Politicians must refrain from politicising the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that is ravaging countries across the globe, Professor J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, President of the Trinity Theological Seminary (TTS), Legon, has cautioned. Speaking to a cross-section of journalists during a disinfection and fumigation exercise by the Vector...
There are records at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Trade and Industry which clearly indicates that the Government of Ghana took a decision to deploy the UNI-PASS single window service to address the issues arising from the transition from the existing Customs Management System to a...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has scheduled a virtual meeting of Heads of States of member countries to further discuss the coronavirus situation in the sub-region, tomorrow, April 23. The ‘Extraordinary Session’ which be held via videoconference follows an earlier meeting involving the “ministers in charge of...
Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, on behalf of Chinese Embassy and Chinese community in Ghana, last week donated supplies valued about GH¢110,000, including 2,000 bags of rice which is 10 thousand kilos, three thousand liters of cooking oil, and six thousand face masks to the Muslim community. Ambassador...
The President of the Republic of Ghana, in his address to the nation on April 9, 2020 providing update on COVID–19, announced special electricity relief on electricity bills to consumers. The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) is making the necessary preparations to implement the directives. To this end, this Frequently...
“Today there are 250 million children around the world living in areas under conflict. Each of these children needs warring parties to heed the call of the UN Secretary General to lay down their weapons as part of a global ceasefire to confront the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of these...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is expected to give his 7th address to the nation, on updates and measures being taken by the country, since the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The address tonight, which is scheduled to come off at 8 PM, local time, is also anticipated to...
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...
A Representative of the Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has kicked against the replacement of GCNet and West Blue’s systems with the UNIPASS technology by Ghana Link. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, the Member of Parliament of the Ellembelle Constituency questioned the legitimacy of the processes leading to contract the new company...
 165 past and present leaders say to G20: approve now US$8bn emergency global health funding to prevent second wave of coronavirus      Debt interest payments of poorest countries should be waived now; global fiscal coordination essential to avoid recession becoming depression      Warning that without rapid...