Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Kabinet bereikt akkoord over de begroting

De begroting voor 2019 is rond. Dat maakte VVD-fractieleider Klaas Dijkhoff vanavond bekend na overleg tussen het kabinet en de leiders van de vier coalitiepartijen. Ze zijn het eens geworden over de financiering van de afschaffing van de dividendbelasting. Die omstreden maatregel kost ruim een half miljard euro meer dan gepland. Dividendbelasting: vloek of zegen? Nederlandse banken en energie-intensieve bedrijven ...

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PVV-senator omgekomen bij ongeluk

PVV-senator Martin van Beek is afgelopen zondag omgekomen door een ongeluk. Dat meldt fractievoorzitter Marjolein Faber op Twitter. Van Beek (58) zat met onderbrekingen sinds 2012 in de Eerste Kamer voor de partij van Geert Wilders. ,,Tot ons groot verdriet en ontsteltenis hebben wij vernomen dat onze gewaardeerde collega Martin van Beek door een noodlottig ongeval om het leven is ...

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Ajax opent thuis tegen AEK, PSV op bezoek in Barcelona

Het speelschema van PSV en Ajax in de Champions League is bekend. Voor de Eindhovenaren staat meteen een loodzware klus te wachten,  uit bij Barcelona. Ajax opent tegen AEK en eindigt tegen Bayern. Vanaf deze jaargang zijn er twee tijden waarop wordt gespeeld, 18.55 uur en 21.00 uur. Ook spelen Ajax en PSV niet op dezelfde avonden, omdat ze uit ...

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Don’t abandon NPP – Women’s wing pleads with Otiko

A group calling itself the Concerned NPP Women’s Group has begged former minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa-Djaba not to abandon the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP.) “We believe Mrs Otiko is a power broker who played instrumental role in the grassroot organization of the Women’s Wing and the formation of “Girls-Girls” that fueled the electoral fortunes ...

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Akufo-Addo lauds VW’s decision to set-up assembly plant in Ghana

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has welcomed the decision by German car manufacturing giant, Volkswagen, to establish a vehicle assembly plant in Ghana. According to the President, an agreement between Volkswagen, the Government of Ghana, and a local Ghanaian company for the assembly, and, ultimately, the production of automobiles in Ghana has been reached, after a business meeting between officials ...

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‘VW coming to Ghana huge statement to other investors’ – Yaw Preko

Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, Yaw Preko has lauded the decision by German car manufacturing giant Volkswagen, to establish a vehicle assembly plant in Ghana calling the initiative ‘ a huge statement to the investing world’. This follows the agreement between the government of Ghana, Volkswagen, as well as a local industry to assemble vehicles as part ...

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Religious bodies agree with government to pay taxes

Religious leaders have reached a consensus with the government on the need for churches and other religious bodies to pay taxes on their income-generating ventures. That was the outcome of a meeting between the religious leaders, including Muslims and Christians, and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra on Wednesday. The meeting was held behind closed ...

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Akufo-Addo jets off to China with high-powered business delegation

President Akufo-Addo will undertake a state visit to the Peoples Republic of China from Friday, August 31, 2018. Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, announced at a press briefing Wednesday that President Akufo-Addo will hold bilateral engagements with Chinese President, Xi-Jiping, on economic relations between the two countries. “Ghana seeks to deepen her already strong relations with China, hence this visit,” ...

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