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Government seeks parliamentary approval on US$35 million COVID-19 financing agreement

Ghana News Agency - Mar 29, 2020

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COVID-19 cases in Ghana hit 152

citinewsroom.com - Mar 29, 2020

Passengers wait to depart at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, the United States, March 13, 2020. The United States implemented the restrictions which suspend all travel from European countries except Britain for 30 days in a measure faced with further spread of the COVID-19 Friday at midnight. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to open up 50 billion U.S. dollars in federal aid to help combat the spread of COVID-19 across the country. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

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COVID-19 updates: Canadian PM’s wife gets “all clear” and Chinese tourist sites resume operations

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COVID-19 updates: Trump gives up quarantine on New York

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Covid 19: President announces a one-billion cedi stimulus package

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Tourism industry to lose over US$170 million due to COVID-19

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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 500,000, vaccine at least 12-18 months away

BUSINESS NEWS

Finance

Hohoe recording high numbers of lockdown ‘escapees’

Ike Dzokpo - Mar 29, 2020 0

The Hohoe Municipality is recording high numbers of people escaping a partial lockdown of Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Obuasi as directed by President Nana...

Parliament approves €55.024 million credit facility for University of Environment

Mar 29, 2020

Consumer behaviour intensifies COVID-19 outbreak forces new shopping patterns

Mar 28, 2020

ECA appeals to G20 to open trade corridors for pharmaceutical and...

Mar 27, 2020

World Bank to support Ghana and six others to harmonise statistics

Mar 27, 2020

GENERAL NEWS

Politics

Who wins Asante-Akim South NPP primaries?

Ghana News Agency - Mar 30, 2020 0

The battle lines have been drawn as all five parliamentary aspirants for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante-Akim South Constituency have...

News

Sunon Asogli Power and AWA donate to the COVID-19 fund

Ghana News Agency - Mar 30, 2020 0

Two Chinese-Ghanaian companies have donated an amount of $200,000 to the government to aid in the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The two...

Operation COVID Safety begin lockdown with roadblocks

Mar 30, 2020

Board for COVID-19 Trust fund to be inaugurated by Tuesday –...

Mar 30, 2020

COVID-19: GPRTU directs drivers to observe passenger spacing

Mar 30, 2020

Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Minister Of Information

Minister clarifies exemptions to the COVID-19 restrictions

Mar 30, 2020

President Akufo-Addo inaugurates board of trustees for COVID-19 Fund

Mar 30, 2020

GAF won’t deploy Burma Camp troops to Kumasi

Mar 30, 2020

NEWS PHOTOS

Constructors of China Railway 19th Bureau Group work at the site of the Xinmiaohu Extra Large Bridge in Duchang county, Jiujiang, east China’s Jiangxi province, Feb. 23, 2020. Photo by Fu Jianbin, People’s Daily Online

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Major projects accelerate resumption of work

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US Based Nigerian Model Rocks 6ft Long Wig

More than 100 foreign guests from 30 countries including Russia, India and Morocco experience local traditional folk customs to greet the Spring Festival in Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai county, Ningbo city of east China’s Zhejiang province on Jan.11, 2020. The activity serves as a platform for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. It allows foreign friends to feel the glamour of Chinese culture and promotes their understanding of Chinese culture. Photo by Zhang Yongtao from People’s Daily Online

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Chinese prepare celebrating the Chinese New Year

ENTERTAINMENTS AND ARTS

Entertainment

Disregard ‘Fake’ UNICEF COVID-19 Messages from Celebrities – Social Media Users...

News Ghana - Mar 29, 2020 0

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to social media users to disregard information being posted on the novel Coronavirus by some celebrities...

O’Bkay: Afro-pop wonder kid out with new single

Mar 28, 2020

Popular actress of Bangladeshi small screen

Mar 28, 2020

COVID- 19: ITI Ghana marks World Theatre Day

Mar 27, 2020

Opanka bemoans the devastating impact of Coronavirus on music industry

Mar 26, 2020

BREAKING NEWS

The U.S. Capitol Building is silhouetted against sunrise in Washington D.C., the United States, on March 18, 2020. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will invoke the Defense Production Act, which allows the administration to force American industry to ramp up production of medical supplies, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

Breaking News

Trump orders GM to produce ventilators under DPA

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the opening of the 33rd African Union (AU) summit of heads of state and government at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 9, 2020. (Photo by Michael Tewelde/Xinhua)

Breaking News

South Africa’s president tests negative for COVID-19

Editors' Pick

Coronavirus deaths in U.S. double within days, more measures taken to...

xinhuanet.com - Mar 29, 2020 0

As the death toll of COVID-19 in the United States doubled within a week to top 2,000 on Saturday, U.S. authorities have taken measures...

HAVE YOUR SAY

Government to undertake aggressive testing for COVID-19

Ghana News Agency - Mar 29, 2020 0

Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Presidential Advisor on Health, says the Risk Response and Social Mobilization Team would embark on aggressive testing for COVID-19...

Sepsis has killed many COVID-19 patients, study says

Mar 29, 2020

Is God punishing humanity for our iniquities?

Mar 29, 2020

A researcher of CapitalBio Corporation shows a virus nucleic acid detection kit for six respiratory pathogens on March 10. Six respiratory pathogens, including the COVID-19, can be detected simultaneously within one and a half hours, requiring samples of only respiratory droplets. (Photo by Jiang Wenjie, People’s Daily Online)

Two Weeks is Not Too Much to Ask For – Let’s...

Mar 29, 2020

SPORTS

Ghanaian Football Legend Opoku Afriyie Passes Away At Aged

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TRAVEL

Travel

Turkey to cancel all international flights over COVID-19 fears

xinhuanet.com - Mar 27, 2020 0

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that all international flights would be cancelled as part of the fight against COVID-19. ...

AUTO

BMW's Future Vision Luxury concept car is widely believed to be a preview of the 2016 BMW 9 Series, a new high-end sedan.

HEALTH & FITNESS

Trump says US coronavirus death rate likely to peak on Easter Sunday