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The Minority in Parliament has called on the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government to apologise to Ghanaians and immediately cancel the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) for heading to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout. Speaking to Starr News Minority spokesperson on Communications A.B.A Fuseini argued the move is final proof of the level …

  President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the minister of finance to commence official engagements with the International Monetary Fund.This is contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Friday, July 1, 2022.According to the statement, the finance minister has …

The infrastructure footprints of China is a long drawn subject for analysts of geopolitics. It is widely believed that the Asian giant’s power and prowess on the continent is linked to the efforts it sinks into developing public and private infrastructure across the continent. China has in recent years, built …

On the Interbank forex rates from the Bank of Ghana today, July 1, 2022, the Ghana Cedi is trading against the dollar at a buying price of 7.2269 and a selling price of 7.2341. As compared to yesterday’s trading of a buying price of 7.2209 and a selling price of 7.2281. …

Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has proposed a number of measures be believes will salvage Ghana’s sinking economy. According to Mahama, these measures are to be deployed as quickly as possible in order to avert a total collapse of the economy. He made the recommendations during a June 30, 2022 …

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, following his conviction last year on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges stemming from his efforts over years to use his fame to ensnare …

A 13-year-old girl was on Friday bitten to death by a snake on a cocoa settlement at Dadieso in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. The large cobra, measuring about six feet, bit Juana Jupo Tandor in her sleep at around 0430 hours and she died later at the …

While in opposition, the New Patriotic Party in the lead up to the 2016 elections consistently lambasted the John Dramani Mahama administration particularly on issues bothering on the economic management of the country. From corruption allegations to inflation issues, the NPP accused NDC of gross incompetence at managing the economy and further saddling Ghanaians …

The two-day demonstration by pressure group Arise Ghana is set to begin by midday today Tuesday June 28,2022. The group will be converging at the Obra Circle between 12pm and 3pm before embarking on their march which they say will drag into the night. The court has however directed them …

Excessive speeding has reportedly caused the death of a motor rider and severe injuries to another person at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. Mumuni Saani, now deceased, was said to be in charge of an unregistered Haojin motorbike with one Fatawo Mohammed as a pillion rider on June 21, 2022. …