The Minister for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has sworn in a 3-member Interim Management Committee to oversee the affairs of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) as part of efforts to restructure and revamp it. The Chairman of the 3-member IMC is Nobert Cormla-Djamposu Anku. The other members are William Ntim Boadu …

The Managing Director (MD) of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Francis Boateng, has been sacked from his post, together with his deputy, Ato Morrison. The duo, who had been at the helm of the troubled state-owned refinery since May 2020, were reportedly served with their dismissal letters last Friday June 11, …

Counsellor George Lutteordt has described the public apology issued by Blogger Eugene Osarfo Nkansah to the wife on the day of their second year marriage anniversary following the secrets revealed by Abena Korkor as useless and one that should have been avoided. According to the controversial counsellor, the best approach …

After several years of lull with regards to new gold mines, Ghana is finally about to get one, as Canadian junior, Newcore Gold has announced a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Enchi gold project. It outlines plans for an open pit and heap leach operation processing 6.6 million tonnes …

  Ghana’s inflation rate dropped its lowest level since the start of 2013, at 7.5 percent in May, which is less than the median of the Bank of Ghana’s target band of between 6 percent and 10 percent. The fall in headline consumer price inflation from April’s level of 8.5 …

  In 1958, the setting for a university graduation was obviously not as flamboyant as we have them today but the essence of those events cannot be said to have been any less. In this photo of a graduation ceremony from the Kumasi College of Technology, now the Kwame Nkrumah …

Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Lawmaker, Cassiel Ato Forson, has said the response by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to Parliament in relation to the petition filed by owners of the defunct Unibank and UT, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and Prince Kofi Amoabeng respectively, is disrespectful to the legislature. The former Deputy Minister of Finance under the Mahama …

• Implementation of rent tax will kick off by end of this year • Rent tax must be paid within 30 days after the rent income is received by landlords or property owners • Payment of the rent tax can be made at the nearest Domestic Tax Revenue Division Office …

  • Emma Florence Yaa Adinyira Amedahe has been speaking about her ordeal when Nkrumah was overthrown • She revealed that, the military abused her and took her belongings • She disclosed that Fathia told her that Kwame Nkrumah was a womaniser She served as the lady-in-waiting to the then …

The Accra High Court will on July 8, this year, rule on a submission of “no case” filed by the Founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, and three others accused of stealing depositors’ funds leading to the collapse of the bank. The other accused persons are the …

Starr News has uncovered two conflicting permits said to have been issued from the headquarters of Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to favour a Chinese mining company against a Ghanaian mining firm. Some staff at the EPA headquarters confirm that the Ghanaian company— Yenyeya Mining Enterprise— had received from the …

• The Bank of Ghana said the Composite Index of Economic Activity (CIEA) grew strongly by 26.8 percent in March 2021, against a contraction of 1.9 percent a year earlier • The report also said lending rates of banks declined to 20.9 percent in April 2021, compared to 22.4 percent recorded in …

• Alhassan Suhuyini says he will kick against the approval of Gifty Twum-Ampofo nomination • He decision comes at the back of a corruption watch report which accused the MP of bribing delegates • He said the MPs response suggests that her conscience is dead to the threat of bribery …

• The cedi traded against the dollar at a mid-rate of 5.7512 • It trade value against the Pounds Sterling stands at 8.1222 mid-rate • The Euro, however, went up at a mid-rate of 7.0070 On the interbank board today, June 10, 2021, the Ghana cedi is trading against the …

• A photo of Mankessim SHS students reportedly abusing drugs surfaced online recently • This raised eyebrows with Ghanaians calling on school authorities to act • The school has explained that the photo was part of a project the boys were tasked with  The Visual Arts Department of Mankessim Senior …

The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has, between October 2020 and March 2021 tested almost 30,000 people for Human Immune Virus (HIV) with 2,143 individuals testing positive. The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project is designed to improve the capacity of …

  In response to the growing menace of mistrust and scams within the online commerce space, a new Mobile Money escrow service called Move Secure by Nsano has been launched to facilitate safe and secure transactions on Mobile Money. The service operates by “holding money in trust till both vendor …

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, has announced plans by the Ministry to begin rehabilitating all old and dilapidated basic schools across the country. This is to make sure that the schools were safe, attractive and conducive for effective teaching and learning. Dr Adutwum said this when he …

• The Registrar-General said companies that fail to file their returns by June 2021 will risk having their names deleted from their system • Jemima Oware said, about 200,000 companies have failed to file their annual returns and financial statements since 2011 • She said the process of expunging can …

A photo making rounds on social media sees some male students of Mankessim Senior High School smoking wee on campus as if their lives depend on it. The 5 students as seen in the photo donned their uniform and had their pieces in their hands ready to set it rolling. …

Two persons were Monday injured in an inferno, which burnt fresh fish and property worth thousands of cedis the Elmina Fish Market, leaving fishmongers and fishermen devastated. The fire engulfed a wooden shed where several drums of premixed fuel are kept with fishing inputs. One of the victims, whose injuries …

Balancing health below the belt Unbalanced pH. Sounds like chemistry class, right? Add the word vaginal, and then it’s enough to make us squirm. Literally — because when you feel different down there, like with a new odor or more-than-usual discharge, it could be a sign that your vaginal pH is off. …

Coconut water has become a very trendy beverage in recent years. It’s tasty, refreshing, and has loads of benefits to your health. Coconut has a lot of vital nutrients, including minerals that most people don’t get enough of. Here are some health benefits of consuming coconut water. 1. Serves as …

 viptransportservicesviptransportservices Managament of bus terminal VIP JEoun have announced new prices for the various routes they ply with an average of 22% increase across all routes based on MyNewsGh.com computations. Without stating the reason for the increment, it comes on the back of similar increments by the True Drivers, the …

  The Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), a party founded by businessman Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has criticized the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr Ernest Addison for what they claim is inaccurate, unfortunate and misleading remarks made about him in relation to a suit in the United States. A statement signed by …

Such is the significance of the foods we eat that they can also affect our sex life, either positively or negatively. Every Dick and Harry knows that the importance of food to the human body cannot be overemphasized. But what is unknown to most people is that the food we …

All primary four pupils in public schools will, in November, this year, write the new National Standards Test (NST) to assess their knowledge, skills, values and attitudes, which is central to the new pre-tertiary education curriculum. The National Standards Test is in response to Ghana’s Education Strategic Plan from 2018 …

Ghanaian owned licensed large-scale mining operator Takoradi Gold Ghana Limited is suing the regulator of the country’s mining industry, the Minerals Commission, for what it claims are attempts to divert two of its mining concessions to another company. Takoradi Gold contends that the moves by the Commission to hand over …

Boarding students of Oti Boateng Senior High School in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital are still struggling to get a convenient place to dine after their old wooden structure dining hall was demolished years ago for construction of a multipurpose dining hall project. The project has sadly been abandoned at …

Ghana’s gold production dropped 12.1 per cent to 4.02 million ounces in 2020 Sat, 5 Jun 2021Source: GNA Ghana’s gold production dropped 12.1 per cent to 4.02 million ounces in 2020 compared with 4.57 million ounces in 2019, representing the biggest fall in 16 years, the Ghana Chamber of Mines said …