The year-on-year Producer Price Inflation (PPI) fell from 30.3 per cent in May to 29.2 per cent in June, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced. This represent 1.1 percentage point decrease in producer inflation relative to the rate recorded in May, and the GSS said the producer inflation rate for June was provisional. It … The post Producer price inflation drops to

Fitch Solutions believes that Ghana will reach a debt deal with its external creditors in the second half of 2024. According to the UK-based firm, this should provide tailwinds to the exchange rate and further limit imported price pressures. “Indeed, we believe that Ghana will reach a debt deal with its external creditors in H224 … The post Ghana

The Environmen­tal Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday handed over 400 pieces of refrig­eration tools and equipment to the National Airconditioning and Refrigeration Workshops Own­ers’ Association (NARWOA). This is to help the refrigerator and airconditioning technicians improve upon their services to customers, whilst ensuring environmental protection in the sector. … The post EPA,

A water project for Anyako-Konu com­munity in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region was last Friday inaugurated by the Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa. The project fitted with two overhead poly tanks is to supply 60, 000 litres daily to the commu­nity. Inaugurating the project on behalf of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu … The post Anyako-Konu c’nity gets potable water

 Parliament has passed the Criminal Offences (Amend­ment) Bill, 2022, to criminalise the accu­sation of witchcraft. By this amendment, the practice by any person as a witch doctor or witch finder has also been outlawed. Led by the MP for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, the Private Members Bill formed part of the broad policy measures to deal … The post Parliament criminalises

Every country has certain cultural elements that show its uniqueness in an era of globalisation. In Africa, where tribes and ethnicity are significant, the various peoples have peculiar elements that portray them as being different from each oth­er, some of which are negative In Ghana, one such prac­tice is the belief in witchcraft, which makes … The post Law against witchcraft must bite

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in the last six months jailed five food vendors and closed down a restaurant for flouting food safety regulations. It also confiscated the items of 17 food vendors, Mrs Flor­ence Kuukyi, Director, Metro Public Health Department, AMA, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA). She said some of the vendors sold … The post AMA jails 5 vendors,

By a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court (SC) last Wednesday ruled that the Economic and Organised Crime Organisation (EOCO) lacked the mandate to investigate a case involving two businessmen, Mr Malik Ibrahim and Alhaji Za­karia Ibrahim. The court, presided over by Justice Gabriel Pwamang, also set aside the decision of the Financial and Economic Division, … The post SC

Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh presiding over the trial of James Gyakye Quayson, Assin North MP, at the High Court, has warned that she will ask the MP to continue and end the cross-examination of the first prosecution witness, Richard Takyi-Mensah, on Monday, if his lawyers fail to turn up. Last Friday, lawyers of the … The post Assin North MP trial: Case to continue

My heart was filled with pain, anger and rage as I watched and listened to international news about some cit­izens in, particularly two countries; Sweden and Denmark, desecrating and stepping on the holy book of about two billion Muslims around the world. This is being done in the name of citizens exercising their rights to … The post Peaceful

SHIA Muslims in Ghana on Saturday went on a proces­sion in Accra to mark the “Day of Ashuraa” in honour of Imam Husain, the beloved grand­son of Prophet Muhammad, who was brutally killed with his 72 men at the plains of Karbala in present day Iraq in 61 AH. They commenced the pro­cession at Mamobi, … The post SHIA Muslim community calls for rejection of LGBTQ+ appeared

 Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will today, present to Parliament the Mid-Year Review of the Budget State­ment and Economic Policy of the Government and Supplementary Estimates for the 2023 Financial Year. This comes after multiple changes to the date which was initially scheduled for July 25 and later shifted to July 27, 2023. “Mr Speaker, the … The post Finance

The Development Office of the Ministry of Education has presented quantities of medical supplies valued at GH¢ 200, 000 to five Senior High Schools in the country. The items, made up of both medical equipment and consum­ables, were procured with the support of STL Amandi Ghana Limited. The medical equipment include electronic sphygmomanometre (blood pressure … The post MoE,

The Bank of Gha­na (BoG) incurred a loss of GH¢55.12 billion in the 2022 financial year as a result of the restructuring of the Central Bank’s holdings of government debt. This was done under terms similar to those of the Domes­tic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), the Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, stated in … The post 2022