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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) presented new analysis showing that the airline industry cannot slash costs sufficiently to neutralize severe cash burn to avoid bankruptcies and preserve jobs in 2021. IATA reiterated its call for government relief measures to sustain airlines financially and avoid massive employment terminations. IATA also called for pre-flight COVID-19 testing to open borders and enable ...

The Government of Ghana and AirtelTigo have begun the final stages of discussions concerning the transfer of AirtelTigo shares to the government along with all its customers, assets and agreed liabilities. The transaction would be concluded by the execution of definitive agreements shortly after which the government would temporarily operate the asset in the best interest of the nation. The ...

Expert in agricultural sustainability has cautioned vegetable growers in some parts of the country on the exact agro-chemicals to apply in their quest to boost yields. Although chemical application to boost yields was not wrong, it could pose negative reactions to the crop yields if the applied chemical lacked the right quality. Nene Ashaley Adjabeng, Chief Farmer for Anum Apapam ...

Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Mfantseman lawmaker Ekow Quansah Hayford. Police prosecutors on Friday informed the Accra Circuit Court hearing the case against the suspects of the new arrests. Already six persons Alhasan Abubakar alias Fulani (phone repairer) Nasiru Fudailu (businessman) Alhassan Mahama Yaya, alias mystical cloud, a resident of Dansoman, Amadu ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has described Ghana’sParliament as the biggest problem retarding the country’s development. He claimed that because certain political parties have the majority in parliament and also debate on partisans, they do not care about how their decisions affect the citizens, either positive or negative. “I have been ...

An amount of GH¢27.4 billion has been requested by the Finance Minister from the government intended towards expenditure of the first quarter of 2021. The request was made when Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Attaappeared in Parliament on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Below is his full presentation: 2021 EXPENDITURE IN ADVANCE OF APPROPRIATION WEDNESDAY, 28TH OCTOBER, 2020 SUBMITTED BY KEN OFORI-ATTA MINISTER ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 27th October 2020, presented one hundred (100) buses to the Intercity STC Coaches Ltd, the largest supply of buses to the company since its establishment. Presenting the buses to the company, President Akufo-Addo stated that the presentation of the buses demonstrates Government’s commitment to revamping the operations of the company, and position it ...

Managers of Ghana’s economy cannot run away from borrowing due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Economist with the Institute of Chartered Economists Gideon Amissah has indicated. In 2018, the national debt of Ghana amounted to approximately 59.29 percent of the GDP. A figure that currently stands at over 65%. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday requested parliament ...

A former Deputy General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Koku Anyidoho has given his reason for not taking part in the 2020 campaign activities of the party. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Atta Mills Institute, after contesting the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the latter has stopped him [Koku] ...

Martin Amidu has warned former President John Dramani Mahamathat he should not drag the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) into partisan politics. He observed that John Mahama and the NDC in mentioning the OSP seek “to demonstrate their determination to prevent and fight corruption as a reason why the electorate must consider them as the candidate of choice for ...