Monthly pension allowance has been increased by 20 per cent for 2016, officials of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) announced Monday. Accordingly, pensioners on the current minimum monthly pension of GHC230 will now receive a total of GHC296.89 as their monthly pension. The increment is five per cent up from last year’s […]
The Ministry of Finance has announced a withdrawal of the one per cent withholding tax imposed on interest earned by individuals on any investments.The tax imposition on interests is part of provisions in the new Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) which came into force on January 1, 2016.There has been huge public outcry over
The Electoral Commission of Ghana will not kowtow to pressure from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to use a new voters’ register for the 2016 elections. According to the EC, the Independent Panel it set up to look into the concerns of stakeholders on the Voters’ Register shot down the idea hence it “accepts the
Eight (8) persons have been reported dead at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi as a result of food poisoning. A number of the deceased persons who were pronounced dead on arrival at the facility, suffered severe diarrhea and vomiting but never attached seriousness to their conditions resulting in the deaths according to
Health Personnel at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have raise concerns over the increasing cases of drunkenness resulting in collapse of revelers during the Christmas festivities annually. The phenomenon they observed is resulting in some avoidable deaths and cautioned residents to be measured in the manner in which they go about celebrating festivities in
