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Mireku Duker, Koku Anyidoho engage small-scale mining companies in Western Region

Business News of Sunday, 20 October 2024 Disclaimer Source: Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources Deputy lands minister, George Mireku Duker and Koku Anyidoho, CEO of AMI Following a tour of some small-scale mining companies in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region, Mr. Samuel Koku Sitsofe Anyidoho, the Chief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute (AMI), has urged Civil Society ...

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Weer gedoe over plan-Klever (PVV): minister Oeganda ontkent gesproken te hebben over opvang-idee

Weer gedoe over het PVV-plan voor een terugkeercentrum in Oeganda. De Oegandese regering stelt dat het idee afgelopen week helemaal niet ter sprake is gekomen, PVV-minister Klever houdt juist vol van wel. Wat deze onenigheid voor de haalbaarheid van een eventueel opvangplan betekent, is onduidelijk. Niels Klaassen 18-10-24, 13:29 Laatste update: 18-10-24, 14:02 PVV-minister voor Ontwikkelingshulp Reinette Klever verraste kabinetscollega’s deze week met het ...

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Transporteurs balen van strengere Franse controles

De transportbranche is ‘niet gelukkig’ met de strengere grenscontroles in Frankrijk vanaf 1 november. ,,Als er files en vertragingen ontstaan is dat voor ondernemers heel vervelend, want dat kost ontzettend veel geld”, zegt een woordvoerder van Transport en Logistiek Nederland (TLN). Economieredactie 19-10-24, 14:57 Laatste update: 19-10-24, 15:22 Frankrijk verscherpt de grenscontroles tot en met eind april 2025 aan de grenzen met België, ...

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Parliament Majority Brouhaha: The looming constitutional crisis

General News of Monday, 21 October 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin and Justice Gertrude Torkornoo All eyes in Ghana will be on the country’s Parliament, awaiting the reaction of the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to the Supreme Court order for a stay of execution of his declaration of four seats in the House vacant. The decision of the Speaker, when ...

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We the chiefs and people of Kpando have high hope in your leadership – Togbe Dagadu IX to Dr. Bawumia

Politics of Monday, 21 October 2024 Disclaimer Source: www.ghanaweb.com Some Volta Chiefs welcoming Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia The chiefs and people of Kpando in the Volta Region have expressed confidence in the leadership of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, as he seeks to serve the country as President. The Vice President and NPP Flagbearer commenced his tour of the Volta Region on Sunday, and ...

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STEM and TVET will shape Ghana’s future workforce – Prof. Kingsley Nyarko

Business News of Wednesday, 16 October 2024 Disclaimer Source: Felix Nyarko, Contributor Professor Kingsley Nyarko, Deputy Minister for Education in charge of TVET The Deputy Minister for Education in charge of TVET, Prof. Kingsley Nyarko, has observed that STEM and TVET education play a critical role in driving technological advancements and fostering a culture of hands-on problem-solving that every economy desperately ...

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Fitch assigns Ghana’s new dollar bonds ‘CCC+’ rating

Business News of Wednesday, 16 October 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com US-Dollar denominated bonds upgraded Fitch Ratings has assigned a CCC+ rating to Ghana’s new US dollar bond, issued on October 9, 2024. The ratings agency also upgraded Ghana’s Long-Term Local-Currency (LTLC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to CCC+’ from ‘CCC’. It also affirmed Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) IDR at ‘RD’. Fitch also has ...

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NDC’s Joana Gyan disqualified from contesting Amenfi Central parliamentary election

Politics of Wednesday, 16 October 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com NDC Amenfi Central parliamentary candidate, Joana Gyan The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Amenfi Central parliamentary candidate, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, has been disqualified by the Electoral Commission from contesting in the upcoming 2024 parliamentary elections. This decision follows an Order for Interlocutory Injunction issued by the High Court in Sekondi on May 31, 2024, in the case of ...

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Tax office tells 2.6 million their asset tax may be too high

October 15, 2024 Photo: DutchNews.nl The tax office will on Tuesday begin alerting 2.6 million taxpayers to the possibility they have paid too much asset tax from 2017 onwards. The warning follows two Supreme Court rulings on the way the tax office calculated the tax payable on assets such as property, savings and shares, which was based on fictitious returns. ...

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