A logging truck on Tuesday crashed with a taxicab at the Sofoline interchange in Kumasi. The truck was climbing the loop from the Kwadaso section towards Patasi when the logs fell on the taxicab. Below are pictures from the accident scene.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the government’s first budget presented to Parliament recently was the clearest signal of its commitment to place the private sector at the forefront of redeeming the economy and enhancing growth, progress and prosperity. “We have removed the many impediments there for businesses. We want to signal to the private sector that we mean business,” the President said. He said the Ghanaian private sector was the way forward for
The family of the late Sam Arday Tuesday paid separate courtesy calls on former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor to inform them about the funeral arrangements for the former national football coach slated for April 7 at the State House in Accra. The first port of call for the delegation led by James Quarcoo and including a brother, sisters and the son of the late coach was the residence of former President Kufuor in Accra where they briefed him about the ill-health
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has launched its revised Code of Ethics aimed at promoting professionalism in journalism practice in Ghana. The objective of the revised Code of Ethics is to take cognisance of all the ethical breaches that have been identified in the practice of journalism in the country. It would be recalled that in 1994, the GJA developed and adopted its Code of Ethics which has served the Association well through the period.
Four deputy Regional Ministers designate have pledged their unflinching support to co-operate and desist from undermining their regional ministers in the discharge of their functions. The first batch of deputy regional ministers designate who appeared before the Appointment’s Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, were categorical in their resolve to support their respective regional ministers to execute the President’s vision. They are the deputy Northern Regional Minister
Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie a.k.a. Sir John, a former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission to take over from Mr Samuel Afari Dartey. Mr Owusu Afriyie who confirmed his new appointment in a radio interview on Monday had earlier been promised the job of the head of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GHAPOHA) but Mr Paul Asare Ansah was rather picked by President Akufo-Addo for that job.
A popular fetish priest at Sekyedumasi in the Ashanti region who claimed to have fortified himself against gunshots and therefore shot himself to test the efficacy of his supernatural powers has ended up in hospital nursing his wounds. Named as Akwasi Addai, a.k.a Nana Tolofasito, he escaped death and was currently receiving medical care at the Sunyani Government Hospital in the Brong Ahafo region. He was said to have insisted that he had fortified himself to the extent that
A proposal has been made to the government to rehabilitate existing or abandoned dams in order for it to realise its vision of one village, one dam. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute (CSIR-WRI), which made the proposal, said: “The majority of such dams are either heavily silted or have collapsed in sections due to heavy overland flows and weak construction.”
The Ho High Court has adjourned the case of the three members of the secessionist group to April 11, 2017 to allow prosecution to continue and conclude investigations. The three are members of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) who have been demanding the secession of the Volta Region and parts of the Northern and Upper East Regions from Ghana to become the Western Togoland state. The demand runs contrary to the prevailing international order of globalisation which
Ghana will miss this year’s Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria after The Netherlands Embassy in Accra denied the team representing the country visas to enable them to travel to Austria for the competition.
The BEIGE Group (TBG), a financial services provider, has ventured into the provision of health insurance services following the acquisition of Empire Mutual Health Insurance (EMH), a licensed private health insurance firm in Ghana. The transaction had been ongoing for some time to ensure compliance with regulatory due diligence procedures and that involved a one-year business transformation plan which included an injection of new capital. Empire Mutual Health offers health
Gold imports by India, which competes with China for the role of world’s biggest consumer, are said to have risen almost three-fold in February from a year earlier as jewelers increased stockpiles before the festival and wedding period that starts next month. Shipments jumped 175 per cent to 96.4 metric tons in February from a year earlier, according to a person familiar with provisional data from the finance ministry, who asked not to be identified as the data aren’t public.
The race to capture the Suhum Municipal Chief Executive position has really tightened up as the four who sailed through the vetting and awaiting the President's approval all stand the chance of annexing the position.
While Zimbabwe and Mozambique ranked in the bottom 10 of the most attractive jurisdictions in the world for mining investment, the Canada-based Fraser Institute’s ‘Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2016’, shows that the continent continues to look better for investors and ranks ahead of Oceania, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Argentina in investment attractiveness. The survey ranks 104 jurisdictions around the world based on geologic attractiveness and the extent
The Chairman of the Graphic Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr Vance Azu, has filed his nomination to contest for the position of organising secretary of the GJA in its upcoming national elections.
The Chairman of the Graphic Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr Vance Azu, has filed his nomination to contest for the position of organising secretary of the GJA in its upcoming national elections.
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Simon Osei-Mensah, has stated that fighting against insanitary conditions and pollution of the environment will be one of his priority areas.
Ghana’s Embassy in Beijing has received approval from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to issue passports to Ghanaians living in China. This was disclosed by the Acting Head of Mission, Mr. McArios Akanbong at an Open Forum and Town Hall meeting held in Beijing on Saturday to address issues of concern to Ghanaians living in China.
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Ghana will increase agricultural productivity to international standards through the new policy initiative, “Planting for Food and Jobs”, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has said.
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