President Akufo-Addo, says the 16th International Monetary Fund (IMF) Programme, entered into by the erstwhile Mahama government in 2015, should be the last time Ghana resorts to such a programme for the restoration of fiscal discipline in her economy. Speaking at a townhall meeting with members of the Ghanaian community on Saturday, 30th March 2019, in Worcester, Massachusetts, President Akufo-Addo ...

President Akufo-Addo has indicated that reforms to Ghana’s import duty regime which will bring down the high duties prevailing in Ghana’s ports, are in the offing, and will be rolled out soon. With many having petitioned the State to intervene and review the high taxes and duties on imported items, President Akufo-Addo assured that Government is already in the process ...

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) Koku Anyidoho has said the party will not leave its campaign in the hands of “strangers” again. He said the NDC lost the 2016 election because about 1 million supporters of party did not vote because they were apathetic about how the campaign was handled. “What message did we use ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged leaders in Africa to use the enormous wealth the continent is endowed with to develop and empower their respective youth populations. With Africa possessing the largest generation of young people in history, President Akufo-Addo indicated that “I place great hope in their capacity to shape the future of Africa and make Africa the ...

Ashanti regional police command has arrested a car fraud syndicate for their involvement in some car fraud cases reported at the command. The suspects are Osei Abrokwa 32, Daniel Kofi Yirenkyi 35 and Emmanuel Kwesi Anane 32. The three suspects are currently in police custody assisting in investigations. Police preliminary investigation reveals, suspects in their modus operandi approach any unsuspecting ...

The Headmistress of Archbishop Porter Girls’ Senior High School in Sekondi in the Western Region, Mrs Charlotte Aseidu Musa has assured parents and guardians that the case of food poisoning that hit the school yesterday, March, 28, is under control. Speaking to GBC, Twin City Radio News in Sekondi, she said most of the students who were affected have been ...

The Weija Circuit Court in Accra has on Friday granted bail to a commercial bus driver and his conductor who were captured on video assaulting a police officer. This is after a team of six lawyers led by Martin Kpebu pleaded with the court to grant the release of the suspects to allow them to seek medical care after being ...

The Rastafari Council, Ghana, the umbrella body of members of the Rastafari Faith has called for the removal from office of the Western Regional Director of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (D.V.L.A). According to the group, he’s[Emmanuel Narh] not fit to hold such a dignified public office as he is allegedly on record saying he’ll deny members of the ...

The bi-partisan committee set to probe the recent depreciation of the cedi and suggest measures to curb it will be put together in the next 10 days, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has disclosed. “We should be able to put together the committee in the next ten days” he told some Journalists in parliament after delivering a statement to parliament ...

Trans media network on behalf of IFC/WORLD BANK has organized workshop for the media in Ghana at Kumasi to acquire knowledge about Ghana Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) and Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) to equip farmers about post-harvest loses, access to credit and market. At the event which took place at NODA HOTEL, Charles Mawusi a member of Trans Media Network ...