Minister for Health, Kweku Agyeman Manu, disclosed in court today that the Attorney General’s Department wrote to both the Ministry of Health and Finance to continue with the execution of the contract with Big Sea LLC of Dubai for the supply of ambulances to the Republic of Ghana. The minister[Read More…]

Medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists & other health service workers threaten industrial actions from July 22, 2022, if gov’t fails to conclude negotiations on 20% cost of living allowance (COLA). In a demand notice issued in Accra on Wednesday, the Joint Health Sector Unions and Professional Associations told government that they[Read More…]

IMF staff, at the end of their visit to Ghana say: Ghana is facing a challenging economic and social situation. More meetings to take place towards an Enhanced Domestic Programme. A statement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Carlo Sdralevich said they were in Accra between[Read More…]

Former Security Minister & National Democratic Congress (NDC) kingpin, Kofi Totobi Quakyi, has announced his endorsement of former President John Dramani Mahama as the party’s presidential candidate for 2024. John Mahama, he said is “our presumptive flag bearer in the coming election”, adding, “I trust him to provide the type[Read More…]

Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has joined other world leaders to mourn former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Mr. Mahama expressed shock at the former PM’s assassination, describing him as a leader that was passionate “about opening Japan’s role on the world’s stage, inclusive of expanding Japan-Africa relations.” Below[Read More…]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn into office and handed over instruments of appointment to ten new ambassadors and high commissioners at a ceremony in Accra. He reminded the new envoys of the importance of their role. “You also have the onerous responsibility of promoting the image of a[Read More…]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the decision to go for a bail out from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is “to repair, in the short run, our public finances, which have taken a severe hit in very recent times as a result, whilst we continue to work on the[Read More…]

Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as prime minister after less than three years in Number 10, saying: “No one in politics is remotely indispensable.” Speaking from Downing Street, he thanked the millions of people who voted Conservative at the last election, and said the reason he fought so long[Read More…]