dereliction


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nounnonperformance of what ought to be done

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Hong is facing business malpractice and dereliction of duty charges for mismanaging Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co.
'Sabi nga po ng iba'y baka dereliction of duty [ang ginagawa nila].
Tianjin Port Holdings, the listed entity of the port's main operator, said it understood from the Xinhua website that its chairman, Zheng Qingyue, was being investigated for dereliction of duty and its vice-chairman was temporarily taking over his duties.
There was "very serious dereliction of duty," given the excessive metal dust inside the workshop, which was ignited by flames and caused the blast, Yang told a meeting of the investigation team.
TWO years after taking over as chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday made his first surprise visit at Lohia village near Bharthapur in Shrawasti district and suspended six officers for dereliction of duty.
Unless something positive is done about the site soon it will inevitably join the list of other sites of 'historic dereliction' which unfortunately blight parts of Huddersfield.
"I wouldn't like to see engineers or doctors walking out halfway through a shift," said writer Sarah Sands, making a point about dereliction of duty in the context of an article on women in the workplace and work versus family commitments.
On February 15, the Gazette's Remember When outlined the state of this area and questions why Mayor Mallon has left this area to decay to a state of dereliction.
27 Chinese New Year celebrates in style 30 Beamish embraces the 1950s 42 How a picture can speak a thousand words (in just one or two) Regulars 6 BIG PICTURE: John Race finds beauty in dereliction 10 READER'S LIVES: What's on Tess Denman-Cleaver's bookshelf?
WHY is there so much dereliction around and about Liverpool?
Other charges include involuntary manslaughter, assault, maltreatment, reckless endangerment and dereliction of duty.
New Delhi: After he blamed the media for misinterpreting his comments that the Prime Minister and the former finance minister were in the know of the scandal-ridden spectrum allocation, A Raja did a volte-face: In a submission to the CBI court, the jailed former telecom minister said the PM could have set up a group of ministers (GoM) to study spectrum allocation issues, and since he did not, he could be held guilty of conspiracy and dereliction of duty.
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Four personnel of the Facility Protection Service (FPS) were detained for their dereliction of duty on a blast in western Mosul city, according to the Ninewa police chief on Sunday.