Government secured a little above ¢1.08 billion from the sale of a 2-year bond issued on February 10, 2022. This came few days after credit ratings agency, Moody’s downgraded Ghana’s credit worthiness into junk status. Myjoyonline.com reported yesterday that per the auctioning results, government accepted all bids worth GH¢1.082 billion received from the investors – … The post Govt
A total of 46 students from different faculties of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) are undergoing a two-week entrepreneurial skills development training in Takoradi in the Western Region. The workshop, organised by Duapa Werkspace in collaboration with the Centre for Languages and Liberal Studies (CELLIBS) of TTU, is aimed at reducing the graduate unemployment in … The post 46
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), the Rt Rev. Prof. Joseph ObiriYeboahMante, has cautioned pastors against exploiting couples with infertility problems. He also advised couples to go to hospitals when they face infertility challenge as they seek help from God. Rev. Prof. Mante in an interview with the Ghanaian Times in Accra, … The post Stop
The newly elected President of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ghana, Mrs Joyce Boadi Okyere was sworn into office at the weekend, in Accra. She pledged to work harder to empower more young people and make JCI better than she met it. Mrs Okyere, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Posky Plus Enterprise, a stationery … The post Junior Chamber Int’l Ghana gets new leader appeared
National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has given the assurance that it would work with the police to check illegal trade in petroleum products. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NPA, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, “the tampering of seals on Bulk Roads Vehicles (Tankers) and the siphoning of fuel leading to fuel adulteration are worrying and … The post NPA, police
Lotto and Lotteries Company Limited, a business entity owned by Kumasi-based business man, Dr Frank AwuahAdjei, has paid GH¢2 million to the National Lottery Authority (NLA) as license fees for the operation of lotteries under Act 722 and Act 844. The amount involves GH¢1.5 million as the required license fee for the operation of lotto … The post Lotto and Lotteries
Residents of Borteyman, Adjiringanor and NmaDzorn in the Adenta Municipality of the Greater Accra Region are full of praise for the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, for tackling the land guard menace in the area. On Friday, January 28, 2022, the residents issued a statement and subsequently petitioned the IGP on the … The post Residents
The Gender and Social Inclusion wing of the Electricity Company Ghana Limited (ECG), on Friday began mentorship training for girls in selected basic schools in the Sekondi–Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. The programme, which drew participants from Bethel Methodist School, Takoradi Presbyterian School, Perry Hayford School and Bedu Addo School, aimed at encouraging adolescent … The post ECG
A new Governing Board has been inaugurated for the National Folklore Board with a call to help ensure that the country has protected folklore. The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MoTAC), Mark Okraku Mantey, who inaugurated the board yesterday said the country needed protected folklore in order to help drive the country’s tourism … The post National Folklore Board inaugurated
Better conditions of service and the general welfare of teachers in the country are high on the agenda of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), for the next four years. The newly elected GNAT national executives are also targeting improvement in the health care of its 246,000 members especially regarding cancer and related diseases, … The post Our
The National Poultry Farmers Association (NPFA) has called on the government to reduce maize exports saying the situation is denying the local industry of poultry feeds for their birds. According to the National Chair of the Association, Mr Victor Oppong Adjei, by reducing export to neighbouring Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and Togo, there would be … The post Poultry
VALCO Trust Fund, the charity wing of the aluminium smelting company, Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO), yesterday inaugurated 17 schools under the “Zero schools under trees project” at a ceremony in Abomosu in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region. Valued at GH¢324,994, each for the kindergarten (KG) schools, GH¢623, 076 each for the … The post Elimination
After 36 days of strike, the Labour Division of the Accra High Court yesterday put an injunction on the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). By the order, UTAG must call off the strike and go back to the lecture halls, Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson, gave the order following an application for … The post Strike action by lecturers:
The Managing Director of Mansel Ghana Limited, a company that deals in general merchandise was on Friday granted GH¢150 million bail by the Accra High Court for allegedly failing to pay tax. The accused, Rami Mohammed Adnan El-Ashkar whose company is indebted to the state to the tune of GH¢332, 126, 425.88 as of July … The post Court grants GH¢150m bail to Mansel
The Ghana Police Hospital is set to embark on a mass burial for 300 unidentified and unclaimed bodies. This exercise was part of its regular routine measures to decongest the Hospital Mortuary. In a statement signed by the head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Hospital, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, said those … The post Police to embark
Echo House Ghana Limited, a marketing communications agency and its partners on Saturday donated assorted food products to victims of the explosion which occurred in Appiatse in the Prestea-HuniValley Municipality. More than 100 packages of cooking oil, milk products, beverages, rice and toothpaste were offered by the partners, comprising Frytol, Dano, Malta Guinness, Fortune Rice … The post Appiatse
About 14,287 energy-efficient street lights are being fixed on 146 selected road sections and spans 20 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra and Eastern regions to ensure road safety. The project being carried out by Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a United States Government Agency Fund … The post GAR,
More than four years after the high-profile launch of the Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI), Africa’s top cocoa-producing nations continue to realise huge areas of forest being destroyed to make room for cocoa production, a study has revealed. Consequently, the new study by Mighty Earth has shown that major chocolate companies failed in their pledge … The post Chocolate
Samuel Ntim Darkwa, a former Clerk to Parliament, has asked the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin to schedule his time in a manner that will make him available when crucial decisions are going to be taken in the House. “If he constantly travels out of the country when critical decisions are going to be taken … The post Speaker must be present for crucial decisions
Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu in the Volta Region, has asked the Ministers of Transport and Foreign Affairs to seek parliamentary ratification on issues over the Electronic Passport (e-passport). He said the two ministers would have to explain why Parliament was not engaged in the entire processes. “Without parliamentary ratification, … The post Ablakwa
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