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BREAKING: President Mahama assents to repeal of E-Levy, Betting Tax, and Emissions Levy

Business News of Wednesday, 2 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   President John Dramani Mahama GhanaWeb Business understands that President John Dramani Mahama has fulfilled a key campaign promise by signing into law amended bills that abolish the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy), Betting Tax, and Emissions Levy. This action, completed on April 2, 2025, follows the passage of a resolution in parliament to abolish these ...

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Transport minister assures Shippers Authority of support to retain shipping lines

Business News of Monday, 24 February 2025 Disclaimer Source: GNA Shipping lines assured of support Joseph Bukari Nikpe, Minister of Transport, has assured the Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) of the government’s commitment to ensuring that shipping lines do not relocate from Ghana’s ports. He said some shipping companies had raised concerns about Act 1122 of 2024, stating that the law positioned ...

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Police deploy more than 5,000 personnel for re-collation of parliamentary results

General News of Saturday, 21 December 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Police Service has announced extensive deployment plans for EC’s re-collation The Ghana Police Service has announced extensive deployment plans ahead of the Electoral Commission‘s (EC) collation of outstanding constituency results. The collation process is scheduled to take place at the old EC head office in Ridge, Accra, on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In a leaked ...

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Edgar Lungu – Zambian ex-president stripped of retirement benefits

.Share IMAGE SOURCE,AFPImage caption, It is not clear whether Edgar Lungu will lose immunity from prosecution By Wycliffe Muia BBC News Zambia’s government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics. Mr Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde Hichilema in 2021, after which he announced his retirement. After six ...

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Ghana suffering a ‘severely disorientated economic downward spiral’ – Bagbin

  Alban Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has commented on the current state of the Ghanaian economy describing it as being in a state of severe disoriented downward spiral. Bagbin was speaking over the weekend during an out-of-town post-budget retreat for Members of Parliament and other relevant stakeholders. In his address, he spoke about the responsibility ...

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OccupyGhana petitions Special Prosecutor to investigate businessman who attempted to bribe MPs

  Majority Leader of Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Pressure group, OccupyGhana has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate claims that a businessman had attempted to bribe Members of Parliament to influence the discharge of their duties. In a statement dated November 3, 2022, the group called on the OSP to investigate recent claims by some MPs that the said businessman ...

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A/R: Bawumia Will Beat Alan Kyerematen Hands Down – Nana Obiri Boahen

Former deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Obiri Boahen, has stated that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will defeat Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, when the duo contest in the stronghold of the party, Ashanti Region. In an interview with Accra-based Metro TV on August 15, the pro-Bawumia supporter said he will ensure that the Vice President secures victory in ...

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Het kabinet wil Nederland inderdaad aan de avondklok

Het Binnenhof in Den Haag, ‘s nachts.Beeld ANP Nederland krijgt, als het aan het kabinet ligt, een avondklok. Vanaf 20.30 uur ‘s avonds moet iedereen binnen blijven tot  04.30 uur ‘s ochtends. De maatregel is van kracht zolang de lockdown duurt, dus voorlopig tot 9 februari. Wendelmoet Boersema20 januari 2021, 13:56 Het kabinet wil deze maatregel echter niet nemen zonder ...

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Fomena MP-elect makes fresh demand

Member of Parliament-elect for Fomena Constituency Andrews Amoako Asiamah has called for the resignation of the entire constituency executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The call for the entire Fomena Constituency executives to resign, according to the MP-elect, falls in line with his laid down conditions to determine whether to rejoin the party or otherwise. The development puts the ...

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