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Following the Finance Committee’s report presented at the plenary for debate today, Parliament has approved a US$150 million loan from the International Development Association (IDA) for road and other infrastructure in the Transport Sector.
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After going through the second reading and the consideration stage at the plenary, Parliament has passed the Legal Commission Bill, 2017
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Delivering his keynote address at a symposium and a seminar organised by the West African Parliamentary Press Corp at the Accra International Conference Centre, the Information Minister, Dr Mustapha Hamid, has recommended that trade boarders and barriers in the west Africa sub-region must be eliminated for free movement of goods for trade.
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The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, has stated that tree stumps and timber submerged under the Volta Lake have been contracted to a company to harvest for free movement of canoes, ferry and other speed boats.
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Mr. Tetteh Sewu, a 28-year old carpenter, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for indecently assaulting an 8-year old girl.
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An Accra High Court presided over by Her Ladyship, Justice Gifty Agyei Addo, has qauashed the suspension of Lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu by the General Legal Council.
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The third Prosecution Witness in the murder trial of Major Maxwell Mahama, Mr. Kwame Adjei, has testified in court.
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Member of Parliament for Sunyani East, Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, has disclosed that the ECOWAS Parliament is faced with numerous challenges, which make its operations to be ineffective in the sub-region.
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Member of Parliament for Sunyani East, Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, has disclosed that the ECOWAS Parliament is faced with numerous challenges, which make its operations to be ineffective in the sub-region.
The Minister for Interior and Member of Parliament for Nandom, Ambrose Dery has stated on the floor of Parliament that Annual Budgets of the government do not make provisions for recruitment fees and other related expenditure of the Ghana Immigration Service and other security services in the country.
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An Accra High Court presided over by His Lordship Samuel Asiedu has adjourned the case against the Ghana Football Association(GFA) filed in court by the Attorney General.
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An Accra Circuit Court presided over by Her Honour Abena Oppong Adjin- Doku, has sentenced one Monica Ogechi Amadi, a trader, to a concurrent five- year prison term, on a count of conspiracy to commit crime and four counts of human trafficking.
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In the quest to clamp down on the use of unauthorised firearms and light weapons, Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah has recommended that a Biometric Information Management System (BIMS) can be used to track and monitor firearms.
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The Minister for Communications, Ursala Owusu-Ekuful, has stated on the floor of Parliament that the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) is collaborating with the Mobile Network Operators (NMOs) to extend coverage to unserved and underserved areas of Amenfi Central
