Players in the oil palm industry have expressed fears that the Ghana Revenue Authority’s decision to maintain and continue implementing the 50 percent benchmark value on palm oil imports is severely hampering the development of local content - collapsing businesses and leading to job losses.
President of the Oil Palm...
As senior high schools (SHS) prepare to re-open on Monday, June 22, heads of SHS in the Eastern Region have assured that all arrangements are in place to receive both the final-year and Form-two students.
These arrangements, they said, include availability of Veronica buckets, soaps, alcohol-based hand sanitisers among others...
The woes of the nation’s health sector seem to be deepening as the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana (PMAG) and the Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana (CPG) have written to the Ministry of Health, serving notice over their intention to halt the supply of drugs to health care facilities funded...
Some are on their phones chatting on WhatsApp with friends. Others are watching videos on their mobile devices or listening to radio. While others are entertaining themselves with draught (a board game in Ghana) or engaged in heated argument about the upcoming polls in December. Ordinarily, you won’t see...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has directed its Customs Division at the port to resume normal operations, as their shift system which was put in place due to measures to check the spread of COVID-19 has been cancelled.
The move is part of urgent steps being taken by the GRA...
The world’s leading disinfectant, which proved effective against the Ebola virus and is now EPA approved to kill the coronavirus, has entered Ghana. Sold worldwide, the Halo Fogger and Halomist combined, offer an unparalleled way of disinfection.
The Halosil Disinfection System has been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Validation process is ongoing
Total client claims now stand at GH¢3bn (from GH¢12.6bn)
71,000 individuals, 5,750 institutions make claims
Government committed to intervene
Commission pursuing changes to law to gain more powers
13 out of 18 CIS transferred to new fund managers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
Until the Bank of Ghana gets tough on banks and applies sanctions on them for treating customers unfairly, the practice will not stop, banking consultant, Dr. Richmond Akwasi Atuahene, has told the B&FT.
His comments come in the wake of a report by the Market Conduct Examinations Office set up...
Ghana's quest to reduce the importation of rice by increasing local production has received a major boost, following the purchase of 520 specialised rice tractors by government for onward distribution to rice farmers in the country.
The tractors, comprising 220 Cabrio Compat tractors and 300 Global Multipurpose mini tractors, were...
The Ajumako Campus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) in the Central Region, has put in place a standby medical team to attend and manage any case of COVID-19.
The Dean, Faculty of Ghanaian Languages-UEW, Ajumako Campus, Professor Charles Owu-Ewie, made the revelation when Zoomlion Ghana Limited disinfected the...