ome members of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) on Friday, July 24, 2020, clashed with Nigerian traders who are operating illegally at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle despite GUTA’s directive for them to remain closed until they provide legal documents. The scuffle once again was about the infiltration of …

The government’s programme of subsidizing electricity consumption for the next three months is estimated to cost 60 million Ghana cedis, Deputy Minister for Energy, William Owuraku Aidoo has disclosed. President Akufo-Addo in April this year announced the reduction of electricity tariffs by half and provision of potable water for free …

A former Deputy Minister of Finance Casiel Ato Forson, has said the mid-year budget statement presented to parliament on Thursday July 23 by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is disappointing. He said there is nothing good in the budget for the ordinary Ghanaians. “I am disappointed as a Ghanaian and I am disappointed …

Police in Ashanti Region have invited Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Secondary Technical School for questioning over the detention of two students in his office. Public Relations Officer at the Ashanti Regional Command tells JoyNews a student suspect is also assisting police with investigations. “The other suspect [student] is also assisting police in …

The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has commissioned the second phase of the Moree Campus on 16th July, 2020. The campus which cost the University fifty million Ghana Cedis (GHC 50,000,000.00) to construct, is located at the beautiful coastal line of Moree, Central Region …

The Ridge hospital is in the news again! This time around, a woman has narrated a chilling story of how a huge towel was left in her tummy for nine long months before it was eventually discovered and removed at a different hospital. According to the woman, she was delivered …

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 …

Every day, you burn calories when you move around, exercise, and go about your daily tasks. Your body even burns calories at rest, through basic functions like breathing, circulating blood, cell processes, amongst others. Another way to burn calories is through sexual activities. Burn some serious calories by undressing, kissing, …

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 …