Levy Alcohol To Fund NHIS
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made a proposal to government to levy tobacco and alcohol to fund the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). According to the Authority, the...
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Ken Ashigbey Resigns From Graphic
Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) Kenneth Ashigbey has tendered in his resignation letter, 3news.com can confirm. Mr Ashigbey wrote to employer National Media...
Lots of Alcoholic Beverages On the Market Not Standardised
The Acting Chief Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority, Prof. Alex Dodoo has revealed that a lot of locally manufactured alcoholic beverages are produced without standardization. The...
Bawumia’s Claims On Increased Port Revenue Refuted
The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana, Sampson Asaaki Awingobit has rubbished Dr Bawumia’s claims that the recent increase in port revenue is a result of the...
How Implementation of Policy Raised Port Revenue By 56%
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that an initial assessment of the implementation of the paperless system at the Ghana’s ports showed a revenue increase of 56 percent. The Vice...
Vice President Bawumia Attends High Level UNCTAD Meeting
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, left Accra on Tuesday September 12, 2017 for Geneva, Switzerland to attend a High Level Panel Discussion organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade...
Dr Ato-Arthur Spells Out Plans For Local Government Service
Dr Nana Ato Arthur, the Head of the Office of the Local Government Service (LGS), has spelt out his plans and strategies to make Ghana’s decentralization process more vibrant and efficient to...
Lands Minister Orders Companies To Get Requisite Permit Or…
The Minister of Lands, John Peter Amewu has announced he will enforce strict observance of Ghana’s law by all mining companies in the country. Mr. Amewu said even though the country welcomes...
57 Cheating Fuel Stations Fined By GSA
The 57 cheating fuel stations were altogether fined to the tune of ¢261,000… The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), has sanctioned 57 Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in the Greater Accra Region for...
Ecobank Ghana Sacks 181 Staff, Close Branches Under Digital Agenda
Ecobank Ghana has sacked a total of 181 outsourced staff from its branches across the country, Business and Financial Times (B&FT) reports reveal. The massive lay-off which took effect yesterday ,...
Ken Ofori Atta Breached Procurement Law In Over GHc10m Loan To MacDan
The Minority in Parliament is questioning the basis for which the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta gave approval for the Agricultural Development Bank to give a loan of 10,459,500 to a private firm,...
Queen of Denmark To Visit Ghana In November
Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark will be visiting Ghana in November. She will be joined by several Danish ministers and a delegation of Danish businesses. Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark will be...
Pearl Esua-Mensah Appointed Group CEO of Media General
The Media General Group has appointed a quintessential professional, Pearl Esua-Mensah, as its Group Chief Executive Officer. Her appointment takes effect from October 1, 2017. Prior to taking...
Breaking: Gov’t Cancels ‘mining Leases’ Granted Exton Cubic
Government has with immediate effect withdrawn the purported mining leases granted to Exton Cubic Group Limited to mine bauxite deposits at a forest reserve in Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District...
Multimedia Group Given 3 Days To Retract Defamatory Bins Story
The Multimedia Group Limited, owners of Joy FM, has been given a three-day ultimatum to retract a running story on its networks concerning an alleged inflated contract involving five subsidiaries of...
Ghana’s IMF Deal Extended By One Year
Just like the Ameri Power Deal, Ghana’s IMF Deal is counted among the major controversial contracts inherited by the new Akufo-Addo government from the immediate past Mahama administration. The NPP...
Accra Digital Centre To Begin Operations
Government has completed the necessary work on the Accra Digital Centre, paving the way for its operations to begin. It has consequently begun accepting applications from technology and Business...
Uber Is Committing ‘illegality’ With Private Cars – Accra Taxi Drivers Claim
Some commercial taxi drivers in Accra have raised issues of illegality in the operations of Uber, a transportation network company which has been operating within the Accra metropolis for the past...
Switzerland Company Says It Has NO Affiliations With Menzbanc
Swiss Gold Denies MenzGold: Latest reports reveal that Switzerland Gold Company, Swiss Gold Global has denied having affiliations with Ghana-based Gold Investment Company, MenzGold as claimed by the...
President Nana Addo Reveals How Mahama Mismanaged Energy Sector
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the country lost about $3 billion in economic activities during the power crisis (aka Dumsor) that hit the nation under the Mahama administration. The...