Parliament on Friday evening approved $1 billion credit facility to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility, titled “Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) Agreement” is between the Government of Ghana, represented by the Ministry of Finance, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) amounts to 738 million Special Drawing Rights. The approval follows a request … The post Ghana

Kumasi Asante Kotoko will suffer a player transfer ban if they fail to pay a fine of $240,000 imposed on them by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA). Kotoko was fined a total of $240,000 by FIFA after illegally registering Emmanuel Clottey, though the player was still a bonafide property of Tunisian giants, Esperance. … The post FIFA to impose a

This afternoon, Saturday April 18, 2020 when the Ghana Health Service released latest figures of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country, it went from 641 since the last update to 834. The Service however say, the jump in the numbers is due to a backlog of laboratory samples that were picked for testing. “After completion … The post Ghana confirmed COVID-19 cases

The Nkawie Circuit Court has granted four persons a total of GH?40,000.00 bail with two sureties each, for robbery. Kwame Kuffour 27, mason, Rufai Tijani, 30, Malik Ibrahim 18 and Kwaku Boahen 42, all farmers, were said to have attacked and robbed a Chinese auto mechanic at Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District. They pleaded … The post Four granted bail for robbery appeared first

Parliament on Friday unanimously approved as a Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, Member of Parliament of Ledzokuku and Board Chairman of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). The approval follows the vetting on Wednesday of the Deputy Health Minister-designate, 38, a public health practitioner, and subsequent recommendation by the Appointments Committee of … The post Parliament

The change in the normal routine and pattern of life of Ghanaians, caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, is having strong effect on carnivores and wild cats, at the Kumasi Zoological Gardens. The management of the place is now mulling over the rationing of meat for feeding carnivores and wild cats there, following the imposition … The post Kumasi Zoo

Lawyers have cautioned Commonwealth governments not to misuse the emergency powers that they have enacted as part of their efforts to combat the deadly coronavirus. When the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic in March, extraordinary measures were taken by various Commonwealth authorities. All, to various extents, restricted freedom of … The post Commonwealth

Mr Shi Ting WANG, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana on behalf of the Chinese Community has donated food items valued at GH¢110,000.00 to the Muslim Communuty in Accra through the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu. The items which included 2,000 pieces of the 5kg rice bags, 1,000 pieces of two litre bottle oil, … The post Chinese community donates