Some commercial vehicle drivers and their mates in Koforidua and parts of the Eastern Region have refused to wear nose mask in contravention of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety protocol instituted to curb its spread in the country. Checks by the Ghanaian Times at the lorry stations and by the roadside revealed that most of …
The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged development partners and the private sector to support two programmes introduced to enhance capacity building and safety of the media practitioners in the country. He said technical and financial backing for the Media Capacity Enhancement Programme (MCEP) and the Co-ordinated Mechanism for the Safety of Journalists (CMSJ), …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed the government’s commitment to invest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education to prepare the country for a future of robotics and artificial intelligence. He said the government would do everything possible to ensure that STEM education took firm roots in the country. The President said this …
Data gathered from the Institute of Statistics, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana reveals that only 10 per cent of graduates in Ghana find jobs after their first year of completing school. The data further points out that it may take up to 10 years for a large number of graduates …
North Korea appears to have restarted its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the United Nations (UN) atomic agency has said in a report. Plutonium, which is used for nuclear weapons, is believed to be produced at the reactor’s complex. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was expelled by Pyongyang in 2009 but relies on satellite imagery to …
A million people are without power in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm. Ida brought 150mph (240km/h) winds when it made landfall, leaving a trail of destruction through the state before passing into Mississippi. One person was killed when a tree fell on their home in Ascension Parish, in …
A US drone strike near Kabul airport ended up killing 10 members of one family, including six children, surviving relatives have told the BBC. The 10 were killed when a car parked at their home was struck by an explosion on Sunday. The US military said it was targeting a vehicle carrying at least one …
The Auditor General has indicted authorities of Nkoranman Senior High School (SHS) at Seikwa, in the Bono Region, for misappropriating funds to the tune of GH¢580,836.20. Anomalies, identified by the Auditor General, include unaccounted school fees for 335 students in two academic years (2016/2017and 2017/2018) and inflation of fuel cost from GH¢100 to GH¢1000. The …
Commercial drivers and their mates constitute a group of people who come into contact with more people because they pick countless number of passengers in a day. These people could constitute a critical conduit for the spread of contagious diseases. Therefore, it becomes a worrying issue if such drivers and their mates refuse to obey …
The leadership of the Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region has paid tribute to Water Aid Ghana, an NGO, for its contribution in improving access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services in the district. The leadership of the Assembly revealed that many communities and institutions had access to WASH facilities and services …
Hundreds of passengers got stranded at Buipe, as a long vehicle loaded with goods fell and blocked the Buipe bridge in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The Buipe Bridge is the connecting nerve between the South and the North through to the Sahelien Region, accounting for heavy movement of goods and services. …
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, approximately 2,000 people whose homes and fields were destroyed by a volcanic eruption, have created temporary homes made from plastic bags and sticks while they wait to be rehoused. The families, who lost everything when Mount Nyiragongo erupted, are concerned about the problems they will face in their makeshift …
Ethiopia’s 10-month war has come at a huge human cost, with thousands killed, millions displaced and many in desperate need of assistance. But that’s not the only damage being done to Africa’s second most populous nation – the war has incurred a huge economic cost, too, that could take years to repair. In the capital …
Algerian authorities arrested on Sunday Tunisia’s media mogul and former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, after he entered Algeria secretly and illegally, Tunisian media said. Karoui, the owner of the Nessma television channel and head of the Heart of Tunisia political party, the second largest in parliament, was arrested with his brother Ghazi Karoui, a lawmaker. …
Jake Paul went the distance for the first time in his fledgling boxing career as he secured a split decision victory over Tyron Woodley on a glitzy night in Cleveland. The YouTuber-turned-boxer, 24, was rocked by a solid right hand which sent him into the ropes from former UFC champion Woodley, 39, in the fourth …
Ruben Dias has signed a contract at Manchester City until 2027. The Portugal defender agreed a six-year deal only last September when he joined City from Benfica in a £65million transfer. But Dias has made such an impact in his first season at the Etihad that the Premier League champions have decided to offer him …
Some women business owners in the Western Region, have been taken through ways to identify opportunities in the oil and gas sector. The programme organised by Friends of the Nation (FoN), and partnered by OXFAM Ghana, NORAD and the Centre for Public Interest Law also addressed the barriers preventing women participation in Ghana’s Petroleum Industry. …
Trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) ended last Friday with a 11.74-points increase in the GSE’s Composite Index. The CDH Securities Limited daily report on the GSE copied to the Ghanaian Times, indicated that the market capitalisation also increased by GH¢122.90 to GH¢ 62,629.27, with the year-to-date return at 41.11 per cent. “A total …
The newly-launched Revenue Assurance and Compliance Enforcement (RACE) initiative is expected to increase Ghana’s revenue mobilisation ratio to 20 per cent of Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said. The Minister in a tweet said the initiative was put in place to help ensure the nation was able to increase …
Total direct taxes collected as of July this year increased by 26.8 per cent year-on-year to GH¢1,466.34 million in May 2021, relative to GH¢1,156.19 million recorded in a similar period in 2020, the latest Bank of Ghana Monetary Policy Real Sector Development report on the economy, has said. It said cumulatively, total direct taxes collected …
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