An aide at the vice president’s office Dr. Gideon Boako has said the claim that the Ghana Card is now equivalent to an e-passport still holds true. Responding to attention put out by ICAO seeking to explain the recent announcement it made on the subject matter, Boako in a Facebook post said the former’s statement lends credence to the claim ...

Immigration officers are undergoing training for the use of card-readable machines used to authenticate e-passports that have been installed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The training, according to AviationGhana sources at the airport, is expected to be completed by the end of February for the roll-out of the Ghana Card e-Passport programme. For now, the Ghana Card e-Passport will ...

The ‘self-residential obligation’, whereby home buyers in Amsterdam are not allowed to rent out their home, but must live in it themselves for the first four years, will come into effect on 1 April. The council announced this today. Domestic editors 03-02-22, 10:28 Last update: 03-02-22, 13:20 The new rule should ensure that fewer homes are bought by investors and rented out for high ...

A man in Amsterdam-Zuidoost has probably been lying dead in a house for years. The man was found by a bailiff. The Parool 10-02-22, 17:16 Last update: 10-02-22, 17:54 The body was discovered this week in a house at Nieuwlandhof. Police had previously received reports, but were unable to enter the home because nothing suspicious was seen. Local residents tell  city ​​broadcaster AT5  that they have also ...

Sarah Adwoa Safo absents herself from Parliament Adwoa Safo reportedly wants to be Deputy Majority Leader Ben Ephson tells Akufo-Addo to sack Adwoa Safo Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has reacted to the continuous absence of Dome–Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo from Parliament. According to him, the lawmaker’s conduct is tantamount to holding the governing New Patriotic Party to ransom. Speaking on Oman ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration was in the know about the event in Montreal where the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) okayed the Ghana Card as a valid travel document to over 190 countries across 44,000 airports worldwide. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong, who had been quoted as denying that the Ministry had any ...

Afram Plains to witness developmental projects Local contractors to be employed for Afram Plains road, bridge project Building materials to be bought from Ghanaian market An amount of €350m has been approved by Parliament to finance the construction of roads and bridges at Afram Plains in the Eastern region. This project, according to the Chairman of Roads and Transport Committee ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben South constituency in the Eastern Region, Mr Michael Okyere Baafi, has accused the MP for Dome Kwabenya of sabotaging the ruling administration. Speaking during an interaction on Kumasi-based Hello FM, Hon Okyere Baafi said even though the Majority leaders in Parliament are being evasive about the issue, he knows on authority that ...

The High Court in Accra has issued a criminal summons against the Member of Parliament for Assin North over his alleged criminal offence. James Gyakye Quayson, who has been a subject matter of criminal charges including perjury has been invading service. In court on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, the Director of Public Prosecution Mrs Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa said all efforts ...

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has given its seal of approval for Ghana’s national Identity Card, the Ghana Card to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport Thus, holders of the Ghana Card as well as its future biometric equivalents can present it as official documentation at all 197 (ICAO) compliant countries and 44,000 airports worldwide and board flights ...