Yara Ghana Limited has donated an amount of GH? 25,000.00 and one hundred bags of its premium YaraMila Actyva fertiliser to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture as part of the awards to farmers during the 33rd National Farmers’ Day celebrations. The donation is part of the company’s numerous interventions to support farmers and the agricultural sector in Ghana. Yara [...] The post Yara

The Head of the Department of Finance, School of Business at the University of Cape Coast, Dr John Gatsi has suggested that the Petroleum Revenue Management Act 2011 (Act 815) and its amendment Act 893 should be consolidated into one Act to avoid the situation where people make reference to important sections without being aware that such sections have been amended. [...] The post Petroleum

For a number of participants who have registered for this weekend’s sports festival at Ayenya at Dodowa, it is another opportunity to engage in physical activity to stay healthy or remain competitive. But for former Columbus Crew player Fifi Baiden whose Foundation is organising the event, it will be a fulfillment of a childhood dream to help orphans and the [...] The post My dream is to help

Experienced golfer, Amos Koblah won the maiden Giti Tire Celebrity Golf tournament played at the Celebrity Golf Course in Sakumono over the weekend. The four-day tournament opened to professional golfers brought together over 50 cracked golfers from across the country to vie for the GH¢15,000 prize money at stake and the coveted trophy. Koblah grossed a total score of 278 [...] The post Amos

The Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) boss Kojo Fianoo, has hinted that the Association is partnering StarTimes to get them more sponsors. It may be recalled that GHALCA recently bolstered their sponsorship package with the television giants – increasing from a lowly GH¢100,000 to a whopping $100,000 annually for a period of five years. But speaking to the Times Sports [...] The post GHALCA

Mr Harold Awuah Darko’s stable continue to dominate the race course when Wings and Ginger recorded impressive wins in the last day of the Horse Owners Association (HOA) sponsored meetings at the Accra Turf Club on Saturday. Though all the four race events were meant to be cup races, presentation of the cups were suspended since the sponsors failed to [...] The post Horse racing: Wings, Ginger

Vehicle owners and traders in the northern part of the country are fuming at the Ministry of Roads and Highways for the temporary closure of the Yapei and Buipe bridges. Stranded passengers and drivers at the Yepei bridge said that the closure of the two bridges had brought untold hardship to the people of the Northern Region. Mallam Yakubu Husein, [...] The post Vehicle

The third Biennial Scientific Conference on Medical Products Regulation in Africa is underway in Accra. Organised under the theme “Sustaining the Momentum for Regulatory Harmonisation in Africa”, the conference seeks a collaborative approach in improving the fragmented regulatory system for medicinal products registration across the continent. The two-day event also offers the opportunity for a review of the progress made [...] The post Scientific

The Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Philip Ebow Bondzi–Simpson, says Ghana needs strict discipline codes to drive the country’s education and development. He said strict discipline and good moral codes were critical ingredients in moulding Ghana’s manpower base adding that “we cannot continue to be giving excuses”. “You can even get first class; [...] The post Discipline

The District Chief Executive for Talensi in the Upper East Region, Dr Christopher Boatbil Sormiteyema graduated with a PhD in Geography and Resource Development, with specialisation in Cultural/Social Geography, from the University of Ghana. Speaking in an interview with the media after his graduation Mr Sormiteyema said “my overall vision for the Talensi District is to bring about significant improvements [...] The post Talensi

ONGOING at Osu Castle, the former seat of government, is the in-camera sitting of the Commission of Inquiry set up for the creation or otherwise of new regions in the country. Chaired by Justice Stephen Allan Brobbey, a retired Supreme Court Judge, the nine member commission which started work last Tuesday, is to hear petitions from Western, Volta, Brong Ahafo [...] The post All

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority in the Upper East Region has “busted a new modus operandi” by a syndicate of smugglers and tax evaders who operate along the Tema-Paga-Burkina Faso corridor.   As a result CEPS patrol on  November 22, 2017 arrested and  impounded a Mercedes Benz saloon Car S320 which was using a fake Diplomatic Car (CD) number [...] The post Upper