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Ban on tricycles on highways problematic; it needs legal backing – Minority
The Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, announced the ban as part of making the roads safer and ensuring law and order in the national capital.
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Ban on ‘aboboyaa’ postponed to February 2022
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, in his address at the launch of the Operation Clean your Frontage in Accra last Friday, had fixed the starting date for tricycles to stop using major roads for November 1, this year, wh...
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Scrap “nuisance” taxes on petroleum products to stabilise fuel prices – NDC
Government, through an advice from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), removed the Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levies (PRSL) on petrol, diesel, and LPG for two months as part of measures to stabilise fuel prices.
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Business
Security requirements for SOEs outlined
Speaking at a workshop on CyberSecurity Act,(Act 1038) for CEOs of SOEs, the Director General of SIGA, Stephen Asamoah Boateng urged CEOs of SOEs to ensure that their organizations deploy the relevant tools to enable them to fully embrace c...
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Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021
A person who detains another person with the intent to cause that person to engage in a sexual activity prohibited under this Act commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a term of imprisonment of not less than one year a...
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Africa
Dubai ruler had ex-wife’s phone hacked – UK court
A senior member of NSO’s management team called Mrs Blair from Israel on 5 August 2020 to inform her that “it had come to their attention that their software may have been misused to monitor the mobile phones of Baroness Shackleton and HRH...
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Family of Kaaka respond to Ejura Committee findings that his death was linked to family feud
The Committee was established by President Akufo-Addo to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disturbances in Ejura following the killing of Kaaka. Following which the report, known as the Justice Koomson Committee of Inquiry Repor...
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Sam Okudzeto wants tax-evading lawyers to be prosecuted
The 2021 Bar Conference has entered the 3rd day, which is the day on which a new crop of National Executives will be elected to steer the affairs of the Association for the next three(3) years.
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Bar Conference’21: Make the fulfillment of tax obligation criteria for lawyers’ good standing-AG to GBA
“Sad to say, many lawyers are caught in the phenomenon of tax evasion as they unjustifiably avoid being caught in the tax net either by understanding their profits or concealing their true income,
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Europe
WhatsApp issued second-largest GDPR fine of €225m
Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, has its EU headquarters is in Ireland, and the Irish regulator is the lead authority for the tech giant in Europe.
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Google appeals France’s ‘disproportionate’ $591 million fine in copyright row
The French antitrust body imposed the sanction on Google for failing to comply with its orders on how to conduct the talks with publishers.
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Asia
Guantanamo detainee due in military court over Indonesia bombings
Encep Nurjaman, also known as Hambali and Riduan bin Isomudin, is set to face a military commission on charges of war crimes, including murder, “terrorism” and conspiracy.
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Increase mineral royalties allocated to MDF-GMWU
the government made only 1 per cent of the mineral revenue in 2020 available under its current arrangement for the development of the numerous communities affected by mining operations and this was woefully inadequate and unacceptable.
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Unregistered, uninsured motorcycles and tricycles warned to regularise by August 31
All Motorcycle, Pillion Riders and Tricycle Riders shall wear the appropriate gears
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Courts
14 Madina market traders acquitted, discharged of contempt charges
Lawyers for the respondents further argued that their clients are law-abiding citizens who are incapable of undermining the authority of the court.
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NPA boss to OMCs: Play by the rules or lose your licences
The Chief Executive of the AOMCs, Kwaku Agyemang-Duah, appealed to the NPA to take steps to check the activities of some new entrants who are taking advantage of some loop holes in the sanctions regime to make quick money.
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“5000 tax evaders in rich Ghanaian communities to be dealt with” – GRA
The GRA has subsequently admonished defaulters to redeem themselves under the existing government’s penalty and interest waiver regime, in order to avert any punishment in the future
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Center for Maritime Law calls for execution of Integrated Maritime Strategy
Dr Mbiah, a former Executive Director of the Ghana Shippers Authority, called for regional collaboration for the success of the NIMS in maritime security and ocean governance.
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MPs sue AG over salaries for First and Second Ladies
The suit which has been filed at the Supreme Court seeks a total of eight reliefs
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Africa
Egypt and Suez ship owners agree on compensation
The ship blocked one of the world’s busiest trade routes, forcing companies to reroute ships and causing long tailbacks of hundreds of vessels
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