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…Country likely to return to IMF Ghana’s gross public debt has reached GH¢173,068.7 billion compared to GH¢142,616.6 billion in 2017, with an interest rate of GH¢19 billion to be paid on the debts. These figures were presented at a public lecture by the Think Tank, IMANI in Accra on Thursday …

Justice Constant Kwaku Hometowu, Justice of the High Court has expressed concern about the reports alleging proliferation and possession of arms and ammunition by individuals in nation. “If Rwandan genocide perpetrators relied mainly on machetes to massacre an estimated 800,000.00 people in just one hundred days, the potential of the …

The Ghana Cocoa Board has announced the opening of the 2019 light crop cocoa season with purchases, beginning on Friday June 21, 2019. A statement signed and copied to the Ghana News Agency by Dr Emmanuel A. Opoku, the Deputy Chief Executive of Cocoa Board said the producer price to …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an application by Gregory Afoko challenging the discontinuation of his murder trial at the High Court, by the Attorney General, (AG). Afoko was standing trial before an Accra High Court, for the alleged murder of Alhaji Adams Mahama, Former Upper East Regional Chairman of …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has approved some subjects for study leave without pay for the 2019/2020 academic year. In a press statement issued to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public Relations of the Service, the approved subjects applied to both teaching …

Fiaseman Rural Bank Limited made a pre-tax profit of GH¢6,007, 260 in 2018 representing 29 per cent as against GH¢4,659,640 in 2017. Osagyefo Amanfo Edu VI, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank, made this known at the 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of shareholders of the bank …

Ghana’s economy grew 6.7 per cent year-on-year in the first three months of 2019 compared to 5.4 per cent in the same period last year, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday. The quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted growth rate was 1.6 percent compared to 1.7 per cent for the last three …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday inaugurated a five-member Committee to determine the emoluments, facilities and privileges of ‘Article 71’ office holders. Chaired by Professor Yaa Ntiamoah Baidoo, a scientist and marine conservatist, the Committee includes Abraham Osei Aidoo, a former Member of Parliament and Dr. Edward Kwarpong, Chief …

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday donated 50 tons of pressed dates as a humanitarian gesture to Ghana. The Kingdom did a similar donation in April 2017. The items were jointly presented by Mr Meshal Hamdan Al-Rogi, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Ghana and Mr …

The Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant-General Obed Boamah Akwa, has visited some borders and assured the public of maxim security protection following reports of growing terrorist threats from neighbouring West African countries, particularly Burkina Faso. The Military Chief visited Tumu, Hamile, Wa, Bole among other parts of Northern Ghana to …