By Maxwell Ofori, Parliament House. The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2017 has been passed by Parliament to remove the tax on gain from the realisation of securities of companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. This will help deepen the capital market and draw more investors on to the stock market. The bill […] The post Income Tax amendment bill passed appeared first on

  By Maxwell Ofori, Parliament House. A bill that seeks to amend the Special Import Levy, Act, 2013 (Act 861) to remove the levy payable on specific imported goods has been approved by Parliament. A report presented by the Committee on Finance, under the signature of the Chairman, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, captioned, report of the […] The post Levy on specific imported goods scrapped

  By Maxwell Ofori, Flagstaff House. A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Ayiko Otoo, who chaired the Executive Assets sub-committee of the Transition Team, has confirmed that 234 state vehicles are missing. The issue of missing state vehicles became topical when the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, revealed […] The post It’s official: 234 state cars missing appeared

    Story from Nelson Lopez   The Circuit Secretary of the Effiduase District of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) International in the Eastern Region, Elder Francis Owusu Acquah, has charged Christians in the country to desist from watching telenovelas. According to the CAC Elder, telenovelas, which are daily serials and broadcast five or six times […] The post Telenovela

  By Maxwell Ofori, Parliament House [email protected]… Parliament has approved a bill that seeks to reduce the taxes on petroleum products. With this development, taxes on petrol are expected to go down. It was stated by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in his presentation of the 2017 budget statement, that some taxes were going to […] The post Petrol

  African football has a new head, and hopefully, a new direction. By 34 votes to 20, Madagascar’s Football Association Chief, known by the single name Ahmad, has deposed veteran Issa Hayatou to become the new President of the Confederation of African Football. The outcome of the vote in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, […] The post New hope for African Football appeared first on

  By Mohammed Abdul-Rashid The record was forthright as it placed Ghana in the second position in Africa in Open Defecation (OD) with only 19 per cent of its total population resorting to good health and sanitation practices. Northern Region was also ranked second in the practice of OD in Ghana. This has triggered many […] The post Open Defecation, our collective responsibility appeared

  Stories from Isaac Akwetey-Okunor ([email protected]) The Lower Manya Krobo Constituency Chairman for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. David Walter Hormenu, has launched a campaign against infant malaria deaths in the constituency. The NDC Chairman, affectionately known as Chairman One, launched the initiative during the celebration of his birthday with children and nurses […] The post NDC

  The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), on Tuesday began a series of training programmes for exporters on the implementation of a single and shared exporter online registration system for export declaration. The three-day training programme being organised by GEPA in collaboration with West Blue Consulting will see exporters from the agriculture; manufacturing and handicraft […] The post GEPA

      President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday said if Ghana should succeed, it would be a function of a strong, creative and innovative private sector. He said his government’s policy for the country’s growth and development was geared at creating a good business environment that would enable the private sector to flourish. […] The post Ghana’s

Everyone deals with mistakes differently, and Jesse James certainly has his own way of looking at the past. The West Coast Choppers founder, 47, split from Sandra Bullock in 2010 after five years of marriage and multiple cheating allegations. The divorce scandal engulfed James’s life, which led him to leave Los Angeles and his Hollywood world […] The post Jesse James has ‘no regrets’ about Sandra Bullock marriage:

Paris Jackson says that being Michael Jacksons only daughter gave her a special place in his heart. “When I was a kid, I was with my dad and my two brothers,” she explains in her April Harper’s Bazaar cover story. “Growing up, I was treated as the favorite because I was the only girl.” Jackson, […] The post I was Michael Jackson’s favorite child -Paris Jackson appeared

  All eyes were on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first couple appearance at a recent Caribbean wedding, but royal enthusiasts in the UK won’t get a glimpse of their romantic outing. A new report claims that strict privacy laws in the country ban the publishing of the pair’s romantic pictures. The royal and his […] The post Prince Harry & girlfriend’s kissing photos banned in UK appeared

“ That the agenda of some of the members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to derail this new government and make sure it stays and remains out of focus can now be confirmed. From the day Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was declared President-elect to date, some in the opposition have served notice that they […] The post To Go or Not To Go, To Togo!” The Sights and Sounds of

Madagascar Football Association chief Ahmad has been elected Confederation of African Football president, ending Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign. Ahmad won 34 of the 54 votes in the election, which was held in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on Thursday . The result means a change in leadership for the first time since Cameroonian Hayatou took charge […] The post Hail new Caf boss Ahmad; was Africa right to axe