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  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

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, …

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 …

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, …

  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 …

  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 …