Major General Sampson Adeti, Chief of Staff, General Headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and Brigadier General Ralph Kodjo Ametepi, Director General of GAF Medical Services jointly cut the sod. The project funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund, would house an ultra-modern library, a state of the art laboratory and a hall. Addressing […]

The donation exercise, was undertaken to show love to widows and encourage them to undertake steps that would make their family economically stable. Mrs Millicent Akoto, the Executive Director of the Tobinco Foundation in an interview with the GNA said the collaboration was initiated when HNBJ Incorporated identified the Foundation as the sole organisation with […]

He mentioned some of these as Kwasibom, Otuateh, Owusukrom, Miaso and Adokrom. Funding arrangement for the project, he indicated, had already been sent to parliament for approval. President Mahama was addressing a political rally at Ahomahomaso on day two of his election campaign to woo voters in the Eastern Region ahead of the December 07, […]

The online poll of more than 4,000 people across England, Wales and Scotland found 82 per cent of football fans said they would not have a problem with an openly homosexual player at their club. However, 8 per cent of football fans said they would stop watching their team. Last week the Football Association chairman […]

The PLB said the commencement of the Ghana Premier League, will however be preceded by the season-opening Super Cup between winners of the league and the FA Cup on Sunday, December 4, this year. The Super Cup will be played between Premier League champions Wa All Stars and MTN FA Cup winners, Bechem United to […]

The four players in contention for the topmost award are Liberty Professional influential player Latif Blessif, Gideon Waja of WAFA, Akoto Danso of Okwahu United and Yaw Anorl of Bechem United. Bechem United emerged winners of the MTN FA Cup after beating Okwahu United 2-1 last month at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium. Below are […]

“We have very high hopes” as the awardees go for this fully funded scholarship,” he said. “ We look forward to you coming back to your countries and making a great contribution to the development.” Mr Barnes was speaking at a pre-departure reception at his residence in Accra, on Wednesday, for the awardees. Fourteen Ghanaians […]

Dr. Rudith King, a Senior Research Fellow of the Brew-Hammond Energy Centre (TEC), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), said the nation was endowed with renewable energy resources, particularly biomass and solar, which needed to be tapped speed up socio-economic and industrial growth. She indicated that, globally serious efforts were being made to […]

MD/CEO of Dangote cement Ghana Limited, Tor Nygard has asserted that the days of monopoly is far gone and that the Ghanaian cement industry should be opened for healthy competition. He said this at a press conference held in Accra at Ave Maria hotel. He revealed that efforts are being made by their competitors to […]

Seoul, Republic of Korea (ESCAP News) –More than 250 domestic policy-makers, international development professionals and green technology specialists from 44 countries convened at the Seoul Science and Technology (S&T) Forum this week (27 to 28 October 2016) to discuss responses to climate change and achieve sustainable development under the theme “Science, Technology & Innovation for […]

Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel, is championing the fight against malnutrition. According to a research, 35% of Ghanaians have suffered from stunted growth and 10.5 of children who are repeated in school are as a result of malnutrition. Majid has, however, urged Ghanaians to make it a priority to collectively fight against malnutrition. “We don’t even […]

The campaign manager of the New Patriotic Party Peter Mac Manu has commended the Electoral Commission for the electoral reforms they are introducing ahead of the December polls, but urges them to do more to safeguard the vote. “I can say the Electoral Commission is doing well but they must continue to show values of […]

SEND West Africa is pushing for high taxes on operators of foreign restaurants in Ghana. They are raising concerns over the poor diets being sold to Ghanaians by these foreign food chains. According to the Chief Executive Director of SEND WEST Africa, the western restaurants like Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and the likes which are […]

The new act grants the Office Administrator General legal powers to evict an outgoing president and his or her vice-president if they exceed the three-month grace period given them to exit their official bungalows before the swearing-in of a new president on January 7. When approved, the Presidential Transition Bill 2016 will become the legal […]

The plant has a capacity of processing up to 2,500 tonnes of ore per day. The company in 2015 restarted its gold operations at Cam and Motor Mine, which used to be the largest producer of gold in Zimbabwe before it was closed in 1968. The open pit mine that supports the plant has an […]

“As part of the results of the visit of the President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi to United States, the Attorney General Office will launch a public tender for the hiring of an international independent auditing company,” said Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Wednesday. Do Rosario was speaking to the parliament, the assembly of the republic […]

Once again we are being dragged down the path of chartered muddy waters, leaving a trail of stench that could have emanated from only one source. The suspicion surrounding the recent shenanigans of the elections establishment in Ghana, against the backdrop of disqualification of Presidential aspirants and court cases, has confirmed what we, the PPP […]

The IMF announced the decision in September to include the RMB in its Special Drawing Rights (SDR). He told Xinhua that the decision was a laudable one given the key position China occupied in the global economy. “China’s economy has been enlarging and has been propelling the global trade as well as growth and, despite […]

Italy has allocated 6.3 million euros for emergency actions in the four countries of the Lake Chad Basin, namely Nigeria, Cameroun, Chad and Niger, which are facing the consequences of Boko Haram’s radical and extremist violence. The actions will be carried out by Italian civil society organisations and other non-profit stakeholders working in the four […]

Terkper, who was explaining why government needed to adopt new measures of dealing with the debt of the country, said Ghana was faced with a scary debt repayment situation from 2013. The government had issued domestic bonds in 2010 to complete a gang of six projects bequeathed to it by the previous administration but with […]