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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has pledged to provide GH¢100,000 seed capital towards the construction of Mother Theresa Soup Kitchen Centre at Osu in the Greater Accra Region. He also promised to sponsor the secondary school education of four young boys from the Christ the King Soup Kitchen. The Soup …

The government intends to issue more than GH¢22.3 billion worth of bonds in the first quarter, the Finance Ministry said in its issuance calendar. The Ministry said GH¢19.7 billion would be used to roll over maturing bonds, while GH¢2.6 billion would be fresh issuance to meet the government’s financing requirements. …

Recent genomic sequencing undertaken by Ghanaian scientists has shown that some arriving passengers in Ghana are carrying the new variants of Covid-19 and have been isolated. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who announced this at the 22nd televised address on Sunday night, on measures taken against the spread of COVID-19, …

Government will be compelled to put the country under a lockdown if Ghanaians do not adhere strictly to protocols to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned. In a televised national address Sunday night, the President said the country was witnessing an uptick …

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (MIMR) has begun investigations into alleged falsification of COVID-19 test results at the Institute. This follows reports on social media alleging breaches of the COVID-19 testing protocols. The Institute in a statement issued by Professor Abraham Kwabena Anang, Director of NMIMR, assured that …

Mr Leo Nelson Adzidogah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Akatsi South, has appealed to the party to investigate the issues raised against him by some Constituency Executives of the party in the Municipality. Some three Constituency Executives have accused Mr Adzidogah of putting the fortunes of the New Patriotic …

Public health facilities in the Greater Accra Region are running out of Viral Transport Medium (VTM) and swab kits used for COVID-19 test. This is as a result of the increasing number of people rushing to the facilities for voluntary tests, with the country‘s case count going up. Checks by …

Despite the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country, people continue to ignore safety protocols with ‘business as usual’ attitudes at funerals and other social gatherings. Majority of patrons at three funeral grounds the Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited in Jamestown, Accra, were not in nose masks, and a few …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says plans are afoot to map FDA registration numbers with importer Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) under the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS). The move, the Authority explains, would not only prevent unapproved importers from using registration numbers of others to transact business as has …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says all necessary measures have been put in place ahead of the official re-opening of basic schools on Monday, January 18, 2021, for effective teaching and learning. The Service, in a statement issued in Accra, and signed by Ms. Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public …