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A civil society organisation (CSO) with interest in agriculture and the social sector, SEND Ghana, has called on the government to bring back road tolls to help shore up revenue for development.

The City Plan Commission will be briefed on the potential game plan for Hensley Field, which has been the subject of a court-mandated, ongoing cleanup by the Navy since 2002.

Puerto Rico’s Local Redevelopment Authority for Roosevelt Roads is issuing a Request for Proposals through a Design Competition.

The Ghana Mineworkers Union has renewed its call for the effective implementation of the Mineral Development Fund to respond to the concerns of deprivation and underdevelopment in mining communities. The Union believed that the full realization of the Fund would be felt when the current lopsided sharing model was changed,…

Nev. Co.’s budget improves but still has a way to go.

GNPC urged to reposition for energy transition drive

New study suggests Californias prison population reduction via realignment has been generally successful This new entry at The Crime Report, headlined "Californias Prison Downsizing Offers a Model for Other States, Study Says," reports on notable new research suggesting that crime has not increased dramatically after California was force in the wake of the Plata ruling to reduce its prison population.  Here is the start of the entry describing the research: The success of Californias Public Sa...

  The Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, has said the current intermittent power outages in the country popularly known as dumsor, is due to financial challenges and not because of technical challenges as being claimed by state transmitter Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and some government officials. “This is because the transmission lines and transformers are congested due to underinvestment and lack of regular maintenance resulting...

Graphic Online BY: Maclean Kwofi 705 The Government of Ghana (GoG) is seeking approval from Parliament to spend a total of GH¢113.75 billion, equivalent to 26.2 per cent of the total value of goods and services produced in the country as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2021 financial year, to effectively roll out its policies. Christened ‘Won ya Wohie Budget”, literally meaning “We are moving forward”, the estimates of the government’s revenue and expenditure were on...

+ After a year of havoc, wreaked on the economy by COVID-19, the government has laid a blueprint of bold policies and programmes to stop the spread of the virus and contain its effects; revert the economy onto the path of transformational growth and ensure prosperity for all Ghanaians. In the country’s first budget since the virus struck in March last year, the government sought the permission of Parliament to raise more revenue from the public, grant tax rebates to businesses and increase sp...