The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has identified a number of geographical areas in the country that are likely to be hit hard, in case the coronavirus (COVID-19) infections escalate across the country. Among the areas are Subin in Kumasi Metropolis, Shama in the Western Region, Weija-Gbawei in the Greater Accra

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The Ghana Armed Forces has begun supplying free potable water to some targeted communities in Greater Accra, as part of its efforts to combat COVID-19. The free water supply started on Tuesday in two deprived communities of Mangdjaanor and Kaadjaanora in the La Dade-Kotopon Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.  About 14,000-litres of water was … The post GAF supplies

Lockdown with a significant other is a challenging situation for any couple. Relationship expert and author of Communication Harmony, Dr Karen Phillip, offers seven ideas for couples to survive and thrive in isolation. 1. Organise a schedule Regardless if either is working, setting a schedule allows us to plan our long days. Schedule time alone, […] The post Seven

The Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) in the Volta region has set-up a 40-bed-capacity isolation and treatment centre to cater for persons who will be infected by the novel corona virus; Read More... The post Ho Teaching Hospital Gets 40-Bed Covid-19

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology, Prof. Jerry Samuel Yaw Kuma, has commended Zoomlion Ghana Limited for disinfecting the entire UMaT campus at no cost to Read More... The post UMaT Commends Zoomlion For Campus Disinfection

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Ghana’s laboratories have been tasked to work round the clock to process a backlog of over 12 000 samples collected for testing for covid 19. Information Minister Read More... The post Ghana Clearing About 12,000 Backlog Covid-19

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Attorney-General have failed to file a defence in the case brought against them by Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom. In the suit, which is still pending at the High Court in Accra, Dr Nduom accused the BoG  and the Minister of Finance of “deliberately and maliciously suppressing”

A rapist and armed robber, who broke jail from police cell at Sunyani in the Bono Region, last week, and escaped to Burkina Faso, has been sentenced to three years in hard labour on each count to run concurrently by the Sunyani Circuit Court. The suspect, Abdulai Karim, also known as JJ, appeared before court … The post Jail ‘breaker’ gets 3 years appeared first on

The police in Akatsi in the Akatsi District of the Volta Region has arrested three persons in connection with the death of a 26-year-old auto-electrician apprentice. The deceased according to information met his untimely death during a clash over a land boundary dispute between two divisions in the area. Speaking to the Ghanaian Times here … The post 3 grabbed

Col Franklin Vowotor (Rtd) presenting the items to Commander 37Military Hospital, Brig Gen Nii Adjah Obodia Retired Officers and Men of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) serving with the United Read More... The post Coronavirus Response: UN Soldiers

Head of Communication at the Ministry of Energy, Nana Damoah has indicated that the electricity reliefs announced by government to cushion Ghanaians following the COVID-19 economic slowdown will not affect the country’s energy sector debt. President Nana Akufo-Addo in his sixth national address to the nation on the novel coronavirus on Thursday, April 9, 2020, said […] The post GHS1bn

John Mahama A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has lambasted former President John Mahama for asking government to make funds available to the Read More... The post Gabby Fires Mahama Over Funding Demands For ECG

Information reaching DGN Online, indicates that a family member of the 19 year-old Covid-19 patient who died at Walewale in the North East Region has tested positive for the virus. Read More... The post Family Member Of Late Covid-19 Boy Tests Positive appeared

Police personnel stationed at Adenta -Dodowa snapcheck point have intercepted two commercial buses that were secretly conveying passengers from Accra to Dambai, in the Oti Region. The passengers , according Read More... The post 47 Grabbed For Trying to Flee Accra appeared first on

The shareholders of GN Savings and Loans are praying the High Court to order the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to restore their specialised deposit-taking licence.This was contained in the written address that the lawyers filed on behalf of the shareholders. “These actions were taken pursuant to Section 123 (1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking […] The post Order

The Upper East Region has recorded four new cases of the novel coronavirus as of April 16, according to the region’s health directorate. This brings to eight the total number of cases in the region. The Upper East Region has also recorded one death from the virus. “Of the four cases, three are contacts of […] The post Upper East Region records four new coronavirus

A circuit court in Obuasi has remanded 40 persons for defying the ban on social gatherings amidst the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Ghana. Police say a total of 46 persons were arrested on Saturday, 11th April 2020 while holding a wedding ceremony at Akaporiso in the Obuasi East District of the Ashanti Region. […] The post Obuasi: Couple, wedding

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) and the LPG Marketers Association of Ghana say Ghanaians are still paying for the Cylinder Recirculation Recovery Margin despite its withdrawal. The levy on Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) which was introduced by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) days ago was expected to allow LPG operators charge 13.5 pesewas extra […] The post ‘Illegal’

It’s 5am and I stir. My stomach feels cramped. I have slept no more than four hours. My mind races. The problems cascade through. I hear the birds and do my meditation. My wife Angie and I are in the middle of an Easter study on the Book of Daniel, and I can’t help but […] The post Ken Ofori-Atta writes: ‘What does an African finance minister do now?’