Monthly Archives: January 2019

‘Security men’ stormed NDC candidate’s house to fish out Azorka Boys – NPP justifies

Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, has justified the decision by some armed men to storm the house of the National Democratic Congress candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election leading to firing of gunshots. Some heavily armed masked men invaded Delali Kwasi Brempong’s house behind the La Bawaleshie Presbyterian Basic 1 School which was ...

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Charge sheet against former MASLOC Boss Sedina Tamakloe

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE CRIMINAL DIVISION ACCRA – A.D. 2019 Case No. THE REPUBLIC VRS 1. SEDINA CHRISTINE TAMAKLOE ATTIONU 2. DANIEL AXIM Count One Statement of Offence Stealing contrary to section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). Particulars of Offence Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, on or about 28th ...

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$670m support to stabilise cedi laudable – Prof. Peter Quartey

Professor of Economics at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Peter Quartey, has described as a move in the right direction, the decision by the Bank of Ghana to use six hundred and seventy million dollars ($670,000,000) to stabilize the cedi. The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison revealed that the amount was used ...

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Ghana’s town planning system is best for sky trains – Joe Ghartey

The Minister of Railway Development, Joe Ghartey has debunked assertions that the country’s current town planning system would not support modern sky train infrastructure. He said experts are of the view that sky train infrastructure is the most economical and easiest compared to other rail transport infrastructure. “The thing [is] that, inside the city of Accra, it will be difficult ...

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EOCO storms Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale’s houses

Officials of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) will by the close of today January 30, 2019 visit the homes of Zylofon Media signed artistes including Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale to recover some properties of Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1, MyNewsGh.com has gathered. Our sources say officials of EOCO in the company of armed policemen will ...

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Rabobank en ABN laten klant dokken voor verlies bankpas

Klanten van Rabobank en ABN Amro moeten betalen voor een nieuwe pas als ze die zijn verloren of slachtoffer zijn geworden van diefstal. De twee banken voeren de tariefswijzigingen per 1 april in. Bij ABN Amro betaalt een klant straks 7,50 euro bij verlies, bij Rabobank gaat het om een bedrag van 3,95 euro. ING hanteert dit principe al wat langer: klanten ...

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Former MASLOC CEO Sedinam charged with 80 counts of stealing, causing financial loss

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, and the former Operations Manager of MASLOC, Daniel Axim, have been charged by the State with eighty (80) counts of Stealing, Causing Financial Loss to the State, Causing Loss to Public Property, Improper Payment of Public Funds, Unauthorised Commitment Resulting in Financial Obligation for ...

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Zo controleer je jouw eerste loonstrook van 2019

Vrijwel alle Nederlandse werknemers gaan er in 2019 op vooruit in nettoloon. Mooi meegenomen. Maar hoe zie je of alles op je loonstrook klopt? En hoe besteed je dat extraatje het beste?   Een dezer dagen valt bij werkend Nederland de eerste loonstrook van het jaar op de deurmat, met daarop goed nieuws voor de meeste werknemers: het nettoloon komt ...

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‘Mogelijk gevaarlijke stoffen in lippenbalsem voor kinderen’

Een groot deel van de lippenbalsems voor kinderen en jongeren, bevat mogelijke schadelijke stoffen. Dat zegt de Belgische consumentenorganisatie Test-Aankoop op basis van onderzoek. De Nederlandse Consumentenbond is geschrokken van de uitkomsten en vraagt verantwoordelijk minister Bruno Bruins (Zorg) om zo snel mogelijk een onderzoek in te stellen. Test-Aankoop hield 21 lipsticks tegen het licht, met verpakkingen waarop onder meer ...

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Public debt now GHC172.9 billion

Data from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) shows that the public debt stock rose from GHC139.3 billion in November 2017 to GHC172.9 billion in November last year. This represents a 24.1 per cent growth within the 12-month period. In nominal terms, it shows that the country added GHC33.6 billion to the debt stock within the period. As a per cent ...

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