Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema West Constituency, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has come at media houses for giving ear to stories from people he has described as his detractors. He said media houses are supposed to know better and play their critical role as fourth estate of the realm, Read more…
A project is under way in northern Sweden which will drastically cut CO2 emissions in making steel. Source: BBC
Deputy Energy Minister, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, says the government’s Gold for Oil policy does not need to be submitted to parliament for approval. According to him, the programme was instituted within the mandates of the Bank of Ghana and thus does not fall within the purview of parliament. Arguing his Read more…
Great Olympics midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu, says he will not return to the club for the second phase of the 2022/23 betPawa Ghana Premier League season. “I’m not sure I will return to the club again,” he said on Asempa FM. According to the former Black Stars midfielder, reports of Read more…
A member of the Defense and Interior Committee of Parliament has bemoaned the enskinment of a new Chief in Bawku. Mr Peter Lanchene Toobu described the happening as a failure of intelligence on the part of security services. According to him, the development is unfortunate. Speaking in an interview on Joy FM’s Read more…
The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has revealed that 10.7 percent of teenagers aged between 15 and 19 got impregnated last year. That is about 102,000 teenagers countrywide. According to ISSER’s latest report, this is one of the key issues now affecting teenagers across the country. The Read more…
Government, in order to deal with the hike in fuel prices, initiated a gold-for-fuel deal. The programme requires Ghana to exchange gold for fuel. Government believes that the deal will help reduce the cost of fuel in the country. However, a section of the public has cast doubt on the Read more…
Newmont Africa’s Akyem mine has held a graduation ceremony for 20 host community youth who have completed an intensive one-year training in sustainable mining and process plant operations. The Mine’s Learnership Programme is a specialised technical course that equips trainees with operational and technical competences for job opportunities in mining Read more…
US safety officials say the system allows cars to act “unsafe” around intersections. Source: BBC
Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson says his side of the House will file a motion to compel government to exempt individual bondholders from the debt exchange programme. He added that the motion will also include the exemption of pensioner individual bondholders. This action, he said will happen on Friday. Read more…
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) can take a lot of energy from affected individuals due to recurring pain and fatigue that accompany the disease. This can result in a warrior’s (person living with SCD) inability to participate in day-to-day activities, when unwell. When employers and co-workers are inadequately informed about SCD, Read more…
The Ministry of Education has revealed that 30% of all placements in Category A schools have been reserved for candidates who attended public schools. This will bring about equity in the placement of candidates in schools across the country. The revelation comes in the wake of complaints from some parents Read more…
Labour organisers say the firings of more than 30 staff were illegal retaliation. Source: BBC
American business magazine Forbes has released the annual list of the highest-paid entertainers in the world. The 2022 list includes multiple award-winning musicians and filmmakers. Singer/songwriter Taylor Swift is the only woman on the list. Check out the list below: 10. Bad Bunny ($88 million) JORDAN STRAUSS/AP The Puerto Rican Read more…
This was once a place people came to be helped and healed. But the intensive care unit at the Iskenderun Devlet Hastanesi hospital was turned to rubble when the earthquake hit over a week ago. Rescue workers on the site say they believe 300 people were inside – staff, patients, Read more…
Some Traders in Kumasi are disputing assertions by city authorities that Kumasi’s city centre cannot be decongested until space is created upon completion of the new Kejetia edifice. They rather accuse management of the city of lack of political will to evict hawkers who have taken over pavements at the Read more…
Hundreds of parents and students who sat for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have thronged the GNAT Hall in Accra for placement. The center was set up by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to help with both self-placement and replacement of students in available schools in all categories, Read more…
The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) of Ghana has announced that the Fund has started negotiations on plans to invest up to $30 million in Atlantic Lithium Ltd, an Australian exploration and mining firm listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Atlantic Lithium has discovered lithium in commercial quantities in Read more…
The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye has directed the Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly to take immediate steps to stop ongoing building construction works by some private developers on the Kpeshie Lagoon Wetlands in Teshie, a suburb of Accra, ahead of the raining season. This came to light when Read more…
A Mozambican pastor has died after fasting for 40 days, in an attempt to copy what Jesus Christ is said to have done in the Bible. The death of Francisco Barajah, the pastor and founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in the central province of Manica, was confirmed on Read more…