The Ghana Health Service (GHS) through the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programme will from today begin the mass administration of anti-lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and river blindness (onchocerciasis) drugs across 126 endemic districts in the country. In all, 15 districts have been targeted for elephantiasis, 120 districts for river blindness and …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who wrote the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The examination body however withheld results of 48,855 (14.12%) candidates pending conclusion of investigations into various cases of examination malpractice detected during and after the conduct of …

Government has announced that it is increasing Communication Service Tax (CST) to nine per cent. The move, according to the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta was to develop the foundation for the creation of a viable technology ecosystem in the country. “This will comprise amongst others putting in systems to …

Government has withdrawn the luxury vehicle tax which was introduced last year. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori – Atta, in his mid-year budget review in Parliament, said while the tax was introduced to raise revenue, “we have noted suggestions from the general public on the implementation of this tax.” The Luxury Vehicle …

The government of Ghana is seeking approval for extra expenditure of some GHS 6.4billion in its Mid-Year Review and Supplementary Estimates. This was contained in the Order of Business of Parliament on Monday, 29 July 2019 ahead of the Mid-Year Review Budget presentation to parliament by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. …

Hundreds of protesters claiming to be customers of Gold Coast Securities on Monday besieged the premises of Parliament and the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) appealing to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and legislators to help them retrieve their locked up cash with the Non-banking financial institution. Customers of the …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to be in Parliament on Monday, July 29, 2019 to present to the House, a review of Ghana’s 2019 budget. The presentation of the mid-year budget review is in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to be in Parliament today to present to the House, a review of Ghana’s 2019 budget. The presentation of the mid-year budget review is in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). Ahead of the presentation, …

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will today [Monday, July 29, 2019] present the mid-year budget review and supplementary estimates in Parliament in accordance with Section (28) of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). The presentation had been postponed twice. Ahead of the presentation, some pressure groups have warned …

The Kumasi Based first private radio station in Ghana, OTEC FM on Saturday July 27, 2019, drifted from their usual busy schedules to participate in the maiden edition of ‘’Exercise With Koda” Health Walk ashundreds joined yet another crowd puller to promote physical fitness. The event which saw hundreds of …

Pro-government newspaper, The Daily Statesman, has hinted that the Finance Minister will announce an increase in petroleum and mobile tax today. Ken Ofori-Atta, will address Parliament Monday morning to ask for more money to meet mainly urgent and priority infrastructural demands as the huge costs of saving the financial sector …

Introduction Part 1 examined nine VAT measures that are extolled as fiscal success and concluded by noting several flaws that negate their effectiveness: distortion of the tax structure, increase in tax burden, and not non-achievement of ambitious revenue targets for almost three (3) years. Part II discusses the Energy Sector …

Information started flying around from the first hour of Monday, July 29th, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s arrest has been ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The yet-to-be-confirmed arrest is said to be in connection with the recent open letter written Obasanjo to the incumbent president, touching on very sensitive state …

Martin Amidu has stated categorically that he is not on talking terms with Chief Scribe of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia alias General Mosquito. Reacting to news of being impervious to advise about accepting the post of Special Prosecutor, the citizen vigilante shredded the NDC …

Rapper and business mogul, Jay-Z has been seen in a new video jamming to his wife’s song, ‘Already’ which he did with Dancehall artist, Shatta Wale. We can interpret this as a huge endorsement for Shatta Wale’s brand (not for Beyonce because we all know how BIG she’s) and hopefully …

Private legal practitioner and an influential family member of current President, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko says he is tired over strenuous attempts to link him to one thing or the other under the current administration. He thinks that no story in the country is ever complete without the association of his …

Lucy Anim Koryo , a parliamentary aspirant of the party in Suhum constituency of the Eastern Region has threatened to do the unthinkable in 2020 by stripping naked if dared by the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) candidate who is the incumbent, Hon Fredrick Opare Ansah. The candidate disclosed that the …

One of the hottest music acts, Kofi Mole thrilled the crowed at last night’s Tidal rave which happened inside Kokrobite, Accra. The annual event night recorded high numbers and saw thousands of people storm the venue to catch their favorite music act on stage. Kofi Mole delivered an energetic performance …

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) will intensify its swoops across the country to rid the Ghanaian market of substandard goods regardless of where the products were made or who the importers or manufacturers are. The increase in market surveillance is part of the Authority’s efforts to check the proliferation of …

A marriage counsellor and relationship expert, Dr John Boakye, has cautioned married couples against enhancing their genitals for sexual pleasures, saying the fuss about genital enhancement is a “myth”. He said many people were obsessed with enhancing their body parts and spent huge sums of money in buying products for …

            LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT Dear Sir, I believe and hope you very well and enjoying the full grace of our Lord Jess Christmas. Your Exellency, I will love to remind of view things you and your government are forgetting, Please I hope you witnessed …

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah has said that the new tertiary education policy document seeks to eliminate all barriers that restrict applicants from gaining admissions into tertiary institutions. According to him, the demand for pass mark in some core subjects before qualifying for …

Former deputy Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson has urged Ghanaians to buckle up as government readies itself to announce an increment in the tax on fuel and talk tax in the mid-year budget review. He said an increase in the fuel tax will immediately affect the price of fuel at …

A close associate of the President, Asare Otchere-Darko seems to be preparing the minds of Ghanaians to a proposal to increase electricity tariffs. This comes two days prior to the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta’s expected presentation in Parliament, on the mid-year budget review. “Will you rather pay a little …

Having been arrested on May 2015; yesterday 26th August 2019, which commenced officially the 2019 legal vacation for Ghana’s Judiciary, marked the fifth time, Gregory Afoko ‘innocent until proven guilty according to law’, would endure painfully in the continue unlawful sub-human custody and degrading treatments from the ‘coercive’ powers of …

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the government to consult broadly before presenting the draft University Bill to parliament. Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who is also the Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST) said consulting broadly and incorporating the views of all stakeholders in the …

Two military officers at Michel Camp military base in the Greater Accra region have allegedly abused a journalist whose assistance they had sought in resolving a misunderstanding between two trotro drivers. Mr James Harry Obeng claims he was handed a cutlass and unjustifiably made to weed a bushy area within …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed satisfaction in the operations of the titles manufacturing company in the Western Region saying their presence has tremendously enhance job creation in the area largely the country. He was addressing a gathering in Shama during a brief sod-cutting ceremony for the second phase …

Financial challenges have compelled a young couple at Abuoso in Techiman in the Bono East Region, to abandon treatment of their baby with obstructive hydrocephalus at the hospital and resorted to herbal medicine. The 11-month-old baby was diagnosed with the condition at the Holy Family Hospital in Techiman, and was …

Last year was a particularly good one for people who have interest in leaked adult videos as a number of them popped up online. This year looks promising as we are continuing from where we left off as another ‘atopa video has hit social media. And it is very disturbing …