Parliament has by a majority decision passed the Value Added Tax Amendment bill to increase the rate by 2.5 percent. The controversial bill had to go to a head count for it to pass by 135-136 majority decision. Members of the Minority argued against the upward review of the VAT …

Authorities at the Kumasi Central Prisons are calling on the government and philanthropists to support the facility with essential drugs for inmates. Though they receive medicines from the government periodically, they are inadequate to meet the health needs of inmates. Congestion at the facility also remains a challenge. This was …

Investment and fund management firm Databank has announced the closure of its offices effective Thursday, December 22, and to work remotely following attacks and threats on its staff. A statement issued Wednesday by the company said it has not been spared the liquidity challenges that have beset the fund management …

According to healthline Among the many weeds, snakeweed is highly prized for its therapeutic and curative properties. It is prevalent in the arid regions of the world. Location: Mostly throughout Central America. It has great health-promoting effects, but is nevertheless classified as a weed. I heard it can even ward off …

A 49-year-old visually impaired person in Goka, a farming community in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region, Anaaba Agbango, is among some of the few persons living with a disability to venture into a productive venture. Anaaba Agbango, a native of the Upper East Region who has been …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that his determination to complete the National Cathedral of Ghana remains undented despite calls by several Ghanaians for the project to be halted. Speaking at the centenary celebration of the Ga Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in Accra on Sunday, December 18, 2022, …

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday ended the arms purchase ban on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), freeing the country’s military to buy new weapons without having to seek permission from the global body’s sanctions committee. The unanimous decision also extended the mandate of the UN Stabilisation Mission …

Five persons, including a pregnant woman have been remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court for their involvement in the robbery of a Chinese national at Caprice in Accra on December 9, this year. They have been accused of robbing the Chinese woman of GHC410,000, $8,000 and two …

      Source: Michael Agyapong Agyapa

Ghanaian veteran musician Mzbel, who accurately predicted that Portugal would win the FIFA World Cup in 2022, has shared a dream in which she claims there would be water scarcity in 2023. A musician cum entrepreneur said in a post dated December 21, 2022, that she had dreamt about humans battling …