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EOCO storms Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale’s houses

Officials of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) will by the close of today January 30, 2019 visit the homes of Zylofon Media signed artistes including Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale to recover some properties of Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1, MyNewsGh.com has gathered. Our sources say officials of EOCO in the company of armed policemen will ...

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Rabobank en ABN laten klant dokken voor verlies bankpas

Klanten van Rabobank en ABN Amro moeten betalen voor een nieuwe pas als ze die zijn verloren of slachtoffer zijn geworden van diefstal. De twee banken voeren de tariefswijzigingen per 1 april in. Bij ABN Amro betaalt een klant straks 7,50 euro bij verlies, bij Rabobank gaat het om een bedrag van 3,95 euro. ING hanteert dit principe al wat langer: klanten ...

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Former MASLOC CEO Sedinam charged with 80 counts of stealing, causing financial loss

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, and the former Operations Manager of MASLOC, Daniel Axim, have been charged by the State with eighty (80) counts of Stealing, Causing Financial Loss to the State, Causing Loss to Public Property, Improper Payment of Public Funds, Unauthorised Commitment Resulting in Financial Obligation for ...

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Zo controleer je jouw eerste loonstrook van 2019

Vrijwel alle Nederlandse werknemers gaan er in 2019 op vooruit in nettoloon. Mooi meegenomen. Maar hoe zie je of alles op je loonstrook klopt? En hoe besteed je dat extraatje het beste?   Een dezer dagen valt bij werkend Nederland de eerste loonstrook van het jaar op de deurmat, met daarop goed nieuws voor de meeste werknemers: het nettoloon komt ...

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‘Mogelijk gevaarlijke stoffen in lippenbalsem voor kinderen’

Een groot deel van de lippenbalsems voor kinderen en jongeren, bevat mogelijke schadelijke stoffen. Dat zegt de Belgische consumentenorganisatie Test-Aankoop op basis van onderzoek. De Nederlandse Consumentenbond is geschrokken van de uitkomsten en vraagt verantwoordelijk minister Bruno Bruins (Zorg) om zo snel mogelijk een onderzoek in te stellen. Test-Aankoop hield 21 lipsticks tegen het licht, met verpakkingen waarop onder meer ...

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Public debt now GHC172.9 billion

Data from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) shows that the public debt stock rose from GHC139.3 billion in November 2017 to GHC172.9 billion in November last year. This represents a 24.1 per cent growth within the 12-month period. In nominal terms, it shows that the country added GHC33.6 billion to the debt stock within the period. As a per cent ...

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What Akufo-Addo will be doing in 2019

Government has revealed 6 projects it will be embarking on this year. The projects as outlined by the Minister for Information and Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayiribi Constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah are: – Infrastructure – Agriculture – Industralisation – Entrepreneurship – Social Protection Programmes – Domestic Resource Mobilsation Oppong Nkrumah who was speaking to Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace ...

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Government signs US$436m affordable housing deal

Government has signed an agreement with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for the construction of at least 100,000 affordable homes across the country. As part of the agreement, UNOPS and its partners are looking to attract US$436 million worth of investment to deliver the affordable homes. According to a press statement issued by UNOPS, the agreement is ...

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Tema Port expansion agreement flawed – MDU

National Executive Council of the Maritime and Dockworkers’ Union (MDU) has said the concession granted Meridian Port Services (MPS) to construct a new Container Terminal in the Tema Port did not follow due process. The Council is of the opinion that as a result of unwarranted political interference, the concession agreement did not go through competitive bidding before it was ...

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Data Protection Commission to participate in Global Data Protection Week

The Data Protection Commission has announced its participation in the Global Data Protection Week from January 28 to February 1. The event, under the theme “A New Chapter in Enforcing Accountability and Empowering Data Subjects,” comes along with national activities scheduled throughout the week. In a press release, the DPC explained, “personal data in the wrong hands can cause great ...

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