Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Zorgen om overbevolking

Zorgen om overbevolking De Tweede Kamer wil een groot onderzoek naar de bevolkingsgroei. Mogelijk telt Nederland in 2060 zo’n twintig miljoen inwoners. Belangrijkste oorzaak: immigratie. Partijen vragen zich af of dat wel goed gaat. Het kabinet moet een staatscommissie instellen die precies uitzoekt hoeveel Nederlanders er de komende jaren bijkomen en wat dat gaat betekenen voor de verzorgingsstaat, het verkeer, ...

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Scheefwoner gaat veel meer betalen voor zijn huurwoning

Mensen die te veel verdienen voor hun sociale huurhuis moeten fors meer huur gaan betalen. De huurstijging kan oplopen tot enkele honderden euro’s per maand. Op die manier willen de regeringspartijen hen dwingen te verhuizen. Nederland telt honderdduizenden scheefwoners: mensen die eigenlijk te veel verdienen voor het sociale huurhuis waar ze in wonen. Regeringspartijen CDA, VVD, D66 en ChristenUnie stellen ...

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Mensen zonder partner voelen zich vaker eenzaam

Alleenstaande ouders en mensen die zijn gescheiden ervaren het vaakst sterke gevoelens van eenzaamheid. Dat blijkt uit nieuwe cijfers van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. Het onderzoek laat zien dat 65 procent van de Nederlanders van vijftien jaar en ouder niet eenzaam is. Bijna 30 procent is enigszins eenzaam en 7 procent voelt zich in sterke mate eenzaam. Het ...

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Ghana’s roads sector to get $10bn investment

Ghana’s roads could undergo major reconstruction to spur economic and social development through easier access to and from rural areas to the main commercial centres. The $10 billion projects will include undertaking a thorough assessment of the current road network in Ghana to identify and build roads from scratch, expand some existing roads as well as maintain others. It is ...

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100-year $50bn bond will boost economy, shore up cedi – Ofori-Atta

The government has hinted at plans to restructure the economy by issuing a $50 billion century bond. Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed optimism that the century bond will contribute to strengthening the falling cedi. Speaking with the parliamentary press corps on Monday, 24 September 2018, Mr Ofori-Atta said the government is exploring several means in its bid to ...

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Local firms will get tax waiver for similar ‘StarTimes’ 300 villages project – Ursula

The government has assured that tax waivers await local companies that are also able to take up significant initiatives like the ‘300 villages satellite TV project’, being undertaken by Chinese multinational media company, StarTimes. This would mean the local companies will be investing at least GHc3 million in equipment for such projects. “The Chinese government is giving us equipment to ...

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DTT Saga: Government reimbursing K-NET on all customs charges – Ursula

Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said the Akufo-Addo government is reimbursing wholly Ghanaian-owned IT firm K-NET, for all customs duties and charges it paid at the ports when the company imported equipment into Ghana to build the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network infrastructure. The reimbursement, according to Mrs Owusu-Ekuful, is part of the current government’s support to local companies ...

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NDC members are suffering – Bagbin

Alban S. K. Bagbin, who is aspiring to be flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has bemoaned the extreme calamitous pandemonium that the members of the main opposition party finds themselves in. Speaking over the weekend on Prestea based Energy 93.3 FM in the Western Region of Ghana, Hon. Bagbin said, “one of the reasons that motivated me to ...

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Stop sabotaging family planning efforts – Midwife to Ghanaian men

A Midwife is chastising Ghanaian men for sabotaging family planning efforts. Madam Abigail Adjei, who works with the Ankaase Methodist Faith Healing Hospital observes that many women complain about negative repercussions of many of the family planning options. “Some say they bleed endlessly when they take some of these options, others say they grow very lean, some even say they ...

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