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A former Deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Fifi Kwetey, says politicians must be blamed for the depreciation of the cedi and not the central bank. Speaking at the second Economic Dialogue series organised by the Media General on Thursday, the former minister conceded that the politicisation of the economy is a major contributory factor to the speculative effect on the cedi. Fifi Kwetey said “if politicians are quick to take the credit when the cedi is performing better, then they must take the blame when the cedi depreciates, not the central bank. “If the vice…

A former Deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Fifi Kwetey, says politicians must be blamed for the depreciation of the cedi and not the central bank. Speaking at the second Economic Dialogue series organised by the Media General on Thursday, the former minister conceded that the politicisation of the economy is a major contributory factor to the speculative effect on the cedi. Fifi Kwetey said “if politicians are quick to take the credit when the cedi is performing better, then they must take the blame when the cedi depreciates, not the central bank. “If the vice…

Award-winning Ghanaian radio and television personality Anita Erskine is the latest addition to the Media General family as she becomes ‘ally’ to  host of 3FM Drive, Giovani Caleb, on 3FM 92.7. With over a decade of experience in the media, Anita is not new to radio as she is well vexed in the area. This is not the first time Anita and Giovani are working together either. The two, prior to joining Media General, co-hosted the Starr Drive on Starr FM. Anita joins Giovani on 3FM Drive as the two bubbly characters take the wheel to drive listeners of the…

Award-winning Ghanaian radio and television personality Anita Erskine is the latest addition to the Media General family as she becomes ‘ally’ to  host of 3FM Drive, Giovani Caleb, on 3FM 92.7. With over a decade of experience in the media, Anita is not new to radio as she is well vexed in the area. This is not the first time Anita and Giovani are working together either. The two, prior to joining Media General, co-hosted the Starr Drive on Starr FM. Anita joins Giovani on 3FM Drive as the two bubbly characters take the wheel to drive listeners of the…

The Minority in Parliament is calling on the head of the Roman Catholic Church, based in the Vatican, to recall and reassign Reverend Father Professor Anthony Afful-Broni, who is currently the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). In a statement issued on Friday, March 29, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus is convinced the Roman Catholic priest has embarrassed the church with his management of UEW and the recommended action to Pope Francis I will “save the church from further embarrassment”. This comes in the wake of events that have led to the shutdown of UEW. “Undoubtedly,…

Some members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the University of Education Winneba are demanding the resignation of their national president, Dr Eric Opoku Mensah over claims he incited the protest that turned violent early this month. What started as a peaceful protest by students of UEW to get their sacked lecturers reinstated turned violent on March…after the police fired teargas and warning shots to push back the protestors. Some students were injured in the protest that resulted in destruction of the university’s properties leading to the immediate shut down of Winneba and Ajumako campuses of the…

Health officials at the Holy Child Catholic Hospital at Fijai say there is no cause for alarm in the case of food poisoning recorded at the Archbishop Porter Girls’ Senior High School in Takoradi Friday morning. About 60 students of the school were reportedly rushed to the Hospital Friday at about 4:00am after they started vomiting and experiencing diarrhoea said to have been caused by food poisoning from vegetables they bought from a vendor on campus. News of the events triggered fear among some parents, but the school authorities and the health officials at the Holy Child Catholic Hospital say…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has placed an embargo on holidays for all Junior High School teachers within the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District of the Upper West Region. They are not to go on Easter break next month. The teachers are to remain at post in their respective schools during the holidays to teach final year JHS students as part of measures by the District Directorate of Education to ensure improvement in academic performance, particularly in this year’s BECE. A directive issued by the District Director of Education, Simon G. Bagbio, in a letter dated March 11, 2019 warned any teacher who…

The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital has been plunged into what could be described as significant financial distress, and currently unable to settle over five million-cedi debt owed its suppliers. As at the end of December 2018, the hospital’s indebtedness to suppliers of essential medicines and non-drug consumables stood at 5, 850,000 cedis. The situation has forced suppliers to cease delivering such essential medicines and non-drug consumables on credit, a situation the authorities say, is impacting negatively on healthcare delivery at the facility. Records from the hospital indicates the National Health Insurance Authority (NIA) owes the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital a…