May 1, 2020 - Ghana News Express

Ghana’s parliament scraps taxes on covid-19 donations

1May

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Ghana’s parliament scraps taxes on covid-19 donations

Donations of stocks of equipment and goods as relief supplies for the fight against the COVID 19 outbreak will no longer attract taxes. Parliament, this afternoon, approved tax waivers to scrap taxes such as 15% value added tax (VAT), 2.5% National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL) and 2.5% GETFund levy on COVID 19 donations. The law makers believe the incentive will encourage individuals, corporate bodies and institutions to donate towards the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. In a related development, the House has also approved the Income Tax Amendment Bill 2020 to waive taxes on withdrawals from third-tier Provident Funds and Personal Pension Schemes. Prior to the approval today, withdrawals from these funding before their maturity attracted a 15% income tax if withdrawn b...

HEALTH WORKERS IN GHANA TO ENJOY GH¢288 MILLION FROM GOVT.

1May

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HEALTH WORKERS IN GHANA TO ENJOY GH¢288 MILLION FROM GOVT.

Ghana's Parliament has approved an amount of ¢288.6 million tax waiver as incentive package for health workers in the country. The purpose of the tax waiver is to motivate them in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak in the country The waiver is on the emoluments of frontline workers for the months of April, May and June. Additionally, COVID 19 front line health worker s will also enjoy special allowances for the period of March, April, May and June 2020. The tax waiver incentive for health worker was announced by President AKufo-Addo last month. According to the President, front line health worker are to enjoy 50% of their basic salary as additional allowance without taxes. The Finance Committee of Parliament, in its report on the waiver pointed out that the wai...

1May

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World

CORONAVIRUS FROM CHINESE LAB-TRUMP

US President Donald Trump has appeared to undercut his own intelligence agencies by suggesting he has seen evidence coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory. Earlier the US national intelligence director's office said it was still investigating how the virus began. But the office said it had determined Covid-19 "was not manmade or genetically modified". China has rejected the lab theory and criticised the US response to Covid-19.Since emerging in China last year, the virus has killed 230,000 people worldwide including 63,000 in the US. The pandemic has seen at least 3.2 million people infected, a million of them Americans, since the virus spread from the city of Wuhan.What did Trump say? At the White House on Thursday, Mr Trump was asked by a reporter: "Have you seen ...

CLOSURE OF GHANA’S BORDERS EXTENDED TO MAY

1May

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CLOSURE OF GHANA’S BORDERS EXTENDED TO MAY

Nobody will be allowed to leave or enter the country via land, air or sea till the end of May, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. The country’s borders have been closed to human traffic since March 23 as part of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic. At the virtual May Day Celebration from the studios of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) yesterday, President Akufo-Addo announced that the government has decided to extend the border to the end of May. “We know that the overwhelming majority of positive cases came from travellers or contacts of travellers. So, we have no option but to keep our borders closed until we are confident that we have put in place measures to prevent travellers from importing the virus,” th...

Gospel trio Preachers set to release new single titled “CONTROL”

1May

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Entertainment

Gospel trio Preachers set to release new single titled “CONTROL”

Talented trio Preachers are set to release a new single into the Urban Gospel World. The single titled "CONTROL" will be the trio's second release of 2020 after releasing "It's Working" in January. After celebrating ten years in the music industry with the release of their XAlbum, the award winning group is to begin another musical journey in the industry. Known for their versatility in delivery its hard to conclude what genre this would be, but one thing for sure is, its a banger !! Anticipate “control”.

TENSION AT NEW OKUAPEMHENE’S INSTALLATION

1May

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TENSION AT NEW OKUAPEMHENE’S INSTALLATION

Tension is mounting at Akuapem Akropong in the Eastern Region following the installation of Odehye Nana Kesse as the new Okuapemhene. The ceremony is taking place under heavy security. The new chief is being installed after the Judicial Review Committee of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs nullified the enstoolment of Odehye Kwasi Akufo as the Okuapemhene yesterday. The Judicial Review Committee, in its ruling, said it was against the laid down tradition for the Queenmother of the area, Nana Afua Nketiaa Obuo II, to select Odehye Kwasi Akufo to the vacant position. According to the committee, the Abrewatia of the Royal Sakyiama Family is the legitimate person to select candidates to be installed as Paramount Chief. The Okuapeman stool has remained vacant since the...

MPs CELEBRATE COVID-19 FRONTLINE WORKERS ON MAY DAY

1May

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Politics

MPs CELEBRATE COVID-19 FRONTLINE WORKERS ON MAY DAY

Members of Parliament have celebrated the frontline workers fighting against outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic in the country The law makers who contributed to a speech delivered on the floor of the House by the MP of Sunyani West and Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, commended the frontline workers for helping the country to contain the spread of the pandemic. The statement was to mark today's May Day Celebrations and wish all workers well, especially those leading the fight against the COVID 19 outbreak. Hon Baffour Awuah said the government is committed to improving the welfare of workers, despite the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. "We want to assure workers of Ghana’s commitment to their, and we therefore appeal to workers ...

Commonwealth Youth Games To Be Rescheduled

1May

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Sports

Commonwealth Youth Games To Be Rescheduled

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board have decided to explore rescheduling options for the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games. The seventh Commonwealth Youth Games were scheduled to take place ‪from 1-7 August 2021 after Trinidad and Tobago was awarded the competition by the CGF in June last year. The impact of the pandemic on the global international sporting calendar means that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have now rescheduled to the summer of 2021 during the original dates of the Youth Games. Following positive discussions, the CGF has agreed to consider the best alternative options and timeframes for staging the event in the future, potentially in 2023. The CGF has given the Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games Association (TTCGA) consideration as the first optio...

COVID-19: Do not leave players to their fate Dr. Adam Baba warn clubs

1May

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Sports

COVID-19: Do not leave players to their fate Dr. Adam Baba warn clubs

Chairman of the GFA Medical Committee, Dr. Adam Baba has advised Ghanaian clubs to keep an eye on their players in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has brought the world on its knees leading to the death of over Two Hundred Thousand people across the globe. Ghana’s confirmed cases stand at 2,074 with 17 people recorded dead and 212 others said to have recovered from the virus. This has forced the Ghana Football Association to suspend all football competitions in the country following a ban imposed on all public gatherings. “COVID-19 has come with its peculiarity and the sport has been hard hit. So the problem is, after COVID-19, what next?,” Dr. Adam Baba, who is also a senior medical doctor at the 37 Military Hospital quizzed. He went on: “We must also adopt means ...

GFA begins renovation works at headquarters

1May

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GFA begins renovation works at headquarters

The headquarters of the Ghana Football Association is currently undergoing some renovation works ahead of the rainy season. The move has been necessitated by the leakages in the roofing and window frames on the ground and first floors of the building. The GFA secretariat has suffered in the past during the rainy season. The renovation works, which had to stop due to the lockdown, resumed upon the lifting of the ban and will be concluded next week. The work is expected to solve the long-standing problem of leakages during rains when completed.