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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is planning to increase transport fares by 20%, this has been hinted at by the Union’s General Secretary, Mr. Godfred Abulbire. According to Abulbire, his outfit has already sent a letter to the Ministry of Transport to request a meeting following the latest …

A former Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Dr. Richard Kuuire, has described the GHS1.80 feeding grant for prisoners per day as woefully inadequate. According to him, the money given to provide three square meals a day for each prisoner reflects the poor treatment prisoners are subjected to in the …

The Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) has recovered only GH₵90 million of the GH₵204 million disbursed over the last five years, representing 45 per cent payment. Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga on the sidelines …

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has clarified some reports surrounding his recent trip to Romania. The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces, travelled to Romania to meet with some Ghanaians including students who fled to safety from Ukraine. After …

Fuel prices at some fuel stations continue to rise, crossing the GHS 8 per litre mark in the first week of March 2022. This is expected to have a ripple effect on other Oil Marketing Companies, which will also adjust their prices upwards. Only two weeks ago, fuel prices averaged …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, has stated that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is not the only president who has travelled outside the country using a hired private jet. The MP in an interview on the Asaase Breakfast Show said, other former presidents have in the …

Prices of fuel have gone up at the pumps across the country because the Price Stabilization and Energy Recovery levy, which is a key component of the fuel price build-up, has been restored by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) after it was suspended for about three months. The levy was …

  Fuel prices could hit GH¢7 per litre by the end of the year, the Institute of Energy Security (IES) has said. On Saturday, June 19, some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) began to adjust their pumps, selling petrol and diesel at GH¢6.23 per litre. The 3 percent increment is attributed …