2020

The dwindling demand for cars and the massive production bottlenecks caused by the coronavirus crisis has hit German automotive giant Volkswagen hard in the first quarter. VW which has announced a car assembly plant in Ghana, was…

Government has withdrawn the 13.5 pesewas Cylinder Recovery Levy imposed by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with immediate effect. The NPA on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 directed liquefied petroleum…

Some staff of the Tema General Hospital (TGH) are threatening to abandon post as management conceals information on colleagues who have tested positive to COVID-19. The Tema General Hospital is one of the designated national treatment…

Mr John Peter Amewu, the Energy Minister, has reiterated that disconnected customers will not benefit from the free electricity announced by the President, as part of efforts to mitigate the hardships of the the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Ghana has recorded a total of 1.3 per cent of COVID-19 infections among the at-risk population of 50,719 tested, as at April 15, 2020. Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, said as at mid-night on April 15, the country's…

CUTS Ghana, a  research and public policy think tank, has called on the African Union to immediately postpone the scheduled date for the commencement of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It said the proposed…

Transport operators and drivers in Western North Region have increased transport fares by over 25 percent. This follows the directives by the Ghana Private Road Transport (GPRTU) for drivers to reduce the number of passengers travelling…

The Somey Traditional Area has distanced itself from suggestions that the COVID-19 would disappear from Ghana after Zakadza Shrine (Nogokpo Shrine) rituals on April 19. Mr Williams Amuzu Agbodzalo, Senior Panel member of Zakadza Shrine,…

Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, Deputy Health Minister designate, has said the Government’s current measures to contain COVID-19  might have to continue for the next two weeks. This is because the nation would enter a crucial stage within the…

Ghana confirmed COVID-19 cases at 641The number of conformed COVID-19 cases in Ghana stands at 641after testing was done for a total of 50,719 persons, as at 12:025hours on Tuesday, April 17, 2020. The record also shows that five new…