The 2018 Budget and Policy Statement is the second of the NPP government since taking over the reins of government in January 2017. The 2017 Asempa budget sought to re-establish hope in the Ghanaian economy and give a clear indication of the NPP Government’s economic policy direction. It set...
The Upper Denkyira East Municipal Police Commander, Supt. Dela Dzensi, has stated that the fight against galamsey is a very difficult task because illegal miners continue to raid the mining areas after arrests have been made in those communities.
He said: “It’s been a very difficult task for both the...
Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has stated that the Special Prosecutor’s Bill is not a sole requirement for prosecuting corrupt government officials but rather one that creates an independent body for addressing such specific cases of corruption.
He said: “I believe that we have put too much emphasis on the...
Dutch carrier, KLM, is to pay passengers who were denied boarding due to over booking on an Accra-Amsterdam bound flight on Saturday January 6, 2018 an amount of €600 (Euros) as compensation.
In all, sixteen (16) passengers were affected, out of which 13 passengers went home and three were booked...
The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, in charge of Horticulture, George Oduro, has reiterated the commitment of the government to improve the lives of farmers in the country through the modernization of the country's agricultural sector.
He said government's interventions in the agricultural sector through pragmatic policies will not...
The ASA Savings and Loans Limited in Kumasi has donated a number of items at the cost of over GHS5,000 for the upkeep of children at Kumasi Children’s Home.
The items which included three file cabinets for administrative use, marker boards for teaching, toiletries, washing bowls, bags of rice among...
Despite several delays in the processes to conclude work on the regime to guide the sourcing of legal timber for the consumption of the local wood industry and the export market, it has emerged that plans are now far advanced to commence and test the FLEGT licensing regime this...
Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye has formed a five member committee to probe into allegations of extortion on the part of Ministry of Trade from expatriate companies.
He announced the ruling on Friday, 5th January, 2018 when the House was recalled through a motion filed by the minority in...
Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye has suspended sitting for thirty minutes over what he describes as procedural irregularities on the part of the Minority in Parliament over their application submitted to Speaker to probe allegations of extortion on the part of Ministry of Trade from expatriate companies.
It would...
The B&FT can authoritatively report that, the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson P. Asiama, has resigned from his position barely two years after being appointed to the position.
Information available to the B&FT indicates that, the now former governor of the central bank tendered in...