Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Food 13 years past its expiration date and house completely neglected: woman on welfare has to pay back 50,000 euros

A woman who was registered in The Hague has wrongly received social assistance benefits for single people for years. She fell through the cracks because of the low water consumption in her home and a freezer full of products that were already thirteen years past their expiration date. The judge has now decided that the woman must repay the tens ...

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More Dutch people feel that their voice is not heard in politics

Seven out of ten Dutch people say they have lost confidence in democracy in the past five years. A majority feels insufficiently heard by politicians. This is according to research by EenVandaag Opinion Panel. Hans van Soest 28-12-24, 03:00 Last update: 07:22 According to the researchers, confidence in democracy was already dented under the previous cabinets. There was a lot of protest against, ...

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Reizigers weigeren toeslag IC Direct te betalen en daar hebben veel NS-conducteurs begrip voo

PREMIUM Reizigers op station Amsterdam Centraal. © ANP Steeds meer treinreizigers weigeren de verplichte toeslag van 2,90 euro op de hogesnelheidslijn tussen Schiphol en Rotterdam te betalen. Dat blijkt uit een steekproef onder conducteurs door FNV-Spoor, op verzoek van deze site. De frequente treinuitval en vertragingen op de lijn zijn daar een oorzaak van. NS erkent dat de betalingsmoraal lager ...

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Supreme Court assigns re-collation case to new High Court judge

General News of Saturday, 28 December 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The Supreme Court of Ghana The Supreme Court has ruled that the mandamus application concerning disputed parliamentary election results will be reassigned to a new judge at the High Court. This decision comes after the Supreme Court found that the original High Court judge, Rev. Fr. Joseph Agyemang, had infringed upon the ...

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More Ghanaian incompetence – Professor Steve Hanke blasts Mahama’s plan to renegotiate IMF deal

General News of Saturday, 28 December 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Steve Hanke and John Mahama Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, Steve Hanke, has labelled President-elect John Dramani Mahama‘s plans to renegotiate Ghana’s agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a sign of incompetence. This critique comes as Mahama, fresh from his victory in the ...

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New rules, regulations and taxes: What’s changing in 2025

As at every New Year, taxes are going up and coming down, new rules come into force and old regulations are being phased out. Here’s a round-up. Self employment The tax office has pledged to start implementing legislation first approved eight years ago and aimed at stopping sham self-employment. Freelancers will have to meet a number of conditions – including ...

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E-Gates cost $1.7m, not $240m – Ghana Immigration Service responds to ‘false’ claims

General News of Thursday, 19 December 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   play videoDr. Bawumia passing through the newly commissioned E-Gate at KIA’s Terminal 3 The Ghana Immigration Service has refuted “false” claims on social media that the recently commissioned electronic gates at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), cost the nation $240m. In a press release issued on Thursday, December 19, 2024, the ...

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EC gazettes 274 Parliamentary election results; two constituencies outstanding

General News of Friday, 27 December 2024 Disclaimer Source: GNA   Jean Mensa and her deputies The Electoral Commission (EC) has officially gazetted the parliamentary election results for 274 constituencies and has submitted them to the Clerk of Parliament. However, the Commission has not yet finalised the results for the Ablekuma North and Dome Kwabenya constituencies, as the re-collation of results for these ...

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