As part of measures to support businesses and households during the Coronavirus pandemic, President Akufo-Addo has announced that government will absorb three months free electricity bills for the poor, and 50 percent for industries and other households. The relief package which covers bills for April, May, and June, follows an...
The total positive cases of COVID-19 in Ghana has increased by 65 to 378 with six deaths. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his sixth address to the nation on the Coronavirus pandemic in the country, said Ghana is doing moderately well in combating the pandemic but would not relent...
The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) and Organised Labor are pushing for a meeting with the Ministry of Finance, to among other issues, deliberate on how government can absorb a portion of workers’ salaries to help provide some relief. Director in Charge of Industrial Relations at the GEA, Joseph Kingsley Amuah,...
The price of imported fresh tomatoes has sharply increased, as traders now have to travel up north to neighbouring Burkina Faso to buy fresh tomatoes for sale on the local market. This perennial shortage of the vegetable and reliance on Ghana’s northern neighbour to meet local demand for the commodity...
Officials from the Sefwi Akontombra Assembly in the Western region are yet to retrieve GH₵88,165.00, originally collected as stool lands revenue. The amount according to the Auditor-General’s report for 2015, has been diverted into private account and still remains unaccounted for. According to the Auditor-General’s report for 2015, Patrick Rudolf Aparik,...
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Western and Central regions are expected to have their financials probed from the 2015-2016 Auditor-General’s report later on Monday when the Public Accounts Committee(PAC) continues its regional sittings. The public engagements in Takoradi, with support from USAID and GIZ will see the...
Kicks out BXC before announcing winning bid Meralco emerges sole contender and adjudged winner Contrary to claims by the Millennium Development Authority’s (MIDA) that the two companies which bid for the ECG concession were both evaluated on their merits, it has emerged that one of the finalists - BXC...
As the sun slowly glides along the horizon and sets in the West, the main neighbourhood charcoal-grilled tilapia and banku ‘joint’ in Ashaley Botwe, a suburb of Accra, comes alive. Smoke from the charcoal-filled grilling stands slowly disperse into the atmosphere, bringing with it the welcoming smell of freshly grilled...
Indigenous banks are in for a tough time as analysis conducted on their latest financial results indicates that they need to raise as much as GH¢4billion to meet the central bank’s GH¢400 million minimum capital requirement. Out of the 16 Ghanaian-owned banks analysed by financial analyst and credit consultant Emmanuel...
The results from the 2017 District league table (DLT) is to be brought to the regional level in a series of launches in the month of March, 2018. The regional dissemination would this year be modified to serve as a learning platform to enable struggling districts learn from the best...