Monthly Archives: July 2019

Court dismisses Valerie Sawyerr case

An Accra High Court has dismissed a case filed by a former board member of Ghana National Gas Company, Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, seeking to set aside adverse findings made against her by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). Dr. Sawyer in October 2018, dragged the Attorney-General (AG) and the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) to court, after a ...

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Cybercrime Drama: I was coached to lie – Modern Ghana reporter

One of the two Modern Ghana reporters, Emmanuel Britwum, who denied an allegation of torture, has exposed the sessions of ‘coaching’ and encouragement to ‘lie’ about their brief period of detention to embarrass the National Security Council Secretariat and its operatives. Soon after the ill-fated ‘torture story’ pushed by his colleague Emmanuel Ajarfor Abubakar Abugri was downloaded onto the media ...

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President says no to $200M chamber for parliament

Sources inside Jubilee House tell the Daily Statesman that President Akufo-Addo is set against moves by Parliament’s leadership and other senior figures in the House to embark on building a new debating chamber for MPs. The proposed chamber, which parliamentary leaders hoped to build within three years, was expected to cost US$200 million. They argued that the present chamber in ...

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Akufo-Addo considers bill to allow dual citizens to hold public office

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday opened the Ghana Diaspora Celebration and Third Homecoming Summit, with an assurance that the government would soon place before Parliament a bill that would allow Ghanaians with dual citizenship to hold public office. “The question of the political rights of dual citizens is a matter for Parliament and an opportunity is going to be ...

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Jeukgolf teistert Nederland: recordaantal klachten bij huisarts

In Nederland woedt een heuse jeukgolf, dat blijkt uit nieuwe cijfers van het Nederlands instituut voor onderzoek van de gezondheidszorg (Nivel). Normaal melden zich wekelijks ongeveer twintig op de 100.000 mensen bij de huisarts met jeuk, maar afgelopen week waren dit er zo’n 85. Nivel en de Landelijke Huisartsen Vereniging (LHV): ,,Als je deze cijfers ziet kun je zeker spreken ...

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UK, Ghana sign strategic partnership agreement

The United Kingdom High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Iain Walker, has pledged the UK government’s support to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to make Kumasi a leading industrial hub of West Africa. He said Kumasi occupied a very important place in Ghana’s development for which reason the UK would continue to put the city’s development in focus. Mr Walker said ...

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Ghana gets $200m World Bank support

Ghana has received $200 million from the World Bank to help transform and diversify its economy through the promotion of private investment and robust growth in its non-resource base sectors. The fund, to be administered through an integrated programme is set to build the country’s competitiveness and deliver sustainable jobs under the Ghana Economic Transformation Project (GETP). The project, from ...

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Luxurious $200m Chamber Brouhaha: Parliament ‘begs’ citizens

Parliament has appealed to citizens to be mindful of the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the public in its gallery, even as they express their grievances over the planned construction of the luxurious $200 million Chamber for lawmakers. The House made the appeal in a statement signed by its Acting Director of Public Affairs, Kate Addo, in reaction ...

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Begrafenisonderneemster (24) wil dolgraag kind van 79-jarige echtgenoot

Amerikaanse media raken niet uitgepraat over een opvallend liefdeskoppel uit Sheridan (Arkansas) dat bestaat uit de 24-jarige begrafenisonderneemster Alexis Reid en haar kersverse echtgenoot Charles Tadlock (bijna 80). Ondanks een leeftijdsverschil van 55 jaar wil het eind vorig jaar getrouwde stel, dat elkaar in 2017 ontmoette tijdens de uitvaart van Tadlock’s vrouw, zo snel mogelijk een kindje op de wereld ...

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