Tax Reforms Must Be Evident-Based
An economist at the University of Ghana (UG) has proposed that tax reforms should be based on evident-based models, which are able to predict how much the country will benefit from them. Professor...
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KOICA Supports Upper East Health Care With $9m
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has provided $9 million to improve the quality of Maternal, Neonatal and Child healthcare in all the districts of the Upper East Region. The five...
We’ve Allocated GHC46m For Sports Development – Nana Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has indicated that an amount of 46 million cedis has been allocated to the Sports Ministry for the development of sports in the country. The President, who flew from Liberia...
We’ve Allocated GHc 46m For Sports Development
President Nana Akufo-Addo has indicated that an amount of 46 million cedis has been allocated to the Sports Ministry for the development of sports in the country. The President, who flew from Liberia...
We’ve Allocated GHC 46m For Sports Dev’t
President Akufo-Addo has indicated that an amount of 46 million cedis has been allocated to the Sports Ministry for the development of sports in the country. The President who flew from Liberia to...
Secession Fears Cloud Myanmar Peace Talks
Talks to end decades of bitter civil war in Myanmar have faltered, a government spokesman warned Sunday, blaming ethnic rebel demands for greater autonomy, which the military fears could break the...
Zongos Threaten To Kill Persons Involved In Same-Sex In Community
A local Islamic cleric, Mallam Abass Mahmud has supported the youth in the Muslim community of Ntonso in the Ashanti region to wage war against persons involved in same sex relationship in the area....
Increase Our Grant, LEAP Beneficiaries Appeal To Government
Beneficiaries under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme in the Tano South District of Brong-Ahafo Region, have appealed to the government to increase the quantum of the grant...
Government Must Pass Affirmative Action Bill – CEO UBA
The Chief Executive Officer of UBA Ghana, Mrs. Abiola Bawuah has called for the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill to support women. Mrs. Bawuah also appealed to the government to appoint 30...
Myanmar Must Investigate ‘army Beating’ Video
Myanmar authorities must investigate a video showing men in military uniforms viciously beating handcuffed detainees suspected of being ethnic rebel fighters, rights groups said Sunday. The video's...
Man Who Died Defending Muslim ‘a Hero’
The mother of a US man who died protecting two young women from anti-Muslim harassment has called him "a hero" who "will remain a hero" after his death. Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche was one of two...
The Middle East Forced Labour Bandits and the Polemic of Slavery Conventions
The Middle East forced labour bandits and the polemic of slavery conventions The recent countless images and voice messages which are making the rounds on the social media and purported to be from...
Two Killed On Portland Train After ‘defending Muslims’
Two men have been stabbed to death after they tried to intervene when a man yelled racial slurs at two Muslim women on a light-rail train in Portland, Oregon, US police said. A third train passenger,...
LEAP Beneficiaries Appeal For Increment In Grant
Beneficiaries under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme in the Tano South District of Brong-Ahafo Region, have appealed to the government to increase the quantum of the grant...
Israelis Rally For Palestinian State, End of Occupation
Thousands of Israelis rallied Saturday in Tel Aviv in support of a Palestinian state ahead of the 50th anniversary of Israel's occupation of Palestinian land. Banners bearing the slogan "Two states,...
Employers Push For Passage of Affirmative Action Bill
Employers in the country have heightened calls for the quick passage of the Affirmative Action Bill to increase women’s representation in top positions in the corporate environment. Speaking at the...
Africa, So Close Yet So Far From G7 Summit
It's a powerful symbol: Seven of the world's richest countries gathered in Sicily, a Mediterranean island on whose shores rickety migrant boats from northern Africa regularly wash up. But while...
Some 10,000 Migrants Rescued Off Libya Coast In 4 Days
More than 3,400 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Friday, bringing to about 10,000 the total number rescued over four days, according to Libyan and Italian officials. At least 10 bodies...
Nana Addo Decorated With Liberia’s Highest Award
President Nana Akufo-Addo has been decorated with Liberia’s highest national award, the Grand Order of the Most Venerable Order of the Knighthood of Pioneers. President Akufo-Addo was decorated on...
Philippines’ Duterte Under Fire Over ‘sickening’ Rape Joke
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte came under fire Saturday for making a second joke about rape, with Chelsea Clinton leading online outrage and a rights group branding his sense of humour...