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Coalitiedeal: álle ouders krijgen kinderbijslag

Ouders met studerende kinderen onder de 18 jaar krijgen vanaf komend jaar alsnog recht op kinderbijslag en het kindgebonden budget. Dat zijn de regeringspartijen VVD, CDA, D66 en ChristenUnie samen overeengekomen. Voor 16- en 17-jarigen die naar een hbo-instelling of de universiteit gaan vervalt op dit moment het recht op kinderbijslag. Hetzelfde geldt voor mbo-studenten die nog geen 18 zijn ...

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ING lanceert spraakfunctie bij 870 geldautomaten

Geldautomaten van ING die bij de Albert Heijn of op Schiphol staan, kunnen je voortaan vertellen hoe je geld op moet nemen. Sinds vandaag is bij de 870 automaten een spraakfunctie actief speciaal voor mensen die moeite hebben met lezen of visueel beperkt zijn. Geld opnemen bij een geldautomaat kan een uitdaging zijn wanneer je moeite hebt met lezen of ...

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NPP blasts NDC over jokes

The National Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, aka Nana B, has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has mastered the art of political mudslinging but lacks basic ideas to move the country forward. The NPP challenged the NDC to come forward with a single alternative policy that can change the fortunes of ...

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Finance Ministry engages TUC, CLOGSAG, others on the 2020 budget

Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has welcomed a number of inputs from the Organized Labour for consideration into the 2020 budget presentation. Speaking at a meeting which involved the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah and organized labour, he said, government recognizes the important role stakeholders play in the development of the nation, hence, the ...

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MTN working with Police to set up Forensic Laboratory – Senior Manager

The Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Ghana, is working closely with the Police to set up a Forensic Laboratory to effectively tackle falsehoods and smear campaigns being promoted on social media networks. Mr. Abdul-Majeed Rufai, Senior Manager, MTN Mobile Financial Services, Commercial disclosed saying “we are buying equipment to be used for this Laboratory” to help the Police to monitor, detect, ...

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GIHOC to set up 5 alcohol factories under 1D1F

GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited, a state-owned manufacturer of distilled and alcoholic beverage brands, has outlined plans to set up five fruit-based alcohol plants known as Standardisation Depots under the One District-One Factory (1D1F) initiative of the Akufo-Addo government. The factories are to be located in five selected agricultural communities in the country namely, Techiman, Goaso, Nsawam, Bibiani and Agogo. The ...

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Profile of Mark Addo, the new Ghana FA Vice-President

Mark Addo, who is the Director for second-tier side Nzema Kotoko, was named Ghana FA’s vice president on Tuesday after surprising Randy Abbey to win the election. Mr Addo has quietly spent the past 20 years in football administration by owning Accra-based Mandela Stars since the 1990s before switching to take Nzema Kotoko. The unassuming Addo has 18 years of ...

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President cuts sod for railway projects in Volta Region

  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a Railway Bridge on the Volta Lake at Ogoli, a village near Juapong in the Volta Region. The bridge will allow for the new railway line from Tema in the Greater Accra Region to terminate at Mpakadan in the Eastern Region. The $20-million Volta rail bridge ...

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‘Almost-aborted’ Ofori-Atta bankrolled Akufo-Addo’s ‘3 gruelling campaigns’ – Gabby

Danquah Institute founder Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has revealed that Databank co-founder Ken Ofori-Atta (the current Minister of Finance), bankrolled Nana Akufo-Addo’s three presidential campaigns which eventually saw him get to the Presidency. “Since 2006, Ken put his resources behind Nana Akufo-Addo and took up the ultimate responsibility of raising the resources needed to pursue three gruelling presidential campaigns”, Mr ...

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