Sanitattion and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, on Wednesday inspected the Bankuman and Ashaiman Sewerage network sanitation projects to ascertain the progress of work on the facilities. The GH¢5.7 million and GH¢21 million projects are expected to provide 800 and 4,800 households with sewage facilities as part of government policy to enhance sanitation in those … The post Sanitation

Motor Riders Association of Ghana (Okada) have kicked against Dr Bawumia’s assertions that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will not succumb to pressure to make the commercial use of motorbikes, popularly known as ‘okada’, a legal means of commercial transport, but would rather lease

Head of the Ghana Civil Service, Nana Kwasi Agyekum-Dwamena, has cautioned civil servants against engaging in partisan politics ahead of the December 7, 2020 election. He said following a Supreme Court’s decision that frowned on the participation of civil servants in partisan politics, it was important personnel remained politically neutral in fulfilment of their calling … The post Civil

The total unemployment rate in Ghana has reduced by some 3.5 percentage points despite the devastating effects of COVID-19 on the job sector and the economy at large. This came to the fore when the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Ignatius Baffuor Awuah took his turn at the periodic “Meet The Press”

Former President John Dramani Mahama’s understanding of a digital economy is outstanding and puts him far ahead of his closest competitor in the 2020 Presidential elections. His understanding found expression in his Government’s implementation of ICT programmes and projects most of which have lived beyondhis term of office and continue to acceleratethe development of Ghana. … The post Digitization

An electrician, who attempted to prevent irate youths from attacking their colleague, had his arm chopped off, at Aboabo Akorem in the Asokore Mampong municipality of Ashanti, on Wednesday. .Murtala Abdul Karim, who had the left hand chopped off from the wrist with a machete, also lost two teeth, when a young man hit his face … The post Irate youths chop off man’s hand appeared first

An Accra magistrate court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a fetish priest, who allegedly murdered a 52 -year-old farmer, at Dormeliam, near Akuse, in the Eastern Region.The suspect, Torgbe Ngorbea Mawufeasi,38, and five accomplices, reportedly lured Richard John Kluboito to a

The founder IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has stressed the need for the Ghana to digitise all land records to eliminate challenges affecting land registration system in the country. “Lands hold the value for building any country’s worth” for which reason Ghana needed a system that could properly identify

It has long been the position of the law that civil servants cannot engage in partisan politics. The supreme law of the land, the 1992 Constitution, debars civil servants from participating in partisan politics. The Supreme Court of Ghana also frowns on the participation of civil servants in partisan politics. The underlying reason is that … The post A TIMELY COUNSEL FOR CIVIL SERVANTS

The final blending of our philosophy, attitude, activity and results is what creates this final personal quest that Jim Rohn calls LIFESTYLE. Lifestyle is how we choose to live and how we design our lives. “It is the sophisticated understanding of the difference between life’s trinkets and life’s treasures.” Rohn believes many have learned to … The post LIFESTYLE appeared first on Ghanaian

We wanted to provide a good children and mobile library service. Admittedly, our adults had lost it so far as reading was concerned. There was need to save our children from becoming victims of the non-reading culture.  I dared to put forward my views on the issue but the politicians and government officials either did … The post Dashed hopes and dreams of a Ghanaian Librarian

Blackbusters Family Media (BBFM) has launched its maiden beauty pageant dubbed ‘Miss Glam Unique Africa 2020’ at its premises at Adenta on September 4, 2020. In an interview, General Manager of BBFM, Ms Portia Arthur, highlighted the vision of the company saying, “it is to inspire, educate

About 25,000 micro small medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been earmarked to receive financial assistance to support their businesses following the launch of the COVID-19 and Resilience Programme in Accra yesterday. Dubbed: ‘The Nkosuo

The European Union has threatened to stop buying cocoa from Ghana if the continuous destruction of the   country’s forest reserves through illegal mining and prospecting for minerals are not stopped.  “The illegal prospecting for minerals is destroying the

As part of measures to address the infrastructure and accommodation challenges at the Judiciary, the government is constructing 98 courts and bungalows across the country for judges, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. At the swearing-in of 16 High

The Concerned Voters Movement (CVM) has called for the training of more professional dispatch riders to work for companies, instead of legalising the use of motorbikes for commercial transport (okada). In an interview with the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday, the Founder and President of the pressure

A three-day virtual World Journalists Conference (WJC) being organised by the Journalists Association of Korea (JAK) began on Monday. It is aimed at bringing together journalists from Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and America to discuss various issues including fake news and future

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) vice presidential candidate, Professor  Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has said politics should be geared towards development and devoid of insults and acrimony. She noted that Ghana is a peaceful country, therefore

The Ho Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Prosper Kofi Pi-Bansa, who is aspiring for the Ho Central parliamentary seat, has pledged to build well-resourced and model basic schools in the various traditional areas in the constituency with motivational packages for the teachers, when given the nod. There are about 30 traditional areas in the Ho Central … The post Ho Central

Ghana Chamber of Graduate Entrepreneurs, an association to help graduates to set up their own businesses instead of searching for non-existent white-collar jobs, has been inaugurated in Accra. Among other objectives, the organisation will train graduates and provide them with the technical and financial support to build their own businesses. In addition, the chamber would … The post Chamber