A Florida sprinter, who turned 17 five months ago, broke a junior record set by Usain Bolt in the 200 meters Monday night, holding off an Olympics 100-meter favourite in the process. Erriyon Knighton, who turned professional as a junior at Tampa’s Hillsborough High, edged Trayvon Bromell, winning the 200 in 20.11 …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has excluded the Minister for National Security, Kan Dapaah and the Minister for Communications and Digitization, Ursula Owusu-Ekulful from his 19-member Cabinet list. Also excluded from the Cabinet list are the Ministries for Transport and Gender, Women and Children Affairs. The Speaker of Parliament Alban …

Enumerators of the 2021 Population and Housing census ar demanding insurance packages and risk allowance against dog bites. The enumerators are also demanding a daily training allowance of Ghc80 and an increase in transportation allowance. A petition addressed to the National Census Officer by enumerators in West Akyem Municipality in …

The only woman among the 10 people being tried for allegedly attempting to stage a coup d’etat and overthrow the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, suggested that they should eliminate President Akufo-Addo when he is finally captured. The Director in charge of Operational Intelligence at the Defence Intelligence Department of the Ghana …

• The cedi traded against the dollar at a mid-rate of 5.7512 • It trade value against the Pounds Sterling stands at 8.1222 mid-rate • The Euro, however, went up at a mid-rate of 7.0070 On the interbank board today, June 10, 2021, the Ghana cedi is trading against the …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said the decision of Founders of the defunct banks, Unibank and UT, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and Prince Kofi Amoabeng respectively, to resort to parliament over the collapse of their banks was wrong. The Central Bank says Parliament is not one of the mechanisms available …

• KIA COVID-19 tests raked in $17.3m in the last quarter of 2020 • Ghana Airport Company got less than 10% while Frontiers Healthcare made over 90% out of the total amount made • Non-ECOWAS passengers coming to Ghana by air are required to pay $150 for PCR COVID-19 test The Minister …

Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has said the acting Special Prosecutor, Jane Cynthia Naa Torshie Lamptey, continues running to the Chief of Staff at the presidency to take “instructions” concerning the running of the office in the absence of a substantive Special Prosecutor and a Board. In an article expressing …

• A photo of Mankessim SHS students reportedly abusing drugs surfaced online recently • This raised eyebrows with Ghanaians calling on school authorities to act • The school has explained that the photo was part of a project the boys were tasked with  The Visual Arts Department of Mankessim Senior …

The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has, between October 2020 and March 2021 tested almost 30,000 people for Human Immune Virus (HIV) with 2,143 individuals testing positive. The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project is designed to improve the capacity of …