21st August, 2021
The Daily Graphic says Ghanaian festivals should be used as a springboard to boost tourism and accelerate the country’s development. The paper says it is regrettable Ghana has not found more creative and innovative ways of celebrating festivals. It says the country stands to benefit if its cultural heritage can be marketed effectively through […]
President Akufo Addo to hold talks with Pfizer for more vaccines, as he departs for Germany on Monday
By Bright Ntramah President Akufo-Addo will from Monday, August 22, 2021 pay a State visit to Germany at the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel. The visit will strengthen and deepen bilateral and economic relations between the two countries. Addressing the Presidential Press Corps at its Inaugural Jubilee House Press Briefing, Director of Communications at the […]
President Akufo-Addo accredits 13 new envoys
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Thursday presented letters of credence to 13 appointed envoys, with a charge on them to prioritise Ghana’s post COVID-19 recovery agenda at their duty posts. The envoys including three High Commissioners, eight Ambassadors, one deputy High Commissioner, and a deputy Ambassador, are Dr Winfred Nii Okai Hammond, Ambassador to China, […]
There are no abandoned projects under NPP- Boaben Asamoa
The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa has been reacting to suggestions that the government should complete abandoned projects before starting new ones. In a rebuttal, during a Press Conference in Accra on August 20, 2021, Mr. Buaben Asamoa said, ‘’there are no abandoned projects under NPP. The President […]
Reconstituted BoG Board charged to interrogate high interest rate-President Akufo-Addo
Story by: Bright Ntramah President Akufo-Addo has urged the Bank of Ghana, BOG to interrogate the issue of high interest rate, and how the issue can be addressed to enhance competitiveness with the private sector. He wondered why BOG lends to commercial banks at a rate of 13.5percent, while the Commercial Banks lend to the […]
Committee to investigate death of supposed COVID-19 patient
The Western Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has commissioned a five-member committee to investigate the circumstances leading to the escape and subsequent death of a patient at the COVID-19 Treatment Centre of the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital. Dr Yaw Ofori Yeboah, the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service told the Ghana […]
Pacquiao eyes Philippine presidency as he fights for boxing crown
Manny Pacquiao, the eight time world boxing champion and senator of the Philippines, takes on Cuban Yordenis Ugás in Las Vegas on Saturday night in a high-stakes fight that could kick-start his campaign to be his country’s next president. While 42-year-old Pacquiao has been focusing on politics over the last two years, reclaiming his former […]
Tamne Floods: Farmlands submerged; Residents rendered Homeless
Samuel Ayammah, Upper East Region. More than 40 houses are either submerged or on the verge of being swallowed by flood waters, while hundreds of hectares of farmlands in Garu, Tempane and Pusiga Districts of the Kusaug Area in the Upper East Region are completely inundated. This follows a […]
Taliban takeover raises fears about Africa’s jihadists
As Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Islamist groups waging insurgencies in Africa were quick to celebrate. “God is great,” a media outlet linked to Somalia’s al-Shabab wrote in response to the takeover. Elsewhere, the leader of al-Qaeda affiliate Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) used his first public message since 2019 to congratulate the Taliban. “We […]
GES bemoans rise in unresolved sexual abuse cases in Upper East
By Prosper Adankai, Upper East Region. Director for the Girls’ Education Unit of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Benedicta Seidu has stated that GES would resort to the use of laid down administrative procedure to probe reported cases of its officers who are purported to have breached the Professional Code of Conduct. She is […]
