President Akufo-Addo in his seventh address to the nation on Sunday announced an end to the three-week partial lockdown imposed on some parts of the country which has elicited some mixed reactions.
Generally, there was a sense of jubilation, particularly for those who eking out a living was becoming unbearable...
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 Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved the disbursement of SDR 738 million (about US$1 billion) to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The disbursement will help address the urgent fiscal and balance of payments needs that Ghana is facing, improve confidence, and...
- calls for concerted efforts towards tackling the virus
The President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, has urged traditional and religious leaders to support the national efforts toward stopping and containing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in the country.
He said while the role of both traditional and...
The Western Region has confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at Anto in the Shama District of the Western Region.
The confirmed case in question involves a Chinese foreign national, who arrived in Ghana on Saturday, March 21, 2020, and was in self-isolation for the mandatory period...
Ghana’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation has seen a significant jump by 158 new cases, the highest jump over 24 hours, to currently stand at 566 cases.
According to a tweet by the Diseases Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service the virus has spread to 10 regions of the country’s 16...
The ban on public gathering announced as part of measures to contain and stop the spread of the novel coronavirus has now been extended by two weeks, with the signing of a New Executive Instrument (EI), EI 64.
This was also in addition to the signing of a new Executive...
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,...