Monthly Archives: February 2019

Kamer wil kindermisbruikers tijdelijk paspoort afpakken

Nederlandse kindermisbruikers mogen zolang ze onder overheidstoezicht staan geen paspoort hebben. Daarvoor pleit een meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer. Dat schrijft De Telegraaf. VVD, PVV, CDA en PvdA willen dat pedofielen die door de rechter onder toezicht van de reclassering zijn gesteld, niet kunnen reizen buiten de EU. Schade aanrichten bij kinderen in verre landen moet zo onmogelijk worden gemaakt. ...

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Brexit zorgt voor piek in aantal Britten dat Nederlander wordt

The month of January, in which Prime Minister Theresa May mercilessly lost an important brexitemming in the British House of Commons , has caused a peak in the number of Britons who let themselves be naturalized to become Dutch. Eighty naturalizations took place, against two hundred over the whole of 2018. The number of naturalisations – whoever chooses to lose ...

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Government settles US$230m VRA debt to Ghana Gas

In a move to reduce the debt that the Volta River Authority (VRA) owes to Ghana National Gas Company, government has settled US$ 230 million of the debt through a balance sheet restructuring. This was revealed at a press meeting with the management of Ghana Gas on Monday in Accra, by the Head of Finance of Ghana Gas, Emmanuel Essel. ...

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Bill for election of MMDCEs laid in Parliament

The Government has laid in Parliament a Bill to amend the Constitution to allow for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the country. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in its 2016 manifesto promised to oversee the direct election of MMDCEs within 24 months of election into office, to coincide with the next District Assembly elections ...

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Ghana’s inclusion on European Commission dirty money list ‘flawed’ – Finance Ministry

The Finance Ministry has described as regrettable the decision of the European Commission [EC] to add Ghana to its lists of countries defaulting in the anti-money laundering and the Financing of Terrorism framework. According to the Ministry, Ghana’s commitment to enforcing the anti-money laundering and the countering of Financing terrorism framework has been acknowledged by the global standard regulatory body, ...

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Confusion in NDC over cash

Confusion has erupted in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over some monies former President John Mahama and NDC reportedly gave to the party’s regional Chairmen. Daily Guide sources in the umbrella family have hinted that sometime last week Saturday, February 9, 2019, Mr. Mahama, who is hoping to lead the NDC for the second time for the 2020 presidential ...

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Police CID rescues Martin Amidu with two investigators

Ghana’s Independent Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu has been assigned two officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service according to a document sighted by MyNewsGh.com. Many have complained that Mr. Amidu for more than a year in office is not living up to expectation as he has not investigated and prosecuted a single individual ...

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President receives roadmap on Ghana Beyond Aid agenda

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday received a strategic document and Charter that outlines the roadmap for Ghana’s attainment of her goal of self-reliance and the vision of a country beyond aid. The document, which was put together by a 13-member Ghana Beyond Aid Charter Committee, constituted by the President last June, is envisaged to become the mobilizing instrument ...

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24,000 acres of forest reserve at Upper Denkyira depleted by Chinese ‘galamseyers

24,000 acres of forest reserve at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region has been devirginized by illegal Chinese miners. A task force found the illegal miners at the Aminase Forest Range Reserve arresting the twelve Chinese nationals and their one Ghanaian counterpart on site as well as retrieving 24 excavating machinery located. The activities of ...

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Kabinet moet honderdduizenden ouders duizenden euro’s nabetalen

Door problemen bij de Belastingdienst zijn honderdduizenden ouders geld misgelopen. Zij kregen geen kindgebonden budget, terwijl ze er wel recht op hadden. Het kabinet gaat het deels nabetalen. Dat levert een tegenvaller op van tussen de 375 en 445 miljoen euro. Volgens staatssecretaris Tamara van Ark (Sociale Zaken) zijn sinds 2008 ongeveer 300.000 tot 400.000 gezinnen gedupeerd. De toeslag werd ...

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