The Communication Service Tax (CST) has taken effect but many in the public remain unaware of its implementation. The CST was hiked from six per cent to nine per cent in the mid-year review and supplementary budget presented to Parliament by Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance. This, would affect the cost of telecommunication services rendered to customers by ...
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Your attitudes can heal patients faster than drugs – Minister tells health professionals
Central Region Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has urged health professionals in Ghana not to underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, and a kind word to a patient. According to him, kindness can heal patients better than the administration of medicines. The regional minister made the remarks when he handed over six pickup vehicles to six district health directorates in the ...
Read More »FAO launches project on malnutrition that targets women, vulnerable
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched a project to support the government’s efforts to reduce malnutrition, particularly among women and vulnerable groups. Known as “Support to reduction in malnutrition in women and vulnerable populations through food-based approaches”, the project is also aimed at facilitating the country’s efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal Five (SDG 5), which ...
Read More »Strong leaders care about all people, not just their own citizens, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says at UN
Advances in weaponry have made the world smaller, which means leaders are not only responsible for the fate of their citizens but of everyone else on the planet, the President of Ukraine told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ongoing conflict in places such Syria and Yemen, and his own country, reveal that war is the biggest threat to ...
Read More »Earth’s oceans and frozen spaces paying price for ‘taking the heat of global warming’
Our oceans and frozen spaces have been “taking the heat” for global warming for decades, climate experts said on Wednesday, warning that without a radical change in human behaviour, hundreds of millions of people could suffer from rising sea levels, frequent natural disasters and food shortages. “The ocean is warmer, more acidic and less productive”, the report by the Intergovernmental Panel ...
Read More »Ghana becoming haven for foreign criminals – Immigration boss laments
The Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCGI) in-charge of Command Post and Operations is worried that migrant crime in the country is on the ascendency. Laud Kwesi Affrifah says Ghana is on the verge of becoming a criminal haven for foreigners and is, therefore, urging officers of the Services to “sit up and make our country safer.” He made the statement in an interaction with ...
Read More »Government to streamline collection of employment data
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) is working with stakeholders to streamline standards and centralise employment statistics generated within the productive sectors for effective reporting and targeting. This, the Ministry said, would ensure easy disaggregation and analysis of employment data by the Ministries, Departments and Agencies and the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies for use by policymakers towards ...
Read More »Investigate church members who offer huge tithes and offerings – GPCC Gen. Secretary
The General Secretary of Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), Rev. Emmanuel Teimah Barrigah has urged Christian leaders to conduct background checks on church members who pay huge tithes and offerings as a way to fight corruption in the country. According to him, Christians make up 70 per cent of the country’s population so if there is an epidemic of ...
Read More »Agbogbloshie Market provided with resource centre
A resource centre has been opened at the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra to provide victims of sexual and gender-based violence in the area with the needed support. Victims of gender-based violence and other social vices can walk to the centre, named Rapid Response Centre, to get help for access to justice, health care and other forms of social support. Funded ...
Read More »UN climate summit: World leaders gather to present plans
A special climate summit organised by UN Secretary General António Guterres is set to open in New York, but some key world leaders, including Donald Trump, will not take part. Mr Guterres expects leaders to come with new and ambitious plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Youth activists, including Greta Thunberg, will address delegates. Ahead of the one-day summit, scientists ...
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