2017

Dr. Gordon Donnir, Head of the Psychiatric Department, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has asked people to take suicide threat seriously and act quickly to save anybody making it. The reality, he said, was that there were many out…

The Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan has proposed to Government to consider granting tax holidays to investors who operate in regions taunted as poor. This, he said, would facilitate direct foreign investment and job…

Ghana recorded two money laundering convictions in 2016 as against five cases recorded in 2015, according to a new report from the United States Department of State. The report, the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, says…

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta,the Minister of Finance, on Thursday said the total public debt stock as at the end of 2016 stood at 73.3 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) up from 71.63 per cent in 2015. That, he said, was due to the larger…

Government will continue to increase the installed generation capacity of the country to meet the growing demand for electricity. A total of 1227MW of installed capacity is scheduled to be added include: 370MW AKSA project, 107MW…

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, said the 2017 budget would result in an overall budget deficit of GH¢13.3 billion, equivalent to 6.5 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP). Mr Ofori-Atta, who made this known in…

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance on Thursday said a total expenditure including provision made for the clearance of arrears and outstanding commitments in 2017 is estimated at GH¢56.5 billion. This is equivalent to 27.8…

The Government would strictly enforce the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 921) as amended by Public Procurement (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 914). “Especially with regard to sole sourcing, which has proven to pose…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has requested the Cuban government to revive the construction of the biolarvicide factory that stalled in 2009 to help Ghana’s fight against malaria. The project, abandoned after the exit of the New…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that government would build strong diplomatic and economic relations with Qatar and other countries of the Gulf to draw investments to develop and return Ghana onto the path of progress…