Minister-designate for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has attributed his recovery to divine intervention as he acknowledges even the doctors felt “someone upstairs” was watching over him. Mr Ofori-Atta had to fly to the United States of America (USA) to seek medical care after suffering post-Covid complications. Virtually joining a post-budget forum …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin is threatening to stall processes towards the approval of the 2021 budget estimates if the Executive goes ahead with its plans to cap budgetary allocation to the law-making body. The Executive Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante in a letter to Parliament informed …

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has indicated that the government’s proposed new taxes are to help address the huge fiscal gap created as a result of the government’s COVID-19 expenses. According to him, the government spent about GH¢ 19 billion of borrowed funds to provide free water and …

The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC) has attributed the latest increases in prices of petroleum products to the prices and forces of demand and supply on the world market. In a statement to clarify issues on the back of the government’s newly proposed petroleum levies, the OMCs said the …

The Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has received about 1,000 reports of adverse effects from persons vaccinated against the COVID-19 vaccine. These are people vaccinated within 12 days of the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination exercise. Dr Kwame Amponsa-Achino, the Programme …

Ahafo Region Fair trade partner Kukuom Cocoa farmers to eradicate child-labour in Cocoa farming. Fair trade Africa has signed an MoU with Kukuom Cocoa Farmers Union to end child labour in cocoa growing communities in Asunafo South District of Ahafo region. They identify some factors contributing to child labour as …

The Comptroller General of Ghana Immigration service (GIS) Lawyer Kwame Asuah Takyi has hail President Nana Akufo Addo’s government for provision of accommodation for all security agencies of the country. He said Nana Addo in the history of Ghana has made a tremendous efforts to ensure that logistics and accommodation …

What you see in this picture is not happening in Africa! We are in the United States in the state of Georgia, and that is not enough to say: we are in an American university (Georgia Gwinnett). The black woman you see is no ordinary person on the street. It …

Drivers and Passengers in Assin Fosu have complained bitterly about the terrible nature of roads in the Municipality. Speaking with newsmen,they said notwithstanding the economic and social prospects, the roads in the Municipality had not received any major rehabilitation works and are ridden with multiples of wide portholes competing with …

The New Juaben South municipal health Directorates has disclosed that their outfit in the year under review saw an increase in maternal deaths in the municipality. Speaking at their Annual review Meeting held in koforidua, the Municipal Health director, Dr. Ekow Kaitoo said, maternal death in 2020 increased from 36 …