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 […]
Business
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 […]
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, […]
No need for new taxes in mid-year budget review – Tax policy analyst
1,331 A tax policy analyst, Dr. Alex Ampaabeng, has advised the government against introducing new taxes in the 2023 mid-year budget review, which is expected to be delivered on July 27. He said that while it is important to shore up domestic revenue, imposing new taxes on Ghanaians could “choke the country.” Dr. Ampaabeng was […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ashanti Region: GUTA bemoans exorbitant fees charged by GRA
1,268 Members of the Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) have accused the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) of subjecting them to rigorous checks and making them pay exorbitant duties on imported goods. They described such checks as deliberate targeting which they say is hampering their businesses. Speaking at an event […]
Supreme Court clears Nduom to challenge GN Bank’s license revocation at High Court
1,150 The Supreme Court has given businessman and politian, Paa Kwesi Ndoum the green light to challenge the revocation of the license of GN Bank at the High Court. This follows a judgment by the apex court overturning an earlier decision of the Court of Appeal barring it from challenging the revocation at the High […]
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 […]









