A private member’s bill proposing an amendment to remove the 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on menstrual hygiene products has been introduced to Parliament.
The proposed bill seeks to amend the VAT (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1082) to...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has penned an open letter to former President John Dramani Mahama on the latter’s recent post on social media about the new cocoa price.
Joseph Boahen Aidoo insists that...
Inflation has dropped to 40.1% in August 2023, from 43.1% recorded in July 2023. This means that in the month of August 2023, the general price level was 40.1 percent higher than in August 2022
Food inflation also decreased to...
The Assembly member for the Anto Aboso Electoral area in the Shama District of the Western Region, Emmanuel Owua-Awie, has disclosed that an amount of over GH¢55,000 has so far been found at the Anto Aboso quarry site, which...
The Minority in Parliament has questioned the basis for which the government could only increase the cocoa prices per bag to GH¢1,308 and not to over GH¢2,800.
The caucus said the Akufo-Addo-government has only shortchanged Ghanaian cocoa farmers.
In a statement...
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has given an assurance that justice will be served to victims of the Menzgold saga.
He said the efficiency of a country’s justice system was tested particularly by the speed and...
Government has achieved a 95% participation rate across its three latest debt exchange programmes.
The Finance Ministry revealed that in the first program, which focused on pension funds, nearly 95% of eligible bondholders identified by the Central Securities Depository participated.
Pension...
The government has introduced the Planting for Food and Jobs Phase Two (PFJ2.0) to consolidate the gains of the first phase which started in 2017.
PFJ 2.0, also known as the Input Credit System, will provide affordable and timely credit...
The Ghana cedi is expected to continue its stability against the US dollar this week.
This is due to an expected foreign exchange auction for Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs).
While analysts envisage an increase in corporate demand and a possible...
Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey says the claim by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) that it did not breach the procurement laws in relation to the new headquarters building is not true.
According to the legislator, documents he...
