Parliament’s Finance Committee has invited the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta to respond to concerns by various business associations over the implementation of the 3% VAT Flat rate scheme. The invitation also comes on the back of the numerous petitions by the businesses to Parliament on the impact of the VAT on their operations. The ...

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), William Amuna, has said the company will commence the upgrading of its service lines and towers from its Tema plant to central Accra later in July 2017. This, he said was part of plans to increase the capacity of its supplies, and also ensure power reliability ...

A Mexican mayor has married a CROCODILE in a bizarre ceremony as part of an age old tradition to ‘bring luck’ to local fishermen. The female crocodile – known as ‘The Princess’ – was baptised on Thursday then subsequently dressed in a custom-made wedding dress and had her jaws clamped shut for the big day ...

Samsung Electronics will invest nearly $18bn in its chip business, the South Korean firm said Tuesday, as it seeks to expand its lead in the global memory chip and smartphone markets. The world’s top maker of smartphones and memory chips will invest 20.4tn won ($17.7bn) by 2021 to expand and upgrade its chip plants in the ...

Award-winning Ghanaian-British actress Ama Konadu Abebrese will be hosting this year’s FACE List Awards slated for Saturday, July 15 in New York City, USA. Dubbed the pan-African achievement honours, The FACE List Awards celebrate the icons and heroes of today who have paved the way for the younger generation and impacted the discourse on pan-Africa’s ...

Virginia is preparing to kill a 32-year-old man using a controversial lethal injection formula that may have subjected the last prisoner to be executed by the state to an excruciating death equivalent to drowning. William Morva is set to be put to death on Thursday using a cocktail of three medical drugs. Two of the chemicals ...

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST), Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, has sued the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong for making supposed “defamatory” comments against him. He has also sued Multimedia’s Asempa FM as well as Kennedy Agyapong’s Madina-based Oman FM, for using their platforms to tarnish ...

The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Against Mining in the Atiwa Forest Reserve, has said it will petition the International Union For Conservation of Nature, to stop attempts by Government to allow the mining of bauxite in parts of the forest as part of a 15 billion dollar arrangement with China. Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu ...

Seventeen members of various assemblies have been appointed to represent the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) on the National Executive Council of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG). The new appointments are to make up for the void created at the NEC following the revocation of the appointments of the ...

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked all his Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) not to be anxious over the expected MMDCE elections planned to take off in 2018. According to him, the election will lead to a deepening of the country democracy as well as promote accountability. The President was speaking at an ...

The Labour Division of the High Court has issued an order of interim injunction against the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), stopping it from embarking on a mass transfer of some staff. The court, presided over by Justice Laurenda Owusu, said the order remains in “force for a period of only 10 days after which the ...

Parliament has approved the formula for the disbursement of the National Health Insurance Fund for 2017. A total of 2.2 million Ghana Cedis has been allocated to the NHIS which has struggled in recent times due to delays in the release of funds, forcing service providers owed by the Scheme to withdraw their services. Speaking to ...

Students of the University of Cape Coast who impregnate underage girls will be arrested and prosecuted, the Department of Gender in the Central Region has warned. The caution comes on the back of a survey by the National Service Personnel Association in the Central Region, which concluded that some male students of UCC were engaging ...

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has signed a two-year deal with Turkish club Kayserispor. He joins from the Chinese side Shanghai SIGP, who had loaned him to Al Ahli in the United Arab Emirates last season. The 31-year-old ends a five-year absence from Europe after he left English club Sunderland in 2012. Kayserispor have finished just ...

The Cape Three Points Forest Reserve in the Ahanta West District in the Western Region, considered to be a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA), is now under serious threat. As a GSBA, the only one very close to the sea, there are certain distinct fauna and flora (animal and tree) species, such as monkeys and ...

The First batch of 74 persons with disability (PWDs) has been recruited to work at selected toll booths across the country. Additional 126 will be engaged later this month.  The move, according to the Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, is in line with an initiative by the government to create employment opportunities ...

A survey conducted by the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) in the Central Region has exposed some male students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in illegal sexual practices. The survey accused the male students of UCC for engaging young girls in the university community in “sex for money” activities, thereby contributing to the ...

The Minority in Parliament has described as insulting, government’s handling of the BOST fuel contamination saga. They contend that, the BNI and the Energy Ministry are engaged in a collusion to cover up the alleged rot to save the Managing Director, Alfred Obeng. The comments follow Thursday’s press conference by the Energy Ministry absolving the ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi, has sued outspoken member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Agyapong for defamation. Joined to the suit is Kencity Media limited, a company that manages Oman FM and Net2 TV, all owned by Kennedy Agyapong and the Deputy Executive ...

Lionel Messi has agreed terms on a new contract at Barcelona until 2021. The club say the deal will be signed in the coming weeks as Messi returns for pre-season training. Click play to look back at some of superstar Messi’s greatest moments in a Barca shirt “‘The club is very happy with both the renewal and the commitment ...