Despite stiff opposition to the 2.5 percent increment in the Value Added Tax (VAT) as contained in the 2023 budget statement, the Minority could not marshal the needed numbers to win the voting called. After a heated debate on the floor of Parliament Thursday dawn, the matter was put to …

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that Ghana has concluded talks for the operationalisation of the Gold for Oil policy. In a Facebook post on Thursday, the Vice President said the first oil products under the policy will be delivered in January 2023. The Gold for Oil barter …

Ghana’s National Security Minister Albert Kan-Dapaah disclosed this to journalists in Ouagadougou on Wednesday 21st December 2022 after conveying a message from President Akufo-Addo to the Burkinabe leader President Ibrahim Traore. Mr Kan-Dapaah led a high-level delegation from Ghana which also included Security chiefs and officials from the Ministry of …

Even before the edifice comes up from the basement of foundational works ongoing, four days of religious programmes have been lined up to be held at the site of the controversial National Cathedral. Three continuous days of Bible reading and a Worship and Thanksgiving service three days later have been …

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described those criticising the construction of the National Cathedral as the biblical Sanballat and Tobiah. He says their continuous doubt over the erection of the edifice will not discourage him just as the Jews did not back down on the construction of the Wall of …

Road Transport Operators has cautioned recalcitrant drivers who have been violated recent directive to reduce transport fares by 15.3% which took effect on Monday December 20, 2022. to comply with directive in order to devoid sanctions. They have deployed a joint taskforce set up by the Operators to force recalcitrant drivers …

The Minority members on the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee of Parliament have won by a majority decision to reject the GH¢80 million additional budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture for the  National Cathedral of Ghana. The allocation was contained in the Appropriations Bill of the …

Tears, regret and shame. These expressions summarized the countenance of Sampson Agharlor, Elvis Ojiyorwe, Jeff Omarsar and Yusif Yakubu, the four accused persons charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping. Two years since playing various roles in the kidnapp and abuse of two Canadian young women, Lauren Patritica Catherine …

The Chairman of the National Media Commission(NMC), Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo, has called on newly elected Chairman of the National Democratic Commission (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, to resign as a member of the  Parliamentary Service Board. He said the position demands neutrality of the highest sense and he doesn’t think a …

Body of a man who committed suicide at an area around the Kasoa tollbooth has been retrieved by police. The deceased is believed to have entered into the nearby forest, climbed one of the trees and hanged himself with a rope. According to eyewitnesses who are horticulturists in the area, …