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Domestic flights to begin operations from May 1

Domestic flights will begin operations from May 1, 2020, Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has announced.The minister made the disclosure while monitoring a...

Uni-Pass clearing system fails to take off

Clearance of goods at the Tema Harbour came to a halt yesterday due to a directive from the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, asking...

Implementation of the AfCFTA deal postponed due to coronavirus

The implementation of a mammoth African free trade agreement will not begin on July 1 as planned due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Kotoka Int. Airport, 3 others disinfected

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, through its Vector Control Unit, is not relenting in its efforts to support the central government’s battle against the novel coronavirus...

Ban on ‘pragyia’ lifted at Dormaa-Ahenkro

Tricycle (Pragyia) riders at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region on Monday resumed operations following the temporary lifting of a...

RCS Ghana signs contract with Eutelsat for DTH broadcast

Eutelsat Communications, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of...

GUTA appeals for a 3-week grace period to mobilise funds to clear goods

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is appealing to the government to allow them a three-week grace period to mobilise funds to clear...

Coronavirus: Puma Energy lauded for fueling National Ambulance Service

Puma Energy Distribution Ghana Ltd has been lauded by the Health Ministry for its continuous support in the fight against the novel coronavirus.Like other...

We miss our wives – Quarantined fishermen cry out

Some quarantined fishermen in Sekondi, Western Region have lamented about how they miss their wives.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Ablekuma West records 37 cases; MP cries MoH...

I am worth more than $3 Billion – Kanye West says Forbes’ estimate is lower

Kanye West is now a billionaire, according to Forbes.The rapper is claiming that his net worth is more than $3 billion — which would make him...

World’s top 100 billionaires lost $408 billion in 2 months to COVID-19

In just two months, the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out a combined US$408 billion from the world’s top 100 billionaires, with LVMH chief executive, Bernard...

Chad repays $100m Angola debt with 75,000 cows

Angola has received a herd of more than 1,000 cattle from Chad, a government official said Monday, the latest shipment of an unusual debt...

STC disregards social distancing protocol amid claims it will run at a loss

The management of State Transport Company (STC) has indicated that the company would not be able to observe the social distancing protocol issued by...

National lotteries officially takes over running of *959# shortcode from Keed Ghana

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has finally taken over the running of *959# shortcode for the Original 5/90 Lotto, the flagship product of the...

Covid-19: Multichoice customers rewarded for staying connected

During these unprecedented and tough times, DStv and GOtv are lightening the load with some great news.From Monday 20 April,DStv and GOtv customers...

Zoomlion disinfects AH Hotel

AH Hotel, a 75-bedroom hotel and conference facility at American House, Accra, has benefited from Zoomlion Ghana Limited’s (ZGL’s) fifty per cent (50%) discount...

State of Madina market after lockdown [Photos]

The local foodstuff and vegetable hub of the madina market is slowly bouncing back to life after authorities shut down the place over concerns...

Lifting of restrictions on movement makes economic sense – Oduro-Osae

The Dean of Graduate Studies at the Institute of Local Government says the lifting of restrictions on movement in the Covid-19 hotspots is timely...

Global hunger could double due to Covid-19 blow – UN

The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, the...

Covid-19: Man turns pizza shop into face mask company

A pizza operator, Dimitri Syrkin-Nikolau, has risen up against the spread of coronavirus in a very creative and unconventional way.On Monday, March 16,...

BoG directs banks, SDI’s not to pay dividends to shareholders

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs) in the country not to declare or pay any dividend to...

Oil price crashes, ends negative for the first time in history

United States (U.S.) crude oil futures turned negative on Monday for the first time in history, ending the day at a stunning minus $37.63...

Oil crashes, ends negative for the first time in history

U.S. crude oil futures turned negative on Monday for the first time in history, ending the day at a stunning minus $37.63 a barrel...

FDA recalls COA FS products from the market

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is recalling all batches of COA FS Food Supplement manufactured by COA Herbal Centre in Cape Coast and...

Banks contribute GHS2M to Ghana COVID-19 private sector fund

As part of efforts to mitigate the financial impact of the corona virus on the government and the people of Ghana, the Ghana Association...

Coronavirus: Govt to use IMF loan to pay electricity subsidy

Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has disclosed part of a US$ 1 billion loan government has secured from the Internal Monetary...

Coronavirus may force govt to disobey 5% GDP fiscal deficit law

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its revised forecast on Ghana’s economic growth has projected a 9.5 per cent fiscal deficit of Gross Domestic...

Lockdown: GUTA comes under pressure to clear goods from ports

The Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) has bemoaned a directive from the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) for members to clear all...

Anxiety grips Ken Ofori-Atta as he undergoes coronavirus test

Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has undergone a test for Coronavirus.This could be part of a measure by the government to have all appointees tested for the novel viral...

TOR MD’s resignation a common sense decision – Professor Azar

Private legal practitioner, Professor Stephen Asare, popularly called Kwaku Azar, has noted that the resignation from office of persons accused of misconducting themselves should...

Good news for SMEs as access to Govt’s GHS 600 million soft loan begins in May

Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs), according to the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) will, from May this year, have access to...

Clearing Agents sing UNIPASS’ praise as system becomes fully operational at Takoradi Port

The initial apprehensions that characterized the implementation of the new single window project, UNIPASS, has now made way for calm as the system has...

COVID-19: Ghana is safe; not to go into economic recession – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana is not likely to go into an economic recession in the third or fourth quarter of this year due...

COVID-19: G20 suspends $20 billion debt payments by poor countries

Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies agreed on Wednesday to suspend debt service payments for the world’s poorest countries from May...

Covid-19 lockdown: Registered water sellers to be paid commissions at the end of the month – Sanitation Minster

Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Dapaah, has revealed plans by the government to pay commissions to persons registered and authorised by...

Covid-19 lockdown: Energy Minister explains what it means to be ECG lifeline consumer

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his last televised address to the nation announced some relief packages to help mitigate the...

Covid-19: Govt to spend 1 billion cedis for electricity relief package [listen]

Minister for Energy, John Peter Amewu, has said that the government will spend approximately 1 billion Ghana cedis for some 4.8 million meters across...

COVID-19: IMF says $8 trillion so far spent in fight against pandemic

So far, US$8 trillion has been used by countries to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with G20 countries taking the lead.According to the International Monetary...

Embattled TOR MD resigns

Beleaguered Managing Director (MD) of the Tema Oil Refinery, Asante Berko has resigned.Mr Berko tendered in his resignation to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, on...

Indomie Ghana donates GH₵1m to Covid-19 Trust Fund

Tolaram Group of companies in Ghana on Tuesday donated one million Ghana cedis (GH₵1,000,000) in cash and products to the Covid-19 National Trust FundThe donation supports...