Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has welcomed the Executive Board’s decision supporting the general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). “The IMF Executive Board yesterday concurred in my proposal for a new general SDR allocation equivalent to US$650 billion – the largest allocation in the IMF’s history – to address […]
After getting approval for extension of its work, the three-member committee probing the disturbances in Ejura in the Ashanti Region had to wait longer than usual on Friday for sitting to begin. According to TV3‘s Ibrahim Abubakar, who is at the Prempeh Assembly Hall, where the committee sits for hearing, witnesses lined up for Friday […]
The government will be absorbing 60 per cent cost of the vehicles for Members of Parliament and Council of State members, according to available documents. This was contained in the emolument committee report which has been approved by Parliament. According to the document, each member of these two bodies is to receive a loan of […]
A group of 28 foreign mercenaries, including retired Colombian soldiers, assassinated Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say. Most were detained after a gun battle at a house in the capital Port-au-Prince where they were holed up. Bloodied and bruised, suspects were paraded in front of media on Thursday, along with a slew […]
Dutchman Bjorn Kuipers will referee Sunday’s European Championship final between England and Italy. He becomes the first person from the Netherlands to take charge of a men’s European final. Kuipers was the referee for England and Italy’s 2014 World Cup group-stage match in Brazil, which ended 2-1 to the Azzurri. The 48-year-old was fourth official […]
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has described the conduct of security personnel who in recent times have visited violence on innocent civilians as “cruel” and “unacceptable”. “Security agencies must be professional in the discharge of their duties,” the Association said in a statement issued on Thursday, July 8. “Under no circumstances should they have subjected […]
The trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas on 24 July has been postponed after the Briton tested positive for coronavirus. A source close to Fury told BBC Sport the WBC world heavyweight champion was deeply frustrated by the situation. Fury tested positive on Thursday and after discussions with medical experts […]
Former Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister K.A. Busia’s administration, Dr Assibi O. Abudu has posited that the current 1992 Constitution of Ghana is not good for the country. In his view, it must be amended to suit the exigencies of the current […]
The Awutu Senya Police Commander, Superintendent Joshua Semenyo has cautioned police officers who engage in extorting money from suspects before bailing them to desist from that action. According to Superintendent Semenyo, some police officers take advantage of suspects who desperately want to be bailed and charge them illegally to pay money before they’re released from […]
Just as promised, King Sark has blessed Sarknatives with a new tune from the ‘No Pressure’ album to compensate for the delayed album release. Sarkodie dropped ‘Vibration’ all the way from Kumasi, where the ‘No Pressure’ release party is happening. Sarkodie arrived in Kumasi amidst a massive crowd to welcome him at the airport. He […]
Nine years after the demise of the late President John Evans Atta Mills, his emoluments have not been paid. According to the Founder and Chief Executive Officer Of Atta-Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, the late former President would have been paid monthly salaries, given an office and other benefits but these have not been done since […]
The Interior Minister Mr Ambrose Dery has extended the working period for the committee that is probing the disturbances that occurred in Ejura in the Ashanti Region. The three-member committee on Thursday July 8 called for an extension of the deadline to enable it complete its work. The Committee in a statement requested the deadline […]
Former President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday, July 8 delegated some members of his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to represent him and, of course, the party at the funeral of the late Nigerian televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua. Among members of the delegation were Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, who was Mr Mahama’s Education Minister […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to commission the high-standard Pokuase Interchange on Friday, July 9. Though the four-tier interchange has partially been opened, Friday’s ceremony by President Akufo-Addo will be a formal gesture to fully open it to traffic. Already, sensitisation by the Department of Urban Roads of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) […]
Emerging payments and digital financial services have experienced increased adoption in Africa and specifically Ghana over the last decade. Traditional banks, mobile operators and fintechs have invested heavily in deploying various client led solutions aimed at facilitating the delivery of efficient payments and collections services in the economy. From person to person (P2P), person to […]
The National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has given indications that he will join next month’s #FixTheCountry protest if he is in town. He said he considers himself a Ghanaian first and foremost before any other thing. For that matter, since most of the concerns raised by the #FixTheCountry […]
Management of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has admitted that a social intervention policy like the one it manages cannot be immune from challenges. It, however, took exception to a recent publication that caterers in the Upper East Region are feeding pupils with less quality food. The claim was attributed to unnamed district directors […]
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