Vodafone Cash introduces flexible payment options for customers
Vodafone Cash has introduced a new feature that offers customers interest-free flexible payment options for various products and services including smart phones, laptops, home appliances and travel packages. The new service, known as Pay Small Small (PaySS), allows customers to conveniently make payment in instalment over a period of three to twelve months when they […]
COVID-19: Ningo-Prampram DCE donates items to orphanages
The District Chief Executive Officer (DCE) for Ningo-Prampram, Jonathan Doku paa Nii, has donated some essential items to two orphanages and a disabled society in the district. The donation exercise, on Sunday June 7, started at Hearts of the Father Orphanage Home designed to house refugees and neglected orphans in Old Ningo. The first set […]
George Floyd murder suspect Derek Chauvin has bail set at $1.25m
The Minneapolis ex-policeman accused of killing unarmed black man George Floyd has made his first court appearance, where his bail was set at $1.25m (£1m). Prosecutors cited the “severity of the charges” and public outrage as the reason for upping his bail from $1m. Derek Chauvin faces charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter. Three other […]
KKK ‘leader’ charged for attack on Black Lives Matter protesters
A self-described Ku Klux Klan leader has been arrested for allegedly driving his car into a group of Black Lives Matters protesters gathered on Sunday in the US state of Virginia. Prosecutors say that Harry Rogers, 36, drove “recklessly” towards a protest in Henrico County, and “revved the engine” before driving into protesters. Mr Rogers […]
John Magufuli declares Tanzania free of Covid-19
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. Mr Magufuli has repeatedly said the health crisis has been exaggerated and urged people to attend services in churches and mosques, […]
North Korea halts all communications with South
North Korea has said it will cut off all inter-Korean communication lines with the South, including a hotline between the two nations’ leaders. The North said this was the first in a series of actions, describing South Korea as “the enemy”. Daily calls, which have been made to a liaison office located in the North […]
9th June, 2020
The Ghanaian Times is concerned about timber racketeers who are on the rampage, rapidly depleting the rich vegetative cover on the Tindubu Hill Forest Reserve in the North Dayi District of the Volta Region. Tindubu Hill Forest Reserve is one of the few forest reserves left in the region and the racketeers are daringly carrying […]
President’s Business Support Programme launched, targeting 26,000 beneficiaries
The President’s Business Support Programme, Window -3, has been launched in Accra with a target of 26,000 beneficiaries. The Minister for Business Development, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal who launched the initiative said five thousand of the beneficiaries, mostly startups will be supported with funding totaling 40 million Ghana Cedis. The aim is to build their […]
UE/R: 23 frontline health workers return to work after recovery from COVID-19
Twenty-three of the 26 frontline health staff of the Ghana Health Service GHS, in the Upper East Region who contracted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and have recovered from the disease have been welcomed back to work. Of the 26, eleven of them were working in various capacities at the Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga. Two […]
NDC launches ‘corruption tracker’ series to check NPP government
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched what it calls a ‘Corruption Tracker’ to monitor affairs of Government. In its second weekly briefing in Accra, the Party’s Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, said the tracker will also enable the NDC to monitor and expose misappropriation and embezzlement of state funds by officials of Government. According to […]
EC, NIA urged to consider voter concerns of Ashaiman residents
A community based NGO in Ashaiman, SYPPA has called on the Electoral Commission, EC to address concerns of voters in the community before the Biometric Voter Registration. SYPPA says after a survey it conducted, majority of the people do not have the Ghana Card, passports and other documents required to be captured onto the new […]
Ghana records 272 new coronavirus infections, 9 recoveries
Ghana has recorded an increase of 272 new coronavirus infections, the Ghana Health Service has reported. Total confirmed Covid-19 cases now stand at 9,910. According to the Service, nine more people have recovered taking the total number of recoveries to 3,645. Four new deaths have also been recorded. Current active cases are 6,217. The Ahafo […]
Kasapreko gets StanChart support to upscale hand sanitizer production
Kasapreko Company Limited, the Ghanaian beverage manufacturer which is undertaking mass production of hand sanitizers and alcohol hand rubs, has become the first client to make a drawdown under the Standard Chartered Bank’s US$1 billion financing commitment to help companies tackling COVID-19. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said Kasapreko’s drawdown for US$7.4m […]
Census Steering Committee to announce new date for 2020 Population and Housing Census
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the National Census Steering Committee will announce a new date for the commencement of the National Population and Housing Census, this year. Mr Francis Nyarko-Larbi, the Head of the National Census Publicity, in an interview on Monday said that the Service announced June 28, 2020, for the commencement of […]
