The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority, (NPRA), Mr Hayford Attah-Krufi, has stated that pensioners do not need lawyers to access their pension benefits after retirement. He said the days when pensioners went through struggle to access their benefits were over because of the electronic measures the Authority had put in … The post You
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders is making a case for the reintroduction of a national shipping line, the Black Star Line. According to the institute, this will help bring competition among the various shipping lines while helping to address the issue of the depreciating cedi due to significant funds that are repatriated out of … The post Bring back national shipping
Financial services provider, FBNBank, has seen its profit before tax more than double for the 2021 financial year, as it grew by 112 per cent to close at GH¢111.8 million, its audited financial statement for the period under consideration has shown. The growth was anchored on year-on-year appreciation in net interest income at 16.9 percent … The post FBNBank posts strong
The performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) improved marginally in the month of March underpinned by rising investor confidence in the Accra bourse. The Accra bourse recorded a marginal improvement over last month’s performance closing the month of March with a return of -1.67 per cent for the Composite Index. A summary of March … The post GSE
About 50 persons were affected when two hours of rainstorm hit the Appiatse Relief Camp, near Bogosoin the Prestea -Huni Valley municipality on Friday afternoon. The rains, carrying strong winds, blew and collapsed tents occupied by the displaced persons, leaving personal belongings, including mattresses, soaked in muddy water. It also caused some flooding at the … The post Rainstorm
The Municipal Chief Executive of Okaikwei North, Boye Laryea, said the assembly will not sit aloof for disaster to strike before it demolished structures sited under the high tension poles of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). He said “we will remove all unauthorised structures under this high tension cable to save your lives and … The post Okaikwei
Child Rights International has sued the Attorney General at the Supreme Court over child streetism. The applicant is asking the court to declare that the Government of Ghana is in breach of articles 15(1), (2), 13(1) and 35(4) of the 1992 Constitution for not ensuring that children receive special protection against exposure to physical and … The post CRI drags
The BGC International DMCC Ghana Limited who allegedly evaded tax totaling GH?21, 948,165.45, has been sued by the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA). The company’s tax liability for the period 2016 to 2018 is made up of withholding tax, directors Pay As You Earn (PAYE), income tax and accrued interest. The GRA, the institution responsible for assessing, collecting, and accounting … The post GRA
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio, has urged the Lands Commission to collaborate and work effectively with traditional Authorities in order to mitigateperennial land disputes in the country. He explained that although government has been clothed with the powers to keep in trust the natural resource -(land) of the country, traditional authorities … The post Deputy
Justice Abdulai, a law lecturer at the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) has said that the recent decision of the Supreme Court (SC) that the Deputy Speaker of Parliament could count himself for purposes of a quorum and is entitled to an original vote is a miscarriage of justice. On March 9, a seven-member … The post Deputy
Two persons are feared dead at Akatsi in the Volta Region following clashes between Akatsi police and the youth yesterday morning. According to reports, the rampaging youth massed up at the police station to demand the release of a motorcycle impounded by the Akatsi police last Friday. The report indicated that the police allegedly run … The post 2 dead following
Christians all around the world yesterday marked Palm Sunday to honour Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter and marks the first day of Holy Week. While this was a joyful, special occasion for his followers, this event took place towards the … The post Christians worldwide mark Palm Sunday
The construction of Ghana’s first vaccine manufacturing plant is expected to begin in July this year, the Chairman of the Presidential Vaccine Manufacturing Committee (PVMC), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has said. Under a private led consortium; DEKS Vaccines Limited, the plant would be a “fill and finish” site that imports components of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for … The post Construction
The Member of Parliament (MP) for AnyaaSowutom Constituency, Dr Dickson AdomakoKissi, has presented food items worth GH?12,000 to the Muslim community in the Constituency in support of their Ramadan. The items included cartons of milk, boxes of brown sugar, boxes of Lipton tea, 500 pieces of bread and boxes of Milo among others. Presenting the … The post Anyaa
Kwaku Kwarteng, the Chairperson of the Finance Committee of Parliament, has urged his colleagues to respect the referral of some Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Privileges Committee. He explained that it was the only means through which some mistakes could be corrected and indicated that “the summons of AdwoaSafo, Henry Quartey and Kennedy Agyapong … The post Speaker’s
The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) last Saturday, conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph SiawAgyepong. He was honoured in recognition of his outstanding contributions to environmental sanitation and higher education in Ghana and beyond. The Chairman of the Council … The post UHAS
A total of 518,717 students out of the 555,353 who qualified for placement have successfully been placed into various Senior High and Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes across the country as of last Friday. Representing 93.4 per cent of those qualified for placement, 320,773 of the number have also enrolled on various SHS … The post School
Did you know that untreated Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) have the tendency to affect once fertility? STIs are passed from one person to another during vaginal, anal or oral sex. Chlamydia and gonorrhea are the first and second most commonly reported bacterial STI in the United States. In 2019, a total of 1,808,703 cases of … The post Sexually Transmitted Infections
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Mines and Energy, has called on the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to expedite works on the reconstruction of the Appiatse community, in the Prestea-HuniValley municipality in the Western Region, destroyed by an explosion in January, this year. It added that, with the onset of heavy rains, work on … The post Parliamentary
The Ghanaian Times stands to be corrected if the ban on the use of motorcycles for fare-paying operations have been lifted otherwise this paper knows that such operations have been outlawed in the country under Regulation 128 (subsections 1- 4) of Road Traffic Regulations 2012. In fact, Regulation 128 states among other issues that “The … The post Make Operation PAARI bite!! appeared first on
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