Monthly Archives: July, 2021

A total of 27,561 candidates representing fifty-six percent (56%) of candidates in Eastern region who wrote the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) failed. Statistical analysis of the performance of the candidates commissioned by the Eastern Regional Directorate of Ghana...

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has disclosed that over GHS 24 million worth of property were destroyed by fire in the country from January to June 2021. According to the GNFS, the destructions were from over three thousand fire...

The High Court in Accra (General Jurisdiction) presided over by Justice Rebecca Sitties has ordered Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited and Stratcom (MTN Ghana Limited) and all network service providers not to release subscribers Mobile Money details to government. A private...

Government is in the process of introducing a policy to have 20% of procurement award to women as part of measures to help address the impact of COVID-19 on the incomes of women in Ghana. The Minister of Finance, Ken...

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has made an appeal to Ghanaians to support the construction of the National Cathedral promised by President Nana Addo, with a GHC100 monthly contribution. He made the announcement in Parliament on Thursday July 29, 2021...

Government says there is evidence to back its claim that the Ghanaian economy has started recovering from the shocks it suffered as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic. According to Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, growth averaged 7% in the...

The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah, has asked for the transfer of the Kasoa ritual murder case from the Kasoa District Court in the Central Region to the Kaneshie District Court in Accra. This the Chief Justice said will help...

The Research and Consultancy Centre (RCC) of the University of Professional Studies in Accra (UPSA) has called on the government to ensure that it engages in wide stakeholder consultation before launching the proposed Development Bank of Ghana (DBG). The RCC,...

The Managing Director of the GCB Bank Limited, John Kofi Adomako, has expressed optimism that banks will soon reduce their appetite for treasury securities in favour of lending as rates on the risk-free government paper begins to fall. He said...

The time is ripe for the nation to train experts to manage the country’s vast human resources and tailor them to suit our developmental agenda, the Speaker Rt Hon Alban S.K Bagbin has said. He said although the country is...