The Civil Technical Division of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE) is scheduled to hold a conference and exhibition on September 14, 2017 at the premises of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, Roman Ridge, Accra. Under the theme: “Regulating civil engineering practice for effective delivery,  it  is expected to draw civil engineering firms and allied firms to exhibit their state-of-the-art [...] The post GhIE

The government has been urged to formalise the informal sector to enable insurance companies design products targeted at Small and Medium-scale Enterprises. Solomon Lartey, the Chief Executive Officer of Activa Insurance who made the call said insurance must be seen as a tool to encourage private sector investment in national development; a tool to grow and sustain SMEs and a [...] The post Formalise

The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has nominated Madam Linear Addy and Christine Ashley to participate in the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Advancing Women in Leadership Forum for Africa and Asia 2017 in Rwanda. This forum, which is being organised by the Hospitality, Events and Logistics sub-committee of the IOC started in Kigali, Rwanda yesterday and is expected to end tomorrow. [...] The post Addy,

Togbe Sri III, the Awomefia of the Anlo State, has urged WBO International super bantamweight champion, Isaac Dogboe to make the nation proud by winning the world title. Dogboe who called on the renowned ruler last week, defeated Argentine fighter, Javier Chacon to defend his WBO International super bantamweight title to become a voluntary challenger for the world title held [...] The post Go

Africa World Airlines (AWA) has unveiled a sponsorship package worth $10,000 to the Ghana Table Tennis Federation (GTTF) to support Ghana’s participation in the 2017 ITTF Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open which starts today. The deal is made up of an unlimited number of international and domestic round trip tickets for competitions of the association and will stretch to the on-going [...] The post Africa

Two abandoned factories, the Bonsa Tyre and the Aboso Glass factories, will be revived to propel the industrial potentials of the Tarkwa -Nsuaem and Prestea–Huni Valley districts of the Western Region, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated. Already, two proposals have been submitted to the Ministry of Trade and Industries on the revival of the Bonsa Tyre Factory, for [...] The post Pres:

Ghana’s nurse-to-population ratio has recorded significant improvement that has exceeded the World Health Organisation (WHO) specifications, says the 2015 Annual Progress Report of the National Development Planning Commission. The ratio has improved from one nurse to 935 persons in 2014, to one nurse to 739 persons in 2015, thus exceeding the WHO threshold of one nurse to 1,000 persons for [...] The post Ghana

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo  has called on the management of the Atuabo Gas Plant to put in place proper maintenance plans to help the plant serve its purpose for the benefit of the present and future generation. He said the future of the country’s economy largely depended on the plant for economic growth, employment and the holistic transformation drive [...] The post President

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an agricultural development organisation, has committed about 30 million dollars in Ghana’s agriculture sector for the next five years. The support, both financial and technical, according to Dr Agnes Kalibata, President of AGRA, was aimed at enabling the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) in the implementation of its programmes and [...] The post AGRA

A book, examining contemporary issues affecting children and young people in boarding schools and outlining principles and strategies in addressing them holistically, has been launched. Dr Prospera Dzang-Tedam, a Lead Social Work Practice Quality, and a co-author of the book on Tuesday expressed the need for social workers to be engaged in schools to manage some of the inhumane issues [...] The post Book

The 30th West African Languages Society and 10th Linguistics Association of Ghana, is underway at Winneba. The five-day event on the theme, ‘The role of language in the integration and development of West Africa’, is being attended by 280 participants in Africa, Europe and United States universities. The conference is aimed at creating awareness about the relevance of education in the local [...] The post Language

A 15-member Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) has been inaugurated in Accra to ensure the implementation of the aims of the university. The UENR Act 2011(Act 830) mandates the university to provide higher education and disseminate knowledge related to energy and natural resources, undertake research and foster collaboration with persons in the country and outside. [...] The post UENR

The Dean of Graduate Studies at the Institute of Local Government Studies, Dr. Eric Oduro-Osae is proposing outright changes to the system where parliamentarians place the interests of political parties ahead of the needs of their constituents. “The constituents must influence their decisions, not the political parties,” he insisted while commenting last Tuesday’s walkout staged by the Minority members over a [...] The post Parliamentary

The 29-kilometre Kasoa-Obom-Amasaman road in the Ga West District of the Greater Accra Region is expected to be fully opened to traffic by the end of the year. Alhassan Mohammed, a foreman of the construction company, Queiroz Galvao, told the Ghanaian Times during a visit to the construction site on Tuesday. The GH¢12.4 million project, which was awarded to the [...] The post Work progresses

A Deputy Minister of Information, Perry Curtis Okudzeto, has challenged state-owned media to be innovative and assert themselves within the competitive media landscape in order to remain relevant in the fast changing times. According to him, government was ready to retool and support agencies under the Ministry of Information to enable them to achieve results. But the institutions on the [...] The post State-owned

Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has said the electoral commission’s IT system has been hacked to manipulate the election results. He rejected early results from Tuesday’s vote indicating a strong lead for President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenya’s election chief Wafula Chebukati said he had confidence in the system but the claims would be investigated. Many fear a repeat of the [...] The post Kenyan

Twenty people escaped custody after assaulting police officers at the courthouse in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan, justice official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks on police in the West African country. Ten prisoners and another ten people who had been summoned to court escaped on Tuesday and were still at large 24 hours later, a [...] The post 20 escape custody

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante Apeatu, by two years, after reaching the retirement age of 60, the Ghana News Agency has learnt. The President appointed Mr Apeatu as the acting IGP on January 25, 2017, after the exit of his predecessor, Mr John Kudalor. Mr David [...] The post Pres extends IGP’s tenure appeared

The Government has made it clear that it has no interest, whatsoever, in who emerges as winner in Tuesday’s polls in Kenya. It said: “The decision as to who leads Kenya for the next five years as President remains the sole preserve of the Kenyan people.” The Government said this in a statement signed by Mr Mustapha Abdul Hamid, the [...] The post Govt has no interest in winner

Happening in the National Democratic Congress (NDC), since they lost the 2016 general election gives one the impression that the party is about to implode. There is a fierce blame game and name calling in the party which has been out of power for barely seven months. Suddenly the powerful party appears to be disintergrating as party big wigs tear [...] The post THE TURMOIL IN NDC MUST CEASE appeared