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Parliament has approved a US$150,000,000 concessional credit agreement between Ghana and the EXIM Bank of India for the strengthening of the Agricultural Mechanisation Service Centres (AMSECs) project.
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Parliament has finally approved a US$1,300,000,000 trade finance facility for the purchase of cocoa beans in the cocoa season.
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Parliament has approved $80 million UKEF Facility Agreements between Ghana and the KFW IPEX-Bank GMBH for the design and construction of the second phase of the Tamale International Airport
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The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mrs. Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, has indicated on the floor of Parliament that the Ministry has drawn out plans and measures to declare the Closed Season for fishers on August 7 this year.
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Former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr. Ernest Thompson, and four others have been charged with 29 criminal counts of causing financial loss to the state and defrauding by false pretenses.
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An Accra High Court presided over by His Lordship, Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, has adjourned the case involving Mr. Eugene Baffoe- Bonnie, former Board Chairman of the National Communications Authority and three others, to 16th October, 2018, to allow the Accused persons prepare for the trial.
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Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, has finally apologised to parliament for describing the house as cheap.
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The Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, has cautioned the police service to stop brutalising and violating the fundamental rights of civilians
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The President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, has nominated four persons to fill the positions of Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons and Member of the Electoral Commission, respectively.
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An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Her Honour, Mrs. Abena Oppong Adjin Doku, has sentenced a teacher, Ishmael Tagoe, to 12 years imprisonment for defiling a five-year old girl.
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The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has expressed horror and revulsion after a video of a police officer assaulting a woman in a financial institution, has been circulating on social media.
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The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed on the floor of Parliament that the gross public debt stock stood at GH¢154 billion as at end of May,2018, representing 63.8 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as compared to 66.8 percent in the same period of 2017.
