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Two companies in Accra including a law firm have been closed down by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for owing the State to the tune of over GHC1.41 million in taxes. Documents from the GRA show the law firm, Peasah-Boadu and C. Legal Practitioners and Consultants which is located at Shiashie within the Gulf House owes GHC1,000,787.17 The second company, Fastel Constructions Limited at Haatso also owes the State GHC41,089.82. Officials of GRA say the amount owed by the two companies covers other charges and penalties, TV3’s Ebenezer Agyekum Boateng reported. Our correspondent say they have been given a 10-day…

A last minute efforts by management of the Accra Mall saved the shopping centre from being closed down Wednesday morning by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) over a GHC2.3 million debt. An audit by the GRA revealed managers of the Mall between 2013 and 2015 under-declared the taxes paid to the State. They have since September this year failed to pay the amount totaled GHC2,306,625, inclusive accrued penalties, despite notices served the management of the Mall in September and October 2017. As part of a national tax exercise currently being undertaken by the GRA, revenue officials stormed the premises of…

The bottlenecks associated with land registration in Ghana will soon ease as government introduces reforms at the sector, the Vice President has assured. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia believes digitising the land registry and the process of acquiring a land title will boost the mortgage market in Ghana. Speaking at the 21st National Banking Conference, organized by the Chartered Institute of Bankers, in Accra on Tuesday November 28, 2017, the economist served notice overhauling the sector will be one of the major projects to attract government attention in the coming year as part of moves to promote transparency and efficiency in land…

Ghana’s self-acclaimed dancehall King, Shatta Wale, has released a song to condemn the emerging ‘slave trade’ in Libya where some stranded black African migrants are being sold like merchandise in an open market. Libya has been in the news in the past few days following reports of hundreds of Africans being bought and sold in slave markets across Libya. He urged all Africans to pray for the victims of this modern ‘slave trade’ and wondered why “we can’t love ourselves; why can’t you be your brother’s keeper?” GHANA FOR LIBYA …FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LIBYA.. SHATTA WALE -…

A Bosnian Croat war criminal has died in hospital after drinking poison during an appeal hearing in The Hague. Slobodan Praljak, 72, died in hospital, with the UN court announcing that the courtroom was now “a crime scene”. On hearing that his 20-year jail term had been upheld, Praljak said he was not a criminal and then drank from a small bottle. He was sentenced 20 years’ imprisonment in 2013 for crimes in the city of Mostar during the Bosnian war in 1992-95. On hearing that his sentence had been upheld, he told the judge, “I have taken poison”. The…

Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has suggested he is overwhelmed by the rate of picketing, which has become the willpower of health professionals and students under his ministry in pushing through their demands. Picketing has in recent times assumed an alarming rate in the country, and appears to be the tool which workers and students use in getting government to resolve their grievances usually bothering on conditions of service and employment. The latest picketing Tuesday by Allied Health Professionals from College of Health in Kintampo of the Brong Ahafo region caused Mr. Agyemang-Manu to speak against such practice that has gained…

The Accra Mall, one of the biggest shopping centres in the capital, risks closure today November 29 if managers of the facility fail to settle over GHC2 million debt owed the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in taxes. Officials of the GRA are currently on the premises of the Accra Mall to retrieve a total of GHC2,306,625 from the management, which is made up of under-declared tax plus penalties. “The GRA is at the mall to retrieve the money or close the mall,” TV3’s Ebenezer Agyekum Boateng reports from the scene where revenue officials are in talks with management of the…

On the occasion of his 59th birthday, Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday, November 29 started off the day in a gymnasium to work out in order to keep healthy. Hundreds of Ghanaians and well-wishers took to social media platforms with goodwill messages on his birthday but the former in a post on his social media handles, said today’s birthday “feels like any other day though”.“[I] spent the morning in the gym, working out to keep healthy,” he said, and urged Ghanaians to “remember to exercise to keep healthy” because “Ghana needs you alive”The former President did not…

Football star Samuel Eto’o has denied claims that he personally donated money or purchased plane tickets for Cameroonian migrants so they could return home. In a post on his Facebook page, he said “this rumour is completely baseless”. He urged his followers to act to prevent the terrible plight of migrants rather than react to it, adding that “among the victims will be people who we’ve lived alongside at some point”. People on social media have been sharing photos appearing to show migrants returning home from Libya after being released from slavery. However, one of the images dates back at…

Desmond Kwesi Blackmore popularly known as D-Black says signing Patapaa will not be a decision he would want to make. The hitmaker and Black Avenue Muzik boss, who describes himself as a laid back fellow acknowledged that Patapaa was a creative artiste however his choice of genre doesn’t fit into the preference of his label. “He is not what I’m looking for, I don’t sign hot artistes, I sign upcoming talents,” he remarked. He said this in an interview on the Urban Blend show with Miriam on 3fm 92.7. Also commenting on signee Wisa Gried, D-Black said Wisa was an…