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Thai Authorities Freeze Ousted PM Yingluck’s Bank Accounts

Thai authorities have frozen seven bank accounts belonging to ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra over a $1 billion fine she...

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South Korea Tips Fastest Growth In Three Years In 2017

South Korea said Tuesday its economy is set to grow at its fastest rate in three years in 2017, on the back of strong...

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Ken Ofori Atta Replacing MoF Officials With Data Bank Staff

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has alleged that top officials at the Finance Ministry have been replaced with workers...

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Gov’t Misses Out On Revenue Targets For First 4 Months of 2017

Government ended the first four months of the year missing out on its revenue target, latest fiscal data covering...

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An Expatriate For Special Prosecutor Office? [Article]

History is littered with countless examples of sovereign states engaging professionals from different nations to man...

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Political Newcomer Heads Israel’s Labour Party

Avi Gabbay, who won Monday's runoff election to head Israel's opposition Labour, is a political newcomer with a...

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12 Labour Unions Threaten Strike Over Tier Two Pension

Twelve public sector labour unions have given government up to the end of July 2017, to pay their tier two pension...

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AGI, IEAG Oppose 3% Flat VAT Rate

The 7th floor of the Job 600 (West Wing) of Parliament became the centre of attraction when the Finance Committee of...

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ICU Upset By Confirmation of Ofosu Asamoah As Labour C’ssion Boss

The industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) says it is disappointed that government ignored their concerns,...

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Gov’t Scheming To Leverage Energy Levy For $2.4bn Bond

The Minority side in Parliament is alleging that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is planning to raise a bond of...

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‘Wait For the $15 Bn Chinese Loan To Parl’t’

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho Central Constituency in the Volta Region, and a member of the Finance Committee of...

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Gov’t Streamlining Administration of Pensions – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo, has said that the rapid economic development anticipated from his government’s policies will...

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ACEP Opposes Hedging, Wants Stabilization Fund Fortified

The African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) has opposed calls for Ghana to hedge its oil against global price...

Business

Ghana To Buy Shares In Cadbury, Nestle and Other International Food Companies

The Ghana government is considering buying shares in international food companies that process cocoa aimed at...

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Importers Kick Against 0.02% AU ‘tax’

Importers have warned they will increase the prices of goods within the coming months should government fail to halt...

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Minority MPs Bemoan 21% Slash In GETFund Cash

The Minority in Parliament has bemoaned government’s decision to reduce allocation to the Ghana Education Trust Fund...

International

China Allocates More Funding For Poverty Relief

China's central government has allocated another 30.7 billion yuan to fund people living in poverty China's central...

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We Need Foreign Aid To Tackle Tidal Waves – Atta Akyea

The Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has said there is the need for external donor support to assist...

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Finance Ministry’s Response To CHRAJ Demolishes Petitioner – Baako

Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper says the finance ministry’s response to a petition sent to the...