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Less than 12 months after the ban on the export of five vegetable crops to the EU market was lifted, Ghana faces another ban on its exports. This time, exported pepper is in danger of being blacklisted over questions of quality. About 24,000 tonnes of pepper is exported from Ghana to the EU annually. The Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association ...

Motorists should brace themselves for some good news in the coming pricing window as the National Petroleum Authority hints of a possible reduction in fuel prices. The Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Hassan Tampuli has suggested that the current trend being witnessed on the market has given a positive indication and is likely to result in prices at the ...

Government is taking the necessary steps to put in place safeguards to ensure the macroeconomic gains made in the last 21 months are not reversed, Vice President Bawumia has disclosed. A key component of these measures is the expected passage, by the end of the year, of a Fiscal Responsibility Law to cap the budget deficit not to exceed 5% ...

The Bank of Ghana has released a list of banks that are duly licensed and of good standing in the country. The Central Bank is the institution mandated to supervise and regulate the operations of all financial institutions in the country. It is hoped that realising the list of licensed banks will help restore customers’ confidence in the banking sector. ...

Kumawood actress, Mercy Asiedu says they are ready to go to prison over nonpayment of taxes. According to the actress, an attempt by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to take taxes from her and her colleagues in the movie industry is unfair and does not make any sense. She was reacting to reports that she was accosted by some personnel ...

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says prices of petroleum products are likely to be reduced in the next pricing window as a result of the appreciation of the Ghana cedi against the US dollar and decrease in the price of petroleum products on the world market. The Authority says in line with the deregulation policy these positive developments would be ...

The Supreme Court has ordered parties in the case in which the Attorney General has been sued over government’s decision to build a national cathedral, to file a joint statement of issues within seven days. According to the court constituted by seven-member justices presided over by Justice Julius Ansah, it wants to expedite proceedings in the case. Meanwhile, when the ...

Voor het eerst is meer dan de helft van Nederland niet meer gelovig. Dat heeft ook gevolgen voor de religieuze gebouwen in Nederland. Steeds meer kerken staan noodgedwongen te koop. ,,Dat aantal lijkt toe te nemen.” Religie raakt in Nederland steeds meer uit de gratie. Slechts 16 procent van de Nederlanders gaat minstens één keer per maand naar de kerk. Een ...

De afgelopen jaren zijn honderden aanvragers van een uitkering bij gemeenten of de Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) betrapt die hadden verzwegen dat ze eigen vermogen in het buitenland hadden. Het verzwegen bezit loopt in de tientallen miljoenen euro’s, blijkt uit onderzoek van het actualiteitenprogramma Nieuwsuur. Alleen al in Turkije werd in 2016 en 2017 ongeveer 17 miljoen euro aan vermogen ontdekt, ...

Circa 200.000 van de 2 miljoen mensen met een aflossingsvrije hypotheek raken in ernstige problemen als hun inkomen in de toekomst daalt. Dat meldt de Vereniging Eigen Huis (VEH) na analyse van de eerste uitkomsten van de recent gelanceerde VEH-hypotheekscan. Eigen Huis waarschuwt al geruime tijd voor de gevaren van de aflossingsvrije hypotheek. Na begin dit jaar al een peiling ...