US and world leaders and dignitaries are at the US National Cathedral in Washington DC to pay their respects at the state funeral of former President George HW Bush. The body of Mr Bush, which had been lying in state at the US Capitol, was moved there ahead of the funeral. His son, ex-President George W Bush, is to deliver [...] The post Leaders in US to honour George HW Bush appeared first
Russia will develop missiles banned under a Cold War agreement if the US exits the pact, President Vladimir Putin has warned. His comments follow the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO’s) accusation on Tuesday that Russia has already broken the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Signed in 1987 by the US and USSR, it banned both countries’ use of all short [...] The post Putin
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to announce a package that would further boost operations of farmers at tomorrow’s Farmer’s Day celebration to be held in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale, Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has announced. Falling short of what the package would be, he said this year’s celebration would be used not only to reward [...] The post Pres
Each year, food crops worth $700,000 go waste in the country due to post harvest losses, the Peasant Farmers Association (PFA) has revealed. This, according to Victoria Adongo, executive director of the association, represented 70 per cent of total food production in the country. At a private sector investment forum on food and nutrition security in Accra yesterday, she said [...] The post Post
Players and officials of the national U-20 side, the Black Satellites have arrived in the Togolese capital of Lome to take part in the maiden edition of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) U-20 championship scheduled to start from today. It will end on December 17. The team is dominated by locally based players with goalkeeper Abdul Manaf [...] The post Black
Cape Coast Young Sharks over the weekend defeated Accra Sea Lions Beach Soccer Club 2-1 to be crowned champions of the maiden Cal Bank beach soccer Super Cup tournament played at Abuesi in the Western region. The four-team tournament brought together champions from the Greater Accra and Volta regional sector, Sea Lions BSC and runners up Nungua Beach Soccer [...] The post Young
THE bout between the WBO super bantamweight champion, Isaac Dogboe and his Mexican Challenger, Emanuel Navarrette, slated for the Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday will be telecast live by Ho-based V1 TV. The Chief Executive Officer of the station, Madam Dzifa Attivor, announced this at a press conference in Ho on Tuesday. “This is our way of [...] The post Volta TV to show Dogboe fight
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has awarded, Kasapreko Company Limited, Ghana’s indigenous beverage manufacturer, a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) certification at a ceremony held at the Company’s premises on the Spintex Road. HACCP is an internationally recognised food safety tool which enables food safety hazards to be identified, evaluated, and controlled, to eliminate the risk of contamination [...] The post FDA
The Ghana Morocco Old Students Association (GHAMOSA) has bemoaned the lip service being paid to economic integration of Africa, and urged African leaders to do more. According to the association, which is made of graduates who studied in Morocco, the only way Africa could develop without aid is to actively integrate the economies of member countries. Mr Peter [...] The post GHAMOSA
Mr Frank Baidoo, the District Chief Executive for Akuapem South has appealed to community leaders in the area to help educate the people to pay their taxes and levies to enable the Assembly generate funds for more projects. He said the Assembly alone could not undertake the task of sensitising the citizenry on their tax obligations and that there was [...] The post DCE appeals for support
The latest Absa Markets Index 2018 Report has described Ghana as one of the best frontier markets in Africa, Overall, Ghana placed seventh position in the study carried out among 20 African countries to assess how easy it is for investors to invest in those countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire and Tanzania. The study highlighted [...] The post Ghana
Ethiopian Airlines has been selected as the strategic partner for the proposed new home-based carrier. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at the ET’s headquarters to signify government’s undertaking to work with ET in establishing a new home-based flag carrier. Aviation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda, signed on behalf of the Government while Tewolde GebreMariam, [...] The post Ethiopia
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has presented 26 Nissan NP and 300 motor cycles to the Ministry of Health to assist healthcare delivery in rural areas. At a handing over ceremony yesterday in Accra, the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Tsutomu Himeno, explained that the vehicles were part of the 200 million Japanese Yen grants to provide the ministry [...] The post JICA
A Bill on the Conduct of Public Officers is currently before Parliament for consideration. One of the key components of the Bill is the criminalisation of illicit enrichment, usually referred to as unexplained wealth, which has not been established as an offence in existing legislations. Mr Charles Ayamdo, Director of Anti-Corruption, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice [...] The post Bill
Leadership of Rotary Club of Accra-La East as part of its activities has donated a 40,000 litre capacity water storage facility worth GH¢30,000 to the La Wireless Cluster of Schools in Accra. The facility is to support the school with water storage tank and take off the burden from the students from fetching water from outside the school during school [...] The post Rotary
Most pupils in public schools in New Juaben South and Akuapem North municipalities have no access to computers. Though government had provided computers to many of the schools in the two municipalities, most of the laptop computers presented to the schools have broken down. This was revealed in a survey conducted by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in the two [...] The post Pupils
Mytilineos S. A. has handed over an ultramodern kitchen to the St. Nicholas Charity Foundation School in Bankuman-Tema New Town. The school, located at the coastal belt of the town and providing free education for children, lacked a kitchen facility. Mytilineos S. A as part of its corporate social responsibility in the community, sponsored the building of a fully furnished closed [...] The post St.
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has challenged the governing council and management of the Evangelical Presbyterian University (EPUC) to establish a school of graduate studies to offer opportunity to people who wanted to pursue higher degrees. He said the College had chalked many successes in the past 10 years and should consider offering opportunities to post graduate students. [...] The post EPUC
Professor Joshua Alabi, one of the flagbearer hopefuls of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has insisted that he has not betrayed his other contenders who are fighting en-bloc for the leadership of the party to reduce the filing fee. “I’m among those who are calling for a reduction of the filing fee because it’s outrageous, I only declined not to [...] The post I’ve not betrayed
Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, Head of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, has bemoaned unfortunate incidents where African youth, in the search of hope, crossed dangerous barriers such as seas and deserts, to European continents. “The time has come for Africans to realise there is hope right within the continent, and it is possible in every way to not [...] The post Contribute
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