The World Bank Group Country Director in Accra, Pierre Laporte, has admitted that global challenges like in other countries had affected Ghana’s economy, and called on development partners to show good faith to struggling economies. Speaking in Accra at the launch of a tourism Small-scale and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) grant in Accra yesterday, Pierre Laporte was, however, hopeful that “despite the current micro fiscal challenges, we are confident that Ghana will rise through it.” He said the

The Campaign Communications Team of the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party has dismissed a claim that John Boadu has given the Greater Accra Regional Chairman and Regional Organiser an amount of 3 billion cedis to bribe constituency executives. In response to the false allegation, the Campaign Communications Team in a statement said: “Our attention has been drawn to a broadcast message being sent to party delegates claiming that John Boadu has given the Greater Accra Regional Chairman

Yesterday, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned 45 new buses for use by the Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMl). The 45 buses was the first batch, out of 100 new buses procured for the company. In his address at the commissioning in Accra, President Akufo-Addo said the purchase was aimed to provide the opportunity for the company to boost the capacity of the country’s public transport system. He underscored the role of an efficient transport system to the growth and development

The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has arrested a herbalist operating without a certified license. The suspect is producing products like Kooko Boga and Power Planet at Susuanso, near the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in Kumasi. Briefing the media, Mr. John Laryea Odai-Tettey, the Ashanti Regional Director of the FDA explained that, the arrest was made during one of the authority’s routine checks with the police to flush out some

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has given the assurance that government will safeguard the country’s interest in its negotiation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to him, the current administration has a proven track record of putting Ghana first and as such, will do its best to negotiate a better deal with the Fund. “What we can do is to look at the last two times we negotiated with the fund. Somewhere in 2018, when we negotiated an extension of the Extended

About US$15,372.6 worth of Hydro Colouring chemicals has allegedly been stolen from the warehouse of Aza Chemical Industries Limited by an employee, Felix Nortey, 28, under the watchful eyes of Bakumben Kwasi Benjamin, 27 and private security officer, who was at post. Felix, Benjamin and two others – Fuseini Isahaka and Joseph Laryea – who are at large were allegedly responsible for the disappearance of about 89 mini drums of Hydro Colouring chemicals, which Aza Industries uses in the

Ghana is one of a few countries in the world blessed with so much resources, ranging from water, mineral resources, fertile lands to forests. We can boast about Aburi Garden, Achimota Forest Reserve and Atiwa Rain Forest among others, making us one of the most forested countries, with 35.1% of forest lands as at 2020. The Chronicle is, however, saddened by the frequent felling of these trees, and the rise of deforestation in the country. Deforestation of Ghana’s primary forests jumped 60 percent

A delegation from Zambia’s ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources, led Paul C. Kabuswe, has visited their Ghanaian counterparts, ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, to familiarise themselves with operations at the Ministry, particularly on issues relating to the mining sector in Ghana. Mr Paul C. Kabuswe told the deputy minister for Lands and Natural Resources, in charge of mines, George Mireku, who received the delegation on behalf of his minister, John Jinapor, that  the visit to Ghana

The distribution of textbooks and teacher’s guides to public basic schools in the country has commenced. This is in fulfilment of a promise made by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, after his re-election in 2020, to ensure that all Basic schools receive the books before the end of this year. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education, who announced this on Wednesday in Accra, said the fulfilment of the promise made by the local Publishers to deliver the goods on the schedule was

 The telecoms sector will be the fastest-growing industry in Africa over the next five years as internet connectivity improves, new research* with business leaders for blockchain-based mobile network operator World Mobile shows. When asked to pick the three sectors that they believe will see the strongest growth over the next five years, three out of four (75%) senior executives selected telecoms in the study. It was comfortably ahead of the healthcare sector which emerged as the second choice selected

The Junior Doctors’ Network of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has honoured one of Ghana’s authors in Science, Medicine, and Naturopathy, Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, for his tremendous contributions and promotion of Modern Naturopathic Medicine in Ghana, and Africa as a whole. The Network conferred Prof. Nyarkotey Obu with the title “Pioneer in Modern Naturopathy,” and the honour was marked with a ceremony held over the weekend at the ICMR-Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar,

Embattled RnB Singer, R. Kelly just won a legal battle to be taken off suicide watch after he filed a lawsuit against the prison. In newly filed court documents, Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Warden Heriberto H. Tellez who was also named in the suit says he made the decision to remove Kelly from suicide watch following a “clinical assessment.” No further details on the assessment were provided. Last week, Kelly filed his lawsuit claiming that he was being subjected to “cruel

Nigerian Actress Tonto Dikeh has in a social media post announced her political ambition. According to her, she has not actively pursued acting as a career in the past few years nor does she see herself going back to it anytime soon. In an Instagram live, Tonto Dikeh stated that “before now, I really would not say I did a lot in that scene. It is not something that I’ve been frequent in the past few years so, I know that an artiste will always be an artiste but I just don’t see myself as an

Highlife legend, Abrantie Amakye Dede has disclosed that he has a yet to be released song which features Sarkodie which has a potential to be a national hit when released. According to the ‘Iron boy’ crooner, he has new projects which will dormant the airwaves soon. In his interview with Zionfelix which was monitored by The Chronicle, Amakye Dede pointed out that his song with Sarkodie is what music lovers have been looking forward to. He further disclosed that he is working to complete some

Westline Entertainment, organizers of the prestigious Western Music Awards are set to unveil nominees for the 2022 edition of the awards on Saturday 9th July, 2022. The unveiling which will start at 7pm at the Anaji Choicemart Conference Room in Takoradi will have Creative Arts Industry players in and from the region. In addition to the nominees announcement is the unveiling of a headline sponsor for this year. “Five new categories have been added to the already existing 25 categories making it

The Government will soon cut sod for the commencement of work on the 23 kilometres-Dome Roundabout Road in the Greater Accra Region and Kitase in the Eastern Region region. The project, estimated at USD 1,626,109 is being funded by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and the Government of Ghana. Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, the Minister of Roads and Highways and Mr Oliver Acquah, Chief Executive Officer, First Sky Group, a local construction company, today signed the contract to pave

Water is life. However, that is not the case for folks living in many rural areas in Ghana. Tsavanya in the Volta Region and Mpakandan in the Eastern Region are classic examples. People in Tsavanya rely on a stream far from the village as their major source of water. The downside is, that the stream is muddy and unhygienic for use. Taking this into account, will Ghana be able to fulfill United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal Six (6) by the year 2030? This is a great question to ponder over.

Six children, aged between five and 12 years, have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Hohoe Municipality. Five of the children were treated and discharged with a six-year-old, a transported case, currently responding to treatment. Between January and August this year, 86 staff of the Hohoe Municipal Hospital also tested positive for the disease.A monthly breakdown of the coronavirus statistics in the Municipality revealed that 2,458 samples were tested from January to August 2021. Out of the samples,

The feeding rate for prison inmates is expected to see an increase from GH¢1.80 to GH¢5.00 to ensure the right to adequate food and nutrition, Mr. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior, has said. He said the call for the increment had preceded the current government coming into power. However, the Ministry and the Ghana Prisons Service were yet to receive approval from the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Dery, who is also a Member of Parliament (MP) for Nandom Constituency, announced the proposed increment

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a sales manager into Police custody, pending sentencing for dishonestly appropriating GHS28,000.00 belonging to his employer. Collins Mensah admitted to fraudulent breach of trust but sentence was deferred to enable him to “settle himself with the complainant.” The Court presided over by Mr Samuel B. Acquah asked him to come back to court for his sentence on July 21, 2022. Police Inspector Daniel Danku told the Court that Thomas Dasitey, the account clerk of