Former President John Mahama has called on government to set up isolation centres in the various regions across the country in order to control the spread of coronavirus in Ghana. According to him, with his experience in helping other countries deal with Ebola during the outbreak in 2014, it is not ideal to transport cases from other regions to the ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it will continue to assess the possible impact of the CODVID-19 pandemic on the domestic economy and is, thus, taking the necessary steps to mitigate its impact, to ensure financial and economic stability. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is scheduled to meet from Wednesday, 18 March 2020 to Friday, 20 March 2020. The Central ...

Former President John Mahama says he has asked his former appointees who were involved in his government’s efforts towards preventing Ebola to help the health ministry as the country battles coronavirus. “I have instructed my communications team and my public health advisors to support any efforts by the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health in this particular regard. ...

Wayne Rooney says the government and football authorities have treated footballers as “guinea pigs” during the coronavirus outbreak. Elite football in Britain has been suspended until at least 3 April, with the Premier League saying “conditions at the time” will determine its return. “For players, staff and their families it has been a worrying week,” he said. “One in which ...

Liberia has recorded its first coronavirus case, a ministry official said on Monday. “I can confirm that we have a case and we are managing it,” Chief Medical Officer Francis Kateh said. He did not provide any further details on the patient’s identity. President George Weah is expected to make a speech later in the day. Liberia is one of ...

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Clemence Honyenugah has dismissed a preliminary objection barring him from hearing an application against himself for a political comment he made in public. After hearing the lawyers and the State Attorneys on the preliminary issues, the judge ruled that the preliminary matter is needless. According to the judge, ...

Self-acclaimed dancehall king, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, wildly known as Shatta Wale, has thrown shades at Chatter House, following the president’s directive that all public gatherings be suspended in wake of the coronavirus cases detected in Ghana. Charterhouse has slated the 2020 Vodafone Music Awards for 2nd May, but before the main event, there are lined up activities in April ...

Staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA) have suspended the ongoing mass registration exercise in the Eastern Region over coronavirus. A visit to some centres by Starr News observed staff of the Authority were packing away even the exercise has not ended in the region. Ghana has recorded six cases of the coronavirus within a week with about 170 contact ...

Ghanaian-based actress Princess Shyngle has said she is bisexual. Princess Shyngle disclosed this in an Instagram post on Friday, 13 March 2020. The actress, who began a ‘rumour challenge’ where she asked her followers to tell her what they had heard about her and she would tell them the truth, wrote: “I’m bisexual”, in response to a follower who said ...

The government will deal drastically with journalists and persons who will publish fake news with the intention of creating fear and panic. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in an interview on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ program said anyone who will be caught in such an act will not be spared. This follows six confirmed cases of COVID-19 that have been recorded ...