Portions of market space at the Kasoa old market have been demolished by a joint team of Police and a taskforce from the Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly. This is to make way for accessibility in the unlikely event of a fire outbreak in the market. According to Isaac Ofori, Municipal Engineer for the assembly, […] The post Structures impeding access to Kasoa old
The Absa Group Limited Board has announced the appointment of Sello Moloko as an independent non-executive director and Chairman-designate with effect from 1 December 2021. Sello will take over from Wendy Lucas-Bull, who will step down on 31 March 2022, which marks the end of the nine-year period during which Wendy would have served as […] The post Absa Group Board
Ghana last Friday received a torch from Nigeria in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Global Fund. Created in 2002, the Global Fund has supported 155 countries and regional grants as of June 2021 to fight HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria with more than $50 billion, making it one of the largest funders of […] The post Ghana receives torch to mark Global Fund at 20
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is calling for tolerance in the public debate on the anti-LGBTQI+ bill currently before Parliament. He said Parliament will do all it can to create an enabling environment for everyone to share their view on the controversial bill. Addressing Parliament on the resumption of sittings on Tuesday, October 26, […] The post Anti-LGBTQ+
Twenty-nine suspects have been arraigned for assaulting two police officers at Luhuor, a community near Sege in the Ada West District. The police officers were responding to a distress call at Electrohem Ghana Limited at Luhuor when they were attacked by some members of the community. The residents also seized a riot control weapon and […] The post 29 persons arraigned
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has entered into partnership with the Grow, Unite, Build Africa (GUBA) for the 2021 awards intended to celebrate a centenary of the demise and legacies of Yaa Asantewaa, the Asante Queen Mother of Ejisu and the last African woman to lead a major war against the British colonial powers […] The post UNFPA supports GUBA to celebrate Yaa
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse believes the new Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has an uncompromising mandate to ensure cohesion in the running of the academic institution. Mrs. Chinery-Hesse says the dawning of Prof. Appiah Amfo’s era should mean an end to cases of sharp division among members of […] The post Unnecessary
The newly inducted Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the payment of the university’s debt to relieve the institution of its financial burden. The University of Ghana was recently slapped with a $165 million judgment debt over the […] The post Help
The newly inducted Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the payment of the university’s debt to relieve the institution of its financial burden. The University of Ghana was recently slapped with a $165 million judgment debt over the […] The post Help us clear our
The Member of Parliament for the Madina constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, says he has already taken parliamentary steps to haul the Roads and Highways Minister, before the House over the dilapidated nature of roads in the constituency. He says his observations show that the contractor, working on the road network in his area, has not shown […] The post Xavier-Sosu
A meeting between the Employment and Labour Ministry and the Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, ended inconclusively. The meeting was to enable members of the union, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, the Health Ministry as well as the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to address concerns raised by the […] The post Government’s
Sudan’s coup leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the military seized power on Monday to prevent “civil war”. He added that the deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was being kept at the general’s house “for his own safety”, but has now returned home. Protests are continuing for a second day in the capital, Khartoum, […] The post Sudan
Australia has confirmed it will lift a ban next week that has prevented its own citizens traveling overseas without permission. Australians have spent 19 months under some of the world’s strictest border rules, in an effort to keep out Covid. From 1 November people will no longer need an exemption to leave the country – […] The post Covid-19: Australia to
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has once again heaped praises on the new Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffu Dampare. According to him, Dr. Dampare’s recent actions have given indications that the country’s laws will be enforced irrespective of who is involved. His comments come on the back of the sentencing of a woman […] The post Akufo-Addo
Washington has revoked the US licence of one of China’s biggest telecoms companies citing “national security” concerns. China Telecom must stop providing services in America within 60 days. Officials said the Chinese government’s control of the company gave it the opportunity “to access, store, disrupt, and/or misroute US communications”. This in turn could allow it […] The post US
The Member of Parliament for the Ningo Prampram constituency, Sam George, has tempered expectations for persons expecting a quick resolution to the anti-LGBTQ Bill. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. George, one of the backers of the Bill, said consideration of the Bill could extend to 2022. “It is not a matter of days. It is […] The post Consideration of
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