2020

About 40 hospital staff of the Hohoe Municipal Hospital in the Volta region have been quarantined with 85 contacts traced after the Hospital recorded two positive cases of the novel corona virus disease. The two positive cases are a…

Two Ghanaians are among 77 around the world selected for the 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholars programme. The Gates Cambridge Trust announced it has selected 77 scholars from 30 different countries. Eighty per cent of the scholars-elect…

The United Kingdom has pledged £65 million ($81 million) aid package to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as part of efforts to help tackle the global COVID-19 pandemic. The package is part of a broader £200 million package support to…

The year-on year inflation was unchanged at 7.8 percent in March, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday. Announcing the rate via Facebook, Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim said March’s rate continued the…

The global economy is expected to shrink sharply by three percent in 2020 because of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Economic Outlook for April. In its release copied to the Ghana News Agency, it said this contraction…

Three persons who took pictures, made and spread false news on the covid-19 food distribution for vulnerable persons have been granted GH¢60,000.00 bail each with two sureties each, by the Nkawie Circuit Court. Fatima Abdul Rahman 47,…

A District Magistrate Court in Enchi has sentenced a carpenter to 24 months imprisonment in hard labour for unlawful entry into a drinking bar and stealing cash, cell phone and alcoholic beverages totaling GH¢1,140.00. Matthew Mensah,…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has received a notification through the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Surveillance and Monitoring System for substandard and falsified chloroquine in the WHO region of Africa. These chloroquine…

All the COVID-19 educational materials have been translated into eight local languages to enhance and deepen public understanding and cooperation. The education materials, including; the Presidential broadcast, Minister's briefings and…

Asante K. Berko, the Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has resigned, two days after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged him in a New York court for violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA).…