Parliament today Tuesday March 29, 2022 approved the Electronic Transactions (E-Levy) Bill. This decision was reached after the Consideration Stage was completed by a Majority-sided House following the third reading of the Bill. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) staged a walk out after taking part in the debate of the Bill. The Finance Minister, […]
Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that he filed the election petition at the Supreme Court to calm the charged political atmosphere to avoid electoral violence. The petition, he said, was also to test the legal right of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). “The atmosphere was quite charged, a few of our people […]
The Majority in Parliament has urged their Minority counterparts to respect the decision by the Supreme Court that a Deputy Speaker presiding over parliamentary proceedings reserved the right to cast his vote on matters, and be counted as part of the quorum for decision-making in the House. It said if a member of the party […]
The National Democratic Congress( NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has been charged with criminal offences in relation to his alleged dual nationality when he contested the 2020 parliamentary elections. The Attorney-General (A-G) has dragged Mr Quayson to the Accra High Court on five counts of forgery of passport or […]
Two industry operators have come up with interventions to help reduce the overall impact of the proposed taxes, particularly, the Electronic Levy (ELevy) by the government in the 2022 Budget and likely to be implemented next year, following the approval of the Appropriations Bill by Parliament last Friday. The decision to come up with the […]
A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has confirmed his intention to contest the presidential primary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) when the race opens. According to him, he would gladly accept the challenge to lead the party as the presidential candidate for the 2024 general election. Dr Duffour, who is also a […]
There is uncertainty surrounding the 2020 Budget, after one side of the House voted to reject it last Friday. Tomorrow, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Majority side of the House hopes to overturn the verdict, which they have described as “unconstitutional”. This follows a vote by only the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority side that […]
Former Minister of Transport under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Dzifa Aku Attivor, has died. Family sources said she passed on in Accra in the early hours of Tuesday, November 16, 2021 after a short illness. She was 65-years-old. She was appointed as Minister of Transport in February 2013 by President John Dramani Mahama and resigned in […]
Action Movement, a group affiliated to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described Dr Kwabena Duffuor as the person with the magic wand to secure a resounding victory for the party in the 2024 general election. The group said Dr Duffuor was an excellent Governor of the Bank of Ghana and former Finance Minister who […]
A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has interpreted his dismissal from the party to the Biblical Joseph story when his brothers sold him into slavery. “When Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery; they did not know they were selling him into his God-given destiny to become […]
The Sunyani High Court has given parties involved in the 2020 parliamentary election suit on the Banda Constituency in the Bono Region a 14-day ultimatum to file their witness statements. The court, presided over by Justice Gabriel Mate-Teye, also scheduled Thursday, May 20, 2021 as the next sitting for case management. The Parliamentary Candidate for […]
The natural jealousy of women can never be hidden when in a relationship. Which woman on the face of this earth would humbly hide herself from the general public simply because her husband is the Vice-President of a country? Which first wife would gladly accept the fact that her rival should take her shine and […]
