The Supreme Court has fixed March 8 to deliver its verdict in two applications filed by the state against Indian Businessman Ashok Kumar Sivaram. The state is inviting the court to quash the orders of the High court that ordered the Comptroller of the Ghana Immigration Service to restore an Indian Businessman’s residence and work … Read more
Ashok Kumar Sivaram, an Indian businessman, has filed an application praying an Accra High Court to commit Kwame Takyi, the Comptroller of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for contempt. Mr Sivaram in a motion on notice for application for committal for contempt contended that the GIS Comptroller had failed to comply with orders of the High … Read more
The Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) has welcomed mass transfers within the Ghana Immigration Service. Some 31 senior officers of the Service were re-assigned from their various regional and district posts on Wednesday. ISODEC believes the shake-up is necessary for plucking financial leakages at the country’s entry and exit points. The Comptroller General on Wednesday … Read more
Thirty-one middle-level management officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have been reassigned from their duty posts across the country. This is the second major shake-up under the watch of new Comptroller of GIS, Kwame Asuah Takyi, who took office in March this year. The officers affected are of Superintendent, Chief Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent and … Read more
President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget calls for a significant jump in the Pentagon’s vast budget, though it falls short of the historic spending bonanza sought by more hawkish Republicans. Pentagon budget documents released Tuesday call for $574 billion in general defense funding, with an additional $65 billion for supplemental wartime spending — for a … Read more
Big US corporations have identified a new strategy for managing irate investors at annual shareholder meetings: Going virtual. This year, about 250 companies are expected to convene their yearly investor tete-a-tete via audio or video, up from 155 in 2016 and just 26 in 2012, according to investors communications firm Broadridge. The set of companies … Read more
Thousands of Venezuelans have marched in protest against the banning from politics of opposition leader Henrique Capriles for 15 years. In Caracas, police used tear gas to prevent demonstrators reaching the offices of the national ombudsman. Saturday’s protest came after a week of anti-government demonstrations. They were initially sparked by a Supreme Court ruling to … Read more
A leading Venezuelan opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, has been formally banned for 15 years from public office. Mr Capriles has been at the forefront of demands for a recall referendum on President Nicolas Maduro. There was no immediate comment from the government on the ban. In a heated press conference, Mr Capriles said he would … Read more
Deputy Minority leader in Parliament, Dominic Nitiwul, has described as appalling, the government’s decision not to only give new contracts but also make appointments to some key state institutions. Nitiwul who is also the NPP member responsible for Defense on the Transition team has raised fresh accusation against the outgoing NDC government of signing new … Read more