GENERAL NEWS

Management of the plush Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra is to lay off about 85% of staff as the novel Coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on their business. The hotel, in addition, will close down four floors of its multi-storey building with the aim of cutting down its operational …

The Commercial Division of Koforidua High Court has quashed the destoolment of Chief of Akyem Hemang Osabarima Prof. Mirikissi Apori Atta by the Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin –President of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council on July 1, 2019. The Court, presided over by Her Ladyship, Mrs Justice Cecilia N.S. Davis …

The Automobile Dealers Union of Ghana (ADUG), has urged Ghanaians to stringently adhere to all Directives on lockdown by the Government in an efforts to contain the deadly disease (coronavirus), in Ghana. This was contained in a solidarity message signed by Mr. Eric Kwaku Boateng, the President of the Union. …

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Sanitation & Water Resources together with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has been involved in a holistic clean up of markets and other major beehives of commercial activities in Accra, Ghana’s …

Maverick politician Kennedy Agyapong has denied reports of assassination attempts on his life. On Thursday, April 3, social media was awash with reports of unknown persons attempting to take the life of the Assin Central MP. The report added that Kennedy Agyapong escaped the attack by the skin of his …

Some aggrieved market women at the Madina market are calling on police personnel to exercise their powers within the set jurisdiction and refrain from harassing them. Speaking to www.ghanaweb.com during one of our tours, some of these women who were selling foodstuff with permit as food providers explained that they …

Personnel of the various security agencies and volunteer groups in the Ho West District, last Friday arrested and deported 27 Togolese who entered the district through unapproved routes after the closure of the frontiers. This was after their bus was intercepted at the border town of Honuta, and their arrest …

The Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang Manu has revealed that Ghana may not likely extend the two-week partial lockdown after it expires the following the outbreak of the coronavirus(COVID-19) in the country. According to him, the directive has so far been successful and the lockdown has made contact tracing in …

The Speaker of Parliament, Mike Oquaye has donated half of his monthly salary to the Covid-19 Trust Fund for three months. The Fund will be used, among other things, to support the vulnerable and needy who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. It will also be used to support …

Police and Soldiers deployed to monitor locked down places in Kasoa have arrested 6 suspected covid-19 foreigners; 2 Italians, 1 German And 3 Indians. Coronavirus outbreak has caused a massive panic among citizens of Ghana and also foreigners who have been in the country for a while. As of time …