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The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Kwame Zu has relieved his female Personal Assistant of her position after the latter is said to have sold nomination forms to supporters of one Mabarick Masawudu, seeking to contest the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), in the party’s internal elections. “I am relieving her of her position ...

An officer of the Ghana Police Service has been captured in some pictures forcing a woman who threw waste out of a moving car to disembark and collect all the garbage along the stretch of the Kejetia road in Kumasi where she littered with a used sachet water bag. The pictures have been widely circulated on social media. Not too ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday started consultation of strategic countries towards the operationalization of the Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA) 2006 (Act 699), which gives Ghanaians in the Diaspora the right to vote from abroad. The EC ROPAA Committee in fulfilment of its mandate, will engage the Senegalese Electoral Commission, Ghanaian Community in Senegal and other strategic ...

Ghanaian boxing hall of famer, Azumah Nelson has paid glowing tribute to boxing legend Pernell Whitaker who passed on earlier today after being hit by a car. Azumah in a statement expressed shock and sorrow over Whitaker’s demise and sent message of commiserations to the late boxer’s family. He described him as “skillful and talented” boxer with a great personality. ...

De Gezondheidsraad is positief over het vaccineren van ouderen tegen gordelroos met een nieuw vaccin. De kabinetsadviseur benadrukt wel dat het middel nu nog te duur is. In 2016 adviseerde de Gezondheidsraad nog negatief, vanwege de beperkte bescherming die het destijds enige beschikbare vaccin bood. Inmiddels is er een nieuw vaccin op de markt: RZV. Dit vaccin voorkomt in klinische studies bij volwassenen van 50 ...

Iedereen die werkt, zowel praktisch als theoretisch opgeleiden, kan vanaf 2021 maximaal 1000 euro subsidie aanvragen voor bijscholing. Dat staat in een regeling die het ministerie van Sociale Zaken vandaag naar buiten heeft gebracht. Het kabinet vindt dat veel werkenden tijdens hun loopbaan weinig aan bijscholing doen, met name lager opgeleiden en ouderen. Daarom is al in het regeerakkoord besloten om de ...

Passagiers die forse vertraging oplopen tijdens een rechtstreeks aansluitende vlucht buiten de Europese Unie, hebben recht op compensatie. De vluchten moeten wel in één enkele boeking zijn gekocht. De luchtvaartmaatschappij die de eerste vlucht heeft uitgevoerd draait op voor de kosten. Het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie heeft dat bepaald naar aanleiding van een zaak die elf Tsjechische ...

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has granted letters of commencement to the three development authorities to commence the full implementation of the $1-million per Constituency pledge under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) for the 2020 fiscal year. The commencement certificate makes available GH¢1.66 billion (equivalent of $320 million) for the 275 constituencies across the country. This covers $275 ...

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has been named as Africa’s best president by virtue of a poll conducted by a Canadian-based research organisation ”Leaders of tomorrow”. Releasing the best and outstanding list of 2018 presidents in Africa, Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo emerged top of the list. This follows a similar research conducted by US-based think tank, World Vision Forum which placed President ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the country’s longest-serving MP for Nadowli West constituency, Alban Sumana Bagbin is leaving parliament. Joy News checks revealed that at the close of nominations, the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament did not pick a form to contest the 2020 general elections. For the first time in 28 years, the opposition NDC will have to ...