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April 3, 2021 Scores 0f people gathered in the car park at Sky Mall, Haggatt Hall, St Michael this morning to sign a petition advocating for Barbadians who do not want the COVID-19 vaccine to be able to refuse it without having to face consequences. Organizer Winston Clarke told members of the media that those who do not want the vaccine must not have to fear victimization. “We are hearing that people at certain work establishments are being told that if they do not take the vaccine...

+ Chief Technical Advisor of the University of Ghana School of Law’s Democratic Vigilance Project, Oliver Barker-Vormawor says the submission and purported acceptance of Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwah’s resignation letter by the Speaker, Alban Bagbin is constitutionally incorrect. According to him, “Per the Constitution and the Standing Orders of Parliament, the power to appoint Members to a Committee vests exclusively, in the full House, acting on the reco...

By Shamindra Ferdinando The parliamentary Opposition, having plunged into disarray, due to its unpardonable sins of the recent past, shadowed by a string of humiliating electoral debacles, starting with the local government poll of 2018, followed by the 2019 presidential and 2020 general elections, has received a massive adrenaline boost by way of the huge sugar duty scam. It has brought down to earth, once again the high-riding Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) government, at the worst possib...

As part of the District of New Jersey’s continuing response to the ongoing public health emergency and in light of the current resurgence of COVID-19 in the state, on March 12, 2021,...

  Members of Parliament (MPs) are attending a post-budget workshop in Ho in the Volta Region to help them have a deeper appreciation of the 2021 budget statement and economic policy of the government. The three-day event, which is being organised by Parliament, will enable the 275 legislators to be more informed of the budget statement and economic policy to contribute meaningfully to the debate on it in Parliament which begins tomorrow. Also in attendance at the workshop are committee clerks,...

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Speaker of ParliamentAlban Bagbin on Thursday evening confirmed that Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame will present the budget statement of the government of Ghana for 2021. The presentation of the budget is normally done by the Finance Minister on the authority of the President. This year, however, the shift had become necessary because of the absence of the Finance Minister Designate, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta out of the...

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as the caretaker-Minister for Finance. The appointment was communicated in a letter from President Akufo-Addo to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. President Akufo-Addo indicated that the Suame legislator, who is currently the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, will handle the Finance Ministry as a temporary additional responsibility. This comes at a time when the Minister-designate for the sector, Ken Ofori-A...

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on Thursday evening confirmed that Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame will present the budget statement of the government of Ghana for 2021 today Friday March 12.

Today is budget day and the government will outline bold policies backed by action plans to revitalise and stabilise the economy.

Ghana-Press-Review March 12, 2021 to 10:31 298 APA – Accra (Ghana) The official launch the eTradeHubs portal by the International Chamber of Commerce in partnership with West Blue Consulting, United Parcel Services and Trade Law Center and additional responsibility of the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs as interim Minister of Finance are some of the leading stories in the Ghanaian press on Fr...