A total of 1,039 acres of prime lands occupied by residents of Nima and Maamobi in the Greater Accra Region would be upgraded into world-class residential enclave, which would be distributed free of charge to the residents. The project is expected to commence this year and would give meaning and beauty to the President’s vision … The post Government to build

The Tema Oil Refinery, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and Ghana Shippers Authority have refused to help in the dredging of drains in Tema as the rains set in. Other major industries also ignored the request as they did not even bother to reply. The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) had pleaded for help in … The post TOR, GPHA and GSA snub NADMO  appeared first

The Forestry Commission has described as inaccurate a report by the World Resources Institute (WRI) claiming that Ghana witnessed a 60 per cent change in forest cover loss between 2017 and 2018. The Commission, in a statement, said the methodology used by the WRI to reach the conclusion was erroneous and did not capture the … The post Report on forest cover

Speakers at the ongoing 13th International Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research in Resource-Limited Settings (INTEREST) have called on Ghana to urgently source for local funds to support her HIV activities. They said since donor funds keeps dwindling, and continue to affect the implementation of HIV programmes in the country, the time has … The post Stakeholders

The United States in collaboration with the Government of Ghana (GoG) on Monday launched guidelines and regulations to strengthen the Ghanaian social welfare system. The launch, which had Mrs Cynthia Morrison, the Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection representing the GoG is expected to use the guidelines and regulations as tools to regulate residential … The post USA

Mr Osei Gyasi, the Head of Banking Supervision of the Bank of Ghana, has urged banks to meaningfully support growth of the oil sector to create jobs and reduce unemployment in the country. “If the banks have long term adequate capital, as they have now, they will be able to support the oil sector and … The post Banks should support oil

The Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has completed the rehabilitation of five coaches and a narrow-gauge line from Accra to Nsawam and waiting for a pass from the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) to begin commercial operations. Mr John Essel, Managing Director of the GRCL, who announced this on Tuesday, said he was confident the … The post Accra-Nsawam

Nana Eduabakwah XIII, the Chief of Abura Adukrom in the Central Region has appealed to the government to rehabilitate the road from the community to Cape Coast. He said the state of the road has become a death trap, especially for pregnant women and the sick, who could not bear the pains they had to … The post Abura Adukrom Chief appeals for rehabilitation

A Cape Coast Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday ordered seven members of Great Life Foundation Church at West Adisadel in Cape Coast to pay an amount of GH¢650.00 as compensation for verbally assaulting the Oguaa Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Ernest Arthur. They will in default serve three months imprisonment. They are Pastors Johnson Kofi and Solomon … The post Seven

A 45-year-old driver who threatened to kill a staff of the Nkawie Forest Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission (FC), has been fined GH?960.00, by the Nkawie Circuit Court. Yaw Agyei was said to have threatened to kill Ms. Rose Adwoa Gyawu Amankwaa, a monitoring officer of the FSD at Nkawie who questioned him … The post Driver fined over death threat appeared first

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