigation into certain aspects of the work of the newark police department. >> gary mccarthy was handpicked by merrill rahm emanuel. now the department he leaves behind the center investigation. the aclu's sites 407 examples of police misconduct against the department macarthy has run since 2006. >> a lot of the systems were not in place when i got there. >> complains the incoming police superintendent raised himself when he was introduced last week by the mayor elect. most of the problems predate his tenure in newark and in fact m...