2021

A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has warned of the risk of continued transmission of the novel coronavirus even after large-scale vaccinations in the foreseeable future. Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO…

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has warned that the prospects for a recovery of the global labor market in 2021 will be "slow, uneven and uncertain" due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. In its latest "ILO Monitor:…

More than 32 deaths have been recorded in Ghana from COVID-19 related diseases between January 1 and 24, this year, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, announced on Monday. He said the third phase…

MTN Ghana, has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to buy back over one million shares of applicants, who failed to provide sufficient personal information to complete their Know Your Customer (KYC)…

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked the government to as a matter of urgency restricts social activities like parties, church services, and funerals to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country. It also called for markets…

The government will soon procure additional 100 ambulances to augment the fleet of the National Ambulance Service (NAS). Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Minister for Health designate, who made this known, said Parliament had already approved the…

Solomon Antwi Agyei, a trader, who allegedly pepper sprayed a mechanic’s eyes before robbing him of a Honda Civic Accord vehicle, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Agyei 35, and Yaw Osei, his accomplice now at large, had told…

China has overtaken the United States as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment, which rose by 4 per cent to reach $163 billion there in 2020, according to a recent UN report. By contrast, that kind of investment into the US…

A second impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump is set to come a step closer on Monday as the US House of Representatives prepares to forward the article of impeachment to the Senate. Carrying the charge of "incitement…

Authorities should assume the worst about a new strain of coronavirus, the country’s top infectious-disease expert said Sunday. “We need to assume now that what has been circulating dominantly in the U.K. does have a certain degree…