Two labour groups have joined the calls against the decision of the government to include Pension Funds in a proposed domestic debt exchange programme. The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), and the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) Ghana, both said that it was against the law for the government to touch […]
Ghana’s capital, Accra experiences moderate earth tremor of magnitude 4.0 on Monday morning. A moderate earth tremor was felt in most parts of Accra Monday morning (December 12, 2022). The epicenter was located in the western part of Accra, 10 km from Gbawe. The phenomenon which took place at 11:53 am local time (December 12, 2022), occurred […]
The government has settled on a softer payment plan with institutions and individuals who have lent money to the country as part of efforts to reduce the burden the public debt stock puts on the economy. The plan, which is in line with the government’s commitment to restore macroeconomic stability in the shortest possible time, […]
The 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results are Ghana’s best in the last eight years, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has observed. “Indeed, the free senior high school (SHS) era has seen systematic improvement over the pre-free SHS era,” he said. President Akufo-Addo shared his observation at the 70th anniversary of […]
A 22-year-old carpentry apprentice who claims he drank ‘sobolo’ laced with suspected ‘wee’ [indian hemp], offered to him by his friends which induced him to subsequently murder his stepfather and grandmother has been picked up by the police at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The suspect, Alex Tenge, according to his Uncle, Mr. Kumadoe, allegedly […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is rallying Ghanaians to support the 2023 Budget and Economic Policy of the government to help bring the economy back on track and spur growth. He said the measures outlined in the budget were an indication that the government was looking to cut down expenditure and mobilise the needed revenue […]
Security personnel deployed to the Hamile Border Post in the Upper West Region for an anti-terrorist threat operation has arrested a man for possessing 981 parcels of compressed substances suspected of be marijuana. The suspect is said to be dealer of illicit drugs. He was busted at Liero last Friday. Liero is a border town […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2022 – Ghana Only Version). The Council has hosted the results online and candidates who so desire may access their results at the Council’s website www.waecgh.org, a statement issued by WAEC on Thursday morning stated. “Following a […]
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has inaugurated a national Broadcasting Monitoring Centre (BMC) to help measure transmission parameters of frequency modulation (FM) and television (TV) in the country. Already in operation at the NCA Tower in Accra, the centre will also enable the NCA to secure proof of deviations for enforcement of authorisation conditions and […]
Ghanaian Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr of the Catholic Church is dead. He died in Rome on Sunday evening. A statement issued in Rome by André-Léon Simonart, Secretary General of the African Missionary announcing the death stated, “With sadness and pain we hereby inform you of the return to the heavenly Father of Cardinal Richard Baawobr […]
The Oslo Court of Appeal has in a unanimous decision dismissed an appeal filed by Jongsbru AS, the sellers of a property identified by Ghana for use as a chancery building in Oslo, Norway. The court considered the appeal by Jongsbru against the judgment of the Oslo District Court (High Court) in December, 2021 as […]
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has predicted intense dry conditions in the coming days and weeks. “From December 2022 to February 2023, the number of dry weather conditions, cloudless skies, and hot days across most part of the country will gradual1y increase,” the agency stated in its 2022/2023 dry harmattan season advisory dated November 24, […]
