Business News of Thursday, 22 December 2022 Source: classfmonline.com Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that the country will take its first consignment of oil under the gold-for-oil policy in January 2023. “I am happy to announce that the Government of Ghana has concluded the arrangements for the operationalisation of the ‘Gold for ...
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Reduce prices now – Akufo-Addo appeals to traders
Business News of Monday, 19 December 2022 President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo has asked manufacturers, traders, and transport operators in Ghana to reduce their prices as the Cedi stabilizes. There is some jubilation on the streets as the Ghana Cedi surges against the dollar. Interbank exchange rates announced by the central bank on Friday, October ...
Read More »GRA retrieves over US$93 million revenue via informants’ scheme
Business News of Monday, 19 December 2022 The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is the revenue arm of government The Ghana Revenue Authority has recovered in excess of US$ 93 million and an additional GH¢421million from multinational and local companies operating in the country through its informants’ reward scheme. These were ordinarily taxes which the state could have lost as a result ...
Read More »Government to suspend debt service payments under certain categories – MoF
Business News of Monday, 19 December 2022 Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta Government through the Ministry of Finance has said it will suspend all debt service payments under certain categories of the country’s external debt component. The move according to government is an interim emergency measure pending further agreement with the relevant creditors while some analysts have described it as Ghana ...
Read More »Cedi stages shocking comeback with 63% gain against dollar
Business News of Monday, 19 December 2022 File photo of Ghana cedis and dollar notes Businesses and households can now breathe a deep sigh of relief, as the Ghana cedi has seen a shocking recovery against the US dollar as of mid-December – appreciating by 63.7 percent. This comes as an unprecedented surprise, since just a few weeks ago the ...
Read More »Cedi stages shocking comeback with 63% gain against dollar
Business News of Monday, 19 December 2022 File photo of Ghana cedis and dollar notes Businesses and households can now breathe a deep sigh of relief, as the Ghana cedi has seen a shocking recovery against the US dollar as of mid-December – appreciating by 63.7 percent. This comes as an unprecedented surprise, since just a few weeks ago ...
Read More »Obuasi gets first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Health News of Monday, 19 December 2022 Participants who were at the commissioning cutting a cake Anglogold Ashanti Health Foundation (AGAHF) has commissioned a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the cost of GHC660,000. This is the first and only well-equipped Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Obuasi. The idea to put up the facility according to the Executive Director ...
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Ken Ofori-Atta holds press briefing on the economy
General News of Monday, 19 December 2022 play videoFinance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta The Ministry of Finance is holding a press conference to provide an update on the Ghanaian economy. This comes after Ghana and the International Monetary Fund on December 13 reached a staff-level agreement for an amount of US$3 billion under an Extended Credit Facility covering a three-year period. Although the ...
Read More »42% of Covid vaccines wasted as Volta residents resist vaccination
Volta region is the least region vaccinated against covid-19 out of 16 regions in Ghana Residents of the Volta Region in Ghana are resisting being vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic, a situation which is leading to the wastage of vaccines, the authorities have said. Available statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that only 28.1 per cent of ...
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Op 1 januari veranderen er weer veel regels. Check hier de gevolgen en ga goed voorbereid het nieuwe jaar in. Laurens Kok 16-12-22, 13:30 Laatste update: 15:06 Een nieuw jaar betekent nieuwe regels. Voor de zorg, ons inkomen of de energierekening. We hebben voor jou zoveel mogelijk wijzigingen op een rij gezet. Zorgpremies 2023 bekend: forse stijging meest gekozen polissen Verdien je nu ...
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