November 2017

Government has compiled a register of licensed small-scale miners with a view of regularising their operations and ensuring compliance with mining and environmental requirements. Presenting the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy Statement…
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Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has said as part of government’s strategy to promote industrialization, it would modify the incentives to cocoa manufacturers to increase processing of cocoa in Ghana. This, he said, would be…
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Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has stated that in order to promote economic opportunities for women, special considerations would be given to women in Government’s procurement. Mr Ofori-Atta, said this when he delivered the…
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The government has reviewed electricity tariffs downwards in the 2018 budget and economic policy statement. Average residential consumers are expected to witness a 13 per cent reduction in tariffs when government's recommendation to the…
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The fortunes of Ghanaian sport in the year 2018 will hinge on the creation of the National Sports Fund to finance sporting activities in the country. This was revealed by the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta today (Wednesday, November…
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A Deputy Information Minister, Mr Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has said government has no intention to tax the mobile money sector now. Denying assertions by the Minority in Parliament that mobile money transactions would be taxed according to…
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The daughter of Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola for 38 years until stepping down in September, was replaced by Carlos Saturnino, the president’s office said in a statement. Angolan President Joao Lourenco dismissed Isabel dos…
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The newly elected executives of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) will be inducted into office at a ceremony at the Ghana International Press Centre (GIPC) on Friday November 17, 2017. The new leaders will be in office for the next…
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The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday presented the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament. The 2018 Budget themed “Putting Ghana back to work” is informed by President…
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A gunman who killed four people on Tuesday in rural California fired into an elementary school but was stopped from entering by teachers, police say. Staff at Rancho Tehama Reserve School went into lockdown, securing school doors after…
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