Day: August 21, 2025

Accra: The families of the three Airforce crew members who perished in the military helicopter crash on Wednesday, August 6, have been officially presented with posthumous promotion ranks and insignia. The presentation ceremony took place at the Ghana Airforce Headquarters, Burma Camp, Accra. According to Ghana News Agency, the bereaved families also received an undisclosed amount of money from the Presidency, along with a sum of 315,000 cedis contributed by organizations and well-meaning Ghanaians. This financial support was distributed among the parents, family members, and the three widows: Madam Ursula Wematu Asaghedewe, the widow of Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala;

Accra: Four Basic School pupils have advanced to the grand finale of this year’s Schools Sanitation Solutions (Triple S) Challenge. The event is set to be held at the National Theatre in Accra on September 22, 2025. According to Ghana News Agency, the finalists include 13-year-old Desiree Ohemaaa Amponsah Duah from AGBL Basic School in the Western North Region, Master Artaldus Sung Kuuntanaa from Accra College of Education Demonstration School, Master Kwabena Owusu Nyarko from Berekum Yiadom Boakye Demonstration ‘B’ in Bono, and Emmanuela Kolbila of Charis Christian Mission School in the North East Region. These pupils successfully navigated the

Accra: The Kwesimintsim District Police Command in the Western Region has arrested Anthony Acquah as a suspect, in connection with the murder of his 17-year-old brother, Francis Mensah, at Manpong-Pepease, a suburb of Sekondi. According to Ghana News Agency, a statement signed by Police Superintendent Olivia Adiku, the Head of Public Affairs for the Western Regional Police Command and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said the suspect was arrested at his hideout at Kojokrom on Wednesday August 20, 2025, based on tangible intelligence. The statement said preliminary investigations disclosed that on Saturday, August 16, 2025, around 1800 hours,

Kumasi: The Ghana Audit Service (GAS) has called on the media to thoroughly analyze and accurately report on the Auditor General’s Report to prevent public misinformation. Mr. Frederick Lokko, the Assistant Director of Audit and Information Officer at GAS, imparted this advice during a media training session for journalists in Kumasi. According to Ghana News Agency, the training was organized by the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), a non-governmental organization committed to promoting good governance. The two-day event was attended by selected journalists from the Ahafo, Bono, Bono East, Ashanti, and Eastern regions. The training was themed ‘Building Partnership in the

Accra: The maiden edition of the African Diplomacy and Business Dialogue (AfDiB 2025) is scheduled to take place on September 3, 2025, in Accra. The event aims to enhance trade through diplomacy and collaboration among various sectors. According to Ghana News Agency, the dialogue, which will be hosted at the Association of African Universities (AAU) premises, is organized by the Accra-based SALT University College (SUC). The theme for this year’s dialogue is ‘Harnessing African Diplomacy for the Success of AfCFTA,’ reflecting its focus on contributing to the vision realization of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The event is

Accra: The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) says the government’s revised total revenue and grants target of GHS229.95 billion by the end of the year is likely not to be achieved. The think tank highlighted that revising the target upward from GHS227.08 billion to GHS229.95 billion, equivalent to 16.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), was untenable due to challenges that constrained Ghana’s revenue mobilisation efforts in the first half of the year. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr Leslie Dwight Mensah, a research fellow at IFS, explained during a press briefing on the assessment of the government’s mid-year fiscal

Accra: The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has urged the Government to resist the temptation of leveraging recently improved credit ratings to launch a return to the international bond market. According to Ghana News Agency, an early return to the market could prolong and worsen the country’s economic challenges. Speaking at a press conference on the assessment of government’s mid-year fiscal policy review, Mr Leslie Dwight Mensah, a research fellow at IFS, stated that a return to the international bond market was not a sustainable solution to the revenue and financing challenges of the government. ‘Resuming such borrowing will cause