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We’ve always acted in good faith – PDS reacts

by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Power Distribution Services (PDS) says it will collaborate with the Government of Ghana as it seeks to probe its Payment Securities (Demand Guarantees) for the ECG takeover. In a statement, the company said it has always acted in good faith and will not rush to put out …

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Why government suspended PDS

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah       Government of Ghana in the late hours of Tuesday, July 30 announced the abrogation of the contract with Power Distribution Services barely six months after the company took over from the Electricity Company of Ghana. In a statement signed by Information Minister Kojo Oppong …

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ECG is back as gov’t suspends PDS agreement

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Government has suspended the concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS), bringing back the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to be in full control of power distribution. According to Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the decision was taken after government detected “fundamental and material breaches of PDS’s …

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2019 Mid-year Review: ‘Petrol, mobile tax to go up’

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     Pro-government newspaper, The Daily Statesman, has hinted that the Finance Minister will announce an increase in petroleum and mobile tax today. Ken Ofori-Atta, will address Parliament Monday morning to ask for more money to meet mainly urgent and priority infrastructural demands as the huge costs …

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YEA BEGINS A 500 ACRE MAIZE FARM AT WENCHI – BRANAM

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       The Regional and District Flagship Project of the Youth Employment Agency has begun earnestly with the cultivation of a 500 acre maize farm at Wenchi Branam in the Bono East Region. This project is in partnership with all stakeholders of the Agency including …

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NLA Resources VAG Secretariat

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     The historic collaborative agreement signed between the National Lottery Authority and Veterans Administration, Ghana has started producing positive and healthy results towards the socio-economic development and financial empowerment of the Veterans.   The NLA-VAG Partnership gives NLA the sole power to manage, regulate and …

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Kejetia Traders Association exposes NDC lies

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The leadership of the Kejetia Traders Association has dared the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region to produce an agreement documents between the traders and Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in 2015 they claimed they have in their possession. The traders said that …

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VAG Lotto Set to Address illegal Lottery Operations

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       The National Lottery Authority (NLA) led by Hon. Kofi Osei-Ameyaw and Veterans Administration Ghana (VAG) led by Capt. Ben Edward Dua(Retired) had a joint management meeting on the 18th of July, 2019 to make deliberation as well as agreed on the terms, conditions, …

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cows ‘to get birth certificates’- Agric Minister urges

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     All Ugandan cows are to receive birth certificates to allow them to be more easily traced in order to comply with European Union (EU) regulations, according to The Daily Monitor. Countries producing food for the European market must provide proof of its traceability, said Mr …

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IMF boss Largade resigns

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       The Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has resigned. Christine Largade in a letter to the Members of the Board said her resignation takes effect on September 12, the likely date for her hearing before the Economic …

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Taxi Driver Arrested While Allegedly Raping Passenger

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   A Taxi driver has been busted for allegedly trying to rape a passenger. The Taxi Driver was captured on camera allegedly raping one of his passengers at the corner Von Weilligh and Wemmer Jubilee in South Africa last week Wednesday 10th July 2019. The man has …

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Kumasi: KMA allocates over 8,000 Kejetia stores to traders

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has begun an exercise to move about 8, 400 traders to the newly constructed Kumasi Kejetia Market for the commencement of business activities. The exercise was to present letters of ‘Allocation of Stores’ to the traders who have been biometrically validated and …

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COCOBOD HOLDS SEMINAR FOR ITS CHATTERED ACCOUTING STAFF

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has held a day’s seminar for its Chartered Accounting staff at Cocoa House in Accra with a call by the Chief Executive, Hon. J.B. Aidoo to embrace emerging trends in the financial fraternity to continue to build a formidable team …

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Breaking news: Nduom sues government

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     A subsidiary of Groupe Nduom, Ghana Growth Fund Company Limited, has sued the government of Ghana over debts owed it. The company, in a suit filed at the commercial division of the High Court in Accra on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 said the debt …

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Kumasi: Metro Mass staff on sit-down strike; passengers stranded

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     Staff of Metro Mass Transit (MMT) in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region have declared a sit-down strike against the management of the state-owned transport company. The angry Staff of the organization are protesting poor management of the company’s vehicles among other human resource …

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NLA Rolls Out VAG Lotto

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       The National Lottery Authority (NLA) in accordance with the agreement with Veterans Administration Ghana (VAG) is fully set to officially launch and operate VAG Lotto starting from the month of July 2019. The operations of VAG Lotto will be very useful in addressing …

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Police pick up GUTA executives over trade fracas with foreigners

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Personnel from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service have arrested some executives of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) and Electrical Dealers Association. The arrest is said to be in connection with their threat to take action against foreigners in the retail …

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Zimbabwe bans use of foreign currencies

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Zimbabwe dollar was scrapped after it became almost completely worthless The Zimbabwe dollar was scrapped after it became almost completely worthless Zimbabwe has banned the use of international currencies such as the US dollar, South African rand and British pound. Zimbabwe has not had its own …

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Zoe pastor picked up by police

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       Police investigators have begun looking into how scores of investors got their monies locked up with EL Real Estates and Tikowre Capital. The owner of the two schemes, pastor Kelvin Kobiri who is the founder of the Zoe Outreach Embassy has been taken …

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GCB workers sue bank for attempts to sack them over WASSCE results

  by:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   A GCB Bank memo cited by Adom News indicates that some clerical staff of the bank, have secured a court injunction on attempts to sack them because they did not obtain credits in English and Mathematics in their WASSCE, prior to their employment. The memo, dated May …

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Electricity tariff up by 11% effective July 1

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has approved an 11.17 per cent tariff increase for recovery of total electricity revenue requirement for the regulated electricity market effective 1 July 2019. ccording to Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), the decision was taken after careful consideration of …

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