The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it intends to gradually replace its lower banknotes denominations with coins to reduce its cost of printing. “BoG will also embark on a vigorous campaign among road transport workers, market operators, small businesses, supermarkets, vendors and others to create avenues for the usage of the coins including develop infrastructures for coin usage,” the Central ...

Data is safe and no loss of cash or cheques have been recorded after a fire outbreak at VAT House, a substation of the Ghana Revenue Authority at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, caused extensive structural damage to its ICT centre, official sources have said. A formal assessment of the extent of damage is set to begin after a fire ...

A stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a former Special Advisor to President John Agyekum Kufour Mr Tommy Amematekpor known as Efo Tommy in political circles is dead. MyNewsGh.com confirmed from close sources that he died on Sunday evening at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where he was on admission receiving treatment. Close associates to the 77-year-old founding ...

President Akufo-Addo has directed the local government minister to withdraw the bills seeking to make changes to some entrenched provisions of the constitution to enable Ghanaians elect their MMDCEs. The directive also means the December 17 referendum to decide on political parties involvement in local level polls has also been put on freeze. In a televised address to the nation ...

Sammy Gyamfi, the NDC National Communication Officer, has indicated that the President’s suspension of the December 17 referendum is a fear of defeat. This, according to him, shows that the NDC and all “No Vote” advocates have won and it is a “collective nationalistic decision to put Ghana first”. Sammy Gyamfi questioned the rationale behind the President’s decision to cancel ...

North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has asked the government to disclose how much money has been expended on the “abortive referendum.” The outspoken legislator demanded the government adds the steps it is taking “to prevent any more financial loss to the state, especially as we are aware printing of ballot papers and other ancillary expenditures had long commenced.” His demand comes ...

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has recommended a complete ban on the importation of rice into the country to secure the local rice industry. According them there was enough local capacity to meet the rice demand of the country and asked all government institutions to patronise local rice. While praising the government for the move to secure the ...

President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a Creative Arts Senior High School to be located in Kwadaso, in the Ashanti Region. Cutting the sod on Sunday, 1st December, 2019, President Akufo-Addo stated that “we reaffirm our commitment to the growth of the creative arts industry by cutting the sod for the construction of the very first ...

You deserve so much better than that. Lots of women in high-profile marriages seem to stay with their men after they’re caught cheating. Why? Is it a power thing? A comfort thing? Money, perhaps? Or, could it be a fear of being alone? I’m in the business of helping marriages stay together. I work as a licensed marriage therapist, after ...

IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe is of the firm belief that the angst of the “No” vote campaigners in the aborted referendum reflect things Ghanaians are not happy about. In a Facebook post, Mr Cudjoe wrote that even as the government has withdrawn the referendum, they (government) should not think that they are impacting lives as the macro stories are ...