THE increment of levies in the mid-year budget review statement by the Finance Minister is indicative of the troubling economic times the country finds itself in, the Minority in Parliament has stated.

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday commended the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) for its cutting edge research and training that had put Ghana at the forefront of global efforts to convert high-enriched uranium fueled research reactors to low-enriched uranium fueled.

The Registrar General, Mrs. Jemima Oware, has said the Beneficial Ownership Transparency document would be ready in March 2020 to help incorporate all stakeholders in the registration of companies in the country.

Stakeholders in the extractive and non-extractive industries have called for a zero percent threshold for companies registered in the country to help provide Beneficial Ownership Transparency in the economy.

ACTIVITIES of industrial fishing trawlers in the country's waters are to be suspended for one month, beginning Thursday August 1, 2019, in line with this year's closed season for trawling activities.

The Nungua Mantse and President of the Nungua Traditional Council, King Odaifio Welentsi III, has called on the Gadangme people to eschew chieftaincy conflicts and rather unite for the development of their traditional area.

THE West African Examination Council (WAEC) has withheld the entire provisional results of 48,855 candidates of this year's West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), over alleged malpractices.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the government is focused on getting the interest rates charged by banks and other financial institutions to drop to a single digit.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region, Albert Boakye Okyere, has stated that recent allegations against him are vile propaganda to destroy him and the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The paramount chief of the Edina Traditional Area, Nana Kojo Conduah VI, has asked Africans in the diaspora to put the sordid past behind them and forge new partnership with their kith and kin back home to develop the continent.

A forest guard at the Bia Resource Reserve in the Western North Region, was on Thursday night shot and injured by a suspected hunter.

Manaf Ibrahim, the Director of Political Affairs at the Presidency, has officially yielded to the numerous calls from residents of Asawase to run as parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) with a vow that the change needed in Asawase is inevitable.

Ayigbe Town -Assembly members of Ga South municipality have asked the Department of Urban Roads to, as a matter of urgency, rehabilitate roads in the area.

MEMBERS of Parliament were yesterday engaged in a heated debate following the presentation of the mid-year review of the budget statement and economic policy of the government for the 2019 financial year.

Tarkwa -The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) has held its 11th congregation with a call on the government to consider increasing the academic user fees.

The Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition (GTLC) has called for increased public and private investment in the agricultural sector to scale up quality and nutritious food production and security in the country.

A forum on sanitation was yesterday held in Accra to promote proper sanitation practices among students and healthcare trainees.

Sixteen business teams have successfully advanced on to the second stage of the Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) 2019 AgriTech Challenge.

An Accra High Court has dismissed an application seeking to halt proceedings, in the case in which the National Chairman and the Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been charged with conspiracy to cause harm and assault of public officers.

Nsawam -The Director of Jerisam International School, Reverend Dr Isaac Bentil-Bentum, has urged parents to support educational activities of their wards.