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01 May

44-Year-Old Ex-Minister Wins Paraguay Presidential Poll

wontumionline.comNews44-Year-Old Ex-Minister Wins Paraguay Presidential Poll

Paraguayans on Sunday elected a president from the rightwing party in power for nearly eight decades, rejecting a center-left challenger who had railed against endemic institutional corruption. Economist and former finance minister Santiago Pena, 44, took the election with more than 42 percent of the vote to continue the hegemony of the conservative Colorado Party, results showed. Sixty-year-old challenger Efrain Alegre of the Concertacion center-left coalition garnered nearly 27.5 percent despite having gone into the vote with a narrow lead in opinion polls. The outcome bucked a recent anti-incumbency trend in Latin American elections with voters repeatedly punishing establishment parties,…

01 May

Reactions On Social Media Shows John Mahama Lacks Credibility- Ghanaian Times Journalist

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A Ghanaian Times Journalist by name Cliff Ekuful, has expressed surprise at the way some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are jubilating over the latest release of the Economic Intelligence unit (EIU) after vehemently bastardizing the institution in the past. After being guarded by the NDC’s history of rubbishing reports by the EIU, Cliff Ekuful stated that “I am surprised they are jubilating because they have bastardized them (EIU) in the past vehemently”. The EIU has projected a win for the opposition NDC after the 2024 General Elections in a report published on Friday, April 28, 2023 and…

01 May

NCA Introduces Shortcode For Verifying Phone Numbers Linked To Ghana Cards

wontumionline.comNewsNCA Introduces Shortcode For Verifying Phone Numbers Linked To Ghana Cards

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has introduced a shortcode to enable sim card users to verify the number of SIM cards linked to their Ghana Cards. According to a Facebook post by the NCA, you can dial *402*1# to check the number of SIMs linked to your Ghana card. There have been many reports of sim cards being linked to the Ghana Card of many Ghanaians without their knowledge and approval. The Ministry of Communication started the SIM re-registration in the year 2021 in what vice president Mahamudu Bawumia said is to “rid the country’s cyberspace of fraud, monitor and…

01 May

GRA To Implement 3 New Taxes Today

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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will today, Monday, May 1, 2023, implement the new and revised taxes, which were introduced in the 2023 Budget. The revised taxes include the Excise Amendment Act, of 2023; the Income Tax Amendment Act, of 2023, and the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act, of 2023. According to GRA businesses were given ample time to configure their systems for the taxes since the laws were passed. The Excise Duty Amendment Act has been expanded to cover some items and commodities that were previously not captured, which may result in increased prices for processed fruit juice, cigar,…

01 May

76 Ghanaians Evacuated From Sudan-Ethiopia Border – Foreign Affairs

wontumionline.comNews76 Ghanaians Evacuated From Sudan-Ethiopia Border – Foreign Affairs

The Foreign Affairs Ministry says 76 Ghanaians have crossed the Sudan-Ethiopian border. In a press statement issued by the Ministry on Sunday, it said preparations are being made for 74 evacuees to be flown into Accra on Tuesday, May 2. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration wishes to inform the general public that 76 Ghanaian nationals have successfully crossed the Sudan-Ethiopia border with the assistance of officials of the Ghana Embassy in Ethiopia and are currently in Addis Ababa.” The Ministry also stated that a footballer and two engineers had been assisted by officials of the Ghana Embassy…