Uuceremonously Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has paid another surprise visit, this time to the Tema Port, to familiarise himself with the operations of the port, and hear at first hand the challenges facing players in the sector. The Tema Port is a major backbone of the country’s revenue collection efforts, generating a significant […]
The Upper East Regional Health Directorate and Management of the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital will from Tuesday, 31st January 2017, paste names of health personnel and their contacts at the Out-Patients Department of the hospital to improve quality service delivery. According to Upper East Regional Health Director of Health Services, Dr. Kofi Issah, the decision was […]
Eleven top management level staff of COCOBOD have been asked to proceed on leave by government with effect from today Monday 30th January, 2017. The eleven occupy positions including the Deputy Chief Executive – Agronomy and Quality Control, Deputy Chief Executive – Finance and Administration, Deputy Chief Executive -Operations, Director – Human Resource, Director Civil […]
Some Members of Parliament from the Majority side helped unravel the latest bribery scandal that has hit the Appointment Committee, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed. Speaking to the media after vetting Minister Nominee for Gender and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba, Mr. Ablakwa said: “I can tell you on authority […]
A Kenyan couple unable to afford the expense of a wedding have earned plaudits on social media for pursuing “a budget option $1 ceremony” which they attended wearing casual clothes. Wilson and Ann Mutura postponed their wedding twice in 2016 because they were unable to raise the $300 (£240) fee. They decided to get married […]
The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) the foremost indigenous oil marketing company, has organised a national sales conference, which aims at formulating marketing strategies to achieve company’s 2017 corporate goals. The strategies generally seek to use marketing as a tool for maintaining GOIL’s dominance in the downstream oil marketing sector. The conference also afforded GOIL […]
The Ghana Physician Assistants Association has congratulated the Health Minister, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Manu, on his appointment. The association said it had no doubt about his capability and that it was confident, he would bring his vast experience to bear on the ministry – to transform the health sector. Mr. Anthony Amissah, its Ashanti Regional […]
The Ho Global Shapers Hub, has been adjudged the 2016 Winner of the Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant Challenge. The Coca-Cola Shaping a Better World Challenge is a competition that awards acceleration funding to sustain and expand initiatives led by members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community. A statement issued by the […]
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Christian Dogbatse, the Atwima-Mponua District Commander, has warned of swift and firm action to deal with any breaches of the law in the area. He said they were never going to allow criminals to have their way and make things miserable for the law-abiding. They were determined to stay ahead […]
THE Principal Councillors, elders and heads of the five (5) of the seven families of Abehenase of Amasaman in the Greater Accra has issued a strong warning to all state agencies and the general public to stop dealing with one Mr Isaac Kotey Neequaye who is parading himself as Chief of Abehenease under a stool […]
The Greater Accra Regional Campaign Coordinator of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2016 election, Sylvester Mensah, has distanced himself from circulating posters indicating he plans to vie for the Flagbearership of the NDC ahead of the 2020 elections. In a statement copied to citifmonline.com, Mr. Mensah said he was not behind the circulation […]
Two operatives of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed by a U.S. drone strike in the southeastern province of Shabwa on Monday, military source said. The drone raid came hours after a previous operation that killed eight al-Qaida militants and 12 civilians. “The U.S. drone fired missiles and targeted a vehicle carrying al-Qaida men in […]
Singapore’s Changi Airport recorded an all-time high of 58.7 million passenger movements in 2016, a 5.9 percent increase from the previous year, said Changi Airport Group in a statement on Monday. Routes to Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and Oceania contributed 90 percent of the growth in passenger traffic, said the airport. Among all, China posted […]
Russia’s Defense Ministry on Monday called on international organizations and other countries to provide aid for residents of the Syrian city of Aleppo. ” Humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan was sent from the Syrian port of Tartus (to Aleppo). Earlier, aid came from Armenia, Belarus and Serbia. However, aid from other countries and international organizations, whose […]
Two children, aged two and five, were killed and three others wounded by a home-made bomb that went off Monday morning on the southern Philippine island of Basilan, an army spokesman said. Lt. Col. Franco Raphael Alano said in a statement that the three wounded were two children, both aged four, and a 25-year-old woman. […]
The Afghan air force killed three Taliban militants in the country’s northern province of Kunduz overnight, an army source said on Monday. “On a confirmed tip-off, the army’s air force carried out an airstrike Sunday night against a Taliban hideout in Hajji Nawab locality on northern outskirts of provincial capital of Kunduz city, killing three […]
Some 2,000 people blocked the driveway outside the international terminal building of Los Angeles’ LAX Airport on Sunday from afternoon to night, in a mass gathering to protest President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” issued two days ago. The new policy imposes a 90-day ban on travel to the United States by citizens of seven Muslim-majority […]
A total of 74 tourism websites have been closed in a nationwide campaign that began in September, according to China’s Internet regulator. Violations included failure to register in accordance with law, counterfeiting legal tourism websites, and disseminating illegal content involving gambling and pornography, said a statement issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China. The administration […]
Bundesliga club Hamburg have agreed to sign Brazilian midfielder Walace in a deal reportedly worth 10 million euros. The highly rated 21-year-old traveled to Germany on the weekend after Hamburg met the financial demands of Brazilian Serie A outfit Gremio. “Gremio have reached an agreement with Hamburg for the sale of midfielder Walace,” the Porto […]
Attorneys general from 15 U.S. states and the District of Columbia Sunday condemned President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring refugees and seven Muslim-majority countries’ citizens from entry into the United States, calling it “unconstitutional, un-American and unlawful.” In a joint statement, the 16 state attorneys general, all Democrats, vowed they will quickly act and […]
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