The Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has dismissed three regional executives of the Sekondi/Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (STCCI). They include the Chairman, Ato Van-Ess, the Vice Chairman, Cadmond Dadzie and Treasurer, Mathew Ade. This comes after STCCI announced it had seceded from the National Chamber following allegations of embezzlement against the ...
Government says it is working hard to deliver the Better Ghana it promised Ghanaians ahead of the 2012 elections. Responding to concerns raised by the #OccupyFlagStaffHouse protesters, Deputy Minister of Information and Media relations, Felix Ofosu Kwakye said government  will not relent on the promise to deliver a better Ghana, in spite of the current challenges. “We shall not relent” until ...
Four out of the six mobile telecommunication companies in Ghana could not record any additional subscribers in the month of April. This is according to the latest report by the National Communications Authority (NCA) on voice market share of the Telcos. Four telcos in all lost an estimated 53,000 subscribers. The telcos are Tigo, Expresso, ...
Fishermen and fishmongers at Teshie Krobo a fishing community in Accra are threatening to boycott the 2016 elections if government does not immediately find solutions to issues they say are hurting their business. The Fishermen and Fishmongers numbering over 200 told Citi News’, Pearl Akanya Ofori that the high cost of fishing equipment, hikes in the ...
An Accra Human Rights Court, on Monday adjourned the case involving the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) to July 14. The court was compelled to adjourn the case since the submission to be filed by the respondent had not yet been placed on the docket of the court. ...
A Director of the Center for Disaster Resilience and Leadership Studies of the University for Health and Allied Science (UHAS), Dr. Ishmael Norman has revealed that Ghana is only alert for the deadly Ebola virus but not ready and prepared to deal with an outbreak. “…our preparedness is still questionable; what we are, is that we are ...
A Director of the Center for Disaster Resilience and Leadership Studies of the University for Health and Allied Science (UHAS), Dr. Ishmael Norman has revealed that Ghana is only alert for the deadly Ebola virus but not ready and prepared to deal with an outbreak. “…our preparedness is still questionable; what we are, is that we are ...
The Minority in Parliament says Government is employing what it considers a dishonest strategy to siphon more money from the national coffers. According to the party, government will use the $ 156 million loan facility for the Ghana Education Improvement Programme as another cover to embezzle funds. Speaking at a Press Conference to clarify the NPP’s stance on the issue, ...
Domestic airlines are facing their worst operational challenges ever, as rising cost of operations, fuelled by the depreciating cedi and a drop in passenger numbers erodes their profits and earnings in general. The situation has been compounded by new entrants into the already choked market. This has forced a few of the airlines to pull ...
Ever since D-Black started his music career, most of his hit songs have been collaborations with other musicians and now some music enthusiasts are seeing him as someone who cannot come out with a ‘banger’ on his own. Others are even branding him as an opportunist who takes advantage of already established artistes to enhance ...
Samsung Electronics has forecast a 25% drop in profit for the second quarter due to a slowdown in the smartphone market and a strong Korean currency. It expects to make an operating profit of 7.2 trillion won ($7.1bn; £4.2bn) in the April-to-June period, down from 9.5 trillion won a year ago. Its operating profit has ...
Two litigants who turned up at the James Town Magistrate Court in Accra yesterday for judgement in their case had to leave in anger and frustration after they were told that the docket on the case was missing. The case had been in the court since February 2012 and had travelled through the process until ...
Brazilian police have arrested the chief executive of a Fifa partner company as part of investigations into the illegal sale of World Cup tickets. Ray Whelan from Match Hospitality was held at Rio de Janeiro’s hotel, where officials from the world’s football governing body were also staying. Last week, police held 11 people and broke ...
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said he wishes the three al-Jazeera journalists imprisoned last month had never been put on trial, reports say. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail after being found guilty of aiding a “terrorist group”. Mr Sisi was quoted by ...
A contraceptive computer chip that can be controlled by remote control has been developed in Massachusetts. The chip is implanted under a woman’s skin, releasing a small dose of levonorgestrel, a hormone. This will happen every day for 16 years, but can be stopped at any time by using a wireless remote control. The project ...
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