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The Bueau of National Investigations (BNI) and the National Security have cleared the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, Alfred Obeng Boateng, of any wrongdoing in the sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel, a document sighted by Kasapafmonline.com has revealed. This follows investigations conducted by the two state security agencies into the ...

An academician and former rector of the Ghana Institute of Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof. Stephen Adei, has asked Ghanaians to give the current government more time and space, so that they can implement the planned programmes and policies. He is of the view that the present administration is just six months old, and as such it is too early to ...

Government is in the process of reviewing all Internally Generated Funds in the country. As a result, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has put together a committee to look into the existing policy which allows Ministries, Departments and Agencies to charge fees for certain services. These fees go into funding the operations of these MDAs. The review forms part ...

Details are emerging about how Kingsley Awuah-Darko, former Managing Director (MD) of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited and his management team transferred over GH¢40 million to the presidency under the previous Mahama administration in a very bizarre manner. It is unclear into which accounts the huge payments were made, but DAILY GUIDE understands that about GH¢40,500,000 ...

One person has died in an accident involving students of the Afia Serwaa Ampem Nurses’ Training School, Tafo Nyhiaeso, when they were returning from an excursion to Lake Bosomtwe at Abono in the Bosomtwe district of the Ashanti Region on Monday July 3. The accident happened at about 4:30pm with 40 students on board the bus. The injured have been ...

Fresh details emerging from the sale of contaminated fuel by the Bulk, Oil, Storage and Transportation (BOST) have revealed that the firm at the center of the saga – Movenpiina oil – sold two million litres of the contaminated oil to another unlicensed firm called Macwest A letter intercepted by Starr News reveals the transaction took place two weeks before ...

Oye GH, a local bag and accessories firm, has donated two custom-made bags to Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann, the National Science and Maths Quiz mistress whose bag was stolen last Thursday. According to the management of the firm, the gesture was meant to ease the pain of the distraught senior lecturer at the University of Ghana. The black bag with ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has commenced the application of the 3% VAT Flat Rate to replace the previous 17.5% Input – Output VAT computation approach effective July 1, 2017. The old approach, which suffered low compliance due to the extensive paperwork in filing VAT returns is being replaced with the 3% Flat Rate to make it easier for tax ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to remain a neutral instrument of the State and for its personnel to rise above partisan considerations in the discharge of their duties. According to him, for the utmost functioning of the Armed Forces and every other armed service, was apolitical and insulated from contentious party partisan politics, irrespective of ...

Ashanti regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah has asked city authorities across the country not to issue building permits to land owners who intend building in waterways. According to him, the decision of land owners to build in waterways has resulted in perennial floods in most parts of the country, destroying several properties and lives. Mr Osei-Mensah was speaking in an interview ...