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Meerderheid Kamer voor TikTok-verbod op werktelefoons van ambtenaren

De vier coalitiepartijen VVD, D66, CDA en ChristenUnie willen dat het rijksambtenaren wordt verboden TikTok op hun werktelefoon te hebben. Dat stellen de partijen nadat de Amerikaanse Senaat eind vorig jaar unaniem stemde voor eenzelfde verbod in de Verenigde Staten. Daarmee is steun van een Kamermeerderheid. Redactie politiek 15-02-23, 17:13 Laatste update: 15-02-23, 17:28 ,,We moeten niet naïef zijn en de weg van de Amerikaanse ...

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Kleine meerderheid Nederlanders is voor ‘proefballon’ om dienstplicht weer in te voeren

MET VIDEOHet plan om een maatschappelijk of militair dienstjaar in te voeren voor jongeren, valt vooral bij ouderen in goede aarde. Per saldo is een bescheiden meerderheid van de Nederlandse bevolking (57 procent) te spreken over herinvoering van zo’n dienstplicht, blijkt uit een peiling van actualiteitenprogramma EenVandaag. Edwin van der Aa 16-02-23, 03:00 Laatste update: 08:39 Sinds 1 mei 1997 roept het ministerie van ...

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DDEP deadline ends February 7 as no further extensions announced

The deadline for Ghana’s domestic debt exchange programme ends on Tuesday February 7, 2023 after various extensions since the programme was announced in December 2022. The Finance Minister in an address on February 6, 2023, urged all institutional and individual bondholders to sign on to the programme. He noted that “However, we admit that there were legitimate and critical concerns ...

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FULL TEXT: Finance Minister updates Ghanaians on the economy

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday February 6, 2023 provided an update to Ghanaians on the measures that the government is putting in place to get the country out of the current economic hardship. Ken Ofori-Atta in his address provided an update on the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) which he has stated is critical to the nation securing ...

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Ghana to conclude IMF deal in March – Akufo-Addo hopes

  President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is optimistic that Ghana will conclude talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a possible financial bailout programme. According to President Akufo-Addo, though government’s debt exchange programme was fraught with several challenges after its announcement, it has largely been accepted by the citizenry. He made this known when the German ...

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NDC Tamale South Constituency chairman descends on Asiedu Nketiah, Fifi Kwetey over Haruna Iddrisu’s removal

General News of Tuesday, 24 January 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Tamale South Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abdul Rauf The Tamale South Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abdul Rauf, has said that he and his constituents will not accept the decision of the national executive of the party to replace Haruna Iddrisu as the minority leader. According to him, if ...

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Health Ministry responds to Auditor-General’s $81m Covid vaccine report

General News of Wednesday, 25 January 2023 Source: otecfmghana.com Kwaku Agyemang Manu, Health Minister The Ministry of Health has responded to the Auditor-General’s latest report on the government’s COVID-19 expenditure. In the report, the Auditor General noted that the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Government of Ghana paid an amount of $120,192,379.80 to UNICEF/VAT for the supply of vaccines, ...

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Government, GAB agreement reaffirms exclusion of individual bondholders from DDEP – Senyo Hosi

Senyo Hosi is a convener of the Individual Bondholders Forum The Individual Bondholders forum affirms the need to exclude individual bond holders from the debt exchange programme after an agreement was reached by the government and the Ghana Association of Bankers to offer some incentives to banks. According to a statement signed by their convener, Senyo Hosi, the bondholders stated ...

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Why Ato Forson is our new Minority Leader – Asiedu Nketiah explains

General News of Tuesday, 24 January 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Haruna Iddrisu and Cassiel Ato Forson National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has explained why the party has replaced key members of its leadership in Parliament. The NDC through its General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to announce replacement of ...

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