By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah File photo Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health benefits from the substance. On Friday the country’s Parliament passed into law the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019. The law now …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Central Business District of Accra As part of strengthening the measures to prevent escalation of COVID-19 cases, markets in the Greater Accra Region will be closed on Monday, March 23, 2020 for a fumigation exercise. According to the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah File Photo Listen to the Article It is obvious we are not in normal times with the heightened threat of the deadly coronavirus literally leaving everyone in the country in a pensive mood. Aside that, it is unfathomable to realize that the utmost religious Ghanaian has been …

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Ghana has suspended all passport services at all Passport Application Centres (PACs)   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has suspended all passport services at all Passport Application Centres (PACs) across the country with immediate effect. This is in line with keeping with Government’s directives …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have agreed to close the US-Canada border to all non-essential travel in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus. “We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our northern border with Canada,” Mr Trump tweeted. He …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Manhyia Palace Museum The Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, has been closed down as a result of the deadly coronavirus. The historical museum established in 1925 and situated at the Manhyia Palace, the seat of Asantehene, is highly patronised by tourists especially foreigners. …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta Listen to the Article Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that a total amount of US$8.98 million was used by the Bank of Ghana to print the new GH¢100 and GH¢200 notes. Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, 17th March 2020, he explained that the …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah File Image of air travelers at Kotoka International Airport   The Government of Ghana is discouraging “all travel to Ghana… till further notice”, following the surge in COVID-19 cases in the West African country in the last three (3) days. Ghana confirmed four new cases of the …

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Kwahu Easter brings thousands of people together The Ghana Tourism Authority has invited the Kwahu Traditional Council and other stakeholders to a consultative meeting on Saturday, March 21 at the Kwahu Omanhene’s palace on possible measures to mitigate the effect of the coronavirus on the Easter …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimag Parliament has passed the Customs (Amendment) Bill 2020, which seeks to ban importation of accident cars into the country. The law will prohibit the importation of specific vehicles of over ten years of age. The country is also expected to lose over Ghc802 million for the …

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The Car Dealers Association rubbished assertions about 10-year-old vehicles Members of the Secondhand Car Dealers Association of Ghana have rubbished assertions that 10-year-old vehicles they bring into the country are the cause of accidents on the country’s roads. According to the association, some 10-year-old vehicles are even …

By:brightwebtv.com/Nana asare barimah   Mallam Sham-una Uztaz Jibril says he knows the cure for the deadly coronavirus Popular Ghanaian Islamic Cleric, Numerologist and Philosopher Mallam Sham-una Uztaz Jibril has revealed that he has discovered the cure to the deadly Coronavirus that has claimed and is still claiming several lives in …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Dubai-based mega carrier, Emirates Airlines, has stopped flight operations to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos until the airport’s Instrument Landing System (ILS) is fixed. . ILS is a navigational aid that guides aircraft to land, especially during low visibility. Since last Monday, airlines, especially foreign carriers have been …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Aggrieved Menzgold customers have threatened that President Akufo-Addo will suffer an ill fate in the 2020 polls if he fails to get them their monies. Speaking to Ghanaweb at the Madina Magistrate court, irate fund owners expressed displeasure about the president’s outlook …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Ghana National Association Of Small Scale Miners believe they have the approach to rid- off the riverbodies, miscreants who continue to cause pollution through illegal mining. This request by the association is a follow up upon several ones earlier proposed in many stakeholder engagements including radio …

  by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah money More than 10,000 public sector employees will lose their salaries and wages. According to the Auditor-General’s Department, they have either no justification or sufficient information to continue drawing salaries from the public purse. In a statement, Deputy Auditor-General of the Central Government Audit Department, Mr …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The building earmarked for demolition Listen to the Article The Kumasi Central Market storey building will be demolished by Friday to make way for the commencement of the second phase of the Kumasi City Market Project. The building and an alley leading to Dr Mensah, a popular …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Menzgold customers are demanding their money from the investment firm and NAM1 Mr Fred Forson, spokesperson of the Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold Customers, said they were ready to go all lengths to get their investments back from the gold dealership firm. He said customers across the country …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The newly outdoored automobile from Kantanka Listen to the Article You are looking at the newly manufactured private and personalized vehicle of the Founder and Leader of Kristo Asafo Mission, Apostle Dr Ing. Kwadwo Safo, whose Kantanka Technological Centre of Excellence (KTCE), a subsidiary of the Kantanka …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah CEO of Menzgold Ghana, Nana Appiah Mensah Listen to the Article Chief Executive Officer of embattled gold dealership firm, Nana Appiah Mensah has announced that the first batch of customers who recently went through a verification process have received payments of their investment. Nam 1 who is …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah 16 tomato paste products were listed as unwholesome by the Food and Drugs Authority Listen to the Article The Food and Drugs Authority has directed the withdrawal of all batches of certain brands of tomato paste from the market which were found to contain the ingredients starch …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Heavy traffic in Ghana The La-Nkwantanang/Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMA) has earmarked three roads that would be closed to vehicular traffic during the festive season. The roads to be turned into markets include Nkulenu Street, Asante and Asante Street and Old Assembly Road within the central business area …

‘We cannot pay your customers’ – Menzgold lawyers reject instruction “Claims shall be settled in full and shall be subject to an invitation from our legal team: Kwame Akuffo & Co. Unlimited,” strictly following scheduled order. Some Menzgold customers Lawyers for defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold say they are unable to …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Menzgold has announced it intends to pay all locked up investment of its customers within three years. In a much-awaited payment schedule, the company said customers who did not receive any interest on their investment from the start of contract will be the first to be paid …

By:brightwebtv.com/Nana asare barimah Passengers will soon be able to check on their phones if the commercial vehicle they are about to board has been properly insured, the Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed. If all goes according to plan, the database of the National Insurance Commission (NIC) and the Driver …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Staff of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have announced a sit-down strike beginning Wednesday, December 10, until further notice.   The sit-down strike would be followed by a picket at the GRIDCo Head Office at a date to be announced later by the Staff Group Leadership, the Senior …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Commercial vehicle drivers in the country have appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to address rising fuel prices in the country immediately. Aggrieved members of the Regional Concern Drivers Association of Ghana, one of the numerous driver unions in the country, have served notice that they will be …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the leadership and membership of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) not to take the law into their own hands in dealing with traders from Nigeria and other nationalities engaged in retail trade. In …

  The Central Bank has introduced GHC100, GHC200 and GHC2 coin. The minority in Parliament is demanding that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) discloses the cost of printing of the new Cedi notes and coin. The Central Bank has introduced GHC100, GHC200 and GHC2 coin. The Governor of the bank …

By:brightwebtv.com The Central Bank of Ghana has released specimen of new GH₵ 100 and GH₵ 200 Cedi notes that are expected to be in circulation soon. The Bank of Ghana has also announced the addition of GH₵ 2 coins in addition to the existing coins in circulation. The new notes …