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Election Petition: Mahama presses EC to admit to errors made in the declaration

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has amended his petition before the Supreme Court by further coaxing the Electoral Commission to admit to the errors its Chairperson made during her 9 December 2020 declaration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President-elect. On Thursday, January 14, 2021, when the case was first heard, the Supreme Court granted ...

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We are relooking at $150 COVID-19 test cost – Okoe-Boye

“We are taking a relook at the cost of $150 for mandatory testing for COVID-19 at the Kotoka International Airport.” That was the assurance of former Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye. Following directives by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the reopening of international airports in the country, the management of the Ghana Airport also announced a fee of $150 to be paid by ...

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Lilianne Ploumen nieuwe lijsttrekker van de PvdA

PvdA-Kamerlid en oud-minister Lilianne Ploumen (58) wordt de nieuwe lijsttrekker van de PvdA. Vanmiddag wordt ze door de partij voorgedragen in haar woonplaats Amsterdam. Politieke redactie 18-01-21, 10:46 Laatste update: 11:44 Ploumen volgt Lodewijk Asscher op, die vorige week opstapte na aanhoudende discussie over zijn rol in de toeslagenaffaire. De PvdA zette Ploumen eerder als nummer drie op de kieslijst, achter Asscher en ...

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GIHOC to revive Aboso Glass Factory

The Management of GIHOC Distilleries led by the Managing Director, Mr. Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has paid a working visit to the Aboso Glass Factory located at Tarkwa in the Wassa West District of the Western region of Ghana. This was the first batch of a management team visit to the glass factory. The aim of the visit, according to the ...

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Britse variant zorgt voor duivels dilemma: moeten we de tweede prik uitstellen?

CORONAVIRUSEen deel van de Nederlandse corona-experts ziet wel iets in het idee om de tweede vaccinatie voor ouderen en kwetsbaren uit te stellen, met als doel om zo snel mogelijk meer mensen een eerste prik te kunnen geven. Dat blijkt uit een inventarisatie van deze site. Chris van Mersbergen 15 jan. 2021 Laatste update: 16:46 Sommige experts, zoals arts-microbioloog Alex ...

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Neem je geen coronaprik? Dan wil 36 procent van de werknemers je straks niet op het werk zien

De inenting tegen het coronavirus is een vrijwillige keus. Maar wat als jij wel bent ingeënt terwijl je collega weigert? Ruim een derde van de Nederlandse werknemers vindt dat collega’s die een coronavaccinatie afslaan geweerd moeten worden van de werkplek. Sanne Wolters 12-01-21, 08:00 HR-dienstverlener Visma | Raet vroeg ruim 1100 Nederlandse werknemers die nu thuiswerken in een representatief onderzoek naar ...

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Mahama’s election petition purely arithmetic – Lawyer

Kwame Gyan, a private legal practitioner has offered that John Dramani Mahama failed to cite a violation of any of the electoral laws in his petition to the Supreme Court. According to Kwame Gyan, the petition by the NDC flagbearer was centred on mathematical errors which he reckons were committed by the Electoral Commission in the computation of the results from the ...

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Ghana Oil Company in trouble over US$15 million suit

Prestige Links Security Limited has sued Ghana Oil Company (GOC) to the tune of US$15,000,000 million for damages accruing over an eight-year period. In the proposed statement of claim made by Prestige Links Security Limited (herein as Plaintiff) versus Ghana Oil Company (Defendant), the aforementioned is seeking a declaration by the High Court that the Defendant breached a duty of ...

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Appoint foot soldiers into govt or forget 2024 – AFFA tells NPP

Alliance For Footsoldiers Advocacy (AFFA), a Foot soldiers voluntary association of the ruling New Patriotic Party across the 275 constituencies in the country is appealing to the government to consider the foot soldiers in some of the appointments that they will make. According to the Group, the time has come for the NPP to strive beyond normal to reduce apathy within the ...

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