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FULL LIST: The 21 persons being prosecuted for alleged corruption under Mahama

President Akufo-Addo’s government has come under stern scrutiny in the past few weeks over its perceived failure to prosecute officials of the Mahama administration for alleged cases of corruption. The President, in the lead up to the 2016 election campaigned forcefully on corruption and pledged to prosecute government officials at the time whom he accused of being corrupt. Allaying the ...

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Corruption, extortion at Kotoka Airport: Our officers not complicit – Immigration Service

The Ghana Immigration Service has dismissed claims suggesting that some of its officers operating at the Kotoka International Airport engage in corrupt practices, including extortion of monies from travelers who use the airport. In an interview with ABC News, Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI) Barbara Sam, in charge of Public Relations at the KIA said such claims against its officers ...

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Scheidingsexperts: duizenden rechtszaken door lagere aftrek alimentatie

Duizenden ex-echtgenoten zullen vanaf 1 januari bij de rechter een lagere partneralimentatie eisen, omdat ze in 2020 minder alimentatie fiscaal mogen aftrekken. Hun voormalige geliefden zijn de dupe, waarschuwen notarissen en echtscheidingsadvocaten. David Bremmer 12 sep. 2019 Laatste update: 11:44 Aanleiding voor de verwachte toevloed van alimentatiezaken is dat het kabinet de  fiscale aftrek van partneralimentatie in stappen verlaagt van ...

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Middeninkomens zien koopkracht hardste stijgen

Mensen met een midden- en hoger inkomen gaan er volgend jaar 2 procent of meer op vooruit. Mensen met een lager inkomen moeten het met een iets kleinere koopkrachtstijging doen. Zij kunnen 1,4 tot 1,8 procent meer koopkracht verwachten. Laurens Kok 12-09-19, 20:23 Laatste update: 20:34 Dat blijkt uit koopkrachtcijfers waarop RTL Nieuws de hand heeft weten te leggen. Deze ...

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Police arrests 213 with condoms, marijuana in swoop

The Western Naval Command in a joint military-police operation around European Town and the Albert Busumtwi-Sam fishing Habour in Sekondi have arrested 213 suspects who had in their possession, substances believed to be Indian hemp, money and condoms. ACP Edmund Ohene Bosompim who is the Deputy Western Regional Police Commander said the swoop is to improve the state of insecurity ...

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Akufo-Addo is not corrupt, cannot be corrupt – NDC’s Allotey Jacobs

Former Central Regional Chairman of the NDC, Bernard Allotey Jacobs has said that tags of corruption been associated with President Akufo-Addo will not stick because the president is incorruptible, ABC News can report. According to Allotey Jacobs, there is no way President Akufo-Addo can be described as corrupt due to his rather principled nature and undying patriotism. He says the ...

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Be patriotic in all your affairs – President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the public to be patriotic in advancing the course of development for the country. He said, “You cannot be a patriotic citizen and yet indulge in acts of indiscipline…your productive contribution is very key to the socio-economic development of the country, patriotism is the backbone of development”. The President said this at ...

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