LG Electronics has introduced its advanced LG Dualcool Air Conditioner with Dual Inverter technology onto the Ghanaian market.   The introduction of the new product is aimed at helping consumers save as much as 70 per cent on electricity consumption with an increased cooling capacity of 40 per cent thereby reducing bills.   The product features a dual inverter compressor [...] The post LG,

Mr Vincent Blaychie Essien, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ahantaman Rural Bank Limited has stated that the imposition of high rate of corporate taxes on rural banks is gradually affecting the operations of most rural banks in the country. He said, per their mandate, rural banks were supposed to alleviate poverty and build up the economic livelihoods [...] The post Government

  Advertising and Communications firm, Dentsu Aegis Network Ghana, is set to launch a comprehensive research tool that will provide clients with unique, indepth insight into consumer behaviour and their relationship with media.   The platform, known as the Consumer Connection System (CCS), is a consumer, lifestyle and product survey that is widely regarded as the most indepth single source [...] The post Dentsu

New Black Stars Head Coach, Kwesi Appiah will be unveiled today by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) at the Conference room of its Secretariat in Accra. Last month, the GFA reappointed the former Ghana international as coach of the Black Stars Team A & B with his job officially taking effect from May 1, 2017. Appiah who led Ghana to [...] The post FA to unveil Appiah today appeared first on

Tanzania’s Serengeti Boys sprung a surprise when they held defending champions Mali 0-0 in the ongoing CAF U-17 AFCON tournament hosted by Gabon. Mali came into the match as the favourites but Tanzania held firm thwarting all their moves in the group B game played at the Stade Lamite. The champions came to the game firing from all cylinders as [...] The post Tanzania hold fancied Mali appeared first

Captain of the national Under-17 team, the Black Starlets, Eric Ayiah has set his sight on winning the Golden Boot at the on-going CAF U-17 Nations Cup competition in Gabon. Ayiah, who hit five goals in two matches during the qualifiers for the tournament – three against Burkina Faso and two against Cote d’Ivoire, believes he has what it takes [...] The post Ayiah targets goal king award

A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Ernest Aryeetey has stressed the need for government to commit more funding for research purposes to aid the nation’s socio-economic development. He indicated that the nation over the years had failed to put premium on research, saying, “Our leaders seldom show interest in research activities”. Prof. Aryeetey made the call [...] The post Commit

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Strategic Communications (Stratcom) Africa, Ms Esther Amba Numaba Cobbah has advised students to make discipline and the fear of God, a priority. Addressing students of Hope College during their third graduation, held at Gomoa-Fete last Saturday,  she said “I don’t know what challenges you have faced or might be facing but I have no [...] The post College

East Legon based private school, Galaxy International, over the weekend held the 13th edition of its annual Science Fair. The fair is an avenue where students put into practice what they have been taught in the classroom over the one year period. This year’s science exhibition witnessed over a 100 stands displaying the various works of students from the primary, [...] The post Galaxy

The Chief Executive for Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly(TNMA), Gilbert Ken Asmah says he is committed to tackling the sanitation situation in the area. “I will improve upon the toilet facilities,  provision of modern recreational centres,  improve upon water supply to developing areas and further strengthen the security mechanism in the municipality”, he said. Mr. Asmah disclosed this in his acceptance speech [...] The post Tarkwa-Nsuaem

What was supposed to be a peaceful press conference by a pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) affiliated group, Action Movement, nearly turned chaotic yesterday when another NDC youth group gatecrashed the programme. But for the timely intervention of some members of the Movement, who calmed down tempers, the exchange of words would have generated into exchange of blows at the International [...] The post Confusion

The Minority in Parliament says it is concerned at the continuous “intransigence” of activists of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in unleashing terror on supporters and sympathisers of the opposition National Democratic Congress party across the country. It claimed that the latest person to suffer the never ending attack on NDC members is the Member of Parliament (MP) for [...] The post Minority

Mutinous soldiers have opened fire in four big cities in Ivory Coast, defying a government order to lay down their weapons. Shots rang out near the presidential palace in the main city, Abidjan, the second city, Bouake and in cities vital to the cocoa industry. Banks across Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest cocoa producer, are shut. The mutineers, who helped [...] The post Mutinous troops

Boko Haram fighters over the weekend killed at least six farmers who were working on their land near the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, according to civilian militia members and locals. Gunmen on motorcycles attacked the group who were preparing their fields for the rainy season outside Amrawa village, 16 kilometres from the Borno state capital on Saturday afternoon. “The [...] The post Boko

About 500 members of the African Federation of Institutes of Internal Auditors (AFIIA) from 22 African countries have converged in Accra to brainstorm on practical ways of achieving business excellence through internal audit. Some of the countries the participants are coming from are Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa and Cameroon. The programme, which opens [...] The post 500

A total of 774 Ghanaians were deported from abroad last year as against 1,278 in 2015 for committing various offences. The offences included illegal entry, possession of fake travelling documents, overstaying and working without permit. The countries they were from are Saudi Arabia, 291; United States, 74; United Kingdom and Kuwait, both 44 and Germany, 41. The rest are Malaysia, [...] The post 774

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana has been a novelty when it was introduced in the sub region and was masterminded by former President, John Agyekum Kufour. It was a campaign promise by the then candidate Kufour as an alternative to the hydra headed ‘cash and carry’ system in our health care. True to his promise, the cash [...] The post PAY NHIS ARREARS FOR GOOD HEALTHCARE

The policeman, who is standing trial before the Ho Magistrate Court One for stealing a motorbike, General Constable Sambo Umaru Alhassan, has been interdicted. The Volta Regional Police Commander, ACP Nana Asomah, who confirmed this to The Ghanaian Times, said: “You do not expect a police officer to appear in the dock in uniform”. Constable Alhassan, 25, has made two [...] The post Policeman

The Sekondi High Court has adjourned the case involving five Ghanaians and five Chinese, charged for illegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey,’ in River Ankobra, at Bamianko, in the Western Region, to Wednesday May, 24. This is because four of the Ghanaian suspects, do not have legal counsel. The four, Eric Owusu, carpenter, 28, Kwabena Adjei, small scale miner, 50, [...] The post Ghanaian,

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested four persons, suspected to be involved in series of robberies in parts of the Kumasi metropolis. They are Patrick Ndego, who claims to be a building contractor, Emmanuel Osei Abdulai, also known as Tough Shatta, Ahmed Dauda and Hamza Isaa, also known as Okrati (cat head). Others, Yaw, Eric and Edward are on [...] The post Four arrested for robbery