Monthly Archives: January 2019

What Akufo-Addo will be doing in 2019

Government has revealed 6 projects it will be embarking on this year. The projects as outlined by the Minister for Information and Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayiribi Constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah are: – Infrastructure – Agriculture – Industralisation – Entrepreneurship – Social Protection Programmes – Domestic Resource Mobilsation Oppong Nkrumah who was speaking to Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace ...

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Government signs US$436m affordable housing deal

Government has signed an agreement with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for the construction of at least 100,000 affordable homes across the country. As part of the agreement, UNOPS and its partners are looking to attract US$436 million worth of investment to deliver the affordable homes. According to a press statement issued by UNOPS, the agreement is ...

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Tema Port expansion agreement flawed – MDU

National Executive Council of the Maritime and Dockworkers’ Union (MDU) has said the concession granted Meridian Port Services (MPS) to construct a new Container Terminal in the Tema Port did not follow due process. The Council is of the opinion that as a result of unwarranted political interference, the concession agreement did not go through competitive bidding before it was ...

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Data Protection Commission to participate in Global Data Protection Week

The Data Protection Commission has announced its participation in the Global Data Protection Week from January 28 to February 1. The event, under the theme “A New Chapter in Enforcing Accountability and Empowering Data Subjects,” comes along with national activities scheduled throughout the week. In a press release, the DPC explained, “personal data in the wrong hands can cause great ...

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Dronken co-piloot (51) betrapt op Schiphol: vlucht gecanceld

De politie op Schiphol heeft vandaag een dronken co-piloot aangehouden. De 51-jarige man bleek bij controle een alcoholpromillage van 0,63 te hebben, waar voor vliegtuigpersoneel 0,2 promille is toegestaan. In de luchtvaart mag vliegtuigpersoneel in de tien uur voorafgaand aan de vlucht geen alcohol nuttigen. De overige tien bemanningsleden waren alcoholvrij. Omdat het toestel zonder de co-piloot niet mocht vertrekken, ...

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D66 wil via noodwet dubbele nationaliteit mogelijk maken vanwege brexit

Nederland moet Britse Nederlanders en Nederlandse Britten na de brexit de keuze tussen een Brits en een Nederlands paspoort besparen. Zij moeten voorlopig een dubbele nationaliteit kunnen krijgen, vindt D66. De regeringspartij komt daarom met een eigenhandig geschreven noodwet. Het lukt de Britse regering en de Europese Unie maar niet om afspraken te maken over een ordentelijk vertrek van de ...

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Public debt stock hits ¢172.9b ending November 2018

The country’s total debt stock has significantly increased by ¢2.9 billion in two months to reach ¢172.9 billion ending November 2018. The Data from the Central Bank showed that the new debt stock represents 57.9 per cent of the total value of Ghana’s economy otherwise referred to as Debt-to-GDP Ratio by economists. This could mean that country might have built ...

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21 taxes choke tourism operators – Parliament cries

The country’s quest to be a leading tourist destination in the West Africa sub-region faces an enormous challenge as tourism operators are saddled with at least 21 taxes – which are ultimately passed on to consumers, a Parliamentary report has revealed. According to the report, a typical hotelier has to comply with fees coming from the Environmental Protection Agency, Food ...

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Accra–Burkina Faso railway to traverse Yendi – Akufo-Addo

As part of moves to extend development to Dagbon, the Akufo-Addo government will be constructing a railway line that will connect Accra to Burkina Faso through the Volta and Oti regions as well as Yendi, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. This, the president said, will ensure that the government’s plans of exploiting iron ore at Sheini, a community ...

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‘Foolish journalism!’ – Yvonne Nelson jabs journalists

Actress Yvonne Nelson has described reports on her interview with Yvonne Okoro as “Foolish Journalism” stating that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) does not even know she exists, MyNewsGh.com has filed. The actress who made an appearance on Yvonne Okoro’s Dining with Cooks and Braggarts mentioned that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) does not care about her when she was ...

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