Monthly Archives: June 2020

Atletico Madrid finally accept Thomas Partey departure – Report

Spanish giants Atletico Madrid are reported to have accepted that Thomas Partey will leave the club at the end of the campaign. Elite European clubs are interested in the Ghana midfielder, but Arsenal currently look to be in the strongest position to snap him up for his €50million release clause. The Gunners urgently need a new midfielder of this type ...

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Quality of parliamentary discussions will be hampered by exit of experienced legislators – Governance Expert

The massive loss of experienced legislators in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries would negatively affect the quality of parliamentary discussions and laws passed, Dr Eric Oduro-Osae, a Governance Expert, has observed. He explained that the foundation of any democracy was the quality of laws passed by parliamentarians and if that was hampered it would negatively affect the governance ...

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Voor het eerst nul doden door coronavirus: ‘Prachtig, laten we dat zo houden’

Het aantal mensen van wie de afgelopen 24 uur in Nederland is gemeld dat ze aan corona zijn overleden, is voor het eerst sinds de fatale uitbraak van het virus uitgekomen op nul. Volgens viroloog Marion Koopmans is dit absoluut een mijlpaal. Raymond Boere 22-06-20, 15:53 Laatste update: 16:28 ,,Prachtig. Laten we dat zo houden”, aldus Koopmans. Maar toch tempert ze ...

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KOZP-activist Afriyie doet aangifte na doodsbedreiging gezin, politie neemt zaak ‘zeer serieus’

Dichter en Kick Out Zwarte Piet-activist Jerry Afriyie gaat aangifte doen van bedreiging. Dit vanwege een dreigbrief die hij heeft ontvangen waarin zijn familie, gezin en hijzelf met de dood worden bedreigd. Binnenlandredactie 20-06-20, 18:15 Laatste update: 22:37 ,,We hebben contact gehad met Jerry Afriyie over de dreigbrief die hij heeft ontvangen. Zijn aangifte wordt opgenomen en uiteraard gaan wij ...

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NPP Primaries: List of Parliamentary Committee chairs who have lost

Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah has lost the NPP primary in his constituency. Chairman of Parliament’s Communications Committee Fredrick Opare Ansah has lost. Chairman of Parliament’s Education Committee William Quaitoo has lost. Chairman of Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee Ben Abdallah has lost. Chairman of Parliament’s Government Assurances Committee Collins Owusu Amankwaah has lost. Chairman of Parliament’s ...

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KLM: from July onwards passengers are more often on intercontinental flights

Airline company KLM announces that it is restarting its network ‘gradually and carefully’. Currently, about half of intercontinental flights only carry cargo on board, but KLM hopes to be able to take passengers back on an increasing number of intercontinental flights in July.  Economy editor 20-06-20, 11:50  Many scheduled flights by KLM came to a halt in April due to the corona ...

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KLM: vanaf juli weer vaker passagiers mee op intercontinentale vluchten

Vliegtuigmaatschappij KLM laat weten dat zij haar netwerk ‘geleidelijk en zorgvuldig’ weer aan het opstarten is. Op dit moment wordt bij ongeveer de helft van de intercontinentale vluchten alleen vracht vervoerd aan boord, maar KLM hoopt in juli op een toenemend aantal intercontinentale vluchten weer passagiers mee te mogen nemen. Economieredactie 20-06-20, 11:50 In april kwamen veel lijnvluchten van KLM ...

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Airbus saga: I took no bribe – Mahama breaks silence

Former President John Mahama has denied reports that he benefitted financially from the purchase of some aircraft for the Ghana Armed Forces when he was in office. Speaking for the first time since the Airbus scandal broke, Mr. Mahama said due diligence was followed in the purchase of the two aircraft for the Ghana Armed Forces. “Let me state without ...

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NDC participates in EC pilot exercise

Officials of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), led by its National Director for Information Technology (IT), Osei Kwame Griffiths, yesterday observed and participated in the Electoral Commission’s national piloting of its new biometric voter registration kits and the operation of the new software. The NDC has been opposing the compilation of new a voters’ register and wants the EC to ...

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Supreme Court adjourns judgment of NDC, EC case indefinitely

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Chief Justice, Kwesi Anin Yeboah has indefinitely adjourned the judgment of the case in which the National Democratic Congress dragged theElectoral Commission to court over its decision not include the existing voters’ register as a requirement in compiling the new voters’ register. The judgment was initially scheduled for Tuesday, 23 ...

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