Monthly Archives: May 2023

Supreme Court convicts Kpessa-Whyte for contempt after pleading guilty

General News of Tuesday, 30 May 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Professor Kpessa-Whyte   Professor Kpessa-Whyte has been found guilty of contempt of court by the Supreme Court. Initially, he pleaded not guilty to the charge of scandalising the court but later changed his plea to guilty with an explanation, and then subsequently pleaded guilty. A panel of five judges, led by Justice ...

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Wives, relations of 300 illegal miners trapped in AngloGold mine besiege site crying for help

General News of Tuesday, 30 May 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Scene from site were over 300 miners are trapped Wives and other relations of the over 300 illegal miners reportedly trapped in a mine shaft belonging to multinational mining giant AngloGold have besieged the site carrying for them to be rescued. A video shared by UTV showed several people, predominately women, crying ...

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Jeremie Frimpong snubbed by Netherlands again

Sports News of Monday, 29 May 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Jeremie Frimpong Dutch defender of Ghanaian descent, Jeremie Frimpong has decided not to make himself available for the U-21 side of the country after Ronald Koeman did not include him in the squad for the the senior side. In the just ended 2022/23 Bundesliga season, Frimpong made a total of 47 appearances ...

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Going to IMF for US$3bn bailout was a painful decision for me to take – Akufo-Addo

Business News of Monday, 29 May 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that it was a painful decision for him for his government to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance. He pointed out that an IMF bailout programme was not part of his government’s transformation agenda but the narrative changed ...

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COVID-19 fight patients was ‘very expensive’ – Akufo-Addo

Business News of Tuesday, 30 May 2023 Source: classfmonline.com President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Fighting Covid-19 has been “a very expensive undertaking characterised, as it was, by lockdowns, closed borders, minimal economic activity and the consequential steep decline in revenues”, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. In his 29th update on the pandemic, which was recently declared to be over by the ...

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COVID-19 was not used by government as cover for corrupt practices – Akufo-Addo

Business News of Monday, 29 May 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo emphatically stated that his government did not exploit the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext for engaging in corrupt acts. In a televised address to the nation on Sunday night, May 28, 2023, the President reassured the public, highlighting the courageous steps taken by his administration ...

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IMF deal won’t spell immediate end to Ghana’s economic problems – Akufo-Addo

Business News of Monday, 29 May 2023 Source: kasapafmonline.com   play videoThe International Monetary Fund President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence that Ghana’s latest deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will bring back confidence in the country’s economy. Speaking in a national broadcast on Sunday, May 28, 2023, President Akufo-Addo said that the IMF deal will not spell the immediate end of ...

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