Finance Minister Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam will today present the 2024 Mid-Year Budget Review in Parliament. This will be his first budget presentation since becoming Finance Minister in February 2024, in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). The review will update the House …
Read More »NCA Justifies High Internet Data Pricing
The National Communication Authority (NCA) has responded to public concerns regarding high internet data pricing, affecting businesses and sparking outrage on social media. Many have called for the dissolution of the NCA board due to high data costs and unreliable data supply, which some attribute to MTN’s declaration as a …
Read More »Benz Container Car Hits A Pothole And Flips Over At Akyem Asene.
The driver and his mate were fortunate to escape unharmed when their Benz container car, bearing the license plate “GR 5004 A,” veered off the Asene-Oda highway and struck a tree in Akyem Asene. The incident happened today, Monday, July 22, 2024, around 1:00 p.m.. The driver was on his …
Read More »GAWU Explains Factors Causing High Prices Of Food Items In Ghana
General Secretary of the General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) Edward Kareweh has explained the factors causing the rising cost of food items in Ghana. He attributed it to factors including the decline in lands available for food production. He revealed that most of the farmlands have been encroached upon by …
Read More »Nana Addo Appoints COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno As Deputy IGP In Charge of Operations
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations. A statement signed by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, explained that the appointment is pursuant …
Read More »GHS Issues Health Alert After Recording 9 Cases Of Dengue Fever In The Eastern Region on
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued an alert following the confirmation of nine cases of Dengue Fever in the Eastern Region. This announcement comes after unusual cases of clinical malaria were detected, which did not respond to antimalarial treatment, prompting further investigation. Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General of the GHS …
Read More »NDC MPs Notifies Police Of #OccupyBoGProtest On July 30
The Minority caucus in Parliament has notified the Ghana Police Service of its intention to protest to demand the resignation of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison and his two deputies from office. A letter written by the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama …
Read More »No Decision Yet On Transport Fare Hike – GPRTU
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has clarified that it has not taken any decisions regarding a potential increase in transport fares. This announcement is to quell recent rumours and speculation suggesting that the union would be increasing transport fares. According to the union, despite the recent surge in …
Read More »GIS, Fire Service, Police, Prisons And NACOB To Recruit 11,000 Personnel
Credible information that has been picked up by The Chronicle from multiple sources at the Ministry of Interior and that of Finance indicate that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the government would start clearing the backlog of applicants who had applied to join the various security agencies under the Interior Ministry, …
Read More »Medical Investigating Team Visits Akyemansa Bloc
A team of investigators from the Eastern Regional Health Administration and the Malaria Elimination Program as well as some experts from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for medical research have visited some districts in the Eastern Region that have been invaded by some strange insects, threatening the health and livelihoods of …
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