The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is predicting of a huge distortion to the provision of major infrastructural projects in the country should government fail to tackle the rising public debt stock. The IFS argues that the rising interest payment on the debt continues to drain financial resources allocated to the construction of critical infrastructure ... The post Poverty levels
Police in the Ashanti Region have shot and killed a suspected armed robber who jumped bail in a narcotics case pending at the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya District. Issah Wedam, whose age was not given by the police, was suspected to be part of a gang involved in recent robberies on the ... The post A/R: Robbery suspect gunned down during escape attempt appeared first
The Managing Director for Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng, has sued the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Boss, Duncan Amoah. According to Mr. Obeng Boateng, Mr. Amoah made a false claim when he suggested that he [ Alfred Obeng Boateng] through his agents, had threatened to take his life, following allegations ... The post BOST MD sues Duncan
The National Disaster Management Organization [NADMO], says it is in the process of presenting a proposal to Parliament for a legislative instrument that will regulate the construction of buildings in the country, and make sure every institution has a disaster management plan. According to NADMO, most buildings are structurally deficient, making them prone to disasters. ... The post NADMO
Head of Production at Zylofon Media, Enoch Atakorah, has revealed that Zylofon Media paid the Nigerian artistes that performed at Becca’s 10th anniversary concert last year over 4 million dollars. He posted on his Facebook timeline detailing all the achievements of the company since it started operation in the country about a year ago. He ... The post Zylofon paid
The government has announced a reward package of $32,000 for the players of Ghana’s female national team, the Black Queens, for winning the WAFU Zone B tournament held in Cote d’Ivoire last month. Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo’s team defeated host Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 in the final to secure the victory. Speaking at the ‘Meet the Press’ session ... The post Black Queens to be rewarded with
UN investigators have accused Facebook of playing a “determining role” in stirring up hatred against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. One of the team probing possible acts of genocide said Facebook had “turned into a beast.” About 700,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar’s military launched an operation in August against “insurgents” in Rakhine state. ... The post Facebook
Four years after the Dzamefe Commission’s 2014 World Cup report and White Paper were published, there is still some confusion over what the current government will implement in terms of recommendations. President Akufo Addo admitted in his media interaction earlier this year that he had forgotten about the report but Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah, in ... The post ‘We’re
Former President John Dramani Mahama has advised African leaders to offer their fellow African nationals special protocol services in the form of visas-on-arrival in a bid to open up the continent for investments. According to him, this will remove the hustle African investors go through trying to access visas when they want to visit other ... The post Use visa-on-arrival
The two suspects arrested in connection with the beheading of a five-year old at Sokoban in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, have been remanded into police custody to reappear on 27th March. The two, Vikuriba Joe Zoot and Kozel Borama have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and murder. The state prosecutor told the ... The post 2 suspects remanded for allegedly beheading
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, says the country’s mining sector is in crisis due to the neglect of the sector by successive governments. Referring to the current impasse between Gold Fields Ghana Limited and the Mine-workers Union, the Tamale South Member of Parliament said much needed to be done to set the mining industry on ... The post ‘Ghana’s mining
Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has justified the recent burning of 14 tipper trucks, an excavator and a motorbike by Operation Vanguard in the Kumbugu District of the Northern Region. According to him, the action was undertaken by a backup troop of the Operation Vanguard task-force to bring to an end the menace of illegal mining. ... The post Nitiwul justifies
The post Stonebwoy vs. Zylophon Media ‘wahala’… the story so far appeared first on Ghana News.
An Accra High court has ordered the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), to compensate some ten (10) workers it laid off unfairly. The court ruled that the plaintiffs were unfairly dismissed, and charged the agency to pay their salary arrears with interest from 2012 to date. The judgment was given in favour of one David Quarshie ... The post Pay dismissed staff with interest –
Students of The Academy of Christ the King Senior High School at Cape Coast in the Central Region, have demonstrated against encroachers who have allegedly taken over the school’s lands. The students, who had wore red armbands on Tuesday, said they do not feel safe because they have received death threats from some of the ... The post Academy of Christ
US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. Thanking Mr Tillerson for his service on Twitter, Mr Trump said the new state secretary would do “a fantastic job”. Mr Tillerson, a former chief executive of ExxonMobil, was only appointed to the job ... The post Trump sacks Rex Tillerson as state
Serena Williams’ first official tournament since becoming a mom in September was cut short by older sister Venus in Indian Wells. An aunt, yes, but Venus the tennis player put aside feelings of family love to win 6-3 6-4 in the night session Monday in the California desert, serving well for the most part and ... The post Venus Williams beats sister Serena in Indian Wells
The Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng, has said allegations of financial malfeasance against the company by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) boss, Duncan Amoah, are false and baseless. In a strongly-worded statement, Mr. Obeng Boateng said Duncan Amoah was simply an “enemy to the progress” and should “be ... The post BOST
Members of a group calling itself People of Chiana-Paga in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, are asking President Akufo-Addo to ensure that, all persons involved in the GYEEDA scandal which led to the conviction and sentencing of Abuga Pele and Philip Assibit are brought to book. According to the group, the ... The post Free ‘innocent’ Abuga
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