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No more deputies; Finance Minister ordered to appear in Parliament

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye has directed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to be in Parliament himself to answer questions filed by Members of the House. Prof. Mike Oquaye’s ruling follows the Minority’s insistence that the Minister and not his deputies be present to answer questions which mainly concern mobile money transactions and other details about the banking ...

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Pasgeboren baby levend gevonden in papieren zak

n een Antwerps appartementsgebouw is een pasgeboren kindje gevonden in een papieren zak.  Een schoonmaakster trof de baby vanmiddag aan. Het pasgeboren kindje werd rond 12.30 uur door de vrouw ontdekt in de inkomhal van een appartementsgebouw. Het zat in een papieren zak en was in handdoeken gewikkeld. Waarschijnlijk was de baby vanmorgen al te vondeling gelegd. Hoewel verschillende mensen ...

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‘Tax defaulters in informal sector making life difficult for successive governments’ – Prof.Mike Oquaye

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof.Mike Oquaye, has expressed concern about the posture of businesses in the informal sector which fail to pay taxes; maintaining that they are making life difficult for successive governments. Statistics from the GRA indicate that only 1.5 million of the expected six million taxpayers honour their tax responsibilities to the state, with 200,000 being from the ...

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Cost of KIA’s Terminal 3 burdening GACL – Kofi Adda

Aviation Minister says the loan facility secured for the Kotoka International Airport’s Terminal 3 project had a very high-interest rate which has prevented the Ghana Airports Company Ltd (GACL) from taking on other projects. According to Joseph Kofi Adda, the cost in putting up the Kotoka International Airport’s (KIA’s) Terminal 3 project is strangulating the Ghana Airports Company by preventing ...

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Bank of Ghana to inject $800m into reserves efforts to stabilise cedi

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it will add a minimum of $800 million to the country’s reserves this month to stabilise the cedi against major international currencies, especially the dollar. The Head of Financial Markets at the central bank, Steven Opata, told the Daily Graphic that the accumulation of more dollars would help increase the net international reserve (NIR) ...

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Police sack ‘rowdy’ NDC gurus; Ofosu-Ampofo bailed

“This is not a church room. I heard some singing going on. This is the Police Headquarters with rules and regulations. Please respect yourselves. I need the Chairman and three of his counsel; the rest please go down… my name is ACP George Tweneboah, Deputy Director-General of CID.” These were the words of the Deputy Director-General of the Criminal Investigations ...

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‘Mahama Girl’s’ case resumes

The case brought against Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) during previous Mahama administration is gradually taking shape, as the State has filed all the documents it intends to rely on for the trial. The trial court, presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare-Botwe, has ordered the Office of ...

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Weet jij al op wie je gaat stemmen? Doe de Kieswijzer

PROVINCIALE STATENVERKIEZINGENProvincies zitten in je portemonnee, kunnen zomaar een windmolen in je achtertuin plannen of besluiten om de aanleg van die langverwachte rondweg nog maar eens tien jaar uit te stellen. Kortom, redenen genoeg om vooral even de Kieswijzer te raadplegen voor je op 20 maart gaat stemmen. Hoe werkt de Kieswijzer? 01-03-2019, 17:12 48 seconden context Wie in het stemhokje straks ...

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