Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Het kabinet wil Nederland inderdaad aan de avondklok

Het Binnenhof in Den Haag, ‘s nachts.Beeld ANP Nederland krijgt, als het aan het kabinet ligt, een avondklok. Vanaf 20.30 uur ‘s avonds moet iedereen binnen blijven tot  04.30 uur ‘s ochtends. De maatregel is van kracht zolang de lockdown duurt, dus voorlopig tot 9 februari. Wendelmoet Boersema20 januari 2021, 13:56 Het kabinet wil deze maatregel echter niet nemen zonder ...

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Kabinet wil avondklok van 20.30 tot 04.30 uur

Het kabinet wil de coronamaatregelen weer verzwaren. Het komt nu met een avondklok en strengere regels rond reizen, visite en quarantaine. Die avondklok zou mogelijk op vrijdag al ingaan en lopen van 20.30 uur tot 04.30 uur. Winkels, ook supermarkten, moeten dicht om 20.15 uur. Tobias den Hartog en Edwin van der Aa20 januari 2021, 13:50 BEELD ANP Dat plan hebben ...

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Kabinet scheldt schulden gedupeerde ouders toeslagenaffaire kwijt

Alle schulden die gedupeerde ouders uit de toeslagenaffaire hebben bij overheidsinstanties zoals de Belastingdienst en bij Toeslagen, worden kwijtgescholden. Dat heeft staatssecretaris van Financiën Alexandra van Huffelen vandaag bekendgemaakt. Twee advocaten die gedupeerden bijstaan zetten hun zaken, ondanks de blijdschap bij de ouders, wel door. Politieke redactie 18 jan. 2021 Laatste update: 09:29 Ook schulden bij andere instanties zoals het ...

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Nana Fredua blasts Ghanaians over coronavirus protocols

NPP Stalwart, Nana Fredua has admonished Ghanaians to heed the President’s call to comply with the COVID-19 safety protocols. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his 22nd nation address on COVID-19, cautioned Ghanaians against another lockdown if they don’t strictly adhere to the protocols to curb the transmission of the pandemic disease. He said; “We do not want to go ...

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Akufo-Addo scraps ministries; reduces ministerial appointments by a third – Report

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has done away with eight of the new ministries he created in his first term. It is trite knowledge that the President has no space to create a large number of ministries and appoint 123 ministers because of Ghana’s hung parliament status. In the end, there were 59 ministers with various designations; 16 regional ministers; ...

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Mahama files another motion demanding original collation forms, others

Lawyers of former President John Mahama in the ongoing election petition case have filed another motion at the Apex court demanding the Electoral Commission to provide them with original copies of the collated presidential results of the various constituencies among others. It comes after the Supreme Court dismissed their interrogatories today. Today in court In court on Tuesday, Lawyers of ...

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Twitter erupts with trolls as Mahama’s lawyers allegedly commit another mistake in election petition

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress is being trolled on social media following supposed errors committed by his lawyers in the amendments they made to their initial petition which was filed at the Supreme Court on December 30, 2020. A request by the team to rectify the errors was granted by the Supreme Court in its ...

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Peperdure kankermedicijnen voortaan veel sneller beschikbaar

Duizenden Nederlandse kankerpatiënten hoeven komende jaren minder lang te wachten op behandeling met de nieuwste generatie peperdure medicijnen. Daar hebben kankerspecialisten, de overheid en zorgverzekeraars afspraken met elkaar over gemaakt. David Bremmer 19 jan. 2021 Laatste update: 16:44 Momenteel staan talloze veelbelovende kankermedicijnen jarenlang in de wacht. Omdat fabrikanten vaak minstens 100.000 euro per patiënt per jaar rekenen, wil de ...

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Election Petition: Mahama presses EC to admit to errors made in the declaration

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has amended his petition before the Supreme Court by further coaxing the Electoral Commission to admit to the errors its Chairperson made during her 9 December 2020 declaration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President-elect. On Thursday, January 14, 2021, when the case was first heard, the Supreme Court granted ...

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We are relooking at $150 COVID-19 test cost – Okoe-Boye

“We are taking a relook at the cost of $150 for mandatory testing for COVID-19 at the Kotoka International Airport.” That was the assurance of former Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye. Following directives by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the reopening of international airports in the country, the management of the Ghana Airport also announced a fee of $150 to be paid by ...

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