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Cedi to fall 8.60 percent in 2020 – Report

The Ghana cedi is projected to decline in value to the US dollar by 8.60% ± 1.50% at the end of 2020. This will be lower than the 12.9% depreciation to the American currency in 2019. This means the cedi will hover around GHS6.05 ± GH¢0.10 by 31 December, 2020. …

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Ghanaian teachers to benefit from ‘world class’ Teacher Survey App

A ground-breaking innovation, certain to create a significant impact across the education landscape in Ghana, is about to be launched. Known as TeacherTapp Ghana, this teacher survey mobile app, is aimed at gathering information regarding the daily lives of teachers and education in general, through a series of programmed questions …

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ECG: Prepaid credit deductions’re service charges

The Electricity Company of Ghana has attributed the deductions effected on prepaid electricity to service charges. According to the power distribution company, all residential and non-residential electricity prepaid customers in the country are charged a monthly service charge depending on their consumption. The Public Relations Manager of the utility provider, …

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Stock Market pulls back to start week

The GSE Composite Index tumbled by 12.46 points (-0.55%) due to losses in two banking and telecom counters to close at 2,236.29 with a -0.92% year-to-date return while the market capitalization declined by 0.23% to settle at GH¢57.96 billion. CAL Bank (-1.02%) lowered the GSE Financial Index by 1.11 points …

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ECG attributes prepaid electricity deductions to service charges

The Electricity Company of Ghana is attributing deductions on prepaid electricity to service charges. According to the power distribution company, all residential and non-residential electricity prepaid customers in the country are charged a monthly service charge, depending on their consumption. Public Relations Manager, Theresa Osabutey disclosed this in an interview …

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Anaesthetists to strike from Friday over title change

Members of the Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) have served notice they will embark on strike from Friday, January 31, 2020. According to the association, their appeal to the Medical and Dental Council over plans to change their name has been ignored. They claim the MDC has instead …

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Drama in court as Ofosu-Ampofo trial witness denies statement

The prosecution yesterday called its first witness in the trial of the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, and a Communications Officer of the party, Anthony Kwaku Boahen. The first Prosecution Witness, Benjamin Osei Ampofo Adjei, a broadcast journalist with Accra-based Adom FM being led …

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Boxer Patrick Allotey wanted by police

Ghanaian boxer, Patrick Allotey who assaulted a fan on Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium in the Super Clash between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko has been asked to report to the Ministries Police Station in Accra. Happy Sports understands that Michael Siaw, the fan assaulted in the incident …

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Government’s initiatives are not slogans but policies – Bawumia

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that government’s initiatives, were not slogans but policies implemented to benefit Ghanaians. He said the programmes, such as the One District One Factory (1D1F), Planting for Food and Jobs and Free Senior High School, were all policies put in place to protect …

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Zimbabwe’s govt blamed for mining sector chaos

A coalition of extractive sector non-governmental organisations have called for adoption of legal reforms which foster transparency as a long lasting panacea to rampant violence in the artisanal and small scale mining. In press statement released by the Publish What You Pay (Zimbabwe), the civic groups called on government to …

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‘No roads no vote’ and similar mantras unfortunate – CHRAJ

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has described as unfortunate and inappropriate the practice, where citizens attached conditions to their votes. This, according to the Commission was tantamount to vote-buying and as such could create a platform for corruption and therefore must be discouraged in all terms. …

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BBC to axe 450 newsroom jobs in cost-cutting drive

Britain’s BBC said on Wednesday it would axe 450 jobs from its news division in a restructuring designed to cut costs and change the way it produces news to reach a younger audience. The 98-year-old corporation, locked in a battle with the government over its future, said fewer viewers were …

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Non-Ghanaians eligible to pick NPP nomination forms

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said it will not prevent anyone, including foreigners, who wish to pick nomination forms and contest the party’s upcoming parliamentary elections slated for April 25. General Secretary of the party John Boadu in a press conference last week warned party executives have no power …

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Coronavirus: Whole world ‘must take action’, warns WHO

The “whole world needs to be on alert” to fight the coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Programme has said. Dr Mike Ryan praised China’s response to the deadly outbreak, saying: “The challenge is great but the response has been massive.” The WHO will meet on …

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Court throws out application to search Sammy Gyamfi’s phone

An Accra High Court has thrown out an application by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to search the phone records of the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi. The court has also denied the police access to Mr Gyamfi’s Facebook …

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Truck crashes into building at Aboabo in Kumasi [photos]

A 28-year-old man is receiving medical attention at the Manhyia Government Hospital in Kumasi after the articulated he was driving, crashed into a storey building at Aboabo in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region. Fuseini Faisal is said to have attempted to avoid a collision with the oncoming …

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2020 polls will be serious – Rawlings

Former President, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has urged that extra caution be taken by the Electoral Commission and all other stakeholders involved with the processes leading to the 2020 polls. He believes any wrong move will have dire consequences considering the elections is a major one and all parties …

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