GENERAL NEWS

Debt Exchange: Govt is making payments for treasury notes

Government is making payments for treasury notes that matured on Tuesday, despite earlier statement that no coupons will be paid in 2023. Investors have been receiving payments on the government instruments with coupon rate of above 18.5% as of 6pm. However it appears the bonds were honoured because the domestic …

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Government urged to resource chiefs to fight galamsey

Baffuor Owusu Amankwatia VI has appealed to the government to empower chiefs to deal with the issue of Galamsey in the country. He said the powers of chiefs to arrest recalcitrant citizens had diminished and there was very little they could do to salvage the vile environmental degradation perpetrated through …

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Legon justifies 2022/23 fees as legal

The management of the University of Ghana, Legon (UG) has justified the recent fees announced for the 2022/2023 academic year. Student leaders had raised concerns about the fees, describing them as too high and in contravention of the 15 percent recently approved by Parliament. But in a statement on Monday, …

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Tough Covid-19 measures come into force at KIA from Friday

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has revised its Covid-19 guidelines for the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to come into force effective Friday, January 6. According to the updated guidelines, all passengers arriving from China will be required to present a valid negative Covid-19 PCR test result 48 hours prior …

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North Dayi MP gives employment to 80 girls

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, Madam Joycelene Tetteh has created employment for some 80 girls trained mostly in sewing and hairdressing. These girls drawn from seven of the nine traditional areas in the constituency were also given sewing machines or hair dryers depending on what training they …

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