Dr. Remy Ninkpe, the National President of the Ghana Optometric Association, has urged the government to make eye care a priority in government policies. He said this was necessary due to the globally increasing trend of eye conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and myopia, which could result in dire consequences. Dr. Ninkpe, who was addressing the 2017 Annual ...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Gas Company, Dr. Ben Asante, is refuting allegations that high pressures from gas produced by the company caused the leakage that led to the Atomic Junction gas explosion. Dr. Asante also disputed claims that gas from Ghana Gas is not odorized, hence cannot be detected early when there ...
Iraqi government forces have entered central Kirkuk after taking key installations outside the disputed city from Kurdish fighters. Thousands of people fled the city ahead of the Iraqi advance. The Iraqi military moved into Kirkuk three weeks after the Kurdistan Region held a controversial independence referendum. They are aiming to retake areas under Kurdish control ...
Consumers are expected to pay less at the pumps in the second pricing window of October. This is according to the Institute of Energy Security (IES) who have predicted a reduction in fuel prices of up to three percent. Fuel prices since the beginning of this year (2017), have seen marginal increase due to the ...
The Bank of Ghana is cautioning the general public to refrain from making deposits with Oboanipa Ventures Limited. According to the BoG, it has not granted the company any licence to operate in deposit taking thus anyone who does so does it at his or her own peril. The warning was contained in a statement ...
The Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has chided the Chairman of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Collins Owusu Amankwah, for suggesting that the North Tongu MP, would be dragged before the Privileges Committee over a press conference he addressed in relation to Ghanaians fighting for the so-called Islamic State. Following the Minority’s press ...
The Ghana International Bank has clarified that an ongoing tribunal hearing that has captured the public’s attention, is not about whether the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II engaged in money laundering or not. There is not even any suggestion of money laundering allegations against the Asantehene, the Ghana International Bank said. A statement from the UK-based bank ...
The Frozen Food Importers Association of Ghana wants government to grant its members preferential values for duty or taxes charged on imported products at the ports. According to them, government has subsidized taxes on imported products for one company thereby creating unfair competition in the frozen foods industry. The association believes if this is not checked, the ...
President Akufo-Addo has said the recent judgment of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), over Ghana and Ivory Coast’s maritime border dispute, has strengthened the relationship between the two countries. This according to him, is contrary to suggestions that the ruling would mar diplomatic ties between Ghana and her western neighbor. Akufo-Addo ...
The quality and equity aspect of the Free Senior High School policy that was rolled out amid fanfare is being called into question, even in the nation’s capital, Accra, with the dire infrastructure situation students of the La Presbyterian SHS are enduring on a daily basis. The school had already made headlines when its headteacher, ...
Lecturers at the Accra Technical University (ATU) have called off their 5-day old strike. According to them, they have witnessed a demonstration of good faith by the school’s management towards fixing the challenges. The lecturers declared the strike over what they described as poor conditions in the school, which they claimed negatively affected teaching and learning. ...
Citi FM’s Nana Ama Agyemang Asante has left Ghana for the United States of America, as a participant for the 2017/2018 Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellowship program. Nana Ama Agyemang Asante, a journalist at Citi FM, and a co-host of the award-winning Citi Breakfast Show, who left Ghana in September, will be away for six months. The ...
Managers of the State Transport Corporation (STC), say the VIP bus transport operators resisting their plans to begin operations at Asafo market in Kumasi is largely because they are scared of competition. Some officials of STC, who had visited the Asafo Market terminal to launch the Corporation’s new terminal were denied access to the venue by ...
One person has been arrested during a protest by workers of the Neoplan bus terminal at Asafo, Kumasi, in the standoff between them and the State Transport Company Limited (STC). This is after operators of the VIP buses and Inter-City STC clashed over a loading terminal on Monday morning. It took the intervention of police ...
Citi Sports editor Nathan Quao rolls out his column on another Monday and this week, he talks about Aduana’s capture of the Ghana Premier League, the talk surrounding Man United’s goalless draw at Anfield and Roger Federer’s superior handling of Rafa Nadal in Shanghai. All hail Aduana, new kings of Ghanaian football When Aduana Stars ...
Aduana Stars confirmed their capture of the 2017 Ghana Premier League on Match Day 29 after they beat Elmina Sharks 2-1 in Dormaa. They had to come back from a goal down to win the match and grab the second title in the club’s history. But beneath the success lies some very interesting statistics that ...
Aduana wrap it up Reaching this milestone will force a smile out of legendary Ghanaian coach Herbert Addo even in his grave, the newly promoted Dormaa based team that he led to a league title at the first time of asking had managed to repeat the dose seven years down the line. Aduana Stars set ...
The President of the General Assembly of the ECOWAS Federation of Chambers of Mines (EFEDCOM), Mr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor, has urged West African leaders to harmonize their regional minerals policies to boost investment in the sector. Mr. Addo-Kufuor made this call during the 2nd General Assembly meeting of the Federation at the Palace Hotel, Ouagadougou, Burkina ...
Classes were halted for some basic school pupils in the national capital, Accra, as they spent parts of Monday morning and afternoon lined up along principal streets to welcome the President of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara. The pupils, holding Ghanaian and Ivorian flags, were waiting for a scheduled ceremonial procession involving President Ouattara. This kind of practice, which is very common ...
Vice-Chairman of the Black Stars Management Committee, Wilfred Kweku Osei, “Palmer”, has suggested that Ghana would have qualified for the Russia 2018 World Cup if money was made available to pay unclassified and indemnity payments to referees. A Commission of Inquiry set up in 2014 after the shambolic showing in the World Cup that year, ...
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