Volkswagen chief executive Herbert Diess promised with “vehemence” to shift the public’s attention towards the future as the German carmaker continued to face criticism for the diesel emissions scandal at an annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday. Diess focused on aggressive plans to push into electric cars after VW on Monday announced that it plans to … The post VW
The Brong-Ahafo Region has recorded 225 road crashes that resulted to 145 deaths and 288 injuries in the first quarter of this year. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Stephen Tenkorang, the Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Sunyani, that it involved 108 … The post Road crashes
Operation Vanguard personnel from their Forward Operating Base in the Eastern Region have arrested 39 suspected illegal miners. The suspects were apprehended in the Atiwa West District. A statement issued to the Ghana News Agency by Captain Andy Sowatey, PRO OP VANGUARD, said the arrests, which were made in two separate locations within the general … The post Operation
The Benso Oil Palm Plantation Limited (BOPP) in 2018 processed 115,566 metric tonnes of palm fruits, an increase of six percent over 2017. The growth in volumes was attributed to good agronomic practices and improved efficiencies both in the plantation and among out-growers. The company in the same year, disbursed a total of GH¢ 2.181 … The post BOPP
Madam Cynthia Mamle Morrison, the Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MoGCSP), has appealed to Ghanaians to ensure that foster homes for children become just brief transitional places and not their permanent abode. Madam Morrison, who made the appeal in Accra at the launch of six policy and regulatory documents to strengthen child welfare … The post Gender
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday signaled Ghana’s readiness to host the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). He was of the opinion that Ghana, strategically placed, and with its sacrificial role in the Pan-African movement, was a suitable place to situate the facility. “We thought that it will be meaningful, … The post Ghana
A delegation from the African Union Continental Free Trade area (AfCFTA) arrived in Accra on Monday to assess Ghana’s bid to host its Secretariat. Ghana is among six other countries that have put in a bid to host the AfCFTA Secretariat, which aims at establishing a single market across the Continent. The rest are eSwatini, … The post AU delegation
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Samuel Atta Akyea, will on Tuesday update the public on measures government has taken to bridge the country’s housing deficit, poor drainage and improvement of slum communities. The Sector Minister is expected to provide those useful information when he takes his turn at the Meet-the-Press series in Accra … The post Minister
Many, myself included, have often wondered about the huge health human resource gaps in sub-Saharan Africa and efforts being made to address these. In many of these conversations, reality has stared us in the face that with the best will in the world, these gaps will never be bridged in the next three decades even … The post How is Ghana looking at healthcare
Stakeholders in Education are being given an intensive training on the new Standard-Based Curriculum for basic schools to be rolled out in the next academic year; September 2019. Participants at the five-day master trainers’ workshop, which opened in Koforidua on Monday, were selected from the Ghana Education Service (GES), National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA), … The post GES
Assistant Superintendent of Prisons (ASP) Johann Nartey, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Prisons Service, has said, parents must be responsible enough in the upbringing of their children. This would reduce considerably, the number of wayward children, child delinquency and miscreants in the society, he said. ASP Nartey made the call in … The post Prison
The National Youth Authority (NYA) in Upper West has inaugurated a network of young women who are to be empowered to champion gender inequality issues and help remove barriers to their active participation in decision-making process. The Authority is working assiduously to ensure continuous development and training of the youth as well as ensure public … The post Upper
A two-day workshop would be held by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) from May 14 to 15, to discuss and share knowledge on climate change and improvement of quality air in Accra. Six organizations are co-hosting the workshop, which are the AMA, Ghana Health Service, Environmental Protection Agency, UN-Habitat, World Health Organisation, and ‘ICLEI – … The post AMA
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