2020 Budget to reform tax structure
The much anticipated 2020 Budget which will be laid before Parliament Wednesday is expected to be heavy on tax reforms meant to create the platform to further enhance private sector growth. As a result, the budget will review the whole tax structure to create the right environment for players within the private sector to thrive […]
Nandom Assembly reaches out to cured lepers, vulnerable people
The Nandom District Assembly has spent 339 thousand, 611point three-five Ghana Cedis (GH₵ 339,611.35) as part of its social inclusion interventions. The amount which was expended between 2017 and 2019 enabled the Assembly to support the vulnerable people in the District to meet some of their basic needs. The DCE for Nandom Thaddeus Arkum Aasoglenang […]
Veep’s wife donates books to police basic schools
Wife of Ghana’s Vice President, Mrs. Samira Bawumia has donated books to Police Basic Schools to encourage the children to cultivate the habit of reading. The donation forms part of her “Library-in-the-Box project”, an initiative which endeavours to provide books to schools. During her interaction with the pupils she said that “the world belongs to […]
Scrap cargo tracking note and tax stamp in 2020 budget- Finance Minister urged
The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association, Samson Asaki Awingobite says the presentation of the 2020 Budget must outline measures aimed at scrapping the Cargo Tracking Note and the removal of the tax stamp. He added that there was the need for the reversals of the three per cent flat rate imposed on […]
Labour Commission to drag JUSAG to court over ‘illegal’ strike
The National Labour Commission (NLC) says it has begun processes to drag the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana, (JUSAG), to the law court over its strike. According to the NLC, the industrial action by the group which begins on Wednesday, November 13, is illegal given that the two parties are already in talks on […]
ICU wants some taxes scrapped in 2020 budget
As the Finance Minister presents the 2020 Financial and Fiscal policy to Parliament this morning, the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union, (ICU) is appealing to government to scrap some income and over time taxes that have, for years suffocated Ghanaian workers. General Secretary of ICU, Solomon Kotei, told Radio Ghana in Accra, that the Union […]
Ghana’s Finance Minister presents 2020 Budget Statement today
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will today Wednesday, November 13, present the 2020 Budget statement and economic policy to Parliament, at 10:00am. That’s according to the Information Ministry in a statement. The presentation comes amid threats by the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament to give Mr. Ofori-Atta a vote of no confidence. The […]
Penplusbytes announces new training project
Penplusbytes, a leader in enhancing the capacity of journalists in various thematic areas, has announced its new cross-country training project – “Drilling Down Oil and Gas in West Africa”. The new two (2)-year project with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is aimed at building the capacity of journalists in the […]
GJA has role in strengthening media social responsibility
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has a role to play in strengthening social responsibility principles within individual media practitioners as well as media houses. “It must be noted that the GJA has always been committed to matters related to social responsibility, so the association has a vanguard role to play in further strengthening social responsibility […]
