They said several complaints made to the authorities to prevent traders from other regions from flooding the area with their produce including tomatoes, plantain and fruits at cheaper prices have not been heeded. They said this is depriving them of their livelihood. Madam Elizabeth Baidoo, popularly known as Mena Wangara, who deputizes for the Kotokuraba […]
She said a CPP government would carefully appraise the education, health, and women economic empowerment issues confronting the country and develop policies that would address existing challenges. Madam Latifa, who is a professional teacher, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said over the past years she has organized extra classes for students free […]
The economic situation in the Western Regional capital improved largely due to the discovery of oil and gas in 2007 as businesses and multinationals flocked to the city. But the sharp downturn in the prices of the petroleum product has led some players in the supply and servicing of offshore facilities in the sector to […]
The items include blood pressure apparatus, weighing scales, thermometers, dressing sets, a Doppler and 30 plastic chairs. Reverend Benjamin Abbey, the head pastor of the church, said the donation was part of their annual community charity programme undertaken by the church. He said the ICGC would continue to support needed institutions in this area to […]
Shama Model JHS beats five other schools in the JHS category while Half-Assini Methodist Primary School in the Jomoro District also emerged winners in the primary category. Other schools that participated in the quiz completion in the JHS Division were Ngyerisia M/A JHS, Bonwire Catholic JHS, Dixcove Methodist JHS, Eikwe Catholic JHS and Birim Na […]
African banks and financial institutions promote risk-sharing and distribution in order to accelerate the ongoing efforts at structural transformation of African economies through trade, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) urged today as the Bank’s Annual Structured Trade Finance Seminar and Workshop entered its third day in Port Louis, Mauritius. Opening the workshop segment on agency […]
The Managing Director of ARB Apex Bank, Kwadwo Aye Kusi, has been asked by the Bank of Ghana to proceed on leave from Monday, 28 November, pending the conclusion of investigations into mismanagement claims levelled against him by staff of the bank. In a statement signed by Francis F Blankson, Acting Head, Financial Stability Department, […]
pdf available here The Bank of Ghana (BOG) has announced regulations to govern the conduct of competitive multiple-price foreign exchange (FX) auction to allocate foreign exchange against the Ghana Cedi. The central bank said in a statement that multiple-price auctions would support market development, price formation and also provide a transparent mechanism to intermediate FX […]
A People’s National Convention (PNC) government will develop strategies and interventions to build the capacity of Ghanaian youth because they are the most valuable assets Ghana has at the moment, Dr Edward Mahama, presidential candidate of the PNC, has said. According to him, efforts will be directed towards formulating policies and programmes that will make […]
Three of the seven presidential candidates contesting in the December 7 elections went to town yesterday, expressing fear about the possible rigging of the polls. The candidates are Dr Edward Nasigri Mahama, the People’s National Congress (PNC); Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings who is leading […]
A patient has sued six medical doctors, the 37 Military Hospital, the Attorney General and the Ghana Health Service for medical negligence. The action by the plaintiff, Mr Wisdom Tettey Narh, comes two years after he lost a limb owing to what he describes as the negligence of his caregivers when he was taken to […]
MTN Ghana’s Finance team has swept three awards at the CFO Awards organised by Instinct Waves. MTN Ghana’s Chief Finance Officer, Modupe Kadri, was adjudged the Telecoms CFO of the Year. This is the second consecutive time Mr Kadri is winning the award. He was awarded for his role in improving mobile broadband access and […]
A political scientist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr Edward Brenya, has cautioned political parties against over-reliance on opinion polls as a gauge of the success or otherwise of candidates in December’s presidential and parliamentary elections. His comments follow the release of separate opinion poll results which predict wins for both […]
Ghana’s Ambassador to Namibia and Botswana, Haruna Attah has dared the flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, to swear on the bible to prove he (Mr Akufo-Addo) never had a discussion with him (Haruna Attah) at which event he (Mr Akufo-Addo) said the NPP will never allow a non-Akan […]
Pressure Group OccupyGhana, has raised alarm over an alleged GHc 35 million contract entered into by government and the man at the centre of the GHc 51 million judgment debt saga, Alfred Woyome. According to the pressure group, government has furtively “entered into a confidential and potentially lucrative agreement with Mr. Woyome, acting through one […]
An exhibition of exquisite Suzhou-style handicraft works is being held at the art gallery of the beautiful city in east China’s Jiangsu Province. More than 100 pieces produced by over 40 folk artisans are on display, containing embroidery, stone carving, jade carving, bamboo carving, tree-root carving, ancient musical instruments, fans, ornate Boccaro teapot, silk weaving, […]
Around 1,092 ancient tombs have been discovered during construction work on the city’s new administrative center, local authorities said Thursday. File photo of a multi-chambered tomb from East Han Dynasty. [Photo: Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics] The tombs date as far back as the Warring States (475 B.C.-221 B.C.), period right up to the […]
China has made a series of new world records in hybrid rice output, central China’s Hunan provincial government announced at a press conference Thursday. Yuan Longping (center) checks the double-cropping rice at Longtian township in South China’s Guangdong province on Nov 19, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] The records were set by Yuan Longping, “father of hybrid rice”. […]
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