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OccupyGhana is delighted that Ghana has passed a fiscal responsibility act. It’s a step in the right direction. But we at OccupyGhana are still grappling with the basic question: “will the Act actually control excessive government expenditure now and in the future?” For instance, according to the law, “… the overall fiscal balance on cash basis for a particular year shall not ...

The Passport Office and the Regional Passport Application Centres will no longer process manual passport applications effective Thursday, February 28, 2019. This was disclosed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in a statement issued January 28, 2019. According to the Ministry, it is part of an initiative to migrate old manual passport application forms to the new ...

Deputy Minister of Education, Kwabena Osei Adutwum, has reiterated government’s determination to go to every length to ensure that all Ghanaian children have access to quality education. No child should be denied the opportunity of going to school because of the financial situation of their parents or guardians, he said. The Minister said free Senior High School (SHS) policy has ...

Three international security organisations, including INTERPOL, have called for a substantial overhaul of the regulatory, enforcement and educational systems of medical supply chains in Africa to reduce the proliferation of counterfeit drugs. According to the three organisations — the Institute of Security Studies, INTERPOL and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime — there was a liberal criminal market for ...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Ghana’s Forestry Commission and the China National Electronic Import and Export Corporation (CEIEC) meant to lead Chinese companies to corporate with the Ghanaian government to construct a China- Ghana Forestry Economic and Trade Corporation park. The move aims at building an internationally advanced industrial cluster and bringing out strong   industrial agglomeration ...

Exactly a week into the New Year, Kenya released its tourism statistics for 2018 much to the admiration of industry watchers who hailed the quickness and effectiveness with which they have been able to collate and compile the data. Kenya like just a few African countries has adopted an effective data collection mechanism as one of the multi-faceted approach to ...

Data compiled by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that, the total number of commuters killed in road traffic accidents in 2018 recorded a 12.76% jump over the figure for 2017. This means persons killed rose from 2,076 in 2017 to a total of 2,341 in 2018. It comprises 1,796 males and ...

Ghana is close to making history as the first country in Africa to get clearance to export timber to the European market by the end of the year. This is after the country had met a series of requirements spelt out in the voluntary partnership agreement that was signed with the European Union (EU) over a decade ago. Currently, processes ...

The Police Cyber Crime Unit says it has recorded 10 cases of extortion by sex, referred to as “sextortion,” since the beginning of this year. Though figures for the period preceding 2019 were worrying, officials say the recent trend constitutes an alarming increase. Director of the Unit, Chief Superintendent Gustav Yankson, warns internet users to desist from putting out detailed personal ...

If democracy will develop in Africa, we have to get more people included along the chain, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Explaining that democracy evolved from the Latin word ‘demos’, which meant self-rule, he said: “At the heart of democracy is inclusive government – people making decisions about their own well-being.” Speaking as the special guest at the ...