BUSINESS

Fifty seven workers on Tullow Ghana’s contractor support vessel CSV Lancelot have test positive for Covid-19. In a statement copied to Joy News, the company said, “GHS has confirmed today, that 57 of the 200 personnel onboard the CSV Lancelot tested positive for Covid-19.” The statement added that all affected …

Market Queens at the Takoradi Market Circle in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) have welcomed the decision of the Assembly to introduce a shift system using coloured cards for traders as a means to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Metropolis. The market queens in the various markets were …

Ghana earned US$3.3 billion from the Year of Return initiative, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has said. According to her, the earnings were proceeds from accommodation, food, shopping, local transport and entertainment. GHS6 million was, however, spent on promoting the Year of Return campaign in and out of …

The minister for finance Ken Ofori-Atta has presented to Parliament a ten billion Ghana cedis paper on the limit of borrowing by government under subsection (6) of Section 30 of the Bank of Ghana Act (Act 612) in the Novel Coronavirus emergency.   The request to parliament was to allow the ministry …

The resurgence of demand on the trading market has led to the cyclical depreciation of the Ghana cedi against three major trading currencies on the interbank currency market, according to data released by the IGS Financial Services. According to the figures, the US dollar last week made a weekly gain …

Real Madrid has reportedly offered Manchester United their pick of four players in their pursuit of midfielder Paul Pogba. The French international has long been linked with a move to the Bernabeu, while former club Juventus have also been tipped to re-sign the 27-year-old. Like many clubs, Real have been …

The incident occurred during the hearing of Defamation Suit against the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the area Dr. James Kofi Annan by the Incumbent MP Hon Alexander Afenyo Markin after the Parliamentary candidate alleged that the MP has connived with the Police in Winneba to falsely implicate him a Ghc100,000 …

A study published this week in the Food Policy Journal, by a team of local and international researchers, has identified priority recommendations to support government policy action towards creating healthier food environments in Ghana. The top policy actions recommended for government action by the national expert panel include legislation to …

Ghana’s Public Debt cannot be 59.3% of Gross Domestic Product at the end of March 2020 unless the government of Ghana is keen to continue the controversial “parallel” fiscal reporting that it denies, former Finance Minister, Seth Tekper has said. According to him, since the 2019 Debt Report and the …

Government has paid the first tranche of the COVID-19 electricity reliefs to the respective bodies – the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) and the Volta River Authority (VRA). in full for the month of April. The total payment for the three bodies is GH¢343 million, Nana …