Monthly Archives: August 2019

Asamponhene’s killing: Close confidant arrested

A man identified as a close confidant of the Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Nana Kwadwo Afoduo who was killed on Sunday has been arrested. His arrest comes barely less than 24-hours after the 46-year-old direct relative of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was murdered in what police suspect to be contract killing. Though police are tight-lipped on details of the man ...

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‘NDC living in another world; free SHS here to stay’ – President Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the Ghanaian people will not entrust power into the hands of the opposition National Democratic Congress in 2020 because of their determination to cancel the Free Senior High School policy. According to President Akufo-Addo, “I know that there are people in this country who don’t want this policy, who have ...

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Akufo-Addo ‘mocks’ NDC plan to scrap free SHS after 2020 comeback

President Akufo-Addo says Ghanaians will not entrust power into the hands of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2020, because of their determination to cancel the Free Senior High School policy. He said, “I know that there are people in this country who don’t want this policy, who have been campaigning against this policy. They are dreaming that they ...

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Ameri, GYEEDA, PDS scandals show we are not fighting sleaze – House of Chiefs

The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has attributed the numerous uncompleted projects, joblessness, broken homes, poverty, suffering and the general slow pace of development in Ghana to the failure of successive governments to fight corruption. According to a statement signed by Togbe Afede XIV, President, and Daasebre Nana Kwebu Ewusi VII, Vice President, there had been countless number of corruption ...

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De alternatieven van melk: ook goed voor elk?

  We verruilen het klassieke glas melk steeds vaker voor soja-, haver-, rijst- amandel- en kokos-alternatieven. Is dat gezonder? Jaap Seidell en Jutka Halberstadt geven tekst en uitleg. Nederland wordt weleens een land van melkmuilen en kaaskoppen genoemd. Melk is net zo traditioneel Nederlands als brood, aardappelen en vlees. En net als die andere Hollandse kost heeft koemelk in toenemende ...

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Ook bij ING gaat spaarrente verder omlaag

De spaarrente bij ING gaat verder omlaag. Per 15 augustus biedt de bank bij een normale spaarrekening nog maar 0,02 procent rente, in plaats van de huidige 0,03 procent. Daarmee volgt ING rivaal ABN AMRO die vorige maand met eenzelfde bijstelling kwam. De spaarrentes liggen al jaren erg laag. Dat banken nu de rentes nog verder verlagen, hangt samen met ...

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Franklin Cudjoe must resign for insulting my American accent – Former Maritime boss

The former Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Mr Kwame Owusu, who used close to GHS1 million to renovate and expand a two-bedroom colonial-style property into a modern five-bedroom edifice with 13 air-conditioners, has asked the founding president of Imani Africa, Mr Franklin Cudjoe, to apologise to him for certain disparaging remarks the think-tanker made against him. Mr Owusu ...

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‘De tandarts moet weer terug in het basispakket’

onbetaalbaar gewordenVoor een half miljoen Nederlanders is de tandarts onbetaalbaar geworden. Dokters van de Wereld vindt dat de basale tandzorg weer terug moet in het basispakket.Armoede valt in Nederland af te lezen aan iemand zijn gebit, zegt  ontwikkelingsorganisatie Dokters  van de Wereld. De hulporganisatie roept in een petitie de politiek op om de beslissing uit 2006 – toen de tandheelkunde geheel ...

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