A total of 32 Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the Ayawaso North Munic­ipality in Accra were on Friday presented with assorted items valued at GH¢32, 000 by the as­sembly as part of their share of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF). The items included chest freezers, refrigerators, Poly­tanks, sewing machines, popcorn machines, hearing aid, gallons … The post 32

A leading figure in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko says the refusal of individual bondholders to accept government’s debt exchange program is likely to worsen the country’s economic crisis. He is of the belief, the widespread rejection of the program by the bondholders will not mean well for the country. The […] The post Rejection

A Vice President of Imani Africa Kofi Bentil has rejected the government’s domestic debt exchange programme. He stated that the programme is essentially an invitation to surrender a strong legal position for a very weak one and also lose money in the process. “There is no reason anyone should accept that. Say no to the […]

Government’s deadline for bondholders to sign onto the domestic debt exchange programme expires today, Monday, January 16, 2023. In its quest to address the country’s ongoing economic challenges, the government launched the programme to invite holders of bonds to voluntarily exchange approximately GH¢137 billion domestic notes and bonds of the Republic including ESLA and Daakye […] The post Deadline

A police officer with the anti-robbery unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command has been burnt to death in a fire that gutted the police barracks where he lived with his family. The officer died together with his wife, and child. The bodies of the family have been deposited at the morgue. Assembly Member for […] The post Kumasi: Police officer, wife and child die

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Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Special Assistant to former President John Dramani Mahama has accused the Akufo-Addo administration of messing up the economy and also destroying people’s investments. Commenting on the Debt Exchange, she said the programme has been disguised to take the livelihoods of the people from them. “Fellow Ghanaians lost monies and jobs in the […]

30-year-old Michael Abeiku who was placed on the police wanted list for allegedly murdering his 27-year-old wife last Thursday has been arrested by the police. The commercial driver who accused the wife of infidelity and subsequently butchered her at Oyoko a suburb of Koforidua in the New Juaben North Municipality fled the scene before the […] The post Police arrest man who killed

A Vice President of Imani Africa Bright Simons has said that the upper middle class in Ghana will now opt for more investment opportunities abroad due to the domestic debt exchange programme that has been introduced in Ghana by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. In a tweet, he said “Folks all fired up about how […]

The Ghana Association of Banks (GAB) has directed commercial banks not to sign onto the amended debt exchange offer over uncertainty surrounding the impact of the debt restructuring on the banking industry. The association wants its concerns addressed before accepting the debt exchange offer, according to a letter sent to managing directors of banks and […]