2018

The Bank of Ghana has cut its monetary policy rate by 100 basis points to 17 percent, saying the risks to the inflation outlook are subdued in the forecast horizon. Dr Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, told a press…
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Freddie Blay has denied stepping down in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) national chairmanship race in July 2018. The acting national chairman of the Elephant Family has described as “malicious rumour” news making rounds that he is…
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The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) in the wake of the nationwide strike by operators of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), has urged Ghanaians to utilise available sources of LPG, with alternative sources, to back the policy, which…
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged the Bank of Ghana to help indigenous banks to grow and survive, as part of the ongoing reform of the banking sector being undertaken by the Central Bank. According to President…
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Members of the Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientist (GABMLS) have withdrawn their services. The strike, which began on Monday, 21 May 2018, according to members of the Association, has become necessary as part of their…
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Former Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has said the legacy of former president John Dramani Mahama cannot be erased by anyone for political gain. According to him, Ghanaians are aware of the works Mr Mahama did…
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The Operation Vanguard Joint Taskforce (JTF) on Monday, 21 May 2018, arrested four Chinese and a Ghanaian for illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) at Asendua near Hiawa in the Amenfi Central District of the Western Region. The Chinese…
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The government will soon lift the ban on small-scale mining, Lands and Natural Resources Minister John Peter Amewu has said. "This government is saying that you must do the mining in a more sustainable manner. "It is not going to be…
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Zimbabwe has applied to rejoin the Commonwealth - 15 years after they left the group. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said she was delighted to receive a letter from Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, dated 15 May.…
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Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has condemned the US for vowing to impose what it said would be the "strongest sanctions in history" on his country. Measures outlined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, he said, showed the US was a…
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