Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday launched the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre’s(MASLOC) Integrated ICT System to enhance transparency and accountability in the disbursement and recovery of loans. The ICT platform is an innovative solution to address payment and settlement challenges as well as reach out to the wider unbanked population …
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Nkwanta South Hospital records 100% COVID-19 recovery
The Nkwanta South Municipal Hospital in the Oti region has an announced that it has successfully treated and discharged all five patients who were receiving treatment after contracting the novel Coronavirus. The Medical Superintendent, Dr Hilarious Gadze, noted that all five patients were discharged after a series of confirmatory tests …
Read More »SHS Heads In Volta Region Express Joy As Zoomlion Fumigates Schools
Authorities of some Senior High Schools in the Volta Region were full of praise for the Ghana Education Service (GES) and Zoomlion as their facilities were fumigated on Tuesday. According to them, the decision to undertake the exercise was timely as most of them had to battle with bedbugs …
Read More »Soronko Academy Launches Digital Skills Assessment Tool In Partnership With Mastercard Foundation
Platform to include COVID-19 assessment to test user knowledge and preparedness on the disease First of its kind in Ghana, My Digital Skills, will allow job seekers to assess their digital skills and employability The tool is targeted at empowering economically disadvantaged women in Ghana with both hard and soft …
Read More »How I cured UK returnee of Corona virus— Sheik Amin Bonsu, CEO, Amen Herbal Hospital
Dr. Sheik Amin Bonsu, CEO of Amen Scientific Herbal Hospital, a renowned Herbal Hospital in Ghana, known for healing of diseases, has revealed how he cured a United Kingdom returnee of Corona virus. He made the disclosure when a group of pressmen call on him. According to the statement, a Ghanaian …
Read More »I’m about to commit financial suicide – Yonny Kulendi
Supreme Court judge nominee Yonny Kulendi has dismissed speculations that his nomination as a judge to the highest court of the land will positively impact his financial fortunes. Answering questions during his vetting Tuesday, the renowned lawyer who was nominated by President Akufo-Addo stated that he is about to commit …
Read More »NCA trial: Baffoe-Bonnie, William Tevie, one other jailed 16 years
An Accra Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour has convicted three (3) out of the five (5) accused persons who have been on trial in the case of “The Republic versus Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie and four others”. The trial of the five accused persons, Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie, the …
Read More »GhIPSS Resumes Charges On Mobile Money Interoperability May 23
The Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlements Systems (GhIPPS) has directed financial institutions to end the fee waiver granted to customers who use the GhIPSS Instant Pay (GIP), Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI) and ACH Direct Credit to transact business. “Following a review of financial position, we have decided we are unable …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana records 427 new cases; total now 5,127
Ghana has recorded 427 new cases of COVID-19 within the last two days shooting the total number of cases to 5, 127, the Ghana Health Service(GHS) has announced. According to the Director-General of GHS, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, out of the 427 cases, 272 came from Obuasi in the Ashanti region …
Read More »AngloGold to increase Obuasi mining rate to 4,000 tonnes first quarter of 2021
AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine is expected to ramp-up its mining rate from 2,000 tonnes per day to 4,000 tonnes per day in the first quarter of next year. This is due to slower shipments of certain equipment to Ghana and difficulties in ensuring key, skilled employees can travel to the …
Read More »It’s sad Galamsey is destroying cocoa sector – COCOBOD CEO
Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has lamented the rate at which illegal small scale miners (galamseyers) are destroying cocoa farms in the country. He said the activities of these miners are destroying the backbone of the Ghanaian economy, a situation that could have …
Read More »Traders in Bolgatanga beaten and arrested for refusing to relocate to new market
The Bolgatanga Municipal Police Command has arrested 26 market women for not abiding by social distancing order to demonstrate against the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly. The women were also beaten by police officers on orders of the Bolgatanga Municipal Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Richard Anaba Salifu. The market women, numbering over 100, took …
Read More »Library Authority secures license for 1000 Ghanaians to study on Coursera
The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has secured scholarship slots for 1000 Ghanaians to study on Coursera. Coursera is one of the leading, globally recognized Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platforms because of its association with top universities like, Stanford University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania and many others in offering …
Read More »UNIPASS CONTRACT: They Have The Credibility And Expertise Says Npp Japan Branch 1st Vice Chairman
Mr. Michael Awuah, the first vice chairman of NPP-Japan branch has reiterated his unflinching support for the running of the ports and harbours by UNIPASS spearheaded by Ghana Link Service Ltd., in conjunction with Customs UNIPASS international Agency (CUPIA), of the Korean Customs Service. He argues that GCNET and …
Read More »COVID-19 – Two KATH Nurses test positive – CEO
The Chief Executive of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Dr, Oheneba Owusu Danso has confirmed that, two nurses at the health facility have tested positive to the novel Coronvirus pandemic. According to the chief administrator of KATH, the management has been carrying out periodic test amongst the staff to ensure that …
Read More »3 types of people you need to stop lending your money
Have a better relationship with your money, don’t lend it to people who will not pay you back. Lending money to some people is like creating a problem for oneself. Ever lent your money to someone only to have problems with them when it’s time to pay back the money? …
Read More »Govt did not share different data with the IMF – MoF
The Ministry of Finance has described as false and misleading, report by the fact-checkghana.com of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) suggesting that Government has shared different macroeconomic data with Ghanaians and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Factcheck-ghana.com has said it crosschecked the data submitted to the IMF by …
Read More »Plans for home-based carrier alive despite coronavirus setback – Minister
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation sector, the Aviation Ministry has indicated that it will continue engaging investors to reach an agreement soon for the establishment of a national carrier. “On the home-based carrier, it is my intention to push on with the initiative and to engage investors, …
Read More »Panic at Ghana Manganese as community officer dies of coronavirus
There is growing fear among workers of Tarkwa-Nsuta-based company, Ghana Manganese after a principal community officer died of COVID-19. The Deputy Health Director in charge of clinical services in the Western Region, Dr Atsu Dordor who confirmed the news said sample of the deceased was taken last week but she died …
Read More »W/R: 14 new COVID-19 cases confirmed; regional tally now 52
The Western region has recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19 raising the regional figure from 38 to 52 as of Sunday. The regional tally stood at 38 as of the last update on Saturday evening. The Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis leads with 16 positive cases while Tarkwa comes second with 15 …
Read More »COVID-19: No facemask, no entry at KATH – Management
Management of the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH) reminds the general public that the facility is a mandatory facemask wearing zone. According to KATH management, any member of the public who wishes to access the hospital must, therefore, wear a facemask. This is in line with the directives outlined by the …
Read More »912 newly recruited teachers cleared for biometric registration to receive salaries
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released identity cards for some 912 newly recruited teachers to enable them go through the new entrant biometric registration to be able to receive their salaries. Each of the 912 teachers who were part of those trained in 2018 and employed last year are …
Read More »Coronavirus: Stick to precautionary measures – Dr. Wiafe Addai tells mothers
The Chairperson of Ghana Cancer Board, Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has charged mothers in Ghana to stick to the precautionary measures being undertaken to combat the coronavirus pandemic. She said it is mothers’ responsibility to ensure healthy welfare and up-bringing of children in the society, and this can only be achieved if the …
Read More »Ghanaians react to increasing coronavirus cases, deaths
Mixed reactions greeted Ghana Health Service’s latest announcement of an increase in Ghana’s coronavirus infections and deaths on social media. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on May 9, 2020, announced that Ghana’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus have increased from 4,012 to 4,263, an increase of 251 new cases with …
Read More »Businesses collapsed due to dumsor during Mahama’s reign – Boako
Dr Gideon Boako, Spokesperson of the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that several businesses collapsed as a result of the erratic power supply (Domsor) during the Mahama administration. He said on the Newsfile programme on Joy FM Saturday, May 9 that the dumsor occurred as a result of incompetence …
Read More »Sefa Kayi Has No Power To Choose who speaks for NDC on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ – Asiedu Nketia
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has reiterated that the opposition party will not be part of Peace FM’s Morning Show ‘Kokrokoo’ until their demands are met. According to him, the NDC has had an 8-month running battle with the show’s production team on the …
Read More »Greater Accra police contracts Zoomlion for major disinfection as cell inmates test positive for Covid-19
Some inmates in police cells in the Greater Region have tested positive for coronavirus, the head of the regional command has disclosed. DCOP Fred Adu-Anim told journalists Saturday that the undisclosed number of inmates have since been sent to an isolation centre also in Accra. “We have tested some …
Read More »Coronavirus: 553 out of 1,300 workers test positive after outbreak in industrial facility
A recent report by the Ghana Health Service on Ghana’s COVID-19case count says 553 out of 1,300 workers of an undisclosed industrial facility have tested positive for the Coronavirus. According to the report, the cases account for 50% of the 921 new cases recorded between May 4 and May 8, 2020, bringing …
Read More »Gov’t accepts all bids of 2yr-bond worth GH¢668.76 to settle maturing debt
The government of Ghana accepted all bids to the tune of GH¢668.76 million through the issuance of the 2-year bond yesterday. The yield on the debt instrument which is expected to mature in 2022 was 18.75% Due to challenges in the global economy where lots of investments have been lost …
Read More »Smoking marijuana actually kills coronavirus – Kwesi Pratt stunned by new study
Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, is utterly shocked by a new study that indicates nicotine could prevent infection and serious illness from coronavirus. A recent French study has indicated that nicotine is helpful in guarding against coronavirus, functioning as an anti-inflammatory agent that kills the virus. Nicotine …
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