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The Agricultural Development Bank (adb) has announce it will from the next 30 days begin publishing the names and pictures of all persons who have defaulted in paying back loans they took from the bank. In the case of defaulting entities, the names of the companies and their directors as well as pictures will be published. The decision followed an approval given by the board of directors of the state-owned bank. “This publication shall be the beginning of series of actions the bank intends to take to remind its debtors of their debts and the need to settle their obligations,”…

Ghana will face familiar foes, South Africa, in their bid to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar after the draw was made on Tuesday. The Black Stars were drawn against South Africa who they beat to reach the 2006 World Cup and also involved in the quest to make the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Ethiopia and another Southern Africa side Zimbabwe are also in Group G with Ghana. The expectation is that the Black Stars will walk over their opponents in the qualifying series, but the new head coach of the team, C. K. Akunnor is…

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, Mr Isaac Odoom, on Tueaday told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting in Parliament that he had to use part of the common fund allocated to the district for rituals to pacify the gods. According to him, after the completion and handing over of the new Breman Benin market, the traders refused to move into it with the excuse that they would die if they moved there. He said upon persuasion by the market women, the assembly had no choice but to heed the request of the women by buying goats and Schnapps…

Two senior citizens have called on the government to dissolve the Foreign Exchange Development Committee (FX Committee) that was inaugurated on January 13, this year to review the country’s foreign exchange regime, identify constraints and offer workable alternatives that can reduce risks to the economy. Mr Kwame Pianim, an economist and leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and Mr Ishmael Yamson, a management consultant and former board member of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), told the Daily Graphic in separate interviews yesterday that the dissolution was necessary to ensure that Ghana did not waste time and resources to…

Ghana has mounted health surveillance to check protect people in the country from contracting a new virus outbreak that has killed nine people in China. Health authorities say travellers coming into Ghana from China will be subjected to “enhanced screening” and issued with health questionnaire to be filled as part of measures put in place to protect the Ghanaian public. Health facilities across the country have also been alerted to prepare and manage cases in case of an outbreak. The diseases, said to be a novel coronavirus, and characterised by fever, cough and difficulties in breathing, has so far affected…

At least 15 people died after a boat capsized in a lake in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the AFP news agency reports, quoting a local mayor. More people are missing from the Monday accident in Lake Mai-Ndombe, the Mayor of Inongo Cosmos Mboo Wemba is quoted as saying. The cause of the accident is not yet known. The vessel was carrying around 30 people who were returning from a funeral 35 kilometres (20 miles) away, journalist Firoger Balimba is quoted by AFP as saying. In May 2019, at least 45 people died in the lake after a boat that was carrying…

Ghanaians will from middle of this year require a new special television set top boxes to be able to watch television channels as Ghana prepares to switch from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT) system. Viewers whose TV sets are able to receive only analogue signals will need to use the special digital set-top boxes, which have the primary function of converting digital input to analogue output signals Per the National Communication Authority’s minimum requirement for digital terrestrial and satellite television, viewers who may have integrated digital TV sets based on DVB-T/MPEG-2 or DVB-T/MPEG 4 will need the special set-top…

The Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has met stakeholders on government’s plans regarding the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration project. The purpose of the meeting, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful said, was to update stakeholders on the current status of the project and solicit their inputs, stressing that government would ensure the active participation of all stakeholders in the Digital migration process as their input was necessary for its success. “No group of stakeholders were more important than others and the input provided by the majority would be considered,” she said. Stakeholders present at the meeting included Ministry of Information, National Communications…

Ghana and the United Kingdom have resolved to deepen the bilateral relations that exist between the two countries, as well as explore areas of interest which will inure to the mutual benefit of the two countries and their respective populations.  This was disclosed on Monday, 20th January, 2020, when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo held bilateral talks with British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on the sidelines of the ongoing UK-Africa Investment Summit. President Akufo-Addo expressed his appreciation to the British Government for its willingness to work with Ghana on the basis of trade and investment co-operation, and move away from…

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional branch has opened nominations for its 2019 Regional Awards to be held under the theme “Managing Election 2020 related Violence for Democratic Stability – the Role of the Media”. The awards seek to acknowledge, appreciate and recognise the contributions of journalists, and media institutions towards the development of the three regions. Personalities and institutions which have in diverse ways contributed to the growth and development of the Association, and the media in general would be honoured. The awards are open to GJA members and non-members working in the Ghanaian…