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The government says the implementation of the new rate for the Communication Service Tax also known as talk tax is to begin effective September 2020. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta during the presentation of the 2020 mid-year budget review announced that the talk tax has been reduced from 9 percent to …

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) has called on commercial drivers to immediately reduce transport fares due to the President’s decision to lift the restriction placed on commercial vehicles in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Akufo-Addo announced on Sunday that commercial buses and taxis are to load …

The host of Metro TV’s flagship current affairs programme, Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere, is claiming that the Bank of Ghana deliberately collapsed some indigenous banks. According to him, the act was purely executed out of envy and hatred. “It is motivated by jealousy. It is motivated by hatred. It …

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Cassiel Ato Forson, is not enthused with the mid-year budget review presented by the Minister of Finance on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Ato Forson said he expected the government a better breakdown of all expenses incurred with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking …

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta will appear before Parliament today, Thursday, July 23, to present the mid-year review of the 2020 financial policy of government. Obviously, the policy presented on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 by Mr Ofori-Atta in the House has been thrown off-track as a result of the global …

President Akufo-Addo has made a passionate appeal to the leadership and members of the Vehicle and Assets Dealers Union of Ghana (VADUG), to partner with government as it takes concrete steps to improve the automotive industry of the country. The President made the appeal when he addressed a delegation of …

Chairman for the Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah has rejected demands for Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to render accounts of all funds approved for the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minority and Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper have asked for Mr. Ofori-Atta to account in detail the use the over …

38 staff of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have recovered from the novel coronavirus after 39 of them tested positive for the virus. Although it is unclear at what point in time the FDA staff tested positive for the virus, the authority said the last person is currently responding …