Business News of Thursday, 27 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoPresident John Dramani Mahama President John Dramani Mahama presented the maiden State of the Nation Address (SONA) of his second term on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, February 27, 2025, in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution. President Mahama, among other things, said that the state of the economy he inherited from Nana ...
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Foreign ministry ‘calls out’ embassies over treatment of Ghanaian visa applicants
General News of Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written to embassies and high commissions in the country over the multitude of complaints received by its citizens on how they are mistreated when they apply for visas. In a statement sighted by GhanaWeb, the ministry indicated that the complaints ...
Read More »1 vrs 3; $1.4bn vrs $1.7bn: The inconsistencies by Mahama’s government on state of Agenda 111 projects
General News of Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com (L to R) Felix Kwakye Ofosu, John Dramani Mahama and Dr Edward Omane Boamah There appears to be some confusion about the status of the Agenda 111 projects started by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government. This confusion stems from contradictory statements on the number of health facilities that have been completed under the ...
Read More »Stop widespread public sector layoffs – TUC tells President Mahama
General News of Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Joshua Ansah, TUC Secretary General The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has demanded that President John Dramani Mahama withdraw the order to nullify any appointments made in the public sector after December 7, 2024. The appeal is in response to a direction from Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, which directed all heads of government agencies ...
Read More »Watch Collins Dauda’s reaction after being discharged of charges in Saglemi Housing case
General News of Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Member of Parliament of Asutifi South, Collins Dauda The Member of Parliament of Asutifi South, Collins Dauda, gave gratitude to God after he was discharged by the High Court in Accra hearing the Saglemi Housing case. The MP, who was charged with 4 other people over the implementation of the Saglemi Housing project when ...
Read More »Paus heeft de hele nacht goed gerust, meldt Vaticaan
Paus Franciscus is de nacht goed doorgekomen, meldt het Vaticaan. ‘De paus heeft de hele nacht goed gerust’, staat in een korte verklaring. Meer details worden daarin niet vermeld. Buitenlandredactie 25-02-25, 09:07 Laatste update: 09:25 De 88-jarige kerkvorst ligt sinds 14 februari in het ziekenhuis met een dubbele longontsteking. Maandagavond meldde het Vaticaan een lichte verbetering in zijn gezondheidstoestand, die zondag nog werd ...
Read More »De eerste Nederlandse burgemeester van Antwerpen is 35-jarige Els van Doesburg
op 24 februari 2025. © AFP De in Nederland geboren Els van Doesburg (35) is sinds maandag waarnemend burgemeester van Antwerpen. Ze vervangt Bart De Wever die het burgemeesterschap niet mag combineren met het premierschap. Buitenlandredactie 25-02-25, 09:02 Laatste update: 09:20 Van Doesburg van de liberaal-conservatieve partij N-VA is sinds 2021 schepen, een bestuurder binnen een Belgische gemeente, van onder meer Sociale Zaken ...
Read More »4 miljoen Nederlanders hebben vette lever (en weten dat vaak zelf niet): het leidt tot meer transplantaties
Foto ter illustratie. © ANP 4 miljoen Nederlanders hebben vette lever (en weten dat vaak zelf niet): het leidt tot meer transplantaties Steeds vaker moeten mensen een levertransplantatie ondergaan omdat hun lever te vet is. Experts noemen het zeer zorgwekkend: deze ‘ingrijpende operaties’ hadden namelijk voorkomen kunnen worden. Zo’n vier miljoen Nederlanders hebben last van leververvetting – maar zelf weten ze ...
Read More »Gifty Oware-Mensah in Morocco with Black Queens amid NIB wanted reports
Sports News of Monday, 24 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Gifty Oware-Mensah, an Executive Council of GFA Amid reports that Gifty Oware-Mensah, an Executive Council member of the Ghana Football Association and former Deputy Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), is wanted by the National Intelligence Bureau for questioning, GhanaWeb has learned that she is in Morocco with the Black Queens. GhanaWeb sources ...
Read More »IMF imposes $250 million external borrowing cap on Ghana for 2025
Business News of Tuesday, 18 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The borrowing cap is a key component of Ghana’s broader debt restructuring strategy Ghana has been restricted from borrowing more than $250 million in external loans, including commercial loans, in 2025 under a borrowing cap established as part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Official Creditor Committee (OCC). This borrowing ...
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