People on welfare do not receive enough money to make ends meet. Couples with children in particular are short of up to 500 euros per month, the government has investigated. The government must allocate 6 billion euros on Budget Day to prevent poverty from spreading further. Laurens Kok 30/06/23, 16:01 PM Last update: 30/06/23, 17:13 PM This is stated in the long-awaited first sub-report ...
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One in ten over-25s lives with parents: many more men than women
The number of 25 to 40-year-olds living under one roof with father and/or mother, which remained more or less the same in 2022, has suddenly risen by 5 percent this year. As a result, one in ten people in their thirties and late twenties now (still) lives at home. The difference between men and women is large: almost a quarter ...
Read More »Storm damage? This does and does not cover your insurance
The roof tiles, your brand new solar panels and the front door of the freshly painted shed: you just have to hope that everything survives storm Poly. Fortunately, I am well insured, you may think now. But is that really the case? Bonne Kerstens 05-07-23, 14:15 Last update: 15:23 For example, home contents insurance does not cover flying roof tiles. Home insurance does. ...
Read More »Danger of alcohol is greatly underestimated: one glass a day increases the risk of cancer
The Dutch mainly associate alcohol with socializing (54 percent) and much less with something that is unhealthy for you (27 percent). And that while 1 in 10 cases of cancer in men and 1 in 33 cases in women is caused by alcohol. “Whether you drink regularly or often: there is no healthy amount of alcohol,” say the Maag Lever ...
Read More »Ofori-Atta wants Ghana to ‘wow tourists like King Solomon did to Queen Sheba’
play videoFinance minister Ken Ofori-Atta Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has likened his dream for Ghana’s tourist sector to the instance where Queen Sheba was astonished by King Solomon’s country when she visited him in Bible days. The minister in his address during the launch of the redeveloped and refurbished Kwame Nkrumah Park said the government is doing all it takes to make ...
Read More »ECG to embark on ‘Operation Zero’ from July 11
Business News of Wednesday, 5 July 2023 Source: rainbowradioonline.com File photo of ECG Prepaid Meters The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced the launch of a new nationwide revenue mobilisation initiative known as “Operation Zero.” The exercise will begin on July 11 and end on September 11, 2023, according to the company. According to an ECG statement, the two-month ...
Read More »Capital Bank case: Court orders Ato Essien to pay outstanding GH¢12 million by July 27
Business News of Wednesday, 5 July 2023 Source: starrfm.com.gh Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien Convicted William Ato Essien, the founder of the defunct Capital Bank has been given at least up to July 27 to redeem his first installment of GH¢20 million to the State. It has emerged in Court on Tuesday, July 4, that Mr Ato Essien has ...
Read More »Court of Appeal overturns Accra High Court decision to start Opuni and Agongo trial afresh
Former COCOBOD boss Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni The Court of Appeal has reversed the decision of the Accra High Court to conduct a fresh trial for former COCOBOD boss Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo. Today, July 3, a three-member panel of the court delivered a unanimous verdict, stating that the trial High Court had erred in ...
Read More »Attorney General heads to Parliament to amend laws for adoption of evidence amongst others
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame Minutes after securing a favourable judgement from the Court of Appeal in the Opuni and Agongo cases, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice announced he is heading to Parliament soon with a new Bill for Ghanaian judges to adopt proceedings in criminal trials in the event that another judge is unable to ...
Read More »Vrijdag 23 juni 2023 | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl Duitsland maakt arbeidsmarkt toegankelijker voor geschoolde migranten Een nieuwe wet moet het voor geschoolde migranten makkelijker maken om in Duitsland aan het werk te gaan. Een meerderheid van de Duitse Bondsdag heeft vrijdag met het wetsvoorstel ingestemd. De Bondsrepubliek kampt in veel beroepsgroepen met een nijpend tekort aan ...
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