2021 budget: Petrol price to go up 5.7% – Mensa-Bonsu
The price of Petroleum products will go up by 5.7% in the coming days, Caretaker Finance Minister Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu told Parliament today during the 2021 budget presentation.
“I should note that on the basis of...
Ghana’s debt stock now GHC291.6b – Mensa-Bonsu
The COVID-19 Pandemic has pushed the country’s deficit and debts to worrying levels, according to statistics presented in the 2021 Budget statement read in Parliament on Friday by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei...
Gov’t to introduce COVID-19 Health Levy, 3 others to fix economy – Mensa-Bonsu
Government is introducing a Covid-19 Health Levy of 1% on Vat, Flat Rate Scheme (VFRS) and a 1% on National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL) as part of revenue measures to help the economy recover.
Minister...
2021 budget: Gov’t frees Trotros, Taxis of income tax
Government has announced the suspension of vehicle income tax for beneficiaries of commercial public transport popularly called Trotros and taxis to reduce the cost of transportation under its tax relief program.
Small businesses will also...
GH¢100b ‘Obaatan pa programme’ unprecedented in Ghana’s history – Mensa-Bonsu
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and caretaker Minister for Finance, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has said that government’s Coronavirus Alleviation and Revitalization of Enterprise Support (CARES) initiative is a singular and remarkable financial investment in the...
Apam drowning: Mahama donates GHC10k to bereaved families
The Running Mate of the NDC in the 2020 Elections Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on Thursday led a delegation on behalf of former President John Mahama and the NDC to console the bereaved families...
Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu: Caretaker Finance Minister presents budget today
Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has been appointed caretaker finance Minister by President Akufo-Addo.
The Suame MP will be holding the fort as Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta still undergoes treatment in...
YEA contract staff beats girlfriend to death at Akatsi North
A deputy director of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) Philip Caezar Kumah has allegedly beaten his girlfriend to death at Akatsi North in the Volta region.
According to the Volta Regional Police PRO, Sgt. Prince...
I’ve no rift with Mahama – Anyidoho
The former deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has dispelled suggestions that he has a rift with the former flagbearer of the party.
Mr Anyidoho's comment comes after some members...
I haven’t received any suspension letter from NDC – Anyidoho
The former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Koku Anyidoho, has revealed that he is yet to receive a suspension letter from the party.
According to him, reports of his suspension have only...