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Over the years, I have keenly observed the lives of successful people like Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffett, Prince Kofi Amoabeng and Mike Agyekum Addo among others and nothing resonates more like their desire to follow their dreams and see it through. Recently I came across a quote from an unknown source that states that your salary is the bribe given you to forget about your dreams. I couldn’t help but wonder the path I was treading especially as a salaried worker. I realised that everything lay with a choice; a choice to invest and enrich myself, or a…

Over the years, I have keenly observed the lives of successful people like Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffett, Prince Kofi Amoabeng and Mike Agyekum Addo among others and nothing resonates more like their desire to follow their dreams and see it through. Recently I came across a quote from an unknown source that states that your salary is the bribe given you to forget about your dreams. I couldn’t help but wonder the path I was treading especially as a salaried worker. I realised that everything lay with a choice; a choice to invest and enrich myself, or a…

China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism. The measures include prohibiting “abnormally” long beards, the wearing of veils in public places and refusing to watch state television. Xinjiang is the homeland of the Uighurs, a traditionally Muslim group who say they face discrimination. Recent years have seen bloody clashes in the region. The Chinese government blames the violence on Islamist militants and separatists. But rights groups say the unrest is more a reaction to repressive policies, and argue that the new measures may end up…

China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism. The measures include prohibiting “abnormally” long beards, the wearing of veils in public places and refusing to watch state television. Xinjiang is the homeland of the Uighurs, a traditionally Muslim group who say they face discrimination. Recent years have seen bloody clashes in the region. The Chinese government blames the violence on Islamist militants and separatists. But rights groups say the unrest is more a reaction to repressive policies, and argue that the new measures may end up…

Parliament has passed the Value Added Tax (VAT) Amendment Bill, 2017, which would require all taxable retailers and wholesalers to account for VAT at a flat rate of three per cent. The rate would be calculated on the value of the taxable supply unless the Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) directs otherwise. The Bill, taken through a certificate of urgency, seeks to amend the Value Added Tax Act, 2013 (ACT 870) to classify the supply of financial services, domestic transportation of passengers by air and supply of immovable property by a real estate developer as exempt supplies.…

Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the Justice For All programme that seeks to decongest the country’s prisons. At a special court sitting Friday at the Prisons, the six were cautioned to be of good behaviour by the judges before being discharged, while two others were convicted. A total of 18 other remanded prisoners were also granted bail while one had the bail application refused. The case of three persons were struck out by the special court which were chaired by Justices Clemence Honyenuga and Hanna Taylor…

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) connived with Ghana’s Electoral Commission before the party was allowed to contest in the December 7, 2016 general elections, the party’s suspended acting general secretary has claimed. There were indications the party was going to be disqualified from contesting this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections after it failed to satisfy all the legal requirements regarding the December 7 polls. It had by 12:00 noon on October 10, 2016 when processes to accept the fees had closed, failed to present a bank draft of GHC50,000 for its presidential nominee and GHC10,000 each for all its parliamentary…

A woman has been arrested at Ghana’s Ankaful Maximum Security Prison in the Central Region when she attempted to smuggle dried leaves suspected to be Indian to an inmate. The 36-year-old Felicia Asamoah from Kumasi had craftily concealed the substances in a pair of slippers popularly referred to as ‘baba agye pay,’ which she attempted to deliver to an inmate serving 65 years in hard larbour.Felicia was arrested by officials of the Prison Wednesday, and has been handed over to the Elmina Police for investigations and possible prosecution, the Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Prison Service, ASP…

Parliament has postponed its final ruling on the Mahama Ayariga bribery allegation which was supposed to have been given by the Speaker on Friday March 31. Speaker of the House, Prof. Mike Ocquaye addressing the members indicated that following developments from the report that was laid on the floor by the 5 member Joe Ghartey committee, he (Speaker) has postponed the final ruling on it until further notice. He further indicated that the postponement has also been as a result of the absence of Mahama Ayariga from parliament. Background: Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central leveled a bribery…