Monthly Archives: May 2020

IPAC outlines measures to curb coronavirus spread during voter registration

As part of the measures to ensure Ghanaians comply with the strict protocols during the compilation of the new voters’ register at various polling stations, the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) has outlined some strict protocols to be adhered to in preventing the spread of the Coronavirus. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of an Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting held ...

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Central Regional Minister calls for Bernard Mornah’s arrest over ‘war comments’

Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan is calling for the arrest of the leader of the Inter-Party Resistance Against New Voter Register [IPRAN], Bernard Mornah, with immediate effect. The IPRAN, addressing a section of the media on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, stated emphatically that the Electoral Commission (EC) is employing crude Machiavellian tactics to compile a new voters’ register ahead of ...

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Derde van huishoudens verbruikt meer energie door coronacrisis

Meer dan een derde van de Nederlanders verwacht dat ze door de coronacrisis meer energie hebben verbruikt. Dat meldt energiebedrijf Essent op basis van onderzoek onder ruim 1200 mensen. Binnenlandredactie 27-05-20, 06:22 Laatste update: 07:45 Van de ondervraagden gaat 28 procent uit van een lichte stijging tot 5 procent van het normale gebruik. Een kleine groep (8 procent) zegt dat ...

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PNC backs compilation of new voters’ register

Click to read all about coronavirus → The People’s National Congress (PNC) has stated its official position on the proposed compilation of a new voters register ahead of the 2020 elections. According to the party, it supports the compilation of a new register as against upgrading the current one. In a statement issued by its Director of Communication, Emmanuel Wilson ...

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Ghana treating frontline health workers better than US – Report

Health workers at the Frontline of the coronavirus fight in Ghana are being treated better than their counterpart in the US, The Washington Post, has revealed, with calls on the US government to emulate the intervention of the Ghanaian Government for health workers. In its latest report sighted by DGN Online, The Washington Post analysed how frontline health workers are ...

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NDC parliamentary candidate petitions CID over death threats

Parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Awutu Senya East Constituency, Naa Koryoo Okunor, has implored the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to probe into death threats she has received over the week from assailants. She stated that the people require that she steps down from her position in order to save her life. ...

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Why NPP insists that voter’s register is bloated with Burkinabes

Insisting that Ghana’s electoral register is bloated with names of Togolese, Burkinabe and Ivorian citizens, commentators of New Patriotic Party (NPP) have justified the elimination of some 1,111,472 voters in the Upper East and Upper West regions, from the electoral register. The NPP commentators maintain that the current voter’s register is bloated with names of nationals from Ghana’s neighboring countries ...

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500 schoolkinderen spoorloos: ‘Stuur politie en kinderbescherming erop af’

De politie en de kinderbescherming moeten uitzoeken wat er is gebeurd met 500 schoolkinderen die vermist zijn geraakt gedurende de coronacrisis. Dat probleem ligt niet alleen bij de school of de leerplichtambtenaar, vindt voorzitter Marc Dullaert van kinderrechtenorganisatie KidsRights. Edwin van der Aa 26-05-20, 06:00 Laatste update: 07:27 Begin april waren nog 5200 leerlingen uit beeld toen de scholen gesloten ...

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