Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Nieuwe spotjes zwijgen over automatisch donorschap; Kamer ontstemd

De voorlichtingsspotjes over de nieuwe donorwet die deze week zijn gelanceerd, zwijgen in alle talen over de belangrijkste verandering: als je geen keuze maakt, ben je straks automatisch orgaandonor. En daar zijn meerdere Kamerleden niet over te spreken. Op televisie is sinds deze week een spotje te zien met tv-bekendheid Janny van der Heijden (jurylid Heel Holland Bakt), waarin de ...

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Paspoort en identiteitsbewijs krijgen QR-code op achterkant

Het burgerservicenummmer (BSN) gaat van de voorkant Nederlandse paspoorten en identiteitsbewijzen verdwijnen. In plaats daarvan krijgen de documenten een QR-code op de achterkant waarmee het nummer uit te lezen is. Dat heeft staatssecretaris van Binnenlandse Zaken Raymond Knops van Binnenlandse Zaken aan de Tweede Kamer laten weten. Het burgerservicenummer staat nu nog in de zogeheten machineleesbare zone (MRZ) van identiteitsbewijzen ...

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Joy News exposé: More than GH¢400,000 state funds diverted into private accounts

Joy News investigations into underhand dealings at the Births and Deaths Registry have uncovered how a total of GH¢411,760 meant for the state, were diverted into private accounts in the Upper West, Western and Eastern Regions. These included funds meant for registration of child births in deprived communities as well as revenue collected by staff of the Registry between 2015 ...

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Mindful seks: zen en meer zin

Mindfulness is een beproefde techniek tegen stress. Je kunt aandachtig eten, drinken en joggen, dus waarom zou je geen mindful seks hebben? Journalist Lene Kemps duikt de boeken in op zoek naar antwoorden. Het lijkt wel een toverwoord: mindfulness, en in zekere zin is het dat ook. De beproefde techniek kwam overwaaien uit het boeddhisme en biedt soelaas in tijden ...

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Former NDC Chairman, Dr Kwabena Adjei, has passed

A former National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Kwabena Adjei, has passed. He died Tuesday morning at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, formerly Ridge hospital, a highly placed source at the party confirmed to myjoyonline.com. The politician who was the chairman when the NDC won power in 2008 had been battling with a protracted sickness first ...

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Judgment debt: Approval was given to pay GHC67m to Construction Pioneers – AG

The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo has disclosed that cabinet in 2013 gave approval for the payment of GHC67m judgement debt to a private company, Construction Pioneers contrary to claims that payment was made without cabinet’s approval. In a 2016 auditor general report, it was purported that former Attorney General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong in 2015 paid an amount of GHC67,380,718.20 to ...

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Nationalities of those who died on the Ethiopian Airlines flight

Ethiopian Airlines says it believes 149 passengers and eight crew members were on board a plane that crashed six minutes after taking off from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, on a flight to Nairobi. In the latest update, Ethiopian state media reported that all 149 passengers and eight crew on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight died when it crashed shortly after ...

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Government announces 10 measures to make Ghana an easier place to do business

The Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced 10 measures introduced by various Ministries, Departments and Agencies over the past nine months in an effort to improve the country’s business environment. A multisectoral technical team from across Government agencies presented the ambitious business reform plan to key stakeholders at Labadi Beach Hotel. The planned reforms are within ...

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EU clears Ghana from ‘dirty money’ blacklist

European Union (EU) member states have unanimously rejected a proposal by the EU Executive Commission (EC) to blacklist 23 countries, including Ghana and territories, it believes pose a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing. According to the EC, the countries were placed on the blacklist for having strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks. In ...

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