Ghanaian actress Fella Makafui has cleared the air on a viral post which claimed she disrespected the President of Ghana by describing his cloth as cheap. Social media was set ablaze after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed the nation on the progress made in the fight against the novel coronavirus last Friday, April 10 as the actress was alleged ...
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Evicted Ghanaians in China seek evacuation despite Government reassurances
Ghanaian nationals living in China want the Government of Ghana to arrange for an evacuation as soon as possible following the ill-treatment from the Chinese authorities in relation to the covid-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has urged all Ghanaian nationals living in China, especially Guangdong Province to remain calm and stay in touch with Ghana’s ...
Read More »Our new colonial masters China will come back for their aid – Yvonne Nelson
Ghana was blessed with a donation from the Republic of China some days ago as part of the country’s resolve to support Ghana in the fight against the deadly coronavirus. The items given to Ghana were Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to support health workers who are at the frontline of the fight against the deadly virus. The President during his ...
Read More »COVID-19 MEDIA SHOULD HELP GOVERNMENT FIGHT CORONAVIRUS THAN REPORTING FALSE NEWS- ASSIN FOSU M. C. E
The Municipal Chief Executive for Assin Foso Municipal Assembly Hon Nicholas Fiifi Baako has caution some journalists within his Municipality to help government in fighting the COVID 19 Pandemic rather than Reporting False news and Creating Fear and Panic. Speaking at the 5th PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING Mr Fiifi Baako said, Some of the Media Houses and Journalists ...
Read More »Give us some of the GHS1.2bn relief fund – Customers of defunct Fund Managers to Akufo-Addo
The Coalition of Aggrieved Fund Management Customers have petitioned the government to give its members some of the GHS1.2bn COVID Alleviation Programme money to survive on. The members of the coalition were all customers of some 53 fund management companies that were collapsed by the Securities and Exchange Commission last year due to their insolvency. Ghana’s Parliament recently approved a ...
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Ministry of Information press briefing on coronavirus
The Ministry of Information is holding another edition of its Minister’s Press Briefing to bring Ghanaians up to speed with the government of Ghana’s fight against the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Today’s edition will focus on issues such as an overview of Ghana’s COVID-19 response program, an update on government’s preparation for PPEs and a subsidiary on electricity. ...
Read More »Coronavirus: Ghana records 17 full recoveries and 66 negatives
Ghana has achieved another stride in its case management of confirmed COVID-19 cases as the nation has now recorded 17 full recoveries. This information was disclosed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Aboagye during this morning’s Ministers Press briefing by the Ministry of Information. Adding details to this information, Dr Aboagye said an additional 66 persons ...
Read More »Coronavirus: Banks turn away from new lending
Even as businesses and households in Ghana celebrate last week’s announcement by the Ghana Association of Bankers of a 200 basis points (two percent) reduction in the interest rates applicable on both outstanding and new loans booked by banks in the country, the banks themselves are turning off the lending taps. Only their most highly valued, safest, customers can still ...
Read More »You’re undermining coronavirus fight – National House of Chiefs to communities
The National House of Chiefs has warned against communities opposing the location of Coronavirus isolation centers in their areas. According to the chiefs, such actions, have the potential to undermine the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, urging all such communities to have a second look at their actions since everybody is at risk of contracting the virus. “I would like ...
Read More »Covid-19: Food sharing formula reflects lack of planning – Health policy analyst
A research fellow and adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the New York University Prof Nana Kofi Quaky has bemoaned the modalities for food sharing in lockdown areas in Ghana in the wake of coronavirus. According to him, the strategy being used by NADMO so far reflects a lack of proper planning. “What we ...
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