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The Upper East Regional Chapter of the Private Healthcare Providers Association has dismissed claims that they were paid five months arrears this year. According to them, President Akufo-Addo’s comment that the government has settled five months arrears owed healthcare providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme for the year 2019 is not true. The President at the recent media engagement ...

An Economist, Prof Godfred Bokpin has attributed the cedi’s depreciation to the failure of government to effectively execute ideas and plans to sustain the currency. “It is more about getting to work and not so much about getting new ideas. We have not been able to walk our talk over the years. It is about time we start getting to ...

Some thirteen (13) witnesses the State intends to rely on to establish its charges preferred against the accused persons in the case of the Republic versus Ernest Thompson and four others are demanding a firm guarantee from the state that their jobs will not be at risk in the event that there is a change of government after they have ...

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has said the shortage of the US dollar and lack of confidence in the Ghanaian economy are the causes of the free fall of the cedi. In September 2018, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, while addressing a town-hall meeting on the government’s achievements in the first 100 days, said the free ...

Decorated Ghanaian entrepreneur, Bright Simons, has exposed gross inaccuracies in figures being bandied about as visitor numbers and revenue from the “Year of Return” initiative. The “Year of Return” initiative was championed by the Ghanaian government to mark the 400th anniversary of the abolition of slave trade. It has been hailed as successful because it has put international media spotlight ...

The Jubilee House spent in excess of GHC60 million on foreign trips and related expenses in the first 9 months of the year. According to budget estimate of the presidency submitted to Parliament Thursday, the Presidency also spent over one million cedis on Printed materials and stationary. Additionally, the Jubilee House expended over five million cedis on hotel accommodation within ...

Award winning freelance journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has said he was ready to choose a sheep as president rather than vote for then president John Mahama again in the 2016 election. His article was a response to aide to former president John Mahama, Joyce Bawa Mogtari who claimed days ago, that Ghanaians have regretted voting out her boss, Mahama. Manasseh ...

A defeated assembly member aspirant for Nima/Adukrom electoral area in the Asawase Constituency of the Ashanti Region (AR), Ibrahim Adabor, popularly known as “hon. Apɔnkye” has revealed that he would not hesitate to partner Madam Akua Donkor if she calls on him to join his political party. “Waaaaoooow! that’s my biggest dream, in fact I’m waiting to see that day, ...

The State is readying itself to present evidence against ACP Benjamin Agorzo and nine others who are standing trial for their involvement in an alleged coup. The State prosecutor has said the evidence would shake the nation. Opposing a bail application by lawyers for the nine persons who have been accused of planning to destabilize the country, state prosecutor, Hilda ...

The cedi has quickened the pace of depreciation against the US dollar in recent times, falling by an average of 0.93 per cent to the ‘greenback’ over the last four weeks, according to Bank of Ghana (BoG) data on the movement of the currency. By December 13 this year, the cedi had lost almost 13 per cent of its value ...