By:brightwebtv/bananas are barimah 2023: Cocoa prices increased by 15.2% Data from the Bank of Ghana has revealed that cocoa prices increased by $384.51 per tonne which is 15.2% in the first four months of 2023. In December 2022, prices were pegged at $2,539.86 per tonne which rose to $2,924.37 …
Read More »Policy Rate increased from 24.5% to 27%
Dr Ernest Addison – Governor BoG The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has increased the policy rate by 250 basis points to 27.0 percent. This means the cost of borrowing will further go up. The MPC announced this today, Monday, 28 November 2022, at a …
Read More »Transport fares not increased – GPRTU
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says it has not increased transport fares. Richard Yaw Amankwah, Deputy General Secretary in Charge of Operations, GPRTU, told the Ghana News Agency that it was planning to increase transport fares, but is yet to meet the Ministry of Transport to present …
Read More »We won’t call off impending strike until our salaries are increased – UTAG members insist
by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have defended their decision to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday August 2. The decision to embark on the strike follows a five-day ultimatum given to the government to restore the 2012 conditions of service. Per …
Read More »Petroleum prices increased as OMCs apply revised energy sector levies
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Prices of the various petroleum products have started going up from Monday after the various Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) were directed by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to start applying revised Energy Sector Levies. The NPA’s directive is as announced in the Supplementary Budget presented by the …
Read More »Daily Minimum wage increased to GH¢11.82
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) has announced that effective January 1, 2020 the National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) in Ghana has increased to GH¢11.82. It is an 11 per cent increase from GH¢10.65 figure for 2019. According to the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, …
Read More »“INCREASED PRESENCE OF SOLDIERS IN UPPER EAST TO HELP SECURE OUR BORDERS” – AKUFO-ADDO
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the increased presence of members of the Ghana Armed Forces in the Upper East Region is to help secure the country’s borders. According to President Akufo-Addo, the operations being undertaken by the Armed Forces are part of …
Read More »NAME ONE POLICY OF YOURS THAT INCREASED COCOA PRODUCTION – AKUFO-ADDO CHALLENGES MAHAMA
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has thrown a challenge to his predecessor, John Dramani Mahama, to name a single policy his erstwhile government introduced to boost the production of cocoa in the country. Addressing a durbar of Chiefs at Daboase, …
Read More »Peacekeeping allowances increased from $30.00 to $35.00
President Akufo-Addo has announced the increment of the United Nations Peacekeeping Troops contribution allowances from $30.00 to $35.00 per soldier per day. According to the President, he will continue to pay the troops regularly at the operational areas. “Government has increased peacekeeping allowances and as promised will continue to …
Read More »Kufuor is the cause of high HIV prevalence, poverty and increased population — Rawlings ‘BOOMS’
By:brightwebtv.com/bright Agyapong Former President Jerry John Rawlings has launched yet another scathing attack at colleague former President, John Agyekum Kufuor over HIV, poverty and population explosion in the country. The man noted for what many Ghanaians describe as boom speeches, said the selfish and backward thinking of …
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