2017

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is set to employ all necessary controls to defray loss of revenue caused by MBG Limited and Holman Brothers Ghana Limited in the importation of vehicles and equipment owned by Mr Ibrahim Mahama. The…

Ghana’s provisional annual growth rate for 2016 stands at 3.5 per cent, down from 3.9 percent in 2015, acting government statistician Baah Wadieh said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference to announce the rate, Mr Wadieh said…

Scores of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) on Wednesday called on the National Security to tighten the noose around Petroleum Black Market dealers whose infiltration into the sector posed a great risk to the national economy. Mr…

The year-on-year inflation from the Producer Price Index (PPI) for all industry rose to 6.0 per cent in March 2017, from the 5.4 per cent recorded in February. The rate shows a 0.6 percentage point increase relative to the rate recorded…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called for a collective and proactive approach to tackle avoidable maternal deaths, which remain a huge national challenge. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director of Family Health at the GHS, who made…

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) says public sector workers who failed to biometrically update their data will not be paid for April unless the Ministry of Finance reverses its decision. About 26,589 public…

New data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic Hepatitis B virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The WHO Global hepatitis report-2017…

The government is asking all legitimate government workers who have not gone through the SSNIT biometric registration to do so before their salaries will be released to them. A statement signed by Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, the Deputy Minister…

The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood has observed that the proliferation of faculties of law in the last decade has not been accompanied by promotion and maintenance of standards. She said while opening of Faculties of law was…

Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) programmes in Ghana are not providing the full range of information adolescents need, a recent study shows. The study, “From Paper to Practice: Sexuality Education Policies and Implementation in…