POLITICS

The Registrar-General’s Department has denied reports suggesting that digital address is replacing Tax Identification Number (TIN) as prerequisite for the registration of businesses in the country. “This is because the global positioning system (GPS) will indicate to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) where businesses are located, so that local government officials can follow up and give businesses operating licences. ...

National Democratic Congress Presidential hopeful Stephen Atubiga has revealed that his colleague presidential aspirants have scheduled a meeting for Friday November 30, over the GHC400,000 filing fee announced by the party. According to him, the meeting was triggered out of their collective concerns over the staggering amount being charged for the contest by the party executives. Aside the filing fee, ...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has suggested that embassies operating in Ghana may soon start demanding digital addresses from Ghanaian visa applicants. Although this is not yet a government policy or a directive from embassies, Dr. Bawumia thinks this could become a reality. Dr. Bawumia made the comments when he was giving the keynote address at the 2nd Stakeholders ...

Mr Ohene Agyekum, Manager of the John Dramani Mahama 2020 campaign team, has said that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) can never prevent the former president from campaigning in Asanteman. Some thugs believed to be working for Chairman Wontumi tried preventing Mr Mahama from meeting party delegates of the ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the double track system of the free Senior High School policy is draining parents financially. Describing the double tracking system as “green-gold traffic light”, Mahama observed that parents are under huge pressure to raise additional money to pay for remedial classes for their wards. Over 400,000 students are taking part in the double track ...

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel-Ofosu Ampofo, has hinted that the current number of 13 persons aspiring to contest the flag bearer slot of the party may reduce by the time the party takes them through the eligibility process. According to him, the party would take the aspirants through a “pruning process”, adding that there ...

Presidential hopefuls of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are likely to pay a staggering amount of GHC400,000 as filing fee in order to partake in the contest. Additionally, the hopefuls will have to cough out a reported GHC20,000 to pick their forms to contest in the race scheduled for December 19. The amount will be halved for women and ...

The General Legal Council (GLC) yesterday dismissed a complaint filed against ace undercover investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. The GLC declined jurisdiction in a complaint of professional misconduct brought against Anas. The MP, in July 2018, dragged Anas to the GLC, claiming that Anas misconducted himself professionally ...

The Judicial service has been bolstered by 731 commissioners for oaths who will be deployed for the National Identification Card (Ghana Card) registration exercise. The commissioners of oath were sworn in by the Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akuffo last Friday. The commissioners of oath were trained at the Judicial Service Training Institute in Accra in partnership with the National Identification ...

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East Dr Dominic Ayine has described as illegal government’s plan to provide seed money for the construction of the controversy-ridden National Cathedral. The source of financing of the religious edifice has been a matter of controversy with many identifiable groups, including the Trades Union Congress (TUC) challenging the essence of the project. But the ...