At least 251 individual companies and institutions have been given two weeks to register with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) or face prosecution. They are part of 800,000 companies and institutions, which have, since October 2020, not complied with Section 46 of the Data Protection Act that required companies to register with the DPC. The … The post 251
As part of efforts to address substance abuse in Senior High Schools(SHS) and tertiary institutions in the country, the say no to drug abuse music video dubbed “Daabi” has been launched in Accra last Friday. The “Daabi” nationwide campaign video features key players in the entertainment industry such as Kwami Eugene, Article Wan, Bogo Blay, … The post Anti-substance
The Minister of Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has tasked the country’s engineers to come up with innovative technologies for the production of cost-effective building materials to support the government’s affordable housing agenda. The participants He explained that such a move would help reduce the overall cost of safe, decent, and secured housing units for … The post Minister
LifeAgain, a non-governmental organisation in the Upper West Region, has assisted 120 teenage mothers in the region to access formal education and skills training since 2020. The girls were either sent back to school to continue with their education which was truncated by unplanned pregnancies, learn a trade or made to undergo crafts apprenticeship. The … The post 120
The Adentan Municipal Assembly (AdMA) has held a one day workshop to sensitise assembly members on the HIV and AIDS pandemic and how to combat it. The forum aimed at curbing the stigmatisation and discrimination associated with persons living with the virus and how people should treat them in their communities. The AdentanMunicipal Director of … The post Adentan Assembly Members
The announcement last week by Passion Airline of suspending its operations from Ho to Accra did not go down well with a cross-section of residents in the Ho municipality of the Volta Region. After the suspension it attracted some reactions which were captured by the Ghanaian Times yesterday. Mr Divine Bosson, Ho Municipal Chief Executive … The post Suspension of Passion
THE Lebanese community in Ghana, yesterday, awarded a one-year scholarship, totalling GH?55,400, to five students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ). It is to enable the beneficiaries who were earlier sponsored by the community for their Bachelor of Arts degrees, to pursue Master of Arts (MA) degrees at the same institute. The beneficiaries include … The post Lebanese
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assented to the Electronic Levy Act which seeks to impose a 1.5 per cent tax on electronic transactions in the country. The President appended his signature to the Act, which takes full effect in May, at the Jubilee House in Accra yesterday. The tax will be administered by the … The post President assents to E-Levy
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) is advocating the demolition of the old Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Office in Accra and other disaster stricken buildings that have been abandoned for years. According to the Director of Communication of NADMO, Mr George Ayisi, this would prevent the sudden collapse of these buildings which are … The post Danger
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced plans by the government to introduce a vehicle financing scheme to support Ghanaians to purchase brand new made-in-Ghana vehicles. The decision, according to the President, would enable Ghanaians to purchase locally produced cars to reduce the importation of vehicles which cost the nation about US$1.5 billion annually. Inaugurating … The post Govt
The Ghanaian International Evangelist, Reverend Lawrence Nene Kofi Tetteh, was on Wednesday decorated with the highest national award of Hungary – the Knight of Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary. This follows his outstanding contributions in facilitating ties between Hungary and Ghana. It is the highest presidential award conferred on distinguished personalities for … The post Lawrence
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice will on July 13, 2022, deliver judgment in the case in which three non governmental organisations sued the government of Ghana over the controversial Agyapa deal. Transparency International, Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) and Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) sued the government of Ghana at the ECOWAS Court and asked it … The post ECOWAS
Worldwide Healthcare, an Imperial Logistics SA Group Company, has donated mobility aids to children with disabilities in the Upper East Region (UER) to facilitate their movement to school and health facilities in times of sickness. In all 27 wheelchairs and 25 wheel tricycles were donated to the beneficiaries who were drawn from Sandema in the … The post Worldwide
The Chief Actuary of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr Joseph Poku, has encouraged employers and workers in the informal sector to join the scheme in order to financially secure their old age when they were no longer able to work. Mr Poku said it was quite worrying to note that out … The post Join SSNIT scheme to secure
Religious leaders have been tasked to tackle corruption since the citizenry look up to them as moral compass of society. The menace has become endemic and there is the need for religious leaders to curb it so that the expected socioeconomic development is not stalled. Apostle Dr Aaron Ami-Narh, the President of the Apostolic Church-Ghana, … The post Religious leaders tasked to
Ras Mubarak, a former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu Constituency, has postulated that the Minority in Parliament has no excuse not exhausting legitimate parliamentary procedure to get its member into the chamber to vote. He blamed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for not being ardent to oppose the Majority in Parliament for some of its … The post Minority
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, a former Minister of Finance, has berated the government following the passage of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) Bill. He said the government’s decision to pass the unpopular levy despite wise counsel from economists such as himself meant the Akufo-Addo-led administration was not a listening government. Lamenting after the E-Levy was … The post Duffuor
Obrempong Hema Dekyi, the Paramount Chief of Upper Dixcove Traditional Area, has admonished the youth to hold their leaders accountable for the use and sale of stool lands for the progress, growth and development of their communities. He raised concerns about the manner in which traditional authorities were left unquestioned on the use of stool … The post Hold leaders accountable
Officials of Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) of Kenya are in Ghana to tap into the expertise of the Ghana’s petroleum downstream sector. The visit would also enable exchange ideas between the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and EPRA on improving regulatory regimes and practices in the two countries. The 12-member delegation included the Director-General, … The post Kenya
Goldfields Ghana Limited yesterday paid GH¢86.7 million as interim dividend to the government for its 2022 operations. The amount represents the government’s 10 per cent carried interests in the company. Receiving the cheque in Accra, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, commended the company for its proactiveness, timeliness and consistency in paying … The post Goldfields
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