Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for using a spectator’s mobile phone to disallow a goal in a league match. Al-Nasr thought they had scored a late equaliser away to Suez in a second division match last Friday. There is no video assistant referee (VAR) in Egypt’s second tier, …
Read More »Boat accident: Suspected remanded
The suspect (right) being taken to the Police station after the court hearing on Tuesday The District Court in Ada presided over by Paulina Kwakyewaa has remanded the key suspect in the boat accident that occurred over the weekend. The suspect”s plea was not taken. No charges were also read …
Read More »Payroll monitoring is “payroll auditing”, you have no power to do that – CLOGSAG tells FWSC
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) says the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) intends to do payroll auditing under the guise of payroll monitoring. The association said that the Commission does not have the mandate to do payroll auditing. Payroll auditing is the function of …
Read More »ACEP cautions ECG over current revenue mobilisation effort
The Executive Director of the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) Benjamin Baoakye has told the management of the electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to find the balance in retrieving the debt owed to the company by institutions while at the same time not creating a disincentive for power consumption. …
Read More »ECG’s equipment are obsolete, mgt must work to replace them – Kwabena Donkor
Former Minister of Power, Dr Kwebana Donkor has indicated that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has been running on old equipment. The Member of Parliament for Pru East said that the company cannot make a profit while running on obsolete equipment.. Speaking on the Ghana Tonight Show on TV3 …
Read More »Fitch upgrades Ghana’s long-term local-currency IDR to ‘CCC’
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ghana’s Long-Term (LT) Local-Currency (LC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’ from ‘RD’. The issue ratings on local-currency bonds issued domestically that have not matured yet have also been upgraded to ‘CCC’ from ‘D’. Fitch has affirmed Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (FC) IDR at ‘RD’. Fitch typically …
Read More »Producer Price Inflation for February 2023 was 50.8% – GSS
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rate for February 2023 was 50.8 percent, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced on Wednesday, March 22. This rate indicates that between February 2022 and February 2023 (year-on-year), the PPI increased by 50.8 percent, representing a 1.7 percentage point decrease in producer inflation relative …
Read More »A/R: Kejetia Market reopens for trading after fire outbreak
As announced by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Kejetia Market has been opened for trading activities today Tuesday, March 21. The gate of the facility opened around 5:45AM, TV3’s Ibrahim Abubakar reported. Ibrahim further reported that the resumption of market activities has come as a relief to traders who …
Read More »A Muslim man who stood for two alleged lesbians escape from public punishment
In Old Tafo Zongo, a Muslim dominated community in the Ashanti region, where deeply ingrained religious beliefs have always shaped people’s actions, one man’s courageous stand against an oppressive system has made headlines and raised critical questions about human rights, justice, and equality. A 30-year-old Muslim man, Abdul Khaliq Mohammed …
Read More »YAW KODOM WANTED BY POLICE AND AKUMA TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR ENGAGING IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY
Yaw Kodom, a subject and a royal of the Akuma traditional council is on the run after he was caught having sexual intercourse with his fellow man at the chief’s palace in Akuma. The chiefs and opinion leaders in the community held a press conference and explained as follows: PRESS …
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