The Fisheries Commission has reversed a decision that would have allowed tuna vessels to use lights to attract fish after an uproar from canoe fishers, who are prohibited from using this fishing method. The decision to grant an exemption for tuna vessels is against Ghanaian law in the first...
The General Manager of the Health Services Department of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Dr. Vitus Victor Anaab-Bisi, has expressed his disapproval for mass testing of the general public due to the financial implications it would have on an economy like Ghana.
“To do the mass testing with no...
A Senior Medical Laboratory Officer at the GPHA Clinic, Gideon Lamptey has called on the general public to desist from the stigmatization of health workers in particular in order not to demotivate them to stop serving the public against the spread of the COVID-19.
“I want to take this opportunity...
Ghana's sea port has recorded zero CoVID-19 cases, which might have been imported through sea transportation. General Manager of Health Services Department of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Dr. Vitus Victor Anaab-Bisi, has revealed.
He mentioned that "no case of COVID-19 has been imported through ship or sea transportation...
A civil society organisation, Mass Action Committee (MAC), is urging government to suspend the UNIPASS implementation project to allow further consultations and due diligence in order to avoid revenue losses to the country.
Government, as part of its efforts to maximise revenue from international trade, conceived the idea of having...
Ghana Revenue Authority GRA in collaboration with the Ghana Link Network Services Limited and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority GPHA have successfully conducted a simulation exercise for the new Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS).
The exercise which included the Meridian Port Services (MPS) Limited, Ghana Shippers Authority GSA, Shipping...
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has targetted earning more than US$10billion in revenue from non-traditional exports by end of 2028, under its National Export Development Strategy programme.
The country’s Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) sector has grown from US$2million annually in the early 1980s to US$2.8billion in 2018. However, with the...
Government last week directed the exclusion of some imports from its reduction in benchmark values by a range of 30 percent to 50 percent, which has been implemented with effect from April 4, 2019.
This has not gone down too well with certain trade groups. GUTA’s Welfare Officer, Benjamin Yeboah,...
Deputy Minister in charge of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah, has projected a 30 percent revenue increase at Ghana's ports when the new Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS) known as UNIPASS is fully deployed.
He is optimistic that ICUMS coming in will enable the country to achieve its single window...
Ghana Link Network Services has taken note of current debates on the Integrated Customs Management Systems ICUMS, which some also refer to as UNIPASS Ghana. But first, we want to put it on record that this new all-in-one Customs management solution is government-owned - as the Ghana Revenue Authority,...