Markets and lorry parks in the Ahafo Region on Thursday had their turn of the on-going second nationwide disinfection, fumigation and clean-up exercise, aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in the region, and the country as a whole.   In all, a …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that all public schools will close for four weeks as the country faces a surge in coronavirus cases. In a media briefing on Thursday night (23 July), the president said this break will extend from 27 July until 24 August. However, he noted that some …

A second-year student of the Ejisu Secondary Technical Senior High School has been hospitalised after drinking liquid soap in what is believed to be an attempted suicide on campus. This was after an Assistant Headmaster locked him up with a colleague, overnight, in his office, for stealing the school’s electric stabiliser …

All district hospitals to be built across Ghana will be constructed by Ghanaians. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta made this known in Parliament on Thursday, July 23, 2020. He said the hospitals will be designed by Ghanaian-owned firms. He stated that the mid-year budget review is to highlight the significant impact of the Covid19 pandemic …

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will Thursday morning be in Parliament to present the Mid-year and Supplementary Budget Review. On July 15, he presented the draft statement to the Cabinet for approval. Joy Business understands Cabinet meeting made a number of suggested changes to the draft statement for the Finance Minister …

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has alleged that the government’s continuous borrowing from international firms is to fund the upcoming December polls. According to him, despite the government’s efforts to fight against the global pandemic – coronavirus- they need to focus on cutting down their expenditure. This, he says, when done will …

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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has hailed government’s industrialisation drive under its flagship One District One Factory intiative, as well as the banking sector clean up. In the EIU’s latest country report on Ghana in which it partly analysed the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the Ghanaian economy and …

CRISIS TO RECOVERY STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA DURING COVID-19 SPEAKING NOTES FOR IMF WEBINAR DR. MAXWELL OPOKU-AFARI, FIRST DEPUTY GOVERNOR, BANK OF GHANA JULY 22, 2020 1. Introduction The global economy is going through extraordinary times, requiring even more exceptional responses. Policy response has been swift and decisive in …

At least 683 new COVID-19 infections have pushed Ghana’s case count to 29,672. Some 26,090 have recovered with the death toll still at 153. The number of active cases is therefore 3,429, according to the latest update from the Ghana Health Service. A geographical overview of the active cases shows …

A total of 254 staff of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have tested positive for covid-19 since the outbreak in the country. Two Hundred and three out of the number have, however, recovered and were back at post while one had died. Chief Executive of the hospital, …

Some two final year students have been reported dead in Anlo Senior High. According to reports coming in from Anlo Senior High, some two final year students have lost their lives in an unfortunate circumstance, Trends Baze filed. Per the report cited, the two students are a boy and a …

The world may soon return to an international gold standard thanks to a project that European central banks have been quietly preparing for decades. This month Seeking Alpha reported that “since the 1970s, policies that paved the way for an equitable and durable monetary system have gradually been implemented,” leading us closer …

The further weakening of the Ghanaian Cedi against the U.S. dollar will worsen the impact of coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund has said. Since late February 2020, the Cedi has consistently depreciated against the dollar by -2.46 percent, year to date, and -7.34 percent year-on-year. The IMF in its …

Exactly eight years ago, 21st July 2012, was the birthday of the late President, Prof. John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills. The day was a Saturday.   The previous day, Friday, 20th July, the Council of State, of which I was a member, had met and appended our signatures to a …

A statement released on Monday, July 20, 2020, outlined the schedule for the continuation of lectures and examination for continuing students of the Accra Techinical University. The statement outlined that students were going to have online lectures and subsequently report to campus to write exams where all protocol for the COVID-19 will …

Flag-bearer for the Liberal Party of Ghana Kofi Akpaloo has promised to give Ghanaian students free university education if he is elected president of Ghana in the upcoming December polls. The astute businessman among other things committed to creating 200,000 jobs in the cocoa sector as he will build the …

Delays in payment of outstanding salaries and severance packages to former workers of defunct microfinance, savings and loans and finance house and microcredit companies is due to unavailability and access to employee data for verification and computation of exit packages. This is according to a document sighted by the Ghanaian …

The management of Ecobank has refuted reports that the Supreme Court has ordered the closure of its Head Office building over ¢4m judgment debt. In a statement, management unequivocally refuted the reports stating that “no such execution has been levied on the bank.” Management said, “Ecobank is open for business …

The second phase of the Nationwide disinfection exercise in the Ashanti Region has been done successfully. Over three hundred and thirty market centres were disinfected. Speaking at the commencement of the exercise, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon. Simon Osei Mensah expressed his appreciation to all Assembly Members, MMDCE’s and the …

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player in football history to score 50 goals in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League. The Portugal international hit the target during last evening’s match against Lazio in Turin. CR7 had already found the net 84 times for Manchester United …

A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an application for Stay of Proceedings by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) in an action instituted by HODA Holdings following the revocation of the license of UniCredit Savings and Loans. The panel chaired by Justice Welbourne with support from Justice …

A Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has debunked claims by some people especially the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa suggesting a failure of the government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) programme in terms of enrolment. According to him, the claims are based on wrong assumptions that …

Minister for Information and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has addressed concerns over COVID-19 infected students who might miss this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) due to their health state. According to the Information Minister, the directions from the Ghana Education …

Ladies have been adviced to desist from branding their men broke because sometimes those same men may be doing far better than their fathers in life. This follows the increasing pressure heaped on men by women they’re dating to meet their outrageous material demands; something they themselves or their parents …

A year after an explosive expose? by BBC Africa Eye detailing how lecturers in some universities in West Africa sexually harassed their students, two more victims have come out to share stories of how they got trapped in the cycle. In Nigeria, the senate has passed tough new legislation to …

The receiver is set to pay GH¢151.8 million to 5,637 former staff of 209 defunct Specialised Deposit Taking Institutions (SDIs) as outstanding salary arrears and compensation due them before the end of this month. This follows the Bank of Ghana (BoG) making available funds to the receiver and official liquidator to fully …

Barely 14 months after commissioning of the redeveloped Kejetia market, some recalcitrant traders in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital have resorted to the green grasses around the Otumfuo statue, as a place for drying washed clothes. The rather appalling behaviour, Ghana Guardian learned, begun after city authorities removed the military …

With the imminent entry of qualified Free SHS graduates Into Universities this year, It is anticipated that already overwhelmed universities in Ghana will be further burdened by the sharp rise in the number of qualified applicants who will be competing for places during the 2020 admissions.   Not much infrastructural development …

The National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA) has hinted some critical features in the new Educational Reform to be implemented soon in Ghana’s Educational System. When the new curriculum is implemented, learners/pupils in Junior High Schools will have to attend school for four years, thus: JHS 1 to JHS 4. …