LIEBHERR-GHANA plants 1,500 trees at Shai Hills resource reserve
By: Nyamador Paul (paulkplorla) As part of events marking the German Days 2022 celebration, LIEBHERR-GHANA, a German mining company in Ghana planted trees at the Shai Hills resource reserve on the 8th of October 2022. Tree planting is an initiative sponsored by the mining company. This was an effort by Liebherr as part of their […]
Akuapem Twi Bible launched
By: Michael Kofi Kenetey The Bible Society of Ghana has launched a new revised Akuapem–Twi Bible at Akropong Grace Presbyterian Church in the Eastern Region with a call on Christians to study the Bible in their mother tongue, so as to apply it daily. A retired Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Charles […]
Gyakie becomes first Ghanaian artiste to be featured on Apple Music’s Home Session
By: Seli Baisie Ghanaian singer, Gyakie has achieved another feat by becoming the first Ghanaian artiste to be featured on Apple Music’s Home Session series. Apple Music’s Home Session is a special series by Apple Music that started during Lockdown, where artistes are encouraged to record from their homes, reimagined stripped-back versions of some of […]
Suicide is 2nd leading cause of death worldwide – Clinical Psychologist
A clinical Psychologist at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Isaac Newman Arthur says suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in the world, especially among 15 to 29-year-olds, with the majority occurring in low and middle-income countries. According to him, about 1,500 suicide cases are reported annually. Dr. Arthur stated that death by […]
Zambia’s Enock Mwepu announces heartbreaking exit from football
By Akosua Adjei 24 year Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder, Enock Mwepu, has announced his retirement from playing football following the discovery and diagnosis of a hereditary heart condition. According to reports, the Chipolopolo captain fell ill while on national team duties last month. He was hospitalised and, after initial tests, flew back to the […]
2-day Internal auditing training underway in Ho
By Jones Anlimah A two-day risk-based internal auditing training for internal auditors for Public Sector organisations is underway at Ho, the Volta Regional capital. The Deputy Director General in charge of Technical and Field Operations at the Internal Audit Agency, Mr. William Offer-Mensah announced that the government is working on a new internal audit service […]
Proceeds from E-Levy hit GH¢328m – GRA
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Management of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) has raked in GH¢ 328 million from the Tax Measure since its implementation. The Commissioner-General of the GRA, Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, who made this known at a meeting with Business Editors in Accra, said GRA continues to witness increases in […]
Ghost names: Prosecute those in charge of payrolls- Vitus Azeem
Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem, has urged the government to prosecute those responsible for payrolls that have ghost names on them. His comments come following the suspension of the salaries of some public workers. On October 3, 2022, a letter by the Controller and Accountant General indicated that the September salaries of some public sector workers […]
Nana Agradaa denied bail
By: Beatrice Oppon An Accra Circuit Court has remanded the leader of Heaven Way Church Patricia Asiedua popularly known as Nana Agradaa into custody to reappear on Thursday, October 13, 2022. She has been charged with charlatanic advertisement and six counts of defrauding by false pretenses. She however pleaded not guilty to all charges. The […]
CNN Journalists who filmed crime scene at Nursery in Thailand without permission apologize to employers
CNN has pulled a story on the massacre of Thai preschoolers and apologized after its journalists entered the childcare center where 24 children were killed and filmed the crime scene without permission. The two CNN journalists involved were fined after authorities found they had worked in the country after entering on tourist visas but they […]
Indecent dressing among youth blamed on poor parenting
By Razak Baba The Kumasi Diocesan Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, Right Reverend Stephen Kwaku Owusu, has expressed concern about the growing phenomenon of indecent dressing among the youth, pointing to poor parenting. The Right Rev. Owusu, speaking at the 9th Triennial Delegates Conference of the Kumasi Methodist Diocese’s Susanna Wesley Mission Auxiliary, warned […]
Education must remain a priority for global development – President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to ensure that education remains a priority in the common development agenda of countries. As the recently appointed Domestic Financing champion of the Global Partnership for Education, President Akufo-Addo sought […]
Traders in Kumasi Central Business District close down shops in protest of high taxes
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Some traders within the Central Business District in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region have closed down their shops to protest what they termed ‘exorbitant taxes’ imposed on businesses. The traders are also kicking against a decision by the Ghana Revenue Authority to station their officers at each shop to record […]
Special Prosecutor begins probe into suspected corruption related offenses in illegal mining
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says it has launched investigations into all suspected corruption-related offences associated with illegal small-scale mining, popularly known in Ghana as galamsey. The OSP in a statement said the investigation into illegal small-scale mining and its related corruption activities would target some officials of the Ministry […]
