Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo, the Medical Director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, popularly know as Ridge Hospital, has disclosed that he received additional information about other illegal blood dealings in the hospital following the airing of the ‘Blood Contractor’ story. According to him, a day after the airing of the …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said its support for Ghana will not scrap Free SHS. It noted that its program aims to protect the vulnerable. The Fund noted that the Free SHS policy needs to be protected describing it as innovative. In its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), cited by ModernGhana …

An attempt by some driver unions to maliciously increase public transport fares without the consent of the main union, GPRTU, and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), who per the administrative arrangement, have the mandate to negotiate public transport fares on behalf of all driver unions, has hit a …

Carlo Sdralevich, leader of the IMF negotiation team in Ghana, has reaffirmed the government’s narrative that Ghana’s economic hardship is partly a result of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. Sdralevich, after meeting the various stakeholders in the country concluded that Ghana’s fiscal and debt situation has severely …

After the successful delivery of the quintuplets at Agormanya in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, the clinical coordinator of the St. Martin De Porres Hospital, Dr Bansah Miriam Theodora, has expressed joy over her involvement in the delivery process. According to her, she was home when she received a phone …

A Senior Midwifery Officer at the Tema Health Centre, Ruby Ansah-Tagoe, has revealed that the average length of an erected penis is 6 inches or 15cm and can equally satisfy a woman. She made this revelation on GTV’s breakfast show on Tuesday, July 12. When it comes to satisfying a …

While the heat is on, you may think there is no boundary as to what to say or touch, but be careful, you may kill the fun while touching these places. Sex is always a moment of pleasure that intimate partners often take informally. Lovers usually have no boundaries to …

The exchange rate between the Euro and United States Dollar has reached parity – meaning the two major currencies now have the same worth. The development would make it the first in 20 years for such an occurrence. On Tuesday, July 12, the euro hit $1, which represented a decline …

As the teacher’s strike drags on, students at the Walewale Senior High Technical School in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region are being forced to assume the duties of the school caterers by making their own meals in the dining hall. The students were spotted eating rice …

  Indigenous Ghanaian energy technology company, Kofa, has announced the introduction of its high-end battery-powered motorcycles into the Ghanaian market. This follows a successful pilot program that tested the robustness and efficiency of the innovative motorcycles and batteries in Ghana. A series of courier and logistics companies, including Graphic Courier …

A first year General Arts student of Oyoko Methodist Senior High School in Koforidua has been stabbed death. Roland Asare ,18, was stabbed during a fight between his Uncle and a co- tenant, Kwaku Kyere alias old Soldier in a house at Ogua area near Koforidua Jackson park on Monday …

Grapevine reports received indicate that both Senior and Junior Officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) are threatening to embark on a nationwide sit-down strike. The impending industrial action is over promotional issues and other matters of grave concern which have not been given the needed …

Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University in the USA, Steve Hanke, has again questioned government’s decision to enter an economic support programme with the International Monetary Fund. Last week, President Akufo-Addo defended the decision by stating that a possible bailout from the Bretton Woods institution will in the short-run repair …

Over 5000 residents living in Pokuase, Amoako and Esienkyem communities in the Ahafo Ano East District in the Ashanti Region are without electricity or standby generator forcing nurses and midwives to deliver to deliver pregnant women using torch lights and lights from their mobile phones at various CHIP compounds. Residents from the three communities …

The Keta Port is non existing but the government has kept paying the director for ten months, the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed. The director, Dr Alexander Adusei who was appointed by Nana Addo has been receiving salaries worth millions of cedis for the fanthom port, …

The National Council of Parent Teacher Associations (NCPTA), in Eastern Region says it is planning to meet heads of secondary schools to see how best the association could help ameliorate the intermittent food shortages in the schools. Delays in delivery of nonperishable food items to most schools intermittently result in shortage of …

Relief initiatives taking shape to ease food and debt As the supply-chain disruption caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, international relief packages for Africa are starting to take shape. USAID this week pledged a $30m package to support Zambian food exports to East African countries to help ease the …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed a team of experts to support Ghanaian health workers after Ghana confirmed two suspected cases of Marburg virus disease. The two cases were found in the Ashanti Region after preliminary tests done in the country on two patients came back positive.The two affected …

Senior High Schools hit by food shortages will receive supplies by Tuesday (July 12), authorities have announced. That’s according to the Education Ministry as it races against time to avert an imminent closure of second-cycle schools whose students have been affected by an ongoing strike by members of four teacher …

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbornu has blamed the government for the shortage of food in some Senior High Schools. Mr, Carbonu said the current centralized system that authorises only the National Buffer Stock to distribute food to Senior High Schools has largely contributed …

Nigeria has announced a jailbreak at the Kuje Maximum Prison in Abuja. This happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. According to reports, the Jihadist group Boko Haram is linked to the attack that saw 443 inmates out of 879 escape. Meanwhile, the Nigerian security agencies have given a strong indication …

President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) Dr Joseph Obeng has said the cancellation of road toll collection by the government was needless. Contributing to a discussion on the decision by the Government of Ghana to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on TV3’s Key Points, Saturday July 9, Dr Obeng …

Oil marketers have yet to receive a response from the Federal Government as regards the outstanding payment of bridging claims incurred by dealers for the transportation of petroleum products across the country and might go ahead with their proposed strike after the Sallah break. Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers …

Pierre Frank Laporte, World Bank Country Director for Ghana, has stated that his outfit has approved a total of $903 million for Ghana to support public finance reforms. According to him, this is a huge sum of money any development institution has approved for a country for a period of …

The Education Ministry has downplayed concerns being raised about shortage of food items in secondary schools in parts of the country. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Ministry’s PRO, Kwasi Kwarteng, said his ministry has “not had any such official complaint.” Despite reports indicating that certain schools currently lack key ingredients like …

    To mobilise support of Private sector investors towards building a more resilient economy, the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre hosted President Nana Akufo-Addo, Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen, and CEOs of some of Ghana’s leading indigenous companies in a closed-door session breakfast meeting on Monday, 4th July 2022. The session …

The French ambassador to Ghana, Anne-Sophie Ave, has said although “Ghana has all the ingredients to succeed”, the country’s high level of debt, has necessitated the need to resort to the International Monetary Fund, which she said is the “only international bank that has the means and whose job it …

Some parents have raised concerns over food shortages in some senior high schools across the country. In an SOS audio currently in circulation, some parents raised concerns over the quality of food served to their wards in the affected schools. The Parents Teacher Association Chairman of Mfantstpim, Minister Kwarteng, lamented …

The management of Ideal College says 23 of its students have been left injured after they were manhandled by land guards and police, supposedly coming from the counter-terrorism unit of the Ghana Police Service. According to the Public Relations Officer of the school, Naphtali Kyei Baffour, three of the students …

A Court of Appeal in Accra has reversed the decision of the Bank of Ghana to revoke the operating license of UniCredit Ghana Limited as a saving and loans company in Ghana. According to GHOne TV, the court on July 7, 2022, declared the decision of the Bank of Ghana to revoke the license …