The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold (CACM) has described Payboy Company Limited, an alleged offshoot of the defunct gold trading company, Menzgold Ghana Limited as a Ponzi scheme and cautioned its members against doing business with them. This follows calls on customers by Payboy Company to pay an amount of money in order …
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President Akuffo-Addo Must Not Leave Impoverished Ghanaian Families In Limbo – Carl Ebo Morgan
It’s with strong indignation that we call on Akufo-Addo’s government to rectify the deliberate injustice meted out to the bereaved families whose dead bodies have been caught up in the Covid-19 pandemicContainment measures announced recently. The families are being forced to pony up huge sums of accrued mortuary fees, albeit …
Read More »Jayee University College SRC President Calls On All Embassies And High Commissions In Ghana To Help Foreign Students In This Time Of Global Pandemic
The SRC President of Jayee University College His Excellency Stephen Krah-Mensah Junior has pleaded to Ambassadors of foreign countries to help their citizens during this COVID-19 pandemic. Many foreign students are going through hardship in this time of the pandemic and has made the SRCs in various institution are …
Read More »Reduce fuel prices or we increase fares – Drivers
Members of the National Concerned Drivers Association have threatened to increase transportation fares by the end of this week if the government does not reduce the price of fuel at the pumps with immediate effect. The association said its members have obeyed President Akufo-Addo’s directives of reducing the number of …
Read More »Covid-19: Gov’t to introduce 1-year National Service for SHS leavers – Education Minister
The Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh in an interview with Paul Adom Otchere on Good Evening Ghana Tuesday has said, government is considering the introduction of a special National Service for one year for Ghana’s Senior High School leavers if Covid-19 persists and schools remain shut for an “extended …
Read More »120 recoveries as Ghana’s coronavirus cases rise to 1154
Ghana’s coronavirus case count has increased to 1,154 with 120 recoveries, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This was disclosed by the Director-General at the GHS, Dr. Patrick Aboagye at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, April 22. The development means that 112 new cases and 21 recoveries …
Read More »Coronavirus erodes cedi’s gains
Despite all the gains made by the local currency against its major trading currencies at beginning of the year, especially the United States dollar, the coronavirus pandemic impact has washed all away, causing the cedi to lose its strength. The cedi, which appreciated by 4.5 percent as of the end …
Read More »Maamobi hospital staff fight supervisor for selling PPE to them
Medical staff at the Maamobi General Hospital are angry at their supervisor for selling Personal Protective Equipment to them. Health workers at the facility can only access the PPE after paying 5 cedis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility has recorded COVID-19 cases with some health workers …
Read More »One COVID-19 patient on ventilator – Akufo Addo
The health condition of one coronavirus patient on admission in Ghana has deteriorated with the patient put on a ventilator, President Akufo Addo has disclosed. Out of the official figure of 1042 positive cases, nine persons have died. Addressing the leadership of churches at the seat of government, Jubilee House, …
Read More »CalBank Donates to the Covid-19 Trust Fund
CalBank has donated an amount of GHS 200,000.00 to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund at the office of the Presidency in the Jubilee House, Accra. This is an additional gesture to earlier contribution of GHS 10million presented by the Ghana Association of Bankers in the collective efforts to deal with …
Read More »COA FS contaminated; return all products to manufacturers – FDA to public
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has directed the general public to return all COA FS products to the manufacturer. According to the FDA, samples of the food supplement picked from the market and the manufacturing facility of COA Herbal Centre in Workroom near Cape Coast showed excessive microbial, mould …
Read More »The economy will take three years to recover – Ken Ofori Atta
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says the Ghanaian economy will take three years to recover from the impact of the COVID-19pandemic. The Minister in an article published in the Financial Times said “A U-shaped recovery is touted, but ours will likely be a steep drop, then a two- to three-year downward slide before a …
Read More »Covid-19: Kumasi Central Market shut down hours after opening
Authorities of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly have ordered the closure of the Kumasi Central market hours after President Akufo-Addo ordered the opening of the lockdown areas. According to Ultimate FM’s Isaac Bediako Justice, the closure was necessitated by the refusal of the traders to observe social distancing protocols. ” There …
Read More »Sacrifice me to the gods if my local medicine fails to treat coronavirus patients – Herbal practitioner
The President and founder for Save The Nation For Future Leaders, Kwadwo Atta Apeakorang says he should be sacrificed to the gods if the local treatment he has discovered fails to cure Coronavirus. According to him, the treatment, made up of prekese, hwentia, pepre, ginger and garlic is the only way …
Read More »COVID-19 cases in Ghana jump to 1042
COVID-19 cases in Ghana have jumped to 1042, President Akufo-Addo has announced. Addressing the nation on Sunday, the President said the increase in numbers is as a result of 68, 591 tests conducted. According to the President, nine people have died from the disease while 99 people have recovered and …
Read More »FDA Has Not Approved COA FS As Cure For COVID-19
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has not approved the food supplement, ‘COA FS’ by the COA Herbal Centre, as a cure for the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and called on all to disregard the information. Mr James Lartey, the Director of Communications of the FDA, in an …
Read More »God will punish you if you don’t provide free browsing data – Prophet Oduro to Telecoms
Prophet Kofi Oduro, the Leader and founder of Alabaster International Ministry has descended heavily on telecommunications networks in Ghana. Prophet Kofi Oduro has stated that the vengeance of God shall come upon telecommunication networks in Ghana who have refused to reduce or provide free browsing data to Ghanaians during the …
Read More »Coronavirus: Ghana earns international praise as QR Codes take over the world of payments
Ghana government’s introduction of the Universal QR Code payment system has been cited by Finextra, an internationally-renowned financial news publication, as an example of a new payment revolution that is sweeping through the world in the wake of COVID-19. Ghana became the first African country to introduce the Universal QR Code …
Read More »How boost your immune system to fight against coronavirus – Pharmacist reveals
According to a report MynewsGhana.net sighted on 3 News, a chief pharmacist at the Cocoa Clinic in Accra, Edward Amporful, is encouraging the consumption of raw cocoa powder to help boost the immune system and defend the body against the novel coronavirus. Health experts have said strong immune system is …
Read More »Wayne Rooney: England and Manchester United’s record goalscorer says he was not a ‘natural’
England and Manchester United’s record goalscorer Wayne Rooney says he should have scored more goals despite not being a “natural” finisher. Rooney scored 253 times to break Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time record at United, before also surpassing the latter’s England tally with 53. Writing in his Sunday Times column, the 34-year-old said: …
Read More »Mansoman SHS hosts Covid-19 Isolation Centre
Health authorities at the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region have set up a Covid-19 isolation centre at the Mansoman Senior High School. Authorities say it is a proactive decision to prevent any surprises in the district’s preparedness in the fight against the pandemic. Some health facilities have also …
Read More »BoG gives GHC10m to COVID-19 Trust Fund
After President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, his vice and appointees donated their 3-month salary to the COVID-19 Trust Fund, many people including some members of the opposition political parties have made donations. Faith-based organisations and business moguls have also contributed their quota towards the growth of the national trust. The latest to make …
Read More »Why Meningitis has killed 40 up north
About four hundred (400) people have been infected with a new strain of meningitis in the northern part of Ghana. 40 out of the 400 has been reported dead. meningitis is explained as an infection that affects the delicate membranes — called meninges — that cover the brain and spinal cord. You or …
Read More »Ken Ofori-Atta in despair over effects of COVID-19 on economy
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed he is in total despair over the havoc the rampaging Coronavirus is causing to global economies especially countries in Africa. In a write-up to the reputable The Financial Times Newspaper based in London, the man President Nana Akufo-Addo described as ‘financial magician’, revealed he feels …
Read More »Coronavirus: Traders at Dormaa-Ahenkro not adhering to distancing protocols
Traders at the weekly Tuesday market at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region have not been observing the social distancing protocols against the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Also restaurants, chop bar operators and drinking spots continue to flout the protocols as they open up for business …
Read More »The 198 new coronavirus cases aren’t new infections – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the 198 new Coronavirus cases announced Saturday are not new infections. It explained that the record 198 new cases, which have seen the country’s case count jump from 641 to 834, are from a backlog of samples currently at the various laboratory testing centres. “The general …
Read More »Ghana strong to pay back US$1bn COVID-19 loan – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana’s track record of repaying debts will enable her to repay the US$1bn COVID-19 facility it lent the country with ease. In a staff report and statement by the Executive Director for Ghana, the Fund said: “Ghana’s track record of servicing debts to the …
Read More »Lockdown: Techiman market to be shut
The Municipal Chief Executive of the Techiman Assembly, John Donyina, has announced a one-week closure of its main market amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a press briefing, he said the decision forms part of proactive measures to prevent possible cases at Techiman. He added the closure will take effect from …
Read More »Somey Traditional Area to create local buffer stock of food
The Somey Traditional Area in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region has hinted of plans to create a local buffer stock of food to guard against possible food shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Traditional Area, in a press release issued by Torgbiga Adamah III, the Makorsor of Somey, …
Read More »Akim Oda central market adopts segmentation of trading
The Birim Central Municipality in the Eastern Region as a measure to ensure effective social distancing at the markets has employed market segmentation to control the large number of people at the various markets in the municipality. The decision was arrived at when the Municipal Security Council (MuSeC) considered the …
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