Monthly Archives: December 2020

Negatieve pcr-test verplicht voor alle vliegreizen naar Nederland

Vanaf dinsdag 29 december moeten alle passagiers – dus ook Nederlanders – die vanuit het buitenland met een vliegtuig naar Nederland willen afreizen een negatieve pcr-testverklaring kunnen overleggen. De test moet maximaal drie dagen voor aankomst (72 uur) zijn afgenomen. Dat meldt minister Hugo de Jonge (Volksgezondheid) in een brief aan de Tweede Kamer. Binnenlandredactie 23-12-20, 21:03 Laatste update: 21:30 Het zal aan ...

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NDC lack full complement of their pink sheets to enable them go to court – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

The Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated that the leadership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) do not have a complete dossier of their pink sheets in the just-ended general election of December 7, 2020, to lead them to court. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs said that the NDC lacked diligence during the polls, hence their inability to compile the primary ...

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Swing parliament will keep us on our toes – NPP’s Adomako Kissi

The Member of Parliament (MP) elect for Anyaa Sowutom, Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi has faith that a hung 8th Parliament will go a long way to bridge the divide and improve performance between MPs of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to him, with such an almost equal number of MPs from both parties in parliament, they (MPs) will have to invest more ...

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EC reviews leave arrangement, senior staff to continue working

The Electoral Commission has reviewed its leave notice to staff saying senior leadership of the commission will continue to work while juniors proceed on leave. In a revised statement Wednesday, the commission said: “The Senior leadership and some key operational staff of the commission will continue to work during the break”. It comes after the massive backlash from civil society groups and ...

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Election 2020: NDC goes to court on December 28?

The Member of Parliament for Sagnerigu Constituency in the Northern Region has hinted of his party’s decision to go to court to seek redress on the December 7 elections. Alhassan Bashir Fuseini, popularly known as Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini, said no one can force the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to go to court until they have gathered all their evidence. All the 106 National Democratic Congress (NDC) ...

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Court issues bench warrant for arrest of Power FM journalist

An Accra High Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Oheneba Boamah Bennie, a journalist of Accra-based radio station, Power FM, who is facing a contempt of court charge. Bennie was dragged to court by the Attorney-General (A-G) for contempt of court after he (Bennie) allegedly claimed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had influenced some Justices of the ...

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‘Demonstrate for the next 10-years, strip naked, run through the streets’ – Baako tells NDC

Seasoned Journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr. has thrown a challenge to the rank and file of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to add hunger strike to their demonstrations and extend it for the next 10 years. The NDC supporters have been hitting the streets in protest over the Electoral Commission declaring His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President-elect. The party and their ...

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Race to become Speaker of Parliament

As the life of the 7th Parliament expires on January 6, 2021, the race to nominate the Speaker of Parliament for the 8th Parliament has begun. Per the “Hung Parliament” system of parliamentary practice, it will be incumbent on both parties to reach a compromise in order to have a smooth process in parliament. For now, after the 2020 elections, ...

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Looming by-election as NDC MP-elect is fingered in dual citizenship blues

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has given an indication that it will challenge the legitimacy of the National Democratic Congress‘(NDC’s) Member of Parliament(MP)-elect for Assin North Constituency in the Central Region. According to the NPP, the Member of Parliament (MP)-elect was not qualified to partake in the just-ended election. This according to the NPP is because James Joe Quayson has ...

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Akufo-Addo to firm-up school reopening after Cabinet meeting on December 30

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is receiving briefings fromCOVID-19 Technical Taskforce on limited school re-openings and would make a firm decision on school reopening in January 2021 after a Cabinet meeting on December 30, 2020. Addressing a news conference in Accra on COVID-19 Updates on Tuesday, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said theCOVID-19 Taskforce would work throughout the Christmas period ...

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