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Separatist movement declares independence of Western Togoland

The Homeland Study Group Foundation, (HSGF), which has been campaigning for the secession of some parts of Ghana into an independent ’Western Togoland State’ declared their independence yesterday, Saturday. Leader of the Separatist movement, Mr. Charles Komi Kudzordzi alias Papavi Hogbedetor who is in his 80s made the declaration at a public gathering in Ho on Saturday, November 16, 2019. ...

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Referendum: House of Chiefs didn’t consult chiefs – Okyenhene

The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has said the statement by the National House of Chiefs declaring support for a ‘No’ vote in the upcoming referendum on local level elections does not represent Chiefs of the House. According to him, the various leaders of the regional bodies of the House have no knowledge of the statement. “The Committee of the ...

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2020 revenue target set at GHC67.1bn

Government is projected to achieve GHc 67.1 billion in total revenue, representing 16.9 percent of GDP, in the 2020 fiscal year. This was made known by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, during the presentation of 2020 Budget Statement and Economic Policy, presented to Parliament in Accra. Of the total expected revenue for the period, GHc 65.8 billion is projected to ...

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Rawlings unhappy with poor state of Volta roads

Former President Jerry Rawlings is the latest to have added his voice to the deteriorating roads in the Volta Region, notably, the road leading to the capital, Ho. While travelling to the Regional capital on Thursday, to commiserate with the family of Chairman of the National Democratic Congress there, Henry Ametefe, on the death of his wife, Mr. Rawlings stopped ...

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SEC lists CBG branches for investors to begin validation process

The Securities and Exchange Commission has directed investors with locked-up funds in the 53 collapsed fund management companies to visit some specific branches of the Consolidated Bank Ghana to begin processes to retrieve their investment. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the capital market regulator the designated CBG branches will from November 18, 2019, open to receive from clients of ...

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FULL TEXT: Finance minister presents 2020 budget

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, today presented the 2020 Budget Statement and Economic Policies of the government to Parliament. The minister dressed in his usual white apparel, holding his famous brown bag delivered what he described as the “Nkosuo ne Nkabom budget” for 2020. According to the Finance minister, the year 2019 has been “a very good year for ...

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Ghana being ruled by ‘fools’ – Odike fumes

The founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Mr. Akwasi Addai Odike has said on Radio 1 (100.7) that one major problem of this country is that we are being ruled by fools. Speaking with Nana Kwabena Addo monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Odike said instead of the leaders finding solutions to our problem, they are rather attacking each other ...

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Accra to have first sky train station in August 2020

The concession agreement for the construction of the Accra Sky Train Project has been signed on the sidelines of the ongoing African Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa. The signing of the agreement means feasibility studies, spanning a period of nine months to determine the bankability of the project will commence, with the investors assuring that the first station for ...

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Kabinet komt met aanpak tegen anorexia

Het kabinet wil de komende tien jaar het aantal ernstig zieke jongeren met een eetstoornis – vooral anorexia – flink terugdringen. In het land komen binnenkort twee speciale kenniscentra voor de aanpak van eetstoornissen en er wordt een werkwijze opgesteld om patiënten minder te voeden onder dwang Een eetstoornis kan zich ontwikkelen tot een onverslaanbare ziekte met in zo‘n tien procent van ...

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Zwaardere straffen voor verkeershufters en drankrijders

Roekeloos rijgedrag en rijden onder invloed wordt vanaf 2020 zwaarder gestraft. De Eerste Kamer heeft vanmiddag een wetsvoorstel van minister Ferd Grapperhaus (Justitie en Veiligheid) aangenomen, waardoor wegpiraten hard aangepakt kunnen worden, met celstraffen oplopend tot zes jaar. De maximale straf voor gevaarlijk rijden gaat omhoog van twee naar zes maanden celstraf, ook als er geen sprake is van letsel ...

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