General News of Saturday, 23 December 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoDeputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin A heated exchange occurred between Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin, and Ranking Member of Finance, Isaac Adongo, during the parliamentary debate on the VAT Amendment Bill. Accusing Adongo of not reading the document, Afenyo Markin rebutted Adongo’s claim that the VAT Amendment Bill sought to impose ...

Business News of Saturday, 23 December 2023 Source: GNA                          Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta Parliament on Saturday passed the Appropriation Bill, 2023, to allow Government to withdraw GH¢259.05 billion to meet its expenditure for the 2024 financial year. The amount will be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund and other public funds ...

Business News of Wednesday, 20 December 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Managing Director of SML, Christian Sottie Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) has strongly refuted allegations of being awarded a 10-year government contract, asserting that the duration of the contract is, in fact, five years. Dismissing claims made in a documentary by an Accra-based media outfit, SML challenged them to produce any contract ...

General News of Thursday, 21 December 2023 Source: kasapafmonline.com Majority Leader of Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has led Parliament in shooting down reform proposals from the Electoral Commission for the 2024 elections. The Chairperson of the Commission Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensah has announced a number of reforms including closing polls at 3pm and doing away with the indelible ink. On Tuesday in the District ...

  play videoNDC Deputy General Secretary, Mustapha Gbande Deputy General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustafa Gbande, has asked Ghanaians to arm themselves when going to vote during the 7th December 2024 general elections. According to him Ghanaians should carry guns and machetes or anything they can lay their hands on to enable them protect themselves and ...

Business News of Tuesday, 19 December 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Cocoa is a key export commodity for Ghana Ghana’s cocoa sector regulator, COCOBOD, has signed an $800 million syndicated loan agreement with international banks to support the 2023/24 crop season for cocoa purchases, Reuters has reported. According to the portal, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Ray Ankrah, disclosed this on Tuesday ...

John Dramani Mahama Former president Jon Dramani Mahama has tasked immigration officials along Ghana’s western border to recognize the Ghana Card as a travel document. He says complaints of extortion by native Ghanaians, who happen to live in Ivory Coast, were not right especially so for those who show their Ghana Cards yet are denied entry till they are forced ...

Kate Gyamfua, Women’s Organiser, NPP Kate Gyamfua, the National Women’s Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has criticized some appointees within the NPP government led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, accusing them of being “wicked and selfish.” Speaking in an interview on Peace FM on November 22, 2023, she asserted that the president appoints individuals not only to ...

General News of Monday, 27 November 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC The High Court in Tema has rejected an application filed against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, and her deputies for contempt of court in connection with the Limited Voter Registration Exercise, graphic.com.gh has said. The applicant, Precious Ayitah, sought to have Jean Mensa, Dr. ...

Business News of Monday, 27 November 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II   The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has appealed to Ghanaian professionals and graduates to remain in the country and contribute their part to its development. Pondering over the increasing exodus of health and educational professionals from Ghana to the Western worlds for greener pastures, the Asantehene acknowledged ...