Former Finance Minister, Seth Tekper, says Ghana will only default in repaying its debt if the borrowing to refinance the budget and other expenditure continue unabated, as well as the “crowding out effect” is not stop.
Answering a question from Joy Business during a press briefing by his outfit, PFM Tax Africa, on the fiscal economy, Mr. Tekper prayed the...
A gang of armed robbers on Saturday attacked a fuel filling station at Asenema, a suburb of Adukrom in the Eastern region.
According to sources, the robbers made away with an amount of ¢1,200 and mobile phones.
The armed men numbering about three attacked a female attendant and a private security man on duty.
They hit the security man with a club...
Ghana’s western neighbour, Cote d’Ivoire has confirmed a first case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) on Sunday, August 15, 2021, the first Ebola outbreak declared by the country’s Ministry of Health since 1994.
The announcement was made after the Institut Pasteur in Cote d’Ivoire confirmed the EVD in samples collected from a patient, who was hospitalised in the commercial...
The Ghana cedi is now trading above 6 cedis as demand for the American ‘greenback’ continues to surge.
Data from Reuters and Databank Research indicates that a dollar is going for more than ¢6.
Also, the forex bureaux are selling the local currency between ¢6.1 and ¢6.14 to a dollar.
The cedi has so far depreciated by about 1.07% to the US...
Former President John Dramani Mahama is set to begin a thank-you tour across the country next week.
The first leg of his tour shall focus on the northern belt of Ghana, where he is expected to meet NDC supporters and Ghanaians in general.
The tour according to his office will be limited to the regional capitals starting from Wa, in the...
An Accra Labour Court on Monday, August 16, 2021, is expected to hear the case filed by the National Labour Commission (NLC) against the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG).
The NLC sought an interlocutory injunction to compel UTAG to call off its industrial strike action and resume work.
Members of UTAG, since August 2, 2021, have laid down their tools...
The flagship agenda of President Akufo-Addo to build 111 hospitals across the country is set to take off on Tuesday 17th of August 2021
Government functionaries, Health Ministry officials and some members of the project coordinating team at one of the Agenda 111 construction sites in the Ashanti Region
The flagship agenda of President Akufo-Addo to build one hundred and eleven...
Government says it has set aside US$100 million as commencement funding for its ambitious Agenda 111 project, which is aimed at scaling up healthcare infrastructure in the country.
The money has been made available for the first phase of the initiative, which will see to the construction of district hospitals, estimated at a unit cost of about US$17 million per...
Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpe, Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta constituency in the Volta region has stated that the activities of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) will not be tolerated in the country describing it as evil and demonic.
He said the endorsement of such activities will incur the anger of God upon the nation.
According to him, his colleagues in...
Chief Priest of Ga Traditional Council, Wumo Nai, has educated the public that pouring of libation is in the arms of the Wulomo or anyone among the priesthood appointed to do so whenever the need be.
He spoke in a telephone interview with Rainbow Radio International following a decision by the Ga Traditional Council to summon organizers of the Fix...
