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Cost of medicines to go down after removal of VAT on pharmaceutical products – Govt

The government earlier this week announced the removal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on pharmaceutical ingredients in Ghana. Similarly, the VAT on selected finished pharmaceutical products have also been removed. This is to ensure that the cost of medicines in Ghana is reduced, the government said. “Government removes VAT …

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15 men vandalize household to extort money at Afrancho-Bronkong

15 men vandalized an entire household in an attempt to extort money from the family of a boy alleged to be a thief. According to Maame Adutwumwaa, the mother of the 17-year old boy Moses, who was alleged to be the thief, her son returned from work Friday evening around …

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KNUST students to study Kofi Kinaata’s ‘Things Fall Apart’

Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has authorised Takoradi-based rapper, Kofi Kinaata‘s Things Fall Apart song to be studied in the school. Effective the first semester of the 2021/2022 academic year, level 200 students of the English department will take it up. This was announced on the Twitter page of Voice …

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Abu Dhabi Crown Prince meets Akufo-Addo to deepen Ghana-UAE ties

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces has met President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to review the prospects of advancing the relations between the two nations. Sheikh Mohamed met President Akufo-Addo at Al Shati’ …

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Guinness Nigeria moves headquarters to Ghana amid harsh business environment

To stay in development and grow business opportunities within the subregion, Guinness Nigeria PLC has moved its corporate headquarters from Lagos, Nigeria to Ghana. The development will place Guinness Nigeria in the league of other businesses like Unilever and Dunlop that have left Nigeria for Ghana. According to a report …

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How Akufo-Addo, Tsatsu Tsikata delivered a legal blow to Parliament in 1979

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the legal luminary, Tsatsu Tsikata, may belong to different political ideologies when it comes to certain matters of constitutionality and principle, however, they have on few rare occasions been on the same side. One of such rare cases was in 1979 when they both represented Dr Kwame …

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I borrowed GH¢30,000 to travel to Cyprus but the Cedi is worth more than their currency – Ghanaian student

Ghanaian student in North Cyprus, Kwame Oppong Asante has shared his regret about his decision to travel to North Cyprus for education and the frustration of living with no means of paying off a GH¢30,000 loan. Speaking with DJ Nyaami on ‘Daily Hustle Worldwide,’ Oppong Asante indicated that there are …

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Man allegedly stabbed to death by stepson

A 47-year-old man has died after he was allegedly stabbed to death by his stepson during a domestic violence dispute between the man and the stepson’s mother. The incident occurred at the deceased’s home in Trenance Park in Verulam, north of Durban, on Friday night. Police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele, …

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Government committed to expanding school infrastructure – Bawumia

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says the Government will continue to motivate teachers and expand school infrastructure to achieve the best outcomes in the education sector. He said interventions like the School Feeding Programme, the Free Senior High School (SHS), the focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Technical, Vocational and …

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