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The Minority side in parliament is asking Ghanaians to be prepared for the shocks that will accompany the bailout secured from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the caucus, many of the conditionalities could have been avoided if government heeded their call to go to the Fund earlier in …

The Pensioners Bondholders exempted from the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) will today, Friday, April 28, resume its picketing at the premises of the Ministry of Finance. The resumption of their action is due to the government’s failure to pay all outstanding coupons and principals of bond investments. In …

The Chamber of Construction Industry has warned that the government could soon face legal action from a number of its members over unpaid contracts. Despite their efforts to recover payment, Chamber members have been left with no other options.   Some of the due funds stretch back to 2017, and …

Ghana’s government through the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced its preparedness to evacuate Ghanaian nationals trapped in Sudan’s conflict. Sudan has been gripped by a deadly conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, resulting in avoidable casualties in the past week. …

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has named some top government officials as being engaged in the illegal mining canker, popularly known as ‘galamsey’. The renowned professor who served under President Akufo-Addo during his first term insisted that the rot goes as high as …

One thousand Special Forces personnel have been dispatched to Bawku in the Upper East Region, where three immigration officers were shot at, one of whom died while trying to get food in front of a police station. The presence of the Special Forces is intended to increase security while also …

The President of the republic, H.E Nana Akufo-Addo has defended his government’s expenditure since his assumption of office in 2017. According to the President, his government has been accountable with regard to how it spends monies borrowed. Delivering the State of the Nation Address on Wednesday, March 8, President Akufo-Addo …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has asked the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, not to touch monies belonging to pensioners. Alban Bagbin said the current economic crisis can be solved without the funds of the pensioner. Wrapping up on the business of the House on Thursday, February 16, …

Former Chief Justice, Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo has joined pensioners picketing the Finance Ministry to demand a total exemption of their investments in the controversial Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). Mrs Akuffo was seen holding a placard with the inscription ‘We depend our bond yields to pay our rent, medical …

The Government of Ghana has waived pre-arrival visa acquisition for travellers to Ghana effective Thursday, December 22, 2022 to Sunday, January 15, 2023. Passengers would rather receive their visas upon arrival into the country. The Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah made this known in a press release issued on Thursday. …