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The Ministry of Tourism has issued a directive to various players in the hospitality industry to stop charging in foreign currencies, especially in U.S. dollars. The Bank of Ghana’s laws currently bars the practice which has been identified as one of the factors putting pressure on the cedi. Minister of Tourism, Catherine Afeku told journalists that there is an ongoing ...

The first phase of the Tema port expansion project by Meridian Ports Services is expected to be operational by end of June this year. So far about 80 per cent of work has been done on the initial phase. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Ports Services, Mohamed Samara, when completed, the Tema port will be the biggest ...

t has emerged that Wasihu Idrisu, the slain National Democratic Congress (NDC) vigilante in Kumasi, allegedly had a verbal confrontation with the bodyguard of NDC Member of Parliament (MP) in the Ashanti Region. The mother of the deceased, who is fondly called Abu by the family and neighbours, threw the bombshell, claiming the purported confrontation happened last Saturday prior to ...

It has emerged that ‘boys’ of National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George dressed like members of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit of the National Security on the day of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election shootings. Director of Operations of the National Security, Colonel Michael Kwadwo Opoku made this known on ...

The government of Ghana has expressed regret over the European Commission’s move to include the country in its lists of countries defaulting in the anti-money laundering and the Financing of Terrorism framework. The Finance Ministry in a statement said the decision to include Ghana in the list was regrettable and flawed. The statement indicated that the process by which the ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a comprehensive plan including a ¢1 billion Housing Fund, to address the country’s housing deficit. Making the announcement Thursday, during his third State of the Nation’s Address (SONA) to Parliament, he said the initiative is “aimed at targeting low-income earners.” Acknowledging the importance of housing and the “long-standing problem that gets worse” by the passage ...

Plans by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to soil the remarkable achievements of the Akufo-Addo led government and make the New Patriotic Party (NPP) unpopular among Ghanaians and the world has been exposed, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has stated. The Assin Central MP says the shooting incident that happened at the NDC head office in the Ashanti Region allegedly involving some ...

A State Auctioneer, Alexander Adjei, is set to be banned by Parliament for a period of two years after the legislature adopted the report of its Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Performance Audit Report of the Auditor-General on the disposal of government vehicles by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and Ghana Health Service (GHS). Mr. Adjei would ...

President Akufo-Addo will present 50 Ankai buses to the Ghana Armed Forces on Friday February 22, 2019. According to President Akufo-Addo, the presentation is the first tranche of the 138 Staff and Operational Vehicles of various categories, and 26 dispatch motorcycles that the army will receive this year. President Akufo-Addo in the 2019 State of Nation Address in Parliament on ...

Mr Speaker, I am glad to be here with you again in this august House, the Parliament of our Republic, to perform, for the third time, the pleasant duty of fulfilling my constitutional obligation, by giving Honourable Members and the Ghanaian people a message on the state of the nation. In accordance with protocol and convention, it is good to ...