Among the most criticized subsidies are the $5.2 billion a year in "direct payments," which are disbursed to farmers even now when they are reaping unprecedented earnings from strong harvests and record-high grain prices.
Greek newspaper Kathimerini reports: They were protesting plans to introduce further reductions and a ceiling to pensions, slashing the 13th and 14th pension -- which are disbursed in three installments at Christmas, Easter and during the summer -- as well as reductions in special benefits and a lump sum given at retirement.
Nyserda, they say, has not done a good enough job to help New Yorkers get its rebates and loans, which are disbursed on a first-come-first-served basis; they note that the agency has 14 people working out of a single office in the city.
The insurance company covering the boat reached a $4 million settlement, which was disbursed among the survivors and the victims' families.
The decline in Mumbwa is attributable mainly to a large increase of "other" income, including considerable contributions for the construction of a new district hospital which was disbursed in 2006 and 2007.
The vaccination fee was set at JP¥ 5,000 (US$42.11)/person which were disbursed to each of the vaccinating physicians as compensation from the public health offices of local governments in Matsudo-city.
So it's important to understand the institutional conditions under which aid is disbursed.
The decennial census is the basis on which federal money is disbursed and seats in the House of Representatives, and consequently Electoral College votes, are allocated.
More detailed data on new transactions and computer access to the so-called waterfall of cash flows — the order in which cash from the loans is disbursed to investors — will be required upfront and made available to the public, allowing individual assessments without "help" from the rating agencies.
Only the 325 survivors in England will benefit from the money, which will be disbursed by the Thalidomide Trust.
