The Regional Reorganisation and Development Minister has proposed a total withdrawal of the December 17 referendum over what he said are attacks on President Akufo-Addo’s person. Dan Kwaku Botwe is convinced some persons are unjustifiably hurling invectives at the President over government-backed ‘YES’ campaign for an upcoming referendum. The December 17 referendum seeks to amend the law to enable Metropolitan, ...
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Limann’s family demand apology for 1981 coup
The family of late President Dr Hilla Limann is unsatisfied with the level recognition given the former statesman. According to Kuoro Kuri-Bukkie Limann IV, the Paramount of the Gwollu Traditional Area, the state has continuously failed to show appreciation to the statesman who served Ghana in humility. A mausoleum started by the state in his honour has been abandoned while ...
Read More »Dr Bawumia cuts sod for Eastern corridor Hohoe-Jasikan to Dodo Pepesu roads
Construction works on the 88-kilometre Hohoe-Jasikan to Dodo Pepesu stretch of the Eastern corridor road has commenced. The Jasikan-Dodo Pepesu Project forms part of Phase 1 of the $2billion Government of Ghana/Sinohydro Master Project Agreement. Accompanied by the Minister for Roads and Highways. Kwasi Amoako Atta and the traditional rulers of Oti Region, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on ...
Read More »Amper meer mensen aan het werk sinds invoering Participatiewet
Kansarme mensen met een uitkering worden nog steeds nauwelijks aan een baan geholpen, ondanks de invoering van de Participatiewet in 2015. Volgens het kritische oordeel van het Sociaal en Cultureel Panbureau (SCP) zijn de doelstellingen nauwelijks gehaald. Zo is er voor mensen die in de bijstand zitten, amper iets veranderd. Jonggehandicapten die kunnen werken komen weliswaar iets vaker aan een ...
Read More »Vrouw in Thalys opgepakt met 144 bolletjes cocaïne in haar maag
Tijdens een grensoverschrijdende drugsactie is vorige week in de hogesnelheidstrein Thalys tussen Antwerpen en Rotterdam een vrouw opgepakt die 144 bolletjes cocaïne, goed voor meer dan een kilo totaal, had ingeslikt. Dat meldt de federale politie. De drugsvangst is één van de meest opvallende resultaten van de drugsactie die van 14 tot en met 17 november werd gehouden door de ...
Read More »Duitsland maakt inenting tegen mazelen verplicht
Duitsland gaat ouders verplichten hun kinderen in te enten tegen mazelen. De Bondsdag keurde vandaag een voorstel goed van minister Jens Spahn van Volksgezondheid dat in maart 2020 van kracht moet worden. Duitse ouders die hun kinderen na 1 maart 2020 naar een kinderdagverblijf of school willen sturen, moeten dan eerst aantonen dat hun kind is ingeënt tegen de mazelen. ...
Read More »1D1F: Pineapple juice from Ekumfi factory now on sale
Pineapple Juice from the Ekumfi Juice Factory under One District One factory is now on sale. The nicely packaged pineapple ‘Eku Juice’ can be compared to those imported into the country. This juice is not from concentrates as the others are. The Food and Agric Minister, Dr. Afriyie Akoto, made the announcement in a Facebook post on Saturday, November 16. ...
Read More »Over 1.2bn barrels of oil discovered offshore Ghana
A Ghanaian Independent energy firm, Springfield Exploration and Production Limited (SEP), has discovered more than 1.2 billion barrels of oil in its deepwater drilling off the coast in the Western region. An official announcement is expected to be made in the coming days, authorities have said. SEP began exploration in October in the West Cape Three Points Block 2. The ...
Read More »We didn’t back a ‘NO vote’ – House of Chiefs legal Committee
The Chairman of the legal Committee of the National House of Chiefs Nana Professor S.K.B. Asante says his commitee did not push for a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming referendum on local level elections. A statement by the House of Chiefs declaring support for a ‘no vote’ in the December 17 referendum – on whether political parties should be involved ...
Read More »Referendum: Ras Mubarak breaks ranks with NDC; canvasses for ‘Yes’ vote
NDC Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has broken ranks with the party over the participation of political parties in local level polls. According to him, it will be hypocritical for anyone to suggest that political parties are not already involved in the local level elections. The NDC is canvassing for a ‘No’ vote in the upcoming referendum ...
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