Hong Kong based company, Tink Labs Limited has launched its new smart phone to help boost the hotel industry in Ghana and Africa. Known as the Handy Smartphone, it is aimed at giving hotel customers unlimited internet connection. It will also serve as a tailored travel guide for tourists Launching the device in Accra, the Managing Director of Handy Africa, [...] The post Handy Smartphone
The Aflao Sector Commander of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Customs Division, Assistant Commissioner Kafui Modey, has raised concerns over the failure of many businessmen and traders to honour their tax obligations to the state whenever they buy goods from the Togo-Ghana border. She said the situation arose largely at the country’s borders because such people use unapproved routes to avoid [...] The post Traders
The Ghana Chamber of Commerce has urged the government to take a critical look at taxation of the telecommunication sector by specifically reviewing the mobile sector taxes to enhance efficiency and affordability. “Government needs to critically look at mobile sector specific taxes, which need to be removed if possible, to enhance efficiency such that the gains could be passed into [...] The post Government
Division One side, Karela FC, has sealed qualification to play in the 2017/2018 Ghana Premier League (GPL), having accumulated 64 points with five matches to spare. Karela FC defeated King Faisal 4-1 at the Crosby Awuah Memorial Park on Sunday afternoon and are the first team to qualify for the GPL next season. The Nzema based club has amassed 64 [...] The post Karela FC seal GPL qualification
Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia would lead this year’s Republic Day Walk scheduled to start from the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra on Saturday. Mr Abdul Karim Hatsu, Chairman of the El-Wak Keep Fit Club, in a press release said the walk, which is on the theme, ‘Ghana at 60: Staying Fit in a Healthy Environment for Unity and National Development,’ [...] The post Veep to lead Republic Day
The Women’s League Board (WLB) will hold a media briefing today at the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Secretariat. Various issues will be discussed including the ongoing National Women’s League and the Sanford Women’s FA Cup competition. Members of the WLB as well as key officials of the GFA are expected to attend the briefing. The event will be held at [...] The post WLB meets media today
The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBF) has asked its regional federations to intensify their preparation to present formidable boxing teams at the 2017 National Sports Festival. This year’s national sport festival is scheduled for September 1-6 and will attract teams from all 10 regions to compete in a number of disciplines. Mr. George Lamptey, President of the GBF told the Times [...] The post GBF
Individuals and organisations found to have embezzled public funds will now be named and shamed in the Auditor -General’s Report on public accounts of Ghana. The naming and shaming will begin with the 2017 Auditor-General’s Report that would be submitted to Parliament by June next year. Assistant Auditor-General, Gallant Kwasi Akorly disclosed this to in an interview with the Ghanaian [...] The post A-G
The Minister of Railways Development, Mr Joe Ghartey has given the assurance that the Western rain line project would be completed before the end of 2020. Mr Ghartey disclosed that more than 200 companies so far, from Ghana, the United States of America, Switzerland, Germany, China and other countries, had shown interest in the development of railways, by submitting proposals. [...] The post Western
The Chiefs and people of Denkyira Obuase in the Upper Denkyira District of the Central Region, have renamed the town “New Obuase,” as a sign of remorse, following the lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, in the town in May, this year. “We are saddened by the event. It was a bad day for the region and the country. It [...] The post Denkyira Obuase now known as New Obuase appeared
Mr Stephen Abarika, the Eastern Regional President of the Girls Education Network (GEN), says supervision and monitoring in public schools are key to improving standards and performance of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). He therefore asked all stakeholders especially circuit supervisors of the Ghana Education Service (GES), community leaders, chiefs and elders, schools management committees (SMCs)to upscale their role [...] The post Supervision
The Chief of Gomoa Nyanyano, Nana Obeng Wiabo V has commended the government for initiating the free Senior High School Education programme. Speaking at the 4th graduation ceremony of Archfield School at Fijai near Kasoa, at the weekend he said the programme would be beneficial to the country. About 1.6 million eligible students between the ages of 15-17 years across [...] The post Free
Opportunity International Savings and Loans in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation has granted scholarships to 180 needy but brilliant students across the country. Out of the 180 students, 100 are female and 80 are male. 21 out of the lot are orphans. The scholarship covers 80 per cent of the cost of school fees for two academic years to a [...] The post Opportunity
Veteran journalist, author and African affairs specialist, Cameron Duodu, has waded into the raging debate of who founded Ghana. In a conversation he said: “We don’t have a founding father; we have founding fathers. Like in the United States, they give everyone his due.” There has been a longstanding debate on Ghana’s founder, a debate which was revived by President [...] The post ‘Ghana has founding
A former General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Professor Nii Noi Dowuona has described as disgraceful attempts by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to credit Ghana’s independence to the founders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC). The government through a lecture delivered by Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye claimed that founders of the UGCC are the [...] The post NPP’s
A leading member of the National Democratic Congress, Alhaji Mohammed Saani, has dared the former President Jerry John Rawlings to name any corrupt officials perceived under the John Mahama administration. Addressing a gathering at the 80th Ada Asafotufiami festival on August 5, former President Rawlings said he does not hate the National Democratic Congress (NDC), rather dislikes acts of corruption [...] The post Rawlings
The Ghana Forum for Western Sahara has condemned what it described as the harsh prison sentences imposed on 23 Saharawi activists, by a Moroccan court on July 19, 2017 for their alleged roles in a 2010 protest in Gdeim Izik Peace Camp, one of the refugee camps, housing suffering Saharawi population in their own homeland. The forum, therefore, demands an [...] The post Forum condemns
People voted in Kenya’s general election amid fears that the result could trigger communal violence. President Uhuru Kenyatta called for unity, saying he would accept the result, and urged his rivals to do the same. He said Kenyans should “move forward as one nation”. Queues at polling stations formed early and some minor stampedes were reported. The contest pits Mr [...] The post Respect
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned that prospective investors who will deposit funds with Menzgold, an international gold purchasing firm, in exchange for gold will be doing so at their own risk because the firm is not licensed to receive deposits. A Deputy Governor of the BoG, Dr. Johnson Asiamah gave the warning in Accra yesterday when the [...] The post Menzgold is not licensed
Six excavators seized by the national anti-galamsey taskforce have been destroyed. The taskforce set the earth-moving equipment ablaze yesterday at Bamso and Kwabeng in the Eastern Region. Other equipment used by the illegal miners were also destroyed by the joint military-police taskforce commissioned last week to execute Operation Vanguard to clamp down on illegal mining, popularly called galamsey. The equipment [...] The post Anti-galamsey
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