2019

The Upper East Regional Tax Justice Coalition (TJC), an advocacy organization, has called on government to review the current tax system to expand the tax net and collect more revenue for national development. The Coalition said taxation…

The Builsa South District in the Upper East Region is burdened with a debt of GH¢1.7million from old projects and programmes executed by the previous government. “It is an indication that some of the outstanding payments on projects…

Participants at the 30th Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) conference have tasked government to urgently find solutions to the plastic menace to save the environment and its associated health hazards to humanity. Some of the…

A future of Africa beyond aid is not far-fetched, Madam Ahunna Eziakonwa, Assistant Secretary General and Director, Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has said. She noted that unlike the situation…

Kinderhulp Ghana, a Netherlands-based charitable organisation has within a four-year period spent GH¢1.2 million for the provision of educational and health infrastructure in the Sunyani West District. Between 2012 and 2016, the…

Government has been tasked to step up its commitment in addressing the deepening of inequality in education, health care and the labour market. Dr. Emmanuel Ayifah, Deputy Country Director, SEND Ghana who said this, explained that…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has, with effect from Friday, November 8, revoked the licences of Fifty-Three (53) Fund Management Companies. The actions were taken pursuant to Section 122 (2) (b) of the Securities Industry…

Mrs Eleanor Kakra Barnes-Botchway on Friday ruled that the District Court has jurisdiction to hear the case involving the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzor for allegedly abetting Dr Mac-Palm and nine others to…

Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, said Ghana has instituted initiatives to ensure sound disposal and recycling of e-waste in the country. Prof Frimpong-Boateng said…

Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international non-governmental organisation, has urged Ghana to establish a Mental Health Review Tribunal, a specialised quasi-judicial body to be constituted under the Mental Health Act. Such a tribunal will…