The Lands Commission has interdicted 14 staff members for their involvement in Stamp Duty fraud. The Stamp Duty fraud was detected in May 2022 when the Audit Unit of the Commission realised that the tax figures paid by some property owners for registration of their properties failed to reflect the tax amount expected. The fraud […]
The new train assembled in Poland for railway transportation in Ghana has been handed over to the Ghana government at a ceremony in Poland. This is the first batch of 12 state-of-the-art trains from Poland, marking a pivotal moment for Ghana’s transportation sector. It will be used on the new Tema-Mpakadan standard-gauge railway line. It […]
The Office of the Attorney-General has tabled before Cabinet a bill that seeks to reform the criminal justice system by overhauling the jury system and reducing interlocutory applications in the hearing of criminal cases. The bill, expected to receive Cabinet approval this month, also seeks to eliminate other aspects of the criminal justice system which […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will be undertaking an intensive nationwide exercise dubbed “Operation No Free Consumption” from today, February 1, to Friday, February 15, 2024. The two-week-long operation seeks to clamp down on power theft by customers who are consuming electricity without paying for it. During this exercise, ECG […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that the Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112), which imposes a levy on carbon dioxide equivalent emissions on internal combustion engine vehicles will come into effect tomorrow – February 1, 2024. The Emissions Levy is in line with the government’s efforts aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions to […]
Despite daunting development budgets, defects in cars still get revealed only after thousands of examples encounter the real world, away from the development tracks and computer simulations.©Peugeot The EU has an agency called Safety Gate, which was previously called Rapid Exchange of Information System, which seeks to flag up safety risks for all products on sale in […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is working with Interpol to identify and trace health workers who were granted study leave with pay to pursue programmes but failed to return to serve their bond terms on completion of their courses. The move is aimed at compelling those beneficiaries to refund the salaries they enjoyed enabling them […]
Working hours in Africa may see a more than two-hour reduction in six years due to heat stress resulting from climate change, with the situation projected to have dire consequences on the labour market and economies as a whole. It is also projected that heat stress globally would reduce workable hours in most regions as […]
Ghana has made another giant step towards realising the vision of building an integrated Aluminium industry with the selection of a strategic partner, Mytilineos Energy & Metals, for the construction of an alumina refinery and the development of a mine at Nyinahin-Mpasaaso. The Greek-founded multinational company is to ensure the two projects known as Project […]
Amy and Ano are identical twins, but just after they were born they were taken from their mother and sold to separate families. Years later, they discovered each other by chance thanks to a TV talent show and a TikTok video. As they delved into their past, they realised they were among thousands of babies […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has withdrawn all its legal actions against former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah. The cases withdrawn by the OSP include an application for a conformation order to continue to freeze the assets of the former Minister, and the criminal case by the OSP, accusing […]
In the wake of disagreements about the government’s decision to impose a new Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity consumers beyond the lifeline threshold, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the implementing agency, has raised concerns about the law imposing the tax. Although ECG and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) had been directed to […]
