Door problemen bij de Belastingdienst zijn honderdduizenden ouders geld misgelopen. Zij kregen geen kindgebonden budget, terwijl ze er wel recht op hadden. Het kabinet gaat het deels nabetalen. Dat levert een tegenvaller op van tussen de 375 en 445 miljoen euro. Volgens staatssecretaris Tamara van Ark (Sociale Zaken) zijn sinds 2008 ongeveer 300.000 tot 400.000 gezinnen gedupeerd. De toeslag werd ...
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Europees akkoord over vingerafdruk op ID-kaart
Op de chip van nieuwe identiteitskaarten die EU-landen uitgeven, moeten over ruim twee jaar verplicht twee vingerafdrukken van de kaarthouder komen te staan. Onderhandelaars van de lidstaten en het Europees Parlement hebben hier vandaag een akkoord over bereikt. Het tegengaan van document- en identiteitsfraude door criminelen en terroristen is een belangrijke motivatie voor de maatregel. De wetgeving schrijft minimale standaarden ...
Read More »January inflation lowest in six years
The average change in the price levels of consumer goods and services measured by inflation dropped to its lowest in six years, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reported. The inflation rate for January 2019 was 9.0 per cent, which was 0.4 percentage points lower than the 9.4 per cent recorded in December 2019. The monthly change rate for January ...
Read More »DVLA goes digital to safeguard security of vehicles
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has started the conversion of manual vehicle registration documents into electronic formats, in line with reforms at the authority. The institution has so far captured data from 1995 to 2016 onto the electronic platform as part of efforts towards enhancing vehicle information security and making searches stress free. “What this means is that a ...
Read More »KIA Terminal 3 gets $30m oil money – PIAC
About $30 million of the funding required for the construction of the newly built Terminal Three of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) was sourced from oil revenues. The figure, which represents 12 per cent of the total funding of the $250 million project, was from the Annual Budget Funding Account’s (ABFA’s) allocation to the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund’s (GIIF’s) in ...
Read More »Slapped NDC MP’s words require in-camera hearing – Witness tells Commission
Commission of Inquiry has agreed to hear in-camera, invectives used by National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, Sam George, attracting slaps from a security operative during an ill-fated bye-election in Ayawaso West-Wuogon in Greater Accra region. A Commander of a SWAT unit, DSP Samuel Azugu who called for a private hearing explained, the words used are too unpalatable for public hearing. ...
Read More »Blay, K.K. Sarpong in GNPC turf war
The recruitment of a Procurement Manager at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) based on a directive of the state-owned oil company’s Board Chairman Mr Freddie Blay, has resulted in a misunderstanding between him and the CEO, Dr K. K. Sarpong. Dr Sarpong, in a letter, accused Mr Blay of overstepping his boundary by ordering the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) ...
Read More »Church of Pentecost clamps down on noise making
The Church of Pentecost is discouraging excessive noise making by its local assemblies, directing for strict adherence to the bylaws on the permissible noise level. This is contained in a five-year strategic vision of the Church (Vision 2023) dubbed “Possessing the Nations” being implemented by the Church under the Chairmanship of Apostle Eric Nyamekye. The Vision 2023 strategy is focused ...
Read More »Zwarte giftige sneeuw bedekt steden in Siberië
Vanuit verschillende steden in Siberië komen steeds meer meldingen van mensen die zwarte sneeuw zien. Het giftige goedje bedekt straten, bomen, auto’s en daken. Er wordt met een beschuldigende vinger gewezen naar de mijnbouw en de kolencentrales in de buurt. De baas van zo’n bedrijf gaf al toe dat een van zijn filters niet meer werkte. Buitenlandredactie 17-02-19, 06:57ijfelen. Het ...
Read More »233 communities to benefit from grid expansion in Ashanti Region
A total of 233 communities in the Ashanti Region will benefit from a grid expansion project being undertaken by the Electricity Company Ghana (ECG). The expansion scheme, which is expected to enhance distribution of electric power in settlements which has seen an increase in population growth, economic activities and new physical developments, is being implemented under the Special Grid Intensification ...
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