Monthly Archives: September 2020

We’re leaving ‘SADA, bus branding’ for ‘Free SHS – 120 NDC members defect to NPP

Some 120 members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have defected to join the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Western Region. At a press conference to announce their defection, the spokesperson of the defectors, Mr Theophilus Kwame Fiagbe, said both former President John Mahama, flagbearer of the NDC and the party’s parliamentary candidate for ...

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NDC once lied to IMF and Ghana was fined US$36 million – Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration under former President Jerry John Rawlings once lied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), leading to Ghana being fined US$36 million. He said this was part of the monumental economic challenges that the NDC administration left for him to come and deal with after the 2000 elections. ...

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I need your votes to correct my previous government’s mistakes – Mahama to Ghanaians

Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has asked electorates to vote him back to power to enable him to correct the mistakes of his previous administration. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer believes that although he bettered the lives of Ghanaians during his reign, there were steps he wrongly took in his first term in office. Addressing the chiefs and people of Ullo in ...

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Mandatory $150 coronavirus test fee violation of International health regulations – BPS

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) is asking for the immediate withdrawal of the $150 COVID-19 testing fee at the Kotoka International Airport. A statement issued by the Bureau indicated that the imposition of the testing charges upon arrival at the Kotoka International Airport is “a direct contravention of the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (IHR).” The Kotoka International ...

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Eerste donorbrieven op de mat in Amsterdam

Vanaf dinsdag vallen de eerste brieven voor het nieuwe Donorregister op de mat. Inwoners van Amsterdam hebben de primeur. Edwin van der Aa 01-09-20, 11:45 Iedereen vanaf achttien jaar die nog geen keuze heeft ingevuld in het Donorregister ontvangt in de komende maanden een brief met de vraag dat alsnog te doen. Wie zes weken na ontvangst van de brief ...

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Hoe bewaar je eieren het best?

Joris Bijdendijk is sterrenkok. Hij geeft antwoord op basis­vragen uit de keuken. Vandaag vertelt hij over de beste manier om eieren te bewaren. Joris Bijdendijk 31 aug. 2020 Overal ter wereld heb ik eieren geproefd. Rotte eieren in as op IJsland, duizendjarig ei in Chengdu, een embryo-ei in Vietnam. Het had allemaal wel iets. Ik krijg veel vragen over eieren. Vooral ...

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Knot: Nederland moet lonen verhogen voor sterkere euro

Nederland moet de belasting op arbeid verlagen zodat huishoudens meer geld te besteden hebben. Als alle rijke landen in Europa dat ook doen, zullen ze meer producten importeren waar juist de armere lidstaten dan van profiteren. Zo kan de EU samen sterker uit de crisis komen. Laurens Kok 01-09-20, 21:00 Die oproep doet president Klaas Knot van De Nederlandsche Bank ...

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KIA reopening: 200 passengers complete coronavirus tests on day 1

About 200 passengers on three separate flights have successfully undergone COVID-19 tests at the Upper Arrival section of Kotoka International Airport (KIA). This comes just days after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced the opening of Ghana’s air borders effective September 1. Senior officials of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Aviation, and Ghana Health Service were at the airport ...

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Half of the antigen test at the airport may be inaccurate – Noguchi

A Senior Research Fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr Kofi Bonney, has downplayed the accuracy ofCOVID-19 test being conducted at the country’s international airport. The Kotoka International Airport(KIA) reopened for regular international passenger travel on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. As part of measures to reduce the importation of coronavirus, the government has rolled out a mandatory ...

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