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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

Parliament approves €55.024 million credit facility for University of Environment

Ghana News Agency - Mar 29, 2020 0

Parliament has approved a total of €55.024 million credit facility agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank to finance the development...

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

Nine banks ready for QR Code services

Mar 27, 2020

GENERAL NEWS

News

Kingdom Exim, Titus Glover initiate court summons against six persons

Ghana News Agency - Mar 29, 2020 0

Management of Kingdom Exim Ghana Limited and Titus Glover, Deputy Minister for Transport, have issued a writ of summons against the New Crusading...

News

Vice President Bawumia donates his three months salaries to combat COVID-19

Ghana News Agency - Mar 29, 2020 0

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has donated three months of his salary to the Covid-19 Fund established by President Akufo-Addo to help the vulnerable...

Residents in Accra resort to panic buying due to partial lockdown

Mar 29, 2020

Kingsley Makelby Ministries gives to patients in UER hospital

Mar 29, 2020

Advans Ghana supports Orphanage against Covid-19

Mar 29, 2020

Special Mothers Project supports members

Mar 29, 2020

COVID-19: Release more petty offenders, aged and the sick from prison...

Mar 29, 2020

Quarantine travelers at UE borders – NDC

Mar 29, 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

News Photos

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

Sepsis has killed many COVID-19 patients, study says

Ghana News Agency - Mar 29, 2020 0

Many novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) patients have died of a condition described as Sepsis, which is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by the body's immune...

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

Employees wearing masks guide customers to follow the tape marks on the floor as authorities called for social distancing amid concerns over the spread of novel coronavirus at a bakery in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on March 21, 2020. According to the government statistics, the number of confirmed coronavirus patients rose to 534 in Pakistan on Saturday. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

COVID-19: “Observe social distancing, not emotional distancing” – Narendra Modi

Mar 29, 2020

SPORTS

Picture shows the Ghana Boxing Federation president, Mr. George Lamptey and the Black Bombers presenting a certificate of appreciation to the GOC

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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

Spain sets grim new record for virus deaths with 838 in 24 hours