13 injured after RTD bus, several vehicles involved in accident in Boulder

An RTD and several vehicles were involved in an accident on Wednesday morning that injured 13 people, officials said.
The crash happened just after 9 a.m. on Arapahoe Avenue between 63rd and 75th streets, near where a BNSF Railway train derailed on Tuesday afternoon, the Boulder Police Department said.
The Rocky Mountain Fire Department said 13 people suffered minor injuries because of the crash.

The bus was seen hanging off the side of a sidewalk on its side.
Police closed a two-mile stretch of Arapahoe Avenue between 63rd and 75th because of the crash. Eastbound lanes reopened about 10:30 a.m. There was no estimate for when the eastbound lanes would reopen.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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GRA declares Roland Agambire wanted for defaulting tax

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has declared the Chairman of Agams Group of Companies, the Mr Roland Agambire, a wanted man.
This, is because according to the GRA, one of the subsidiaries of AGAMS Group, ACI Construction Company has evaded corporate tax and VAT amounting to GH₵14,312,974.19.

According to the GRA, even though it has sent a number of correspondence to Mr Agambire as chairman, he has not responded or sent a representative to meet with the GRA.
Consequently, the special mobilisation task force of the GRA on Tuesday locked up the company.

14 days notice
According to the National Co-coordinator of the GRA task force, Mr Henry Sam, under Section 34 of the VAT Act, Act 546, and Section 136 of the Internal Revenue Act, when a property is sealed, owners have 14 days within which to pay up.
“We have locked the place but it is not the end, the final determination is that we will auction the property if the company fails to pay within the 14 days”, he explained.
He said all efforts to reach Mr Agambire has proven fruitless, adding that they have therefore given Mr Agambire fourteen days to report himself or lose his properties.
“We’ve been trying to get in contact with him to explain the basis upon which the company has been assessed but to no avail. We even issued a notice for him to appear at the Ghana Revenue Authority but once again we did not establish contact with him” he stated
He said the GRA will sell off the property to defray the debt if Mr Agambire fails to comply.
He further explained that GRA conducted a tax compliance audit on ACI Construction and a draft report was sent to him through a consultant three months ago for him to appear before them but they were told he was not in the country.

 GRA storms 4 companies to demand taxes
The GRA on Tuesday stormed the offices of four companies in an effort to compel them to settle their tax indebtedness to the state.
The companies were Vodafone Ghana Limited, ACI Construction, a subsidiary of the Agams Group of Companies, which is indebted to the state in the sum of GH¢14,312,974; Eagle Star Enterprise Limited, an engineering and construction firm that owes GH¢604,175, and Logistics Supplies Services Limited, which owes GH¢460,779.
The National Communications Backbone Company (NCBC), a firm set up by Vodafone Ghana Limited to provide the bandwidth needs of Internet service providers (ISP) and offer other technology services, is said to owe the state GH¢30,061,608 in taxes, which is being disputed by the Vodafone Ghana Limited.
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Akufo-Addo to visit Zambia June 26

 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will pay a 3-day state visit to the Republic of Zambia at the invitation of the Zambian President, His Excellency Edgar Lungu.
The visit by President Akufo-Addo would be the third visit to be paid by a foreign Head of State to Zambia, following visits from President Rajaonarimam Pianina of Madagascar and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.

It would be recalled that at a media briefing on May 29, 2017 in Accra, Zambia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Harry Kalaba, stated that President Akufo-Addo would undertake his visit from June 26 to 29, 2017.
Activities while in Zambia
He said that President Akufo-Addo, while in Zambia, would hold bilateral talks with President Lungu, and, among other activities, would be the Special Guest of Honour at the opening of the 5th Zambia International Trade fair in Ndola.
Mr Kalaba pointed out that the Zambian Government recognised the importance of enhancing cooperation with other Africa countries in achieving sustainable development.
It will be recalled that President Edgar Lungu was in Ghana for the inauguration of President Akufo-Addo on January 7, 2017.
Ghana’s exemplary democracy
Speaking to journalists during the inauguration in Accra, President Edgar Lungu noted that Ghana was a testament that democracy in Africa was alive and was a well-entrenched system of governance for African countries to embrace.
President Lungu stated that Ghana had demonstrated to the world that democracy in Africa was an inherent way of life worth emulating by other African countries, adding that
“Ghana’s veritable democracy of successful elections and peaceful transition of power is a mark worth emulating by other African countries.”
Need to strengthen ties
Later, President Lungu conferred with President Akufo-Addo and said there was the need to strengthen ties between the two countries whose relations were historical.
President Akufo-Addo accepted an invitation by President Lungu for the visit to Zambia to further cement ties, especially on trade.
President Lungu was of the view that the chambers of commerce of the two countries should be meeting more often to exchange ideas on areas of possible investments in the respective nations.

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