Germany’s right-wing, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has picked a new team to lead it into September’s general election. AfD co-founder Alexander Gauland, 76, and 38-year-old economist Alice Weidel will jointly head the campaign. The party’s current co-leader and public face of the party, Frauke Petry, has announced she will not take part. She … Read more
An overuse of mobile phones by parents disrupts family life, according to a survey of secondary pupils. More than a third of 2,000 11 to 18-year-olds who responded to a poll said they had asked their parents to stop checking their devices. And 14% said their parents were online at meal times, although 95% of … Read more
There is no conflict of interest as far as the recent issuance of government’s $2.25 billion domestic bond is concerned, President of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, has said. “To be fair, I am struggling to see the conflict of interest,” he noted. Ninety-five per cent of the $2.25 billion domestic bond issued by the Government … Read more
The NDC MP for Keta says the minority’s misgiving with government’s recent local bond issue has to do with its failure to follow the provision of the Public Financial Management Act (921) 2016. Richard Quarshiga said the issues the NDC MPs raised about the bond were not made out of ignorance but rather based on … Read more
The NDC MP for Keta says the minority’s misgiving with government’s recent local bond issue has to do with its failure to follow the provision of the Public Financial Management Act (921) 2016. Richard Quarshiga said the issues the NDC MPs raised about the bond were not made out of ignorance but rather based on … Read more
Ten years ago, most vinyl records sold for a few dollars — dusty old albums with dog-eared covers that had been thrown out as useless relics of an earlier age. However, faced with twin onslaughts from digital music and big-box stores, independent record stores in the United States banded together in 2007 to create an … Read more
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central constituency is prepared to sacrifice his salary to pay the legal fees of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to challenge the euro bond in court. According to Ebenezer Nartey, the NDC led by its Minority in Parliament must be able to prove their conflict … Read more
Ispace Ghana, a technology hub will tomorrow witness 12 young ladies pitch creative technological ideas at Labone in its unlocking women program series. The program which is being organised for young ladies to pitch their tech business ideas comes off after an intensive three months coding program for the ladies. Speaking to 3FM ahead of … Read more
Cassiel Ato Forson, a former Deputy Minister of Finance, has condemned Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for describing the Minority as “ignorant” in relation to the recent $2.25billion bond issued by government. “The voice sounded like him and I have no reason to doubt that it is the Vice President who spoke, but I doubt … Read more
The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has courted the anger of the Minority in Parliament in his response to their queries of the $2.25 billion bond sold to investment fund Franklyn Templeton at 19%. The minority insists the vice president was unpresidential in his comments which referred to the minority as “ignorant” people who lacked … Read more
Bolgatanga Central MP Issac Adongo has asked the general public to disregard remarks by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to the effect that the Minority in Parliament are an “ignorant” bunch who do not “understand” the processes of managing the economy. According to him, the Vice President has gained notoriety for failing to address core … Read more
Keta MP Richard Quashigah has demanded an apology from Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for describing the Minority in Parliament as “ignorant”. Speaking to the media in Washington DC about the Minority’s claim that the recent $2.25billion domestic bond issued by the Akufo-Addo government was done in “secrecy”, without parliamentary approval, and “cooked” to favour … Read more
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta must resign over the alleged conflict of interest situation in which he has engrossed himself as far as the recent issuance of government’s $2.25 billion domestic bond is concerned, the UK/Ireland branch of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said. The group’s call follows a recent press conference held … Read more
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed worry about the Minority in Parliament’s criticism of the recent 15-year cedi bond sale, describing it as a show of mischief and ignorance. To him, the Minority was showing “ignorance” and do not “understand” the processes of managing the economy and therefore suggested to them that, they … Read more
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has described the Minority as an “ignorant” bunch who do not “understand” the processes of managing the economy, thus, must do some reading to educate themselves. Speaking to the media in Washington DC about the Minority’s claim that the recent $2.25billion domestic bond issued by the Akufo-Addo government was done … Read more
It pays to start from the scratch Most graduates in Ghana these days want to secure gainful employment just after their national service. Some of them think that just dispatching their CVs to corporate institutions is enough and expect phone calls the next day for job interviews in the reputable companies of their choice. Research … Read more
The statement issued by the Ministry of Finance attempting to clarify issues surrounding the $2.25 billion bond fails to answer the fundamental questions that have been raised by Minority MPs, Cassiel Ato Forson, a former Deputy Minister of Finance, has said. According to him, the government has cleverly run away from the core issues that … Read more
The absence of a national procurement strategy could defeat the purpose of the Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663), amended in 2016, Simon Annan, Co-Founder of Smartbid, an e-procurement firm, has said. “As it stands now, the law says that if you are procuring at a certain threshold, you have to apply any of the … Read more
Some of the leading names in the fields of music, marketing, policy and technology will meet at Alliance francaise Accra for the 3rd Impact Music Conference. The aim of the conference is to develop a space to discuss, act, share, learn and understand that space called the Music Industry, and how to create equal opportunities … Read more
Following allegations of conflict of interest against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, relating to the recent $2.25 billion bond issue, the Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, has called for more transparency about the bond. He believes that what looks like secrecy surrounding the $2.25 billion bond issue, is only fueling the … Read more