NEWS

There is tension in all 33 districts and Municipalities in the Eastern region following the circulation of a list purported to be names of Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) nominated by President Akufo-Addo for the Eastern Region. Some aspiring MDCEs in the region whose names were found in the list were seen jubilating on the streets. The Municipal Chief ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Akufo-Addo of mismanaging the Ghanaian economy. Delivering a lecture at the party’s ‘policy dialogue on the economy’ Monday, Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson said political considerations are making it difficult for government to take remedia measures to save the economy. “It is now beyond ...

CONSTRUCTION WORKS on the Kumasi International Airport has reached 85 per cent, it has been announced. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, made the announcement when he toured the construction site on Thursday. According to the minister, contractors on site informed him that “the construction work is 85 per cent complete now,” and he told them to complete the ...

THE GHANA Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) has expressed its dissatisfaction over alleged attempts by Parliament to review the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Act 2013 (Act 865) to exempt Nigerian retailers from paying a $1 million capital requirement under the Act to facilitate trade in Ghana. This Act, if reviewed and consequently passed, would enable Nigeria traders to ply ...

Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has slammed Madina lawmaker, Francis-Xavier Sosu, labelling him ‘foolishly courageous,’ over his stance on same-sex relationships. Mubarak was reacting to a story that reported Sosu’s comments about how a strong opposition of Speaker Alban Bagbin to the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer, LGBTQ+ community could best be described as his private ...

The Ashanti region recorded 783 new cases of Alpha and Delta variant of COVID-19 between 19th -25 July 2021, the regional health directorate has said. Eighty-five schools including Basic, Senior High, and a University have been infected. 365 students have so far contracted the virus with 254 recoveries while 111 students are still undergoing treatment. Currently, 25 schools still have ...

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Dr. Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah has said that the Government is committed to providing nutritiously balanced meal for pupils benefiting from the feeding programme. She said, provision of nutritious meal is essential and remains the topmost priority of GSFP and the Government of Ghana. She indicated that good meal does not ...

Ghana’s public debt stock has risen to GHS332.4. The debt, which was GHS304.6 billion as of the end of the first quarter in 2021, shot up by GHS30 billion in April and May, according to data released by the Bank of Ghana. This translates into a debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio of 76.6%. It is marginally higher than the debt-to-GDP ...

This year’s Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival (PANAFEST) and Emancipation Day celebration which seek to promote Ghana as the gateway to Africa will take place between July 26 and August 1. The event being organised by Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in partnership with PANAFEST Foundation is on the theme, “Securing the African family: Our health, our wealth, our soul,” with the ...

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I have not come into your homes for some time, because I had hoped that the next time I did so, I would come to announce that we were ready to lift the restrictions and protocols, and get our lives and economy back to normal. Alas, that is not the case, so it has become necessary ...