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Use Mid-Year Budget Review to Suspend the Insensitive Lottery/Sports Betting Taxes: CSBO Urges Ken Ofori-Atta

1,069  The Coalition of Small Business Owners(CSBO) through its Convener, Mr. Justice Ayeh Donkor is urging Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance with immediate effect to use the 2023 Mid-Year Budget Review to Suspend the Lottery and Sports Betting Taxes imposed on Lottery and Sports Betting Companies and their customers. The taxes on Lottery and […]

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Hon Mireku Duker Launches two community mining schemes in Amansie West District

1,386  Two Community Mining Scheme (CMS) concessions expected to create a combined 7,500 job opportunities have been launched at Moseaso-Abransie in the Manso-Nkwanta Constituency of the Ashanti Region. Delivering a speech at the ceremony on behalf of the sector minister on Wednesday, July 26, Deputy Minister George Mireku Duker promised to continue his advocacy for […]

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MTN Extends Community Engagements To Western North And Ashanti Regions

1,292  MTN Ghana has organized community forums in Sefwi Dwenase in the Western North region and Asante Mampong in the Ashanti region to educate customers on products and services, mobile money (MoMo) fraud and provide updates on network improvement initiatives in the country. The fora were attended by Police Officers, Prisons Officers, Municipal Chief Executives, […]

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SSNIT to stop investing in non-profit social ventures – Employment Minister

1,237  The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah has given assurances that Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is set to shift policy away from investing in non-profit social ventures to safeguard contributors’ funds. The Minister was responding to concerns of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) regarding an observation from the 2021 […]

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High Court dismisses sexual harassment case against First Atlantic Bank, slaps former NSS personnel with ¢6,000 cost

3,252  The High Court in Accra has dismissed the case against First Atlantic Bank by former National Service Person, Deborah Sayram Adablah, who alleged sexual harassment against the bank and its former Chief Finance Officer, Ernest Kwasi Nimako. The Court presided over by Justice Olivia Obeng Owusu, also slapped Miss Adablah, (Plaintiff) a cost of […]

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Fuel prices go up

1,533  There have been marginal fuel price hikes at major filling stations in the country. A visit to the pumps by 3news.com on Monday, July 17 showed that petrol prices have jumped from GH¢12.30 per litre to GH¢12.45 per litre. This is same for Diesel. Visits to Goil, TotalEnergies and Shell showed the latest price […]