Multinational corporations are motivated by profit, which comes from disease, not people’s health. We frequently hear that COVID-19 is the worst pandemic since the influenza of 1918. It is forgotten that another pandemic known as “the third plague” (because it was “the third major bubonic plague outbreak to affect European society”) killed millions from the 1890s to the 1950s … The post Why
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has performed a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the reactivation of works on the 44-year-old abandoned Maternity and Children’s Block of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. The project, being executed by Messrs. Contracta Construction (UK) Company Limited, is to be completed in three years. It is expected to … The post KATH
Mr Joseph Adda, the Minister of Aviation, has refuted allegation accusing him and Mr Yaw Kwakwa, the Managing Director of Ghana Airports Company (GACL), of diverting a contract meant to LCB Worldwide for the disinfection of airports. The Minister said: “By the standards and procedures of the Ministry and its agencies, LCB Worldwide (LCB) has … The post LCB
The Bank of Ghana says it has begun the purchase of Government of Ghana COVID-19 relief bond with a face value of GH¢5.5 billion at the rate of 14.5 per cent with a 10-year tenor and a moratorium of two years. Dr Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, said the Bank was … The post Bank of Ghana begins purchases of GH¢5.5b COVID-19
An Accra Circuit Court on Friday granted a GH¢30,000.00 bail with two sureties each to 19 persons for breaking the Public Restrictions Order meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The accused made up of nine Nigerians and ten Ghanaians pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime to wit failing to comply with Restrictions … The post Nineteen
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has refuted claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it is conspiring with the Electoral Commission to rig the 2020 Elections. In a statement issued by Mr Francis Palmdeti, Head of Corporate Affairs of the NIA, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, in Accra, in reaction to the … The post NIA responds to NDC election
The Bank of Ghana has kept the policy rate unchanged at 14.5 per cent, citing risks to inflation outlook following the recent jump in inflation rate in April. “The recent rise in inflation is projected to peak in the second quarter and begin to return to the disinflation path in subsequent quarters with inflation settling … The post Bank of Ghana maintains policy rate
MTN Group has announced an 11-percent rise in service revenue in the first quarter ended 31 March 2020. Mr Rob Shuter, MTN Group President and CEO Speaking on the results in a statement, said ‘The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy have brought about unprecedented uncertainty, volatility and challenges, which are impacting … The post MTN
Sixty-eight per cent of Ghana’s COVID-19 cases are recorded through contact tracing, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister, revealed in Accra. He said of the 5,530 cases count recorded; 3,787 (representing 68 per cent) were through enhanced contact tracing surveillance, while 1,628 (32 per cent) were through general surveillance (those who reported to health … The post Sixty-eight
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