Two orphanages in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region have commended Restorative Seed Society, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) for donating Veronica buckets and a quantity of liquid soap to the facilities as help in fighting the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
According to the management of Mama Laadi Children’s...
Human viruses attack human beings while software viruses attack electronic gadgets like computers, mobile phones, TVs and all devices that have software. Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, one area that has proven to be of immense value to our survival is our communication systems.
What if the Coronavirus was a...
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has appealed to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to commence immediate probe into the recent bribery allegations involving the former Chief Executive Officer of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) boss, Asante Berko.
According to the GII, the incident following which the former TOR boss...
It appears in these uncertain times of COVID-19, that most people are concerned about the effect of COVID-19 on their employment contracts and how to mitigate any hardships that may arise from this pandemic.
In this paper, we will address the following issues:
the effect of COVID-19 on employment contracts;...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board on 13th April 2020 approved the disbursement of US$1billion to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The disbursement will help address the urgent fiscal and balance of payment needs Ghana is facing, improve confidence and catalyse support from other development...
… bank now meets BoG’s stated capital
has confirmed it has received GH¢130 million capital funding from the Ghana Amalgamated Trust Limited (GAT), thus completing the final step in meeting the minimum capital requirement introduced by the Central Bank.
“The bank would like to remind the general public that earlier this...
The Bank of Ghana has ordered banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs) to suspend the declaration and payment of dividends or distribution of any reserves to shareholders and for making any irrevocable commitments until further notice.
This directive, follows an earlier notice from the regulator halting banks and SDIs to...
The Western North Regional Minister, Kinsley Aboagye Gyedu, has urged the private sector to sustain its support to the government in containing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
He noted, particularly, that continued support from private companies and other benevolent individuals, especially the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE), will...
On Friday, 17th April 2020, while Ghanaian authorities were assessing the performance of the measures put in place to deal with COVID-19, Moody’s, a credit rating agency released a report that maintains the rating for Ghana but revised the outlook from positive outlook to negative outlook.
The negative outlook signals...
