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PURC defers decision on tariff increment again

July 14, 2022

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has deferred its tariff announcement for the 2022 to 2027 Multi-Year Major Tariff. In a statement issued by the Commission on June 27, 2022, the Commission indicated that the communicated date for the tariff announcement had been deferred to July 15 2022. But the Executive Secretary of PURC, Dr. […]Continue Reading

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Bibiani MCE, driver involved in accident on Accra-Kumasi highway

July 13, 2022

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai in the Western North Region, Alfred Amoah has reportedly been involved in an accident on the Accra-Kumasi highway. Sources say the accident, which involved multiple vehicles, occurred when a trailer truck with registration number AS 4229-X lost control around Apedwa and crashed into his vehicle. Bibiani MCE, Continue Reading

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Eastern Region records highest inflation rate among all the regions in June

July 13, 2022

During the month of June 2022, the Eastern Region recorded the highest inflation rate among all the regions, the Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Annim has announced. The Upper East recorded the lowest. “From the regional perspective we identified the Eastern Region recording the highest rate of inflation of 35.8 per cent and the Upper East […]Continue Reading

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June inflation up, records 29.8%

July 13, 2022

June 2022 inflation rate recorded 29.8 per cent, up from the 27.6 per cent recorded in May same year, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced on Wednesday July 13. The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Annim at a press conference in Accra said the Eastern Region recorded the highest rate of inflation among the regional […]Continue Reading

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IMF advises Parliament to approve a $1bn loan to prevent economy from grinding to a halt

July 13, 2022

The team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Ghana’s Parliament to approve a $1bn loan that is before the House in order to prevent economy from grinding to a halt, TV3’s Parliamentary correspondent Komla Kluste has reported. The team met the Finance Committee of Parliament on Tuesday July 12 as part of its […]Continue Reading

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Court ruling on OSP application against Sir John assets surprising but all hope is not lost – Kpebu

July 13, 2022

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has said that the court ruling that stopped the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) from freezing the assets of the late Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John), was surprising because a lot of people thought the properties were going to be embargoed. Nonetheless, […]Continue Reading

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HR professionals urged to adopt ‘hybrid work’ to organisational corporate plan

July 12, 2022

Human Resource (HR) professionals in Ghana have been urged to align HR Hybrid working plan with organisational corporate plan. Speaking at the Conferral Ceremony of Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana (CIHRMG) on Friday, July 8, 2022, HR Generalist, Dorothy Asante, explained that hybrid work regimes boost productivity and aid Continue Reading

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Pay GRA ¢10k for your frivolous application – Supreme Court to Barker-Vormawor

July 12, 2022

A seven-member Supreme Court panel on Tuesday slammed #FixTheCountry Convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor for his role in a case filed by the group and two other pressure groups. Mr Barker-Vormawor appeared as lawyer for Benjamin Darko of #FixTheCountry, Democracy Hub LBG and Democratic Accountability Lab. The case filed by the three had asked the Supreme Court […]Continue Reading

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High Court dismisses Special Prosecutor’s request to keep Sir John’s assets frozen

July 12, 2022

An Accra High Court has dismissed a request by the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng to grant him the mandate to freeze assets of the late CEO of Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, also known as Sir John. Mr. Agyebeng froze the assets as part of investigations the office commenced into the acquisition of state lands […]Continue Reading

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European chocolate firms ripping off cocoa farmers—COCOBOD CEO

July 12, 2022

The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has accused European companies that buy cocoa beans from Ghana and Ivory Coast of deliberately setting conditions that always keep the global prices of cocoa beans down. According to him, cocoa farmers from the two countries have been made worse off due to unfair pricing regime […]Continue Reading