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
– By Kwesi E. Baako For a first time appearance for these 2 contemporary Nigerian comedians, it is really something to discuss; till the next performance, which promises to be an improvement after scaling the hurdle of putting together a stand up event in the Big Apple. And for me, I was fortunate to see a
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
The Ghana Police Service has invited ‘Ekiki me’ hit singer Wisa for exposing his genital on stage while performing live.An animated Wisa went berserk and stunned patrons at the ‘December to Remember’ annual musical concert organized by Citi FM when he released his manhood on stage and rubbed it behind his female dancer.Wisa has since
Managing Director of BOST, Kwame Awuah-Darko has indicated strongly his company’s resolve to eliminate the threats posed by encroachers and a timber company bordering its Kase depot in Kumasi. The company uses a boiler with open flames; a situation that poses a grave danger to workers of the depot, the highly inflammable products and other
President John Mahama and First Lady Lordina Mahama spent Christmas Day with some children in the Bole/Bamboi Constituency, the President’s hometown in the Northern Region. “I thank God for the gift of life, health and the opportunity to share the love of the season with the children of Bole/Bamboi,” Mr Mahama said in a Facebook
Forbes has ranked Ghana 79th among 144 countries as far as doing business is concerned. The cocoa-, gold-, and oil-producing West African country also came 8th among the 40 African countries captured in the ranking.African countries like Senegal, Tunisia, Namibia, the Seychelles, Mozambique, Lesotho, Madagascar, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire were all behind Ghana in
