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Businesses in Ghana feeling the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have reduced wages for more than 770,000 employees and laid off 42,000, according to a survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). Results of the COVID-19 Business Tracker Survey conducted by the GSS, together with the United Nations Development …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised Ghanaians not to compromise on their responsibilities regarding adherence to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) safety protocols. He said that was the way to go in order to stem the spread of the pandemic, which had over the last four months led to 182 deaths …

Easing of restrictions on churches by the President does not mean the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Dr. Emmanuel Obeng Appau, a deacon of the Assemblies of God Church, has therefore urged Christians to take good care of themselves by strictly adhering to the safety protocols. He was speaking at the …

Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong, the newly inducted Vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has pledged to transform UCC into a World class entrepreneurial university with a global competitive edge. He said the concept of entrepreneurial university was necessary and more significant in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Togbe Afede XIV, President of the National House of Chiefs, has called for a human face approach to the border closure to mitigate livelihoods of communities at the frontiers. He said the “benefit of nationality” has eluded residents of border communities requesting for mitigating approaches. Togbe Afede, doubling as the …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says the Integrated Science One and Two papers circulating on social media are fake. “The council wishes to allay the fears of all stakeholders especially candidates about the alleged leakage of papers. A scrutiny of the alleged images being shared on social media indicates …

The stakeholders involved in the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP) will next year push for the enactment of a Conduct of Public Officers’ Law and an Illicit Enrichment Law. They would also drive the enactment of the Whistle-blower Amendment Bill, promote surveys on corruption, surveys on Gender …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has denied claims that, it is ‘massaging’ Ghana’s Coronavirus case counts to suit Government’s interest. A former Medical Director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge), Dr Thomas Winsum Anabah, has allegedly accused the Government and the health officials for ‘massaging’ COVID-19 figures, and asserting …

A Budget Consultant, Mr Benjamin Arthur has asked Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)in the Fisheries sector to track government’s annual budgetary allocations to the sector especially at the decentralized level. This, according to him, would enable them to monitor the actual percentage of the budget statement that went to the sector …

The coronavirus pandemic is not only affecting multinational and national businesses worldwide, but also the patronage of dog meat, which is a delicacy at Sandema and Wiaga townships in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region. Apart from being a delicacy, others believe it had inherent health benefits …