Новости за 24.10.2019

In response to the Communications Minister Ursula Owusu 39;s disagreement to his request for the withdrawal of the order given to telcos to cease the instant deductions of the Communications Service Tax (CST), Ranking Member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson insists that the Minister has no authority to issue directives necessary for implementing tax laws. Ato Forson had earlier written to the Ministry of Communications to ask for the withdrawal of the ...

Divisional chiefs at Manya Krobo in the Eastern region have accused their paramount chief, Nene Sakite II of abuse of power. According to them, Nene Sakite II has disregarded all the customs and traditions of Krobo land and instead of using his position to promote peace and unity among his people, has rather courted for himself needless litigations. At a press conference Thursday, a representative of the chiefs Nene Okpatakplah Sasraku said, ldquo;Konor Nene Sakite II is ruling with ...

The La District Magistrate court has handed a fine of cent;480 to a 74-year-old landlord for owning a house without a household toilet facility. Madam Rachael was one out of three persons in court Thursday who were tasked to provide their tenants with a toilet facility within three months else pay a fine of cent;600 daily. Speaking to Joy News rsquo; Nancy Emefa Dzradosi, Madam Rachel said she was financially incapable of paying the fine and is waiting on her relatives to bail her. ...

Students of the Accra Technical University on Thursday staged an internal demonstration on campus to display their displeasure over the strike their lecturers had embarked on. The demonstration exercise was also to express unhappiness over government rsquo;s delay in resolving the issues of the lecturers. This comes on the back of Wednesday rsquo;s meeting between Government and the Technical University Technical Association of Ghana TUTAG which ended inconclusively. For three we ...

The number of active pension contributors in Ghana have increased significantly over the last three years. According to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), the number of active contributors has inched up to 1.5 million. Director-General of SSNIT, Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, made this known on Thursday in Accra, in an interview with the media on the sidelines of a breakfast meeting organized by SSNIT for employers in Ghana. The meeting was aimed at provid ...

Regional Road Traffic and Transport Department (RMTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, in Tema, is investigating a fatal accident case along the Tema-Accra motorway, involving a woman. The yet to be identified woman, aged about 22, was reportedly knocked down by a vehicle just after the Lashibi-Adjei Kojo underbridge, near Ashaiman. According to a statement signed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Joseph Owusu Bempah, Commander of the RMTTD in Tema, copied to DAILY ...

About 105 five students from the Ho Central Constituency who have challenges in financing their education have benefitted from bursaries from their Member of Parliament (MP), Benjamin Kpodo. The bursary which amounts to over GH?61,000 serves as partial scholarships to support students for the 2019/2020 academic year in the various tertiary institutions across the country. This brings the number of beneficiaries from 2013 to date to over 500, according to the MP. He explained t ...

The Nima Cluster of Schools has no functioning toilet, as a result, open defecation is the only option for the pupils whose population runs into hundreds. Periodically the used tissue paper and fecal matter are pushed into a hole, dug adjoining a wall separating the school from the offices of the DAILY GUIDE and set on fire. The emanating smoke is a source of much inconvenience as is the health hazard posed by its inhalation. Even the kids are not spared the ...

Information reaching this news portal has it that the Wariyanga township in the newly created Tempane District of the Upper East region has been thrown into a state of mourning as unidentified armed robbers stormed the town, robbed traders and gunned down a student believed to be in his early twenties. Identified as Haadi, the decease is said to be a voluntary staff of the Woriyanga clinic. After the robbery, the robbers came face to face with police personnel in a gun battle ...

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has assured staff of Power Distribution Services (PDS) will not be worse off working for ECG. According to the company, it will strive to ensure that the conditions enjoyed by the staff of PDS will not be taken away from them. The Public Relations Officer of ECG, Daniel Adjei Larbi in a Citi News interview said ECG will comply with labour laws and ensure that all salaries and entitlements enjoyed by the PDS staff are maintained. Follo ...

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi says the PDS saga is a ldquo;create loot share agenda gone bad. rdquo; According to him, government rsquo;s orchestration to take over the country rsquo;s national asset led to the cancellation of the PDS. This, he noted is as a result of series of events precedent privy to the American government. Speaking on Peace Fm rsquo;s Kokroko Morning Show, Sammy Gyamfi said, the finance mi ...

Mrs. Gladys Oforiwa Okyere Otu, Assistant Head, Administration of Yilo Krobo Senior High School has said the donation of Mathematics and Science Revision Guide text books by MTN Ghana Foundation to the school will go a long way to motivate the students to learn more to improve upon their studies. During the donation by MTN in Somanya, she emphasized, ldquo;You all know that Maths and Science have been a challenge for all students and not my students alone. And so with the help of ...

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) in collaboration with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) has trained 3,227 caterers and head cooks in the Ashanti Region with the aim of improving their skills and knowledge on food preparation. The one week intensive training brought together caterers, head cooks, some local farmers, district desk officers, district nutrition officers and SHEP officers among others. The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protectio ...