About US$ 230.2 million has been committed to support District Development Facility(DDF) investments until 2018. The DDF facility was started as part of the government’s efforts to improve the performance of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in terms of efficiency, transparency and accountability. The overall goal of the DDF is to ensure an ...

The Daniel Amoateng Foundation (DANAF) has donated food items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to the Christ Faith Orphanage located at Adenta, Accra. The move was in response to the request of the orphanage for aid to cater for the over one hundred children at the facility. The CEO of the Foundation, Daniel Amoateng, in ...

Former President Rawlings has charged Ghanaians to stop blaming government for all the current economic, social-political woes and work to tackle the indiscipline that has engulfed the country. According to him even though government is “hugely responsible for the economic circumstance of the day’’ it is incumbent on the citizenry to also make a conscious ...

All district assemblies will soon be provided with waste collection equipment to address the nation’s sanitation challenges. Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Julius Debrah, says plans are afoot to procure more waste collection equipment for onward distribution to the assemblies. Unhappy about the recent cholera outbreak in the major cities, he gave the assurance ...

The United States of America has declared its willingness to assist Ghana to fight the Ebola disease should there be an outbreak. Four countries in the West African sub region – Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria have all been hit by disease. The disease has killed over a 1000 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea, ...

Government issued a statement this week, asserting its position on the Fitch calculations of the depreciation of the cedi since the beginning of the year. In order that we have the correct facts and calculations, it is important to identify the source of the data we use for the calculations and accept that the source ...

Here is the thing! This is August 2014, no woman should get judged for having consensual sex. It could be casual, a one-night stand or within a long-term relationship. Whatever it is, however a woman chooses to explore her sexuality is up to her. No woman should be judged for what she does with her ...

Residents of Atuabo and neigbouring communities are threatening to resist the final commissioning of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant over compensation packages and other health related issues. Residents in Atuabo, Anokyi and Asemda in the Ellembele district, where the gas facility is stationed, are upset that their concerns about the facility have not been addressed. ...

Lead operator of the Jubilee field, Tullow oil, has dismissed reports that the Ghana Gas Company ditched the jubilee partners in the building of a bypass for the Atuabo gas plant. There are reports that the Ghana Gas Company went contrary to an earlier agreement, where the jubilee partners were to create a bypass from ...

Government has warned Ghanaians  against travelling to countries affected by the Ebola disease. Addressing a press briefing on Thursday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hannah Tetteh said Ghanaians should only travel to those countries when it is “absolutely necessary” to do so. The disease has, so far, killed about 1,000 people with over 1,975 cases ...

TalkFACT3 in collaboration with the Foundation for Contemporary Art (FCA), Nubuke Foundation, Inkfluent and I.U.B brings back Ehalakasa, the open mic poetry and music event. The EHALAKASA PLUS event comes off on August 31 at the Nubuke Foundation, East Legon. There will be the Open Mic and Talk Party sessions as well as the segment ...

The Abossey-Okai spare parts dealers association has lashed out at government for failing to stop port officials from charging fees in dollars at the container terminals. This comes after the outgoing minister of trade and industry Haruna Iddrissu assured importers that effective July 2, government will stop dollar indexing at the ports. The move was ...

The Member of Parliament(MP) for Manhyia South , Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has also joined calls for the governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah to either resign or be sacked. Dr. Opoku says the governor should be fired for failing to take measures to stop the continuous fall of the cedi ...

A four day event dubbed the Northern Ghana Investment Conference is underway in the Northern Regional capital Tamale. As the third edition, the theme is, “Projecting the resource potentials of Northern Ghana for accelerated development: the role of Public-Private Partnership.” The annual conference serves as a catalyst of promoting businesses and investment potentials in Northern ...

Manchester United has banned fans from bringing tablets and laptops to football matches at its stadium. The club said it was reacting to “security intelligence”, adding the restriction was in line with new checks on electronic equipment at airports. It said that unlike at airports, it would be “impractical” at the stadium to check the ...

UN Security Council envoys have warned South Sudan’s warring leaders they would face sanctions if a civil war that has pushed the young nation to the brink of famine does not stop. “The council has made it very clear: that it is prepared to impose consequences if there continue to be spoilers, if there continue ...

A little girl lost in a remote region of Siberia inhabited by bears and wolves survived 11 days in the subarctic forest by eating wild berries and drinking river water before her dog finally left her side to summon help, leading rescuers to her location. Karina Chikitova, 3, wandered away from her home in a ...

Let’s face it: Weddings are expensive, and they’re exhausting to plan. Why should someone get a spot on your invite list if they aren’t really all that important to you? We came up with a few more people that you definitely do not need to invite to your wedding, in case you’re looking for an ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified Kenya as a “high-risk” country for the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Kenya was vulnerable because it was a major transport hub, with many flights from West Africa, a WHO official said. This is the most serious warning to date by the WHO that Ebola could spread ...