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Assin North by election: Sammy Gyamfi ‘goofed’ for alleging EC was aiding NPP Candidate

Politics of Wednesday, 7 June 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Former MP for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini Former MP for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Communications Officer for making allegations against the Electoral Commission regarding the Assin North voter roll. Sammy Gyamfi had claimed that the Electoral Commission was assisting the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in adding an unregistered voter to ...

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We can take property rates – GRA

Business News of Wednesday, 7 June 2023 Disclaimer Source: GNALocal currency, Cedi Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has described as untrue suggestions by the Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) in a statement on May 31, 2023, that property rates can only be collected by the District Assemblies. It said Section 124 of Act 936 as cited by the ChaLoG, spoke to revenue of ...

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Suame interchange project to start in July – A/R Urban Roads Director

Business News of Wednesday, 7 June 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The Ashanti Regional Director for the Urban Roads Department, Francis Gabrah, has disclosed that works on the Suame interchange would commence in July this year. According to him, his outfit has submitted the preliminary design for the project and is optimistic work will be ongoing by July. Francis Gabrah made this known ...

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I cannot unilaterally expunge Gyakye Quayson’s name from parliament – Bagbin

General News of Wednesday, 7 June 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said that he can not expunge the name of the ousted Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, from the records of the house as ordered by the Supreme Court of Ghana. Even though the speaker has declared the Assin North seat ...

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Details of criminal suit against Gyakye Quayson emerge

General News of Thursday, 1 June 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Ousted Assin North lawmaker, James Gyakye Quayson The ousted Assin North lawmaker, James Gyakye Quayson, has officially declared his intention to contest the upcoming Assin North by-election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This comes after the Electoral Commission of Ghana announced a by-election for the Assin North Constituency, on June 27, 2023, following ...

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Government nears agreement to restructure $2.6 billion in pension funds – Report

Business News of Thursday, 1 June 2023 Source: Bloomberg Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta Ghana’s pension funds are close to agreeing to a deal to restructure $2.6 billion worth of government bonds they hold, according to an umbrella body for the industry. Under the plan, the pension funds will receive more interest payments, but over a longer period of time, according to ...

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‘Meer mensen met hogere inkomens zochten vorig jaar financiële hulp’

Mensen met een hoger inkomen hebben vorig jaar vaker dan gebruikelijk financiële hulp gezocht. Dat blijkt uit het jaarverslag van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Volkskrediet (NVVK) over 2022. De brancheorganisatie baseert zich voornamelijk op gegevens van gemeentelijke afdelingen voor financiële hulp, maar ook van stichtingen en private organisaties. Binnenlandredactie 31-05-23, 06:44 Laatste update: 31-05-23, 10:35 In 2022 had 30 procent van de mensen ...

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Jongeren steeds zwaarder, kwart jongvolwassenen heeft overgewicht

Van de kinderen en jongeren van 2 tot 25 jaar had 17 procent in 2022 overgewicht. Vooral 18- tot 25-jarigen zijn vaak te zwaar; een kwart van deze jongeren had overgewicht, van wie 7 procent obesitas, ofwel ernstig overgewicht. „Ouders herkennen het soms niet als hun kind te dik is.” Josselin Gordijn 01-06-23, 00:01 Laatste update: 09:02 Dit meldt het CBS in het ...

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In auto achtergelaten baby sterft in VS door oververhitting terwijl ouders in kerk zitten

Een baby van 11 maanden is afgelopen zondag in Palm Bay in de Amerikaanse staat Florida om het leven gekomen, nadat ze door haar ouders was achtergelaten in een auto, terwijl het stel zelf urenlang meerdere kerkdiensten bijwoonde. Buitenlandredactie 01-06-23, 03:09 Laatste update: 07:47 Het meisje zat afgelopen zondag al drie uur lang vast in de auto, toen ze werd ontdekt en met ...

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