The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has launched the 2017 edition of the National Paragliding Festival with a commitment to enhance safety at all national tourist sites. The acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority( GTA), Mr Akwesi Agyeman, who launched the paragliding festival in Accra yesterday, said as a first step, the ministry and its stakeholders would conduct safety audits of all tourist sites across the country.
The Graphic Needy Trust Fund (GNTF) has presented a cheque for GH¢4,326.00 to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Surgical Department for the surgery of Yasmeen Naa Frimpong, a one-year-old hydrocephalous patient. Yasmeen’s parents appealed to the GNTF for help to pay for her treatment.
Banks have intensified their search for collaterals from businesses and loan applicants in a bid to reduce growing number of non-performing loans (NPLS) in the banking sector that had hit GH¢ 6.2 billion as of December 2016.
The Minister of Aviation, Ms Cecilia Abena Dapaah, says Ghana is not ready to fail for the third time in its bid to own a national airline. “Ghanaians are yearning for a national carrier in the shortest possible time.
The media has been urged to use its platform to facilitate dialogue on sustainable agricultural practices. The West Africa Regional Coordinator of the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), Dr Victor Attuquaye Clottey, said such dialogues could lead to policy changes that would help revive the dwindling fortunes of the oiling sector.
The government is working in collaboration with the Global Fund to build a $1 million modern infectious disease hospital at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The objective is to contain the threat of a multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) and other emerging infectious diseases in the country.
Ghanaian defender Jonathan Mensah has undergone MRI scan to determine the extent of a thigh injury he picked up in Columbus Crew's 3-2 win over Portland on Saturday. The centre back sustained the injury after a collision with Diego Valeri while sliding in the 70th minute.
A powerful cyclone has pummelled the north-east Australian coast, causing major damage, torrential rain and power cuts to tens of thousands of homes. Cyclone Debbie made landfall between Bowen and Airlie Beach in Queensland as a category four storm, whipping gusts of up to 263km/h (163 mph).
The Minister of State designate for Procurement, Ms Sarah Adjoa Safo, has reiterated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s declaration to safeguard the public purse by ensuring that sole sourcing and restrictive tender are used sparingly in the procurement process. She said the government was committed to ensuring transparency, fairness and value for money in the procurement processes through an open tender procedure to create equal opportunities for Ghanaians to win government
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has started the construction of a sub-station to reinforce the supply of electricity to the central business district (CBD) of Accra and its environs.
Rampaging fullback Harrison Afful was the only Ghanaian named in the Major League Soccer (MLS) Team of the Week for the fourth round of matches of the season. The Black Stars defender was among three Columbus Crew players named in the team after a 3-2 home win over the Portland Timbers.
A couple in the US state of Georgia who were banned from naming their daughter Allah are taking legal action.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to desist from hiding behind the cloak of religiosity to indulge in habits that have robbed the state of countless hours of productive time. “We come to work and we spend the first hour or more not on the job that we are paid to do but on prayers. “We go to all-night prayers and we come to work the next day tired and unfit for purpose. We take out one week for every funeral and expect our businesses to thrive because
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), in partnership with Jekora Ventures Limited is set to commission a US$500,000 fertilizer compost plant at Borteyman in the Greater Accra Region next month.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has, in a surprise move, cut its key benchmark interest rate by 200 basis points from 25.5 per cent to 23.5 per cent, citing downward trends in inflation. The reduction in the policy rate, which is the single biggest cut by the central bank since February 2010, is expected to boost lending and business activities.
Following the violent activities by some vigilante groups associated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), Professor Seth Opuni-Asiamah, has urged the President to make every effort to contain the excesses of those activists of the party. While condemning the violent activities, Prof. Opuni-Asiamah said although President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had expressed his aversion to those acts and directed the police to
Ghanaians have been called upon to mobilise all available resources to fight corruption and the menace of environmental degradation, especially illegal mining otherwise known as galamsey, to facilitate the orderly and sustained development of the country. That is important because the country is richly endowed with natural and material resources but due to corruption, mismanagement and misuse of resources the country is poor.
Action Movement, a group affiliated to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stressed the need to rebuild the party to achieve its objectives for the country. In so doing, the group is calling for the healing of wounds among the rank and file following the NDC’s 2016 electoral defeat. It has also called on those campaigning for the 2020 presidential slot of the NDC to cease forthwith and rather concentrate on rebuilding the party to capture political power in the
The Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) has called on Parliament to review its decision on the 2017 Budget and ensure that the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) allocation hits the mandated five per cent. Article 252 (2) of the 1992 Constitution says: “Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, parliament shall annually make provision for the allocation of not less than five per cent of the total revenue of Ghana to the district assemblies for development; and
The Council of State will focus its activities on issues that will have a long-term effect on national development, instead of the outcomes of general elections. Accordingly, the council will help create awareness of factors which positively or negatively affect national development and deal with them openly. “The council will look at the interests of the people over the long term, generational issues rather than limited to who wins the next election,” the Chairman of
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