Barely two weeks after residents of Adina in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region attacked an Indian salt mining company, Kensington, two more neighboring communities; Agbozume and Klikor, are also up in arms against the same company. The residents there are accusing Kensington of drying up their wells and destroying their water bodies ...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, has said that he has the backing of the president for his fight against illegal mining in the country. According to him, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, also supports his tactics adding there has not been any interference in his job. The Minister made the ...
Reverend Dr. Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, the Executive President of the Ghana Baptist Convention (GBC) and Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana, has said that, Churches must consistently teach the biblical truth in order to spread the Gospel of Jesus of Christ. He said this in a sermon as he inaugurated the Baptist International Worship Centre ...
HFC Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited, was awarded the Most Successful Change Management Program at the HR Star Awards held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel on March 25, 2017. The event was organized by the Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners (IHRMP). The award is in recognition of the ...
Premium mobile phone brand, TECNO Mobile has introduced its latest Camon CX unto the Ghanaian market after it was first launched in Kenya last week. The smartphone which has 16 megapixels for its back and front cameras has been designed specifically for young and independent smartphone users. Speaking at the launch in Ghana on Tuesday, ...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi has advised African entrepreneurs to think globally and focus on making their products and services suitable for the global market. According to him, local businesses must study and realize the potentials in other markets and take advantage of them, and not be ...
A severe water shortage has hit the Koforidua Technical School (KOTECH) at Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The over 1000 students of the school have had no water flowing through their taps for the past two weeks, as the only borehole in the school is out of service. This comes almost a week after the ...
This year’s West African Senior School certificate Examination (WASSCE) is currently underway with a total of 289,207 final-year public and private Senior High School (SHS) candidate sitting for it. Nine high school candidates from Togo, a French-speaking country, are taking part in this year’s examination for the first time. The WASSCE is designed for Senior ...
A Circuit Court in Accra has acquitted and discharged the 26-year-old student Queenie Akuffo who was facing trial for allegedly sexually assaulting her co-tenant with a dildo. The judge Abena Adjin Doku in delivering her judgment said the prosecution failed to prove the charge of unnatural common knowledge leveled against the accused. She further added ...
Brong Ahafo Region recorded 1,224 cases of unsafe abortion among teenagers in 2016, the Ghana Health Service report has revealed. The report said the figure represented 12.7 percent of 9,612 cases of unsafe abortion recorded in the country within the period. Mr Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), an ...
The Member of Parliament for North Dayi, Jocelyn Tetteh, has joined calls for the decentralization of the training of lawyers in Ghana. Ms. Tetteh argued that, reforms that would liberalize the training of lawyers which is needed to ease the pressure on the Ghana Law School, which is currently the only centre for training lawyers. ...
Parliament’s committee investigating the recent bribery scandal that hit the Appointments Committee is expected to present its report today [March 29, 2017] The report is expected to explain the circumstances surrounding the scandal and make some recommendations on the way forward on the issue which many say has dented the image of the House. The ...
A portrait of the late George Michael by artist Damien Hirst has sold for just under half a million pounds at a charity auction. The money raised from the sale of Beautiful Beautiful George Michael Love Painting will go to HIV/Aids charity The Goss-Michael Foundation. The charity was founded by Michael and his former partner ...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, has given a three-week ultimatum to all illegal miners to stop their activities or be prepared to face the full rigours of the law. The government, he said, was also coming up with a well-rehearsed strategy to implement drastic punitive measures to ensure that ...
First Atlantic Bank has added three new branches to its network of branches in the country. This brings total number of network to twenty-seven. Two of the branches are in Accra at Dzorwulu and Ring Road Central respectively. The third, which will be launched on Thursday, is located at Market Circle in Takoradi in the ...
A Deputy Finance Minister designate, Charles Adu Boahen has warned against capping the number of banks in the country. Calls for a cap on the number of banks in the country have increased following the rising number of banks in the country. There are currently 33 banks operating with the number expected to rise to ...
The new Central Regional Police Commander, DCOP Rev. Nenyi Ampah Benin, has promised to make the region an uncomfortable place for criminals. According to him, the Central Regional police service under his watch will pay serious attention to crime prevention. He said the command is going to embark on strategic swoops periodically to apprehend criminals from ...
Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair is hopeful that President Akufo-Addo will transform Ghana and turn around the country’s fortune. Mr. Blair made the comment while addressing pressmen after a closed-door meeting with the President at the Flagstaff House in Accra. He noted that there was much expectation of the Akufo-Addo government but said the ...
US internet service providers will soon no longer need consent from users to share browsing history with marketers and other third parties. On Tuesday the House of Representatives voted to repeal an Obama-era law that demanded ISPs have permission to share personal information – including location data. Supporters of the move said it would increase ...
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