Monthly Archives: June 2020

Genen bepalen mede hoe ziek je wordt van Covid-19

Of iemand heel ziek wordt van het coronavirus is voor een deel erfelijk bepaald. Een internationale onderzoeksgroep heeft het dna van circa 1600 Italiaanse en Spaanse (ex-)covidpatiënten onder de loep genomen en daarbij in elk geval twee specifieke plekken in het dna gevonden die ervoor zorgen dat mensen een verhoogd risico hebben om ernstig ziek te worden. Malika Sevil18 juni ...

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Ablakwa ‘lied’ over number of E-block schools built by NDC administration – Kweku Baako

Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, has indicated that the NDC under the presidency of John Dramani Mahama, failed to deliver on their promised 200 E-block schools. Baako stated that the NDC administration, could not even build 50 of those school blocks according to the Handing Over Notes available to the Presidential Transition Team. ...

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Ghana Card: NIA records 32,756 double registration

The National Identification Authority has recorded 32,756 cases of persons trying to register more than once since the commencement of its nationwide Ghana Card registration exercise on April 29, 2020. Disclosing this at a press briefing at its headquarters in Accra this morning, the Executive Secretary of the NIA, Professor Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah said “Since the commencement of the mass ...

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C.I. 126 does not include provisions to use NIA’s biometric data – EC replies Minority Leader

The Electoral Commission (EC) says the Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) which matured recently, does not give the Commission the mandate to use the biometric data of the National Identification Authority (NIA). What the CI sort to do, the Commission explained in a statement signed by Sylvia Annoh, the Acting Director of Public Affairs, “is to rely on the physical NIA ...

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EC schools Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has described as “unfortunate” recent statements made by the Minority Leader ofParliament following a meeting of the Chair of the Commission with the Special Budget Committee. Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday told journalists that after meeting the Committee, Jean Mensa had suggested that the number of polling centres to be used for the upcoming registration exercise ...

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EC to save Ghana millions in 2020 elections – Majority Leader

From the building of a new data centre through the acquisition of enhanced voting equipment and materials, to the conduct of the December 2020 General Election, Ghana’s Electoral Commissionwould save the nation millions of cash in its activities. Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, made the assessment, on Wednesday, and wondered why the Minority Caucus was raising ...

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Nieuwe donorwet gaat bijna in: 16 procent geeft géén toestemming voor orgaandonatie

Het aandeel mensen dat géén toestemming geeft voor orgaandonatie neemt toe naarmate het Donorregister meer registraties telt. Van de 6,91 miljoen vastgelegde codicillen is 34 procent negatief. Van de totale Nederlandse bevolking geeft 16 procent nu geen toestemming. Ellen Van Gaalen 17 jun. 2020 Laatste update: 17:08 Dat blijkt uit cijfers van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) over ...

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NDC steps up anti-register games

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is intensifying its smear campaign against President Akufo-Addo and the Electoral Commission (EC) after being rattled by the approval of the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (C.I.126) by Parliament. The new constitutional instrument (C.I.) gives a legal framework for the EC to compile a new register of voters in preparation for ...

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In June 2017, the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia urged Ghanaians to restore the nation’s values, which has been destroyed by corruption, as it is a requisite for nation-building. He made the statement at the National Commission for Civic Education’s (NCCE) national dialogue which took place at the National Theatre on June 14, 2017. “The ...

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1 million dead people still on electoral roll – Jean Mensa

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has said that there are names of more than one million dead people still on the country’s electoral roll. This according to her could create room for manipulation, as a result, all the necessary steps must be taken to ensure that names that were not supposed to be on the ...

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