Parliament is expected to host Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta for the presentation on the 2019 budget next Thursday 15th November 2018. The presentation will be the third statement of fiscal policy under the Akufo-Addo administration. Addressing the Members of … Read more →
Illegal migrants entering through the southern US border will no longer be eligible for asylum under a new rule, the Trump administration has said. Announced by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, the ruling would stop asylum for those … Read more →
Brent crude has slipped under the $70 mark for the first time since April. After hitting four-year highs at the beginning of October, the global benchmark has now fallen more than 18%. US oil is at $60.42, down more than a … Read more →
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has refuted claims of a 33% tariff increment in power. The Commission said it has tracked the tariff implementation within the power sector and is certain that the prevailing tariffs are the approved ones. The … Read more →
There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers. Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a “baby bust” – meaning there are insufficient children … Read more →
Police in Ethiopia say they have discovered a mass grave with 200 bodies near the border between the Somali and Oromia regions of the country. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced over the past year by violence there. … Read more →
Google employees will now be able to more freely speak out over issues of sexual harassment at the firm. Responding to demands from the around 20,000 workers who protested last week, the company has said it will end the practice … Read more →
The Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC), has imposed a curfew on Nakpache, a small community in the Yendi Municipality after violent clashes there on Thursday. The clashes left one person dead with some houses burnt. The deceased has been identified as the … Read more →
The West Africa Senior High School at Adenta has seen six of its students hit by vehicles on the Madina-Adenta highway in 2018 alone. The latest of these road accidents involved a female student at the school on Thursday, leading … Read more →