The Office of the Registrar of Compa­nies (ORC) has announced an increment in fees and charges on all transactions, including incorporation and registration of businesses, amendments, and the filing of annual returns. The increment, which took effect on January 1, this year, according to the ORC, was in line with the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous … The post Registrar

Women’s rights group has called on the gov­ernment to subsidise the price of sanitary pads in the country, to make them accessible to young girls. This is because some girls resort to the use of unsanitary materials, including rags not well kept for menstrual flow, which affect the health of girls. Women’s rights groups at … The post Govt urged to subsidise price of sanitary

The Bolgatanga Regional Hos­pital in the Upper East Region has no haemodialysis centre to manage patients who suffer from kidney failure, and need renal replacement ther­apy in the form of dialysis to survive. Consequently, 15 patients suffering from kidney failure died in Bolgatanga last year, due to their inability to travel almost every other day … The post Bolga Regional

Pensioner Bond­holders say they will embark on a peaceful demonstration Mon­day if the government fails to respond to their petition to exempt them from the Domestic Debt Exchange Pro­gramme (DDEP). According to them, a petition they submitted to the government and other relevant stakeholders last Wednesday had not received any positive response. They argued that, … The post Pension

Germany’s em­battled defence minister, who was criticised over the pace of a massive project to modernise the military and for Berlin’s stuttering response to the Ukraine war, has resigned. Christine Lambrecht said in a written statement on Monday that “months of media focus on my person” had stood in the way of a factual debate … The post German defence minister resigns appeared

 The toll from a devastating missile strike in Dnipro has risen as more bodies are pulled from the debris of one of the deadliest attacks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began 11 months ago. Residents gathered on Mon­day to watch as cranes removed collapsed sections of the Sovi­et-style residential building that was ripped open by … The post Ukraine’s Dnipro

Italian police have arrested the country’s most wanted mafia boss who had been on the run for 30 years. Prosecutors say Matteo Messina Denaro is a boss of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra mafia. Police on Monday morn­ing swooped in on a private hospital in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, where the 60-year-old was receiving treatment for an … The post Italian mafia boss Denaro arrested in

Gunmen abducted some 50 women in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum on January 12 and 13, the government has said. Armed men seized the women as they were picking wild fruit outside the village of Liki, about 15 kilometres (9.32 miles) from the town of Aribinda, and in another district west of the town. … The post Burkina Faso: 50 women abducted by suspected rebels

Somalia’s government-led forces have captured an al-Shabab stronghold on the Indian Ocean, the Defence minis­ter said on Monday in one of their most significant victories since launching an offensive against the group last year. The forces took the port town of Harardhere and the nearby town of Galcad, Defence Minister, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, said in … The post Somalia

For many, being born into a wealthy home is almost an insurance against the difficulties and discomforts of life. It is sometimes even seen as a launch-pad to riches. For business mogul and philanthropist, this is far from truth. Born to a wealthy man in a village in one of Ghana’s poorest regions, Upper East, … The post I was hungry for success …Seidu Agongo on his

The late Prof. Kwame Gyekye once said this about democracy: “I think it means, equally importantly, that de­mocracy is a govern­ment whose form of practice derives in its entirety from the historical and cultural experiences of a people and is in conformity with their vision of how they want to be governed or govern themselves; … The post The call and the cost to

 One troubling disease is kidney failure, which, according to the ex­perts, means the strength of the kidneys has fallen by 85-90 per cent, so they do not work well enough to keep you alive. There is no cure for kid­ney failure, but dialysis and kidney transplant are the two treatments available to make it possible … The post Bolgatanga Regional Hospital,

The Kingdom Mandate Devotion (KMD) in part­nership with Promasidor on Saturday presented assorted items to the Rising Star Orphan­age, Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region. The items worth GH¢13,000 included beverages, toiletries, stationeries formed part of the devotion’s core social responsi­bility as well as marked their 10th anniversary. Speaking at the function, Papa Elijah Agyemang, … The post Dodowa

Roots Reggae Music Singer and Performer, Ras Caleb Appiah-Levi, has encouraged local musicians to produce songs that unite and rally citizens for social and economic development. He believed musicians must use their platforms to justify a nation­al course or help people express their feelings, instead of endorsing profanity. Making reference to Ivorian singer Alpha Blondy … The post Condemn

Innovators from 20 startups across Ghana have been signed up to undergo a six months training as the third cohort in the UNICEF Startup Lab programme. The cohort comprises startups covering areas directly and indirectly impacting children, young people, and their families, including in education, health, sanitation, climate action and adolescent wellbeing. Established in 2019, … The post 20

The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the Kor­le-Bu Teaching Hos­pital has received medical equipment from Mybitstore, a cryptocurren­cy trading platform, as part of its corporate social initiative. The items, which were received by the Senior Nursing Officer, Ms Paulina Hammond, and Deputy Chief Nursing Officer (DCNO), Ms Evelyn Kumah, on Monday included drip stands, … The post Korle

The Chieftaincy Ministry of the Church of Pentecost on Saturday launched the Chieftaincy Ministry for the Wa Area of the church in the Upper West Region. The Chieftaincy Ministry seeks to bridge the gap between Christi­anity and the chieftaincy institution, provide chaplaincy services to the traditional authority and also foster a good rapport between the … The post Church

The Former Presid­ing Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana (MCG), Most Reverend Titus Awotwe Pratt, has admonished African leaders to exemplify the governance and de­velopment style of the forerunners of democracy and development. Citing Ancient Greece as the cradle of democracy, the clergyman said Greece’s liberal democracy demonstrated equal opportunities and treatment for all the … The post African

The Public Utilities Regula­tory Commission (PURC) has increased the average end-user tariff for electricity by 29.96 per cent and water by 8.3 per cent, effective February 1, 2023. The commission has also ap­proved a Weighted Average Cost of Gas (WACOG) of GH¢64. Dr Ishmael Ackah, Executive Secretary of the PURC, made this known in the … The post PURC increases

A modern 350-bed capacity students’ hostel facility for Tepa Nursing and Midwifery Train­ing College (NMTC), has been inaugurated here in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The facility, first of its kind on the campus, will drastically reduce the perennial residential accommodation challenge which has bedeviled the school, since its establishment in … The post Tepa