The World Health Organisation (WHO) has concluded its assembly with participants signing up to a historic consensus resolution on COVID-19 and the way ahead. The Assembly discussed lessons, challenges and collective next steps to tackle the pandemic. Heads of government and member states who were at the assembly adopted a resolution that set out a … The post WHO
The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) and the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhlPSS) have agreed to extend the waiver of fees on digital banking platforms to June 20, 2020. The waiver of fees, which took effect on March 23, 2020 was part of measures put in place to encourage customers to use digital … The post Fee waiver for digital
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says, the report about Ghana having received Madagascar’s “COVID-Organics” – the herbal medicine, which the Island country in the Indian Ocean, claims to cure the novel coronavirus, is incorrect. He said, it was also not the case that Ghana had made a request to the Island country for the supply … The post Information
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has strengthened its commitment to help African communities to protect themselves and those around them from the threat of COVID-19, by partnering with Speak Up Africa, a Policy and Advocacy Action Tank based in Senegal, to support a “Stay Safe Africa” Campaign. The Stay Safe Africa seeks to empower … The post CAF
The enormous scale of Kenya’s betting addiction can now be revealed. Leaked figures from the betting regulator show that punters wagered more than Sh30 billion ($300 million) in a single month last year. The staggering size of the local betting industry has emerged from a leaked spreadsheet of revenue declarations made by gambling firms to the Betting … The post Addiction
Ghana has recorded 173 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the tally to 6,269. There are, however, 125 new recoveries, which bring the total to 1,898. The fatalities remain at 31 from the last update on Tuesday, May 19. The Ghana Health Service (GHS), which gave the update on its Covid-19 information designated portal, however, said … The post Ghana confirmed cases of COVID-19
Parliament on Wednesday approved four nominees by President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo to the Supreme Court. They are Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga and Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu, both Justices of the Appeals Court; Mr Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, a private Legal Practitioner; and Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, a retired Law Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University … The post Parliament
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate for April 2020 was 7.4 percent. The rate represented a 0.6 percentage point increase in producer inflation relative to the rate recorded in March 2020 (6.8 per cent). The month-on-month change in producer price index between March 2020 and April 2020 was 1.5 per cent. This was in statement … The post Ghana Producer Price Inflation
The Environmental Health Officers Alliance-Ghana has called on government to develop guidelines for the disposal of face masks, used tissue paper and hand gloves to contain the spread of COVID-19. Mr Yaw Akwaa Lartey, the President of the Alliance, said this had become necessary in view of the environmental officers’ observation when working in the … The post Ghana
An Accra High Court has fixed June 23, to rule on an interlocutory injunction filed on the suit challenging Presidential directives over the Emergency Instrument (EI 63), which seek to violate the rights of mobile phone users. Mr. Justice Stephen Oppong also fixed June 15 for all parties who wish to file their responses and … The post Court sets June 23 to
Four persons were on Wednesday sentenced to a total 44 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for conspiracy to commitment crime, attempted robbery, carrying offensive weapons and being in possession of firearms without lawful authority. The four Cynthia Pomaah, unemployed, 19, Issah Yakubu, motorbike mechanic, 22, Dennis Gyimah a Disc jockey, … The post Four
Ghana has received samples of Madagascar’s highly publicised COVID-19 remedy and preventive herbal medicine, known as ‘Covid-Organics’. The Ministry of Information announced this in a tweet on its official Twitter page. We have received the Madagascar cure for Covid19 and we are testing it for efficacy – @konkrumah #AskTheInfoMinistry #Covid19 — Ministry of Information (@moigovgh) … The post Ghana
Members and Staff of Parliament are to be immediately tested for Covid-19, Professor Aaron Michael Ouaye, the Speaker of Parliament, has announced. As Speaker Oquaye welcomed them back from recess to commence sitting for the next meeting, he said: “In addition to observing the established protocols, I have directed, on the authority of the Parliamentary … The post Ghana
Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Overlord of Akyem Abuakwa, has ordered the removal of alien shrines linked with ritual murders, fake currency racketeering, and other violent criminal activities, in the Akyem Abuakwa area within two weeks effective May 19, 2020. The Okyenhene has also banned all ritual activities in the community and directed all chiefs in … The post Okyenhene
The Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child (GNCRC) has raised concern over the increasing number of children infected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country out of which five have already died. This, according to GNCRC, suggests that parents are neglecting their primary responsibility of taking very good care of their children … The post Coalition
Bishop Daniel Obinim, the founder of the International God’s way church, was Tuesday arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service over the publication of false news and falsification of documents. Bishop Obinim was, however, arraigned at a Magistrate’s Court, in Accra, and granted a GHC100,000.00 bail with three sureties – … The post Police
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