2020

Parliament on Monday approved a $3.214 million waiver of import duty and other levies on Kapek scientific mathematical instruments for use in West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations in the country. The other portions of the…

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) on Monday said the COVID-19 pandemic had impacted negatively on the oil and gas industry in Ghana and called for support in its operations. Mr James D. Yamoah, Acting Chief Operating…

The Ministry of the Interior and the Ghana Medical Association have congratulated Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor, the former Minister of the Interior, on his 80th Birthday, which falls on Monday, July 13. The Interior Ministry said: “We wish…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday called on the Government to close down schools reopened recently to help contain the spread of the COVID-19. It said 10 more Senior High Schools had recorded cases of COVID-19, stressing…

Mr Eric Nipah, the Receiver of defunct microfinance companies and savings and loans, will from July 13, 2020, commence payment of outstanding debts of former employees of affected financial companies. A statement from the Receiver to the…

Stakeholders in Ghana's oil Palm industry on Monday said the sector is on the verge of collapse, as cheap imports continue to take over the local market. They said unless government acts quickly, there would be no local oil palm…

Government has been urged to construct more dual carriageways instead of single-lane roads to reduce accidents. Mr Wilfred Akpah, the Hohoe Branch Two Secretary of the Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU), appealed to the…

The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Platform on Good Governance, led by NORSAAC, has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to provide face masks to all citizens, who report to registration centres to get their names on the electoral…

The Electoral Commission has registered 4.4 million applicants at the close of the second phase of the on-going registration exercise. The Commission said the total applicants registered constituted almost 30 per cent of the projected…

The Registrar-General’s Department on Monday extended the deadline for the filing of Annual Returns from July 31 to December 31, 2020. The extension is as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inability of companies to hold their…