The year 2020 is a year most of us looked forward to with a lot of enthusiasm. Apart from it being a leap year, it is also unique just like the years 1717, 1818, and 1919 which none of us experienced. It has an exceptional pattern. The first two digits of the year match the […]
The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Golf City in the Tema North District under the Meridian Ghana Conference on Monday 20th April 2020, distributed food items to its members to cushion them after the lifting of the three-week partial lockdown in the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi Metropolitan areas. The items include bags of rice, cooking oil […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has refuted claims that the Authority has unlawfully issued Ghana cards to some foreign nationals, specifically to a Chinese national. This follows a video circulating on social media suggesting that the possession of a Ghana card by a Chinese was unlawful. In a statement issued and signed by Mr Francis […]
Donald Trump has announced plans to ban immigration to the United States in a bid to ‘protect American jobs’ amid the coronavirus crisis. The US President tweeted on Monday: ‘In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be […]
The Dean of Graduate Studies at the Institute of Local Government, Dr Eric Oduro-Osae says the lifting of the ban on partial lockdown in the Covid-19 hotspots is timely and makes a lot of economic sense. He believed that the decision was based on data available to the President and the COVID-19 Response Team and, […]
The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly in the Upper East Region will soon close down drinking spots and game centers to avoid communal drinking and gathering to suppress the spread of Covid-19. Information reaching the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in Bolgatanga from a source close to the Assembly said in spite of the constant reminders of residents […]
The Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress, Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah, says the decision taken by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to lift the 3-week partial lockdown of Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa was the right one. Thanking President Akufo-Addo for “the excellent leadership you have provided us to save us […]
The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council has described the lifting of the lockdown by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as welcoming news. According to a statement issued by the Council and in the possession of BestNewsGH.com, the move is even more encouraging because of the many Ghanaians who are in the informal sector. The statement read […]
A landlady, Joyce Terkper, at Oyarifa in the Greater Accra Region has granted a three-month rent waiver to her tenants to minimise any economic hardship brought on to them by the novel Coronavirus outbreak. The landlady in a letter dated April 18, 2020, said: “We are pleased to inform you that three-month rent payment has […]
Actor, filmmaker and humanitarian Idris Elba and actress, model and activist Sabrina Dhowre Elba today launched a new global coronavirus relief fund on behalf of the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to prevent economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic from triggering a global hunger and food crisis. With US$40 million in […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has announced the lifting of the partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi from tomorrow. In his update number 7 on the COVID-19 Pandemic, the president said social gatherings including churches, drinking bars and night clubs will still remain in force. The measure BestNewsGH.com reports the president as saying does […]
Five thousand boxes, each filled with a month’s supply of food, has been packed and ready to be delivered to some selected homes. This forms part of efforts to cushion the vulnerable during the lockdown that has been imposed on Accra, Kasoa, Kumasi and Tema by President Akufo-Addo. The move, initiated by IPMC with support […]
