The Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, yesterday announced the issuance of five-year treasury bonds to raise GH¢500 million towards infrastructural development. The Government of Ghana bonds, which will be governed by Ghanaian law and listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange, will be available for investment through the Bank of Ghana’s appointed primary dealers. Making […]
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) says there are growing cases of unidentified persons collecting voters’ ID cards of eligible Ghanaians including nurses “for all kinds of promised services”. “In many cases especially in Accra, reports indicate people are offered GHC50 in return for submitting their ID cards,” a statement issued by the party on
Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Haruna Iddrisu has warned public sector workers currently on strike that they face forfeiture of their remunerations if they don’t resume work.
The Sekondi stadium, Essipong has officially been announced as the venue for the 2014/2015 MTN final match between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Medeama Sporting Club. This was announced at a press soiree organized by the FA Cup Committee on Tuesday at the Conference room of the GFA Secretariat. Asante Kotoko and Medeama SC who were
1. PRESIDENT, NEGOTIATE AND SAVE LIVES Irmo, South Carolina 9TH August, 2015 Your Excellency, RE: NEGOTIATING WITH THE DOCTORS I have read with alarm, your comments regarding the curtailment of services by Ghanaian doctors. While your remarks appear consistent with your “dead goat philosophy”, your posture is unfortunate. To add to your remarks, NDC officials
At least 26 people remain missing after a landslide in China’s northwest Shaanxi province, say local authorities.
An explosion at a crowded market in the north-east state of Borno in Nigeria has killed at least 47 people, officials say.
The National Service Scheme says it will no longer consider requests from service personnel for change of postings on health grounds. According to a statement signed by the Acting Executive Director, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, management is overwhelmed by the seeming abuse of requests for change of postings based on one health condition or the other,
The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has introduced a new module for this year’s service personnel, which will see them deployed onto the streets to help manage traffic. The module, known as the Urban Traffic Management, is to complement the efforts of the Ghana Police Service in traffic management in the country’s urban centres. A total
More than fifty workers of the National Disaster Management Organization, NADMO, from across the country, have picketed at the Ministry of Finance office in Accra to protest against non-payment of salaries. The agitated workers say they have not been paid for about two years. Others said they have also not received a penny in the
