The Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) has held a skills development workshop for stakeholders to update them on the results of the first component of Ghana Skills and Technology Development Project (GSTDP). The GSTDP, which comprises four components, aims to achieve improved demand-driven skills development and increased adoption of new technologies […]
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Innovation, on Monday asked Ghanaians to be safety conscious and change their attitudes for a safe environment for the wellbeing of all. He said the survival of human kind was at much risk against the background of how careless people’s attitudes had been toward the […]
The Ecosystem Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (EBAFOSA) – Ghana, Monday called for an all-inclusive climate action towards food security in Ghana. Dr John Boateng, the President of EBAFOSA, said climate change had been undermining the future of the Ghanaian economy through agriculture; adding that Ghana was highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate […]
A 60-year-old driver, who allegedly defiled a 14 year old girl at Ablekuma in Accra, but escaped a year ago, has been nabbed and put before Accra Circuit Court. Isaac Dadzie, a painter, is said to have sent the victim to buy him sachet water and she returned with the water, asked her to bring […]
The people of Cape Coast have commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo for appointing Nana Kofi Obiri Egyir II, Sanaahen of the Oguaa Traditional Area to serve on the Council of State. They have also congratulated Nana Egyir on his appointment and expressed the hope that his rich experience in leadership position would be […]
A total of 6,235 people applied for asylum in Denmark in 2016, registering a sharp drop from the previous year when the country received 21,000 asylum seekers, Danish news agency Ritzau reported Monday citing Statistics Denmark. Given the large influx in 2015, the Danish government anticipated 25,000 asylum seekers at the beginning of 2016. However, […]
As ties between two prominent actors in the Middle East, Sunni Turkey and Shia Iran, are full of ups and downs, the two neighbors are again in war of words as their relations are getting strained after the Turkish president criticized Tehran of pursuing “Persian nationalism” in the region. Recently, President Erdogan visited Bahrain, Saudi […]
Algerian Energy Minister, Noureddine Boutarfa, and his visiting Malian counterpart Malick Alhousseini on Monday agreed to boost bilateral energy cooperation, as an Algerian operator are due to build two large power plants in Northern Mali. The meeting between Bouterfa and Alhousseini is recommended by the energy cooperation agreement signed by the two neighboring nations in […]
A regional gold refinery worth 15 million U.S. dollars on Monday opened in Uganda in a bid to reduce revenue lost due to export of raw gold. While opening the refinery here, 40km south of the capital Kampala, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said the refinery, African Gold Refinery Limited (AGR), is the first of its […]
ANKARA — A total of 34 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed on Monday in two separate cross-border airstrikes in northern Iraq, Turkish Armed Forces said in a written statement. Turkish warplanes killed 23 PKK members on early Monday as the group was planning an attack against the Turkish territory, said […]
Delta Capital Limited, an investment banking firm based in Accra is penetrating the financial market with financial solutions to individuals and corporate bodies. Delta capital, which has distinguished itself by offering bespoke financial solutions and contributing immensely to the Ghanaian investment banking sector also provides free investment advice and proposals. Speaking to the Ghana News […]
Crystal Capital and Investments Limited (CCI), an investment banking firm, has announced the launch of two new mutual funds. The two funds: “Crystal Entrepreneur Fund (EFund) and Crystal Wealth Fund (W-Fund)” would be officially launched at an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in Accra. A statement signed by Mr Martin Ofori, the Chief Executive Officer of […]
The British Foreign Secretary, Mr Boris Johnson, has met with Mr Kwabena Danso, the Chief Executive Officer of Booomers International, manufactures of bamboo bicycles, to see how the United Kingdom’s support system is helping to improve their businesses. The meeting was part of Mr Johnson’s two-day visit to the country to interact with President Nana […]
Turkey has pledged her commitment towards helping Ghana improve her education sector by awarding more than 50 scholarships to Ghanaian students every year to enrol with Turkish tertiary institutions for their undergraduate and post-graduate programmes. Mrs Nesrin Bayazit, the Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, said this on Monday when she paid a courtesy call on Dr […]
The Foundation for Security and Development (FOSDA) has expressed concern about the high number of women and children killed in the recent Bimbilla renewed violence. Mrs Theodora Williams Anti, FOSDA Programme Officer, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Accra said out of the total number of 11 people so far reported dead […]
Managers of the Baba Yara Sports Stadium have appealed to government to release funds for the maintenance of the facility to halt its fast deterioration. Mr. Kofi Addae, Principal Facility Manager of the National Sports Authority (NSA), described the current state of affairs as deeply troubling. This has come about because the Authority has over […]
Muslim parents have been urged to provide the opportunity for the girl-child to pursue academic careers. Ms. Joyce Aduama, the Atwima-Nwabiagya District Education Director, said they should not be forced into early marriage. She indicated that education was the most effective weapon for fighting poverty and that why premium must be put on it. She […]
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Coordinator of Zoomlion Company Limited, Mr. Solomon Denyo, a waste management company, has called for the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies, to strictly enforce their bye-laws on environmental sanitation. He said this was necessary for the safety and health of the people – to prevent diseases. He made the call during a […]
Five illegal chainsaw operators caught cutting down timber right inside the Tano-Offin Forest Reserve in the Nkawie Forest District have been detained by the police. Their names were given as Kofi Owusu, alias “Juve”, Kwabena Obeng, alias “TT”, Yaw Ofori, Kojo Yeboah, alias ‘Nyinahin Tiger” and Yaw Boamah. A locally-made pistol, cutlasses and knives were […]
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Coordinator of the Police Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) has issued a battle cry against the surge in child marriages in parts of the region. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Setina Aboagye told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the Unit had been inundated with reports of minors being forced […]
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