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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has launched the 2023 edition of the ‘Green Ghana Day’ in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, which has been slated for Friday, June 9, with a call on all Ghanaians and foreign residents in the country to come out in their numbers and support the nationwide tree-planting exercise. He […]Continue Reading
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Despite the unending economic hardship being experienced, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has for three consecutive times gleefully increased electricity tariff, with the latest announced yesterday, May 17, 2023. In its second quarter review, the commission says electricity and natural gas will be up by 18.36 percent effective June 1, without taking into Continue Reading
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  …As Minerals C’ssion Bares Teeth The chief of Asomdwe, a suburb of Akyem Oda, Nana Baffour Akyeampem, who was arrested, together with three Yemeni nationals, for allegedly engaging in illegal mining, notoriously called “galamsey,” has been arraigned before court. The accused person and his accomplices, namely Hussein Ali, Muhammed Omar and Salleh Ali, were […]Continue Reading
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After nearly 10 months of waiting with bated breath, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is said to have approved Ghana’s request for a $3billion Balance of Payment support to stabilize the economy. Reports indicate that, a staggering $600million will be disbursed to Ghana within a week, once Ghana’s programme is approved […]Continue Reading
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Members of Lotto Marketing Companies (LMCs) who trade in lottery and gaming products have kicked against the imposition of what they termed, “nuisance taxes” on lottery and betting games. The lotto marketers, who are unhappy with the government and the Finance Ministry’s decision to impose 20% income tax on “Gross Gaming Revenue” of lottery, betting […]Continue Reading
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Outspoken Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Michael Okyere Baafi, has stated that the era when the flagbearer position in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was a preserve for Akans is over and it is now time for other ethnic groups to also take over the realm and lead the party as flagbearer and ascend […]Continue Reading