Tech
Ghana recorded 431 Cyber Security incidents third quarter of this year –CSA Director General
He explained however that over 5000 of the incidents which could have also led to various consequences were prevented.
DL News
Results for "Exhausting local court remedies"
6613 results.
Africa
South Korea accuses Liberian maritime officials of rape
The two senior employees of the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), who were accused by South Korean police, have had testimony taken while awaiting a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for prosecution.
Daily Observer
Crime
1,614 Chinese illegal miners repatriated in 14 years – GIS
Data compiled by the Ghana Immigration Service(GIS) has revealed that between the years under review thus 2009 to 2022, it was only in 2011 that no such repatriation took place.
DL News
Business
Minerals Development Fund: Chamber of mines calls for regular payments by GRA, others
Speaking at a development partnership symposium in Accra, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber, Sulemanu Koney bemoaned the delay of payment of such funds into the MDF describing the situation as unhealthy.
DL News
General
Dormaahene calls for strict enforcement of regulations on building permits
According to him, such a move would make it difficult or even impossible for people who do not possess titles to land to construct on the same.
DL News
Business
Vehicle owners against implementation of Customs Amendment Act 2020 (Act 891)
Addressing a Press Conference on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, the Executive Secretary of the Union, Mr. Frank Atanley Kofigah noted that its market has over the years provided automobile needs of the average to high-income Ghanaians as well as...
DL News
Business
Scrap VAT Amendment Act – Importers and Exporters Association tells Government
Per the Value Added Tax(Amendment) Act, 2021(Act 1072), the Value Added Tax (VAT) flat rate for retailers of goods has been restricted to taxpayers whose turnover is Two Hundred Thousand Ghana cedis (GH₵200,000) and above, but not exceeding...
DL News
General
Press statement :World Day Against Trafficking Persons
International Justice Mission is a Non-Governmental Organization. It has been working in Ghana over the last seven years and across the globe for over twenty-five years. It has 24 program offices in 14 countries.
IJM
Others
UAE: Ministry announces amended penalties for firms that don't pay salaries on time
“All non-compliant establishments, regardless of size, that fail to pay wages four months after the due date will face a suspension on new work permits."
Khaleej Times
Africa
Tunisia referendum: Voters decide whether to increase president's powers
The new constitution, which replaces one drafted in 2014 three years after the Arab Spring, would give the head of state full executive control, supreme command of the army and the ability to appoint a government without parliamentary appro...
BBC Africa
Others
The country where having a pet could soon land you in jail
Police there recently announced that walking dogs in parks was a crime. The ban was justified as a measure to "protect the safety of the public".
BBC
Others
US woman arrested for faking her kidnapping in India
The 27-year-old woman faked her abduction to "blackmail" her parents into sending money after she ran out of cash, police said.
BBC
Europe
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals
The unprecedented leak to the Guardian of more than 124,000 documents – known as the Uber files – lays bare the ethically questionable practices that fuelled the company’s transformation into one of Silicon Valley’s most famous exports.
The Guardian
General
AG to train RTI Commission staff on prosecution of offenders
The Commission has secured a fiat from the Office of the Attorney General relative to the prosecution of offenders under Act 989.
DL News
General
247 RTI requests were received in 2021- Oppong-Nkrumah
Overall 247 requests were received and processed in 65 public institutions.
DL News
Business
Eastern Region: Tourism Authority closes down 12 facilities, plans to close 13 more
The move is part of a 10-day exercise to close down about 25 non-compliant facilities within the Eastern Region.
DL News
Business
About GHC 54,000,000 realized in 1st month of E-levy – BoG
“As far as the E-levy is concerned, what we are beginning to see in the numbers since May, I think roughly we are seeing something like 54 million Ghana cedis is what has come in for the first month."
DL News
Africa
Nigeria Owo church attack: Gunmen kill Catholic worshippers in Ondo
The armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo during a Sunday service. They fired into the congregation and then kidnapped a priest as well as some other church-goers, witnesses said.
BBC
Tech
Should Banks create their own cryptocurrencies?
Even as far back as 2013, bitcoin was worth almost as much as gold. And, at the end of 2016, the total value of bitcoins in circulation was US$14bn. Is it time for banks to consider creating theirs?
The Conversation | Nafis Alam & Graham Kendall
General
EOCO Director elected Executive Member of Anti-Corruption Institutions in Commonwealth Africa
EOCO Director elected Executive Member of Anti-Corruption Institutions in Commonwealth Africa
DL News