The Institute of Energy Security (IES) is predicting a slight rise in fuel prices in the first half of September 2020. The IES explained that this is so because “taking into consideration the appreciation in the prices of International Benchmark – Brent Crude (2.45%) and refined product – Gasoline (6.23%) …
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Rejected Student by KNUST and UG now Graduates as a Medical Doctor from UDS Medical School
Senior Dr. Douglas Antwi was born in a community called Chine in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District and come from Edwinase- Kokofu. He grew up in Sefwi Surano, a village in the mining area of the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District, where he had his primary school education at Sefwi Surano …
Read More »COVID-19: Noguchi clashes with government over prices of antigen test
Government and officials of the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research have clashed over the processes and charges for the testing of passengers who will be arriving at the Kotoka International Airport as it reopens today. Antigen tests are immunoassays that detect the presence of a specific viral antigen, which …
Read More »Auditor General indicts GNPC for failing to recover over GHs700m from Gov’t
The Auditor Generals Department in its 2017 report on public boards has indicted management of GNPC for failing to recover an amount of GhC 778,565,761 from government and other state owned enterprises. The amounts owed by government of Ghana, Finance Ministry, TOR, Ghana Gas have been outstanding since 2015. Appearing …
Read More »Ghana’s laws are business-friendly – Diasporans told
Mr. Muctar M. Abbas, Exec. Head of Legal Service and Company Secretary of Bank of Africa Ghana (BOA), has told Ghanaians in the diaspora who intend to invest in the country that Ghana has elaborate laws to assist their operations in the local economy. Mr. Abbas also pointed out that Ghana has …
Read More »David Silva tests positive for coronavirus
Real Sociedad’s former Manchester City midfielder David Silva has tested positive for coronavirus. The 34-year-old Spaniard joined the La Liga club this month after 10 years with City in which he made 436 appearances and won 14 trophies. He is not displaying any symptoms and is self-isolating. The Spanish side …
Read More »Include Gold Coast Fund Management in bailout package
A 70-year-old Wilson Antwi, one of the customers of the defunct Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) has appealed to the Government to include customers of the company in its (Government’s) bailout package. The wheelchair-bound former Mechanical Engineer told the Ghana News Agency that he lost his wife because he could …
Read More »Government set to increase price of Ghana’s cocoa
Deputy Agriculture Minister in Charge of Perennial Crops, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has hinted of a rise in the price of cocoa from October in a bid to offset low exports amid the coronavirus pandemic. The government currently buys one bag of cocoa beans from farmers at ¢515. COCOBOD CEO Joseph Aidoo said …
Read More »Over 14,000 teachers have not been paid – NAGRAT
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is saying that the payment of teachers’ salaries and arrears remains a challenge as over 14,000 teachers have not received their salaries. This was revealed by the President of the Association, Mr. Eric Angel Carbonu, in an interview with Samuel Eshun on the …
Read More »Ahead of reopening airports Aviation Ministry Partners Zoomlion To Disinfect Kotoka
In line with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement for the reopening of Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to international traffic September 1, the Aviation Ministry, in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), has disinfected the KIA and its open spaces. The exercise, which came off Monday (August 31, …
Read More »Agri-Mall Launches The Agrimall Agri-business Support Challenge
Agrimall is Ghana’s first and total agribusiness online marketplace. We are a web-based e-commerce platform designed with farmers, suppliers and buyers needs in mind. The platform delivers the first in-market online store to give total digitized marketing solutions. Agrimall also facilitates the matching of supply and demand over alternative …
Read More »Ghana’s ports activities decline by 7.3%
Economic activities measured by container traffic at both Tema and Takoradi ports – declined by 7.3 percent in first quarter 2020, according to the quarterly bulletin released by the Bank of Ghana. Container traffic recorded at the two ports recorded a total of 166,685 first quarter this year compared to …
Read More »Akufo-Addo has a soft side for fisher-folk – Minister
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Madam Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye has reiterated President Akufo-Addo’s commitment to upgrading the livelihoods and progress of fisher-folk. She said the dedication was evident in the distribution of hundreds of outboard motors, the elimination of premix fuel challenges and the construction of landing sites. …
Read More »Messi absent as Barcelona players undergo COVID-19 tests at training ground
Barcelona star player and captain, Lionel Messi, was absent from Barcelona’s training ground on Sunday, August 30, as all the club’s staff and players were tested for Coronavirus. With two weeks to the start of the new season, Lionel Messi’s absence from today’s testing and training raises the possibility …
Read More »GES postpones 2020/2021 academic year for Basic Schs&SHS to Jan 2021
The Ghana Education Service (GES) according to the President of Ghana has postponed the 2020/2021 academic year to January 2021. This was made known by the President of Ghana in his 16th address to the country. This according to the President is to ensure that the Service works on proper …
Read More »Second-Year SHS, JHS Students Resume On October 5
Second-year Junior High School and Senior High School students will be returning to school on October 5. This follows relevant consultations by the Ghana Education Service, according to President Akufo-Addo. “With Junior High Schools operating with class sizes of thirty (30), and Senior High Schools with class sizes of twenty-five …
Read More »Kotoka International Airport to be opened on September 1 – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced the reopening of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) from Tuesday, September 1, 2020. This is after a thorough work by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health. Akufo-Addo made this known during …
Read More »Meet the entrepreneur who quit law school to start the biggest charcoal factory in Ghana
In Africa, many parents often hope their children will grow up to be doctors, engineers, lawyers, or bankers. Only a few parents support their children’s entrepreneurial skills or their desire to work in the creatives. Sulley Amin Abubakar, now the owner of the “biggest charcoal producing company in Ghana” and …
Read More »SEC requests EOCO help to retrieve server of Nduom’s Blackshield Capital
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is said to have sought the help of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to retrieve the server of Blackshield Capital Management Limited as part of investigations. Blackshield Capital Management, formerly known as Gold Coast Fund Management, was one of the fund management …
Read More »Cashew processing factory for Tain under 1DIF
A ground breaking ceremony has been held at Nsawkaw, Tain District Capital for the construction of cashew processing factory under government flagship programme One -District One- Factory (1D1F) initiative. The One-District -One Factory is president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision to transform the country’s economy through industrialization, thereby creating sustainable …
Read More »Ofori-Atta chairs Africa Development Bank board as 2021 meetings move to Accra
Ghana will host the African Development Bank’s next Annual Meetings in May 2021, it was announced Thursday, at the end of the Group’s 2020 meetings. The 2021 meetings will take place in the country’s capital city, Accra. Côte d’Ivoire’s Planning Minister Niale Kaba handed over the baton to Ghana, announcing …
Read More »WAEC releases time table for BECE
The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) would begin on Monday, September 14, 2020, and end on Friday, September 18, 2020, in all the Registration Centers across the country for all Junior High School (JHS) final year students. The candidates will write the English Language, and Religious and Moral Education (RME) …
Read More »St. Cyprian’s Anglican JHS ‘A’ students reject Akufo-Addo’s hot meal
Students of St. Cyprian’s Anglican JHS ‘A’ in Kumasi today, Monday, 24 August 2020, rejected President Nana Akufo-Addo’s free hot meal served them. The students said the food was “not tasty” and was “salty”. “We are not prisoners to be served with this food,” some of the students who spoke …
Read More »Amount spent on hot meal for JHS students, teachers revealed
National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, Dr Gertrude Quashigah has disclosed that government is spending GH¢3.50 on each student as it provides students and teachers in Junior High Schools with one hot meal per day. According to her, the money covers meal, water, and its related expenses both …
Read More »‘Is it not madness?’ – Abraham Koomson blasts govt over collapsed banks
Secretary-General of the Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL), Mr Abraham Koomson, has bemoaned the loss of jobs following the collapse of some banks through the Akufo-Addo government’s financial sector clean-up. The labour expert who plies his trade in the textile industry observed the government’s decision to collapse the financial institutions, …
Read More »Messi urged to play in Africa
Argentine and FC Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi, has been urged to consider playing in Africa should he leave the La Liga side this summer. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner has dominated the headlines after requesting to leave the club this summer. Messi’s decision emerged after Barcelona were humiliated by Bayern …
Read More »Bank cleanup: We saved deposits of 4.6m people – Bawumia
The cleanup exercise undertaken by the Bank of Ghana in the banking sector save the deposits of 4.6 million people, which would have been lost had the central bank not intervened, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. “You had 4.6 million depositors whose monies were at stake. Can you …
Read More »Coconut Foundation – South Korea Joins The Covid-19 Relief Efforts In Ghana
The Management of COCONUT FOUNDATION – South Korea has announced an ongoing effort to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In connection with this effort and as part of these organisation’s contributions towards supporting the COVID-19 relief in Ghana, on 14th of August 2020, the organisation donated basic necessities that will …
Read More »Npp Govt Tormenting Teachers In The Volta Region
A statement going Viral in the internet emphasized that, the war against the good people of Volta Region by the New patriotic Party is not stopping soon as some sections of Voltarians working under the Ghana Education Service has not received their past three Months Salaries for reasons best known …
Read More »Airport Authorities set rules for reopening
As part of preparations towards the opening of the Kotoka International Airport, authorities have outlined a list of rules to be observed. 70 sampling collection booths have been set up at the upper level of the Arrival Hall where all arriving passengers would be required to take a PCR test. …
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