Ahead of the December 7 polls, the United States of America (USA) has announced a new policy that will restrict US visas for any individual responsible for undermining democracy in the country. The US Department of State, which issued the … Read more →
Organised labour has served notice the current standard of living will be central in salary negotiations this year. Deputy Secretary General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) Joshua Ansah says factors such as inflation, taxes, cost of living, among others, will … Read more →
The New York Times has lost its blue tick on Twitter after it said it would not pay to remain verified. Twitter has started removing verification badges from accounts which already had a blue tick, after announcing they would be … Read more →
TikTok, the most popular free app in the US, has in recent days been making headlines not for its content but for alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party. Its boss, Shou Zi Chew, appeared before US politicians at Congress … Read more →
The recently passed Growth and Sustainability Levy Bill is seeking to raise revenue for the growth and fiscal sustainability of the economy. The memorandum that accompanied the Bill, indicated that the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic led to a significant reduction … Read more →
Donald Trump’s court hearing has been set for Tuesday afternoon, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News. The former president is expected to fly from Florida on his private plane and hand himself in with federal agents there to … Read more →
On 9th March 2023, the Axim Divisional Police patrol team reported an attack on the team by a gang that seized the magazine of a Service rifle together with some mobile phones belonging to the Police officers. An intelligence operation … Read more →
The Western Region is said to be among the top 4 regions in the country with high rabies cases recorded. This was made known by Mr Silverster Segbaya of the John Hopkins Centre For Communication Programs funded by the USAID. … Read more →
Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the … Read more →
Many boxes of condoms were found burnt after personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service brought down a fire outbreak that caught a popular prostitution joint in Tarkwa in the Western Region. DO2 Alex Assiem, Tarkwa Divisional Fire Commander told … Read more →
A gold trader exposed in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigative documentary has revealed that he smuggles a ton of gold from Ghana every month. Al Jazeera’s latest investigation, Gold Mafia, has uncovered a band of criminals driving gold smuggling and … Read more →
Parliament has amended sections of the Criminal Offenses Act of 1960, which makes attempting to take one’s own life a crime. Following the amendment in Parliament on Tuesday, March 28, persons who attempt suicide will be considered as having mental … Read more →
Fuel prices will fall between 2% and 9% for the third consecutive time from April 1, 2023 with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) expected to witness its biggest decline in recent times. According to the Institute for Energy Security, LPG will … Read more →
In an intelligence operation on March 27, 2023, the Ghana Police Service arrested three suspects for possession of firearms without lawful authority and acts of vigilantism at Japa near Wassa Akropong in the Western Region. The suspects were identified as … Read more →
As part of her three-day state visit to Ghana, United States Vice President Harris today toured the Cape Coast Castle, an old slave trading post and reflected on the horrors of slavery in emotional remarks. Standing at a lectern with … Read more →
Visiting US Vice President Kamala Devi Harris has rallied the youth of Ghana, and indeed Africa, to be optimistic, just like she is, about the future of the world. “You have a role to play and together we have a … Read more →
A 27-year-old footballer, who had sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl on three occasions at Mamprobi in Accra, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. This is after the court presided over by Mrs Christina … Read more →
The Western Regional Health Director of the Ghana Health Service Dr Nana Yaw Ofori-Yeboah says the region managed to reduce the stillbirth rate by 15.7% to 8.9 per 1000 live birth. Speaking at the 2022 Annual Performance Review of the … Read more →
Visiting United States Vice President Kamala Harris has hailed the positive impact of Ghana’s drone medical delivery service. Speaking at a public lecture in Accra on Tuesday on a wide range of issues, Vice President Harris singled out Ghana’s innovative … Read more →
The Bank of Ghana has increased its policy rate by 150 basis points to 29.5% to help check the high inflation and any downside risks to the economy. This means the cost of credit will continue to remain high, affecting … Read more →
The total value of Mobile Money transactions in the first two months of 2023 hit ¢264.1 billion, about 72.6% growth year-on-year. This significant growth shows that Mobile Money transactions is hitting record highs despite the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). In … Read more →