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Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Ransford Yaw Gyampo has backed the hefty nomination and filing fee announced by the NDC, the biggest opposition party, for their flagbearership race. Prof. Gyampo believes the GHS420,000 fee will serve as a punitive measure and a deterrent to those who want to take advantage of the process to attract popularity to ...

Meer dan de helft van de Nederlandse bezoekers staat open voor maatregelen die het gebruik van smartphones tijdens evenementen aan banden legt. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek gedaan in opdracht van Eventbrite, een evenementenwebsite die wereldwijd actief is. Van de ruim 500 ondervraagden wil ruim 64% van de mensen die het afgelopen jaar een concert bezocht, dat smartphonegebruik tijdens concerten, festivals ...

Zeker twee miljoen mensen in Nederland hebben last van rugpijn of nekpijn. Vorig jaar waren er ruim 1,1 miljoen vrouwen en 858.600 mannen met rug- of nekklachten bij de huisarts bekend, blijkt uit recente cijfers van het RIVM. Nooit eerder werd de grens van twee miljoen doorbroken. Er waren in 2017 80.000 meer mensen met nek- en rugklachten bekend bij ...

National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it expects over 50 per cent increase in membership in the next few months with the introduction of its electronic membership renewal service. By 2030, the scheme expects that the electronic renewal would help it achieve universal health coverage for the country. According to the Deputy Director of the NHIA, Mr Oswald Esuah Mensah ...

The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit challenging the planned referendum for the creation of six new regions. According to Graphic Online’s court reporter, Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson, in a unanimous decision, a seven-member panel of the court held that the three individuals who initiated the suit failed to properly invoke the interpretative jurisdiction of the court. The three plaintiffs, Mayor ...

Parliament is expected to soon approve the construction of 10 Coastal Fishing Harbours and Landing Sites. This, according to the Information minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, follows a recent Cabinet approval to the commercial and financial agreement for these projects. He told journalists at a bi-weekly briefing Wednesday, that Cabinet has recommended to Parliament for consideration and approval for work to ...

Domestic processing of cocoa hit 300,000 tonnes in the 2017/2018 cocoa season, a 19 per cent jump from the 252,000 tonnes processed the previous season. That brings to 34 percent of the total volume of annual cocoa output averaging 900,000 tonnes that is processed locally. According to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the rise in domestic processing this season was ...

Ghana’s Debt-to-GDP ratio has dropped to 57.2% according to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana. In the 2016 Annual Progress report, Ghana’s Total Debt to GDP ratio stood at 73.1% at the end of December, 2017 with year on year debt accumulation rate of 36% in the erstwhile administration. The situation resulted in an increasing interest burden, ...

Work is progressing on the second phase of the Kumasi Airport which consists of building a new terminal and expanding the existing one to accommodate more passengers. There will also be an extension of the runway and the building of a bigger car park. When completed, the facelift will bring the Kumasi Airport to an international standard. Currently, all the ...

The Special Prosecutor, Martin A. B. K. Amidu, is set to discharge his duties following the enactment of the enabling law backing his operations. Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, yesterday laid the Legislative Instrument (LI) in Parliament to give legal backing to the Office of the Special Prosecutor on behalf of the Attorney-General, Gloria Akuffo. The L.I. which would mature in ...