Monthly Archives: December 2025

D66-leider Rob Jetten: regeerakkoord is hopelijk eind januari klaar

Formatie met kerstvakantie: ‘op koers voor eind januari’ FORMATIE D66, VVD en CDA hebben ‘grote stappen’ gemaakt’ in de formatie, zegt D66-leider Rob Jetten. Hij hoopt dat de onderhandelende partijen eind januari klaar zijn. Op 5 januari gaan de gesprekken verder. Volg alles over de kabinetsformatie in dit liveblog. Politieke redactie 23 december 2025, 14:00Laatste update: 23 december 2025, 15:41 liveblog ...

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Pensioen in nieuw stelsel stijgt nóg harder dan gedacht

Wie is aangesloten bij een pensioenfonds dat op 1 januari de overstap maakt naar het nieuwe pensioenstelsel, kan waarschijnlijk een nóg grotere stijging van het pensioen tegemoetzien dan eerder gemeld. Plus 10 procent of meer lijkt reëel. De laatste maanden zijn de pensioenpotten stevig gegroeid. Ton Voermans Economieverslaggever 31 december 2025, 03:01 PFZW, het pensioenfonds voor de zorg, verwachtte in ...

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24-Hour Livestock Market launched to drive economic growth

Business News of Tuesday, 30 December 2025 Disclaimer Source: GNA Livestock market in Ghana A 24-hour International Livestock Market has been launched at Volivo in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region to transform livestock trade, create jobs, and strengthen Ghana’s agricultural value chain. The Lower-Volta Association of Small-scale Miners and Farmers provided the market facility which consists of production ...

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GRA to implement new VAT reforms from January 1, 2026

Business News of Tuesday, 30 December 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Anthony Sarpong The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has confirmed that it will begin implementing the Value Added Tax (VAT) reforms from January 1, 2026. This follows the passage and subsequent presidential assent to the VAT Bill, 2025. The development marks a significant overhaul aimed ...

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Minority questions GoldBod’s licensing of Bawa Rock as sole gold aggregator

Business News of Tuesday, 30 December 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Minority has raised concerns over GoldBod’s licensing of Bawa Rock as sole gold aggregator The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns over the decision by the Gold Board to license Bawa Rock Company Limited as the sole aggregator responsible for purchasing artisanal gold from suppliers nationwide. Addressing journalists on Monday, December 29, ...

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Ghana’s economy highly sensitive to gold prices – IMF

Business News of Saturday, 27 December 2025 Disclaimer Source: GNA File photo of gold bars A newly released International Monetary Fund (IMF) report says Ghana’s economic stability is highly sensitive to fluctuations in global gold prices. The analysis underscores that the country’s macroeconomic outlook is particularly vulnerable to changes in gold prices and the resulting exchange rate movements, given that gold is ...

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GoldBod to fully take over gold trading and reserves in 2026 – CEO

Business News of Sunday, 28 December 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Sammy Gyamfi is the CEO of GoldBod The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has announced that the Board is set to begin full-scale operations in 2026, marking a major transition in Ghana’s gold trading and reserve accumulation architecture. Speaking on TV3’s The Key Points program on ...

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Stop insulting Otumfuo over Bawku peace efforts – Dormaahene warns Asantehene’s ‘attackers’

General News of Wednesday, 24 December 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Dormaahene Osagyefo Dr Agyemang Badu II and Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II The Dormaahene and President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Dr Agyemang Badu II, has cautioned individuals criticising the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, following the submission of the Bawku mediation report to the Presidency. According ...

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Read the full report of the Constitutional Review Committee

General News of Tuesday, 23 December 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The committee’s report proposes ammendments to the 1992 Constitution- The much-awaited report by the Constitutional Review Committee was presented to the Presidency on Monday, December 22, 2025. The committee, which was set up by President John Dramani Mahama, was mandated to review and address challenges arising from previous constitutional review processes, particularly those ...

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