First Lady reiterates commitment to support women as she graduates 70 beneficiaries of Therema Initiative
By Doreen Ampofo Seventy women who have benefited from a skills training program by the First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo have graduated and received funds to start their businesses. The initiative under the Therema Foundation in partnership with KGL Foundation trained the women in baking and soap making. The First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo at […]
Sports Ministry launches the 100-day countdown to African Games in Accra
By Nana Kwame Bediako The Ministry of Sports has launched the 100-day countdown ahead of the 13th African Games which will be held in Ghana from 8th March 2024 to 23rd March 2024. With the countdown already being staged, some of the facilities under construction for the big event were inspected by the Ministry at […]
World Bank praises Ghana’s strides in Cybersecurity space
By Emmanuel Oti Acheampong The World Bank Country Director for Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ghana, Pierre Laporte, has heaped praises on the Government of Ghana, the Communications and Digitalisation Ministry and the Cyber Security Authority for the great strides and achievements in the cyber security space as a developing country. In his opening remarks at […]
Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building Opens in Accra
By Emmanuel Oti Acheampong The Government of Ghana in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation with support from the World Economic Forum, Cyber Peace Institute, Global Forum on Cyber Expertise and the world Bank, has opened a 2 day Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building in Accra. The 2-day Global Conference on Cyber […]
Akufo-Addo-Bawumia led gov’t introduced 50 new taxes since 2017 – Ato Forson
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Minority Caucus in Ghana’s Parliament led by its Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson says the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Bawumia-led government has introduced 50 new taxes since assuming office in 2017. He said the taxes have brought nothing but too much burden on the already impoverished Ghanaian. The Minority Leader […]
Majority stages walkout during approval of 2024 budget…Speaker ends proceedings abruptly
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Majority Members of Parliament have once again staged a walkout in Parliament during processes to approve the 2024 budget on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. The house ended its debate on the government’s 2024 Fiscal and Financial Policy Statement after both minority and minority leaders concluded their submissions. The Speaker of Parliament, […]
“Don’t tax our monthly blood flow”- Minority Women Caucus tells gov’t
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Minority female Members of Ghana’s Parliament joined by leadership of the University of Ghana Accra City Campus Women’s Commission, students from second circle institutions and market women have asked the government not to tax their monthly “blood flows”. The group is calling on the government to as a matter of urgency scrap […]
Accra: CJ holds Judicial Service Conference to harmonise operations of Court Registries for higher efficiency in Justice Administration
By: Barbara KumahThe Chief Justice (CJ), Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, in her quest to enhance the administration of justice and ensure a responsive legal system that addresses the needs of citizens, has organized a Conference for Supervising High Court Judges, Regional Administrative Officers and Court Registrars of the Judicial Service in the Southern […]
Leadership of Mortuary Workers, NLC locked up in meeting ahead of planned indefinite strike
The Leadership of the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) is in a meeting with the National Labour Commission, NLC, ahead of its members’ planned indefinite strike. The association says the action has been necessitated by the failure to resolve all grievances put forward by the workers. MOWAG wants the Government to implement the agreed […]
Gold Coast Fund customers picket Ministry of Finance to demand payment of locked-up funds
Customers of the defunct Gold Coast Management Fund whose investments are locked up due to the Government’s Financial and Banking sector clean-up, today continued picketing the forecourt of the Ministry of Finance to demand payment of their balance of five point five billion cedis (GHc5.5bn). Speaking to GBC News, the Spokesperson, Charles Nyame, said members […]
Chief Justice urges Judges and judicial officers to pursue integrity
Chief Justice Getrude Sackey Torkornoo has urged Judges, Registrars, and quasi-judicial officers to pursue integrity and strong leadership skills to ensure a responsive legal system. According to Chief Justice Torkornoo, “Court Registrars play a pivotal role in the justice delivery system and as quasi-judicial officers, it is important that they are informed, possess integrity and […]
2024 Women’s AFCON qualifiers: GFA President visits Black Queens ahead of Namibia clash
By: Nana Kwame Bediako The Black Queens started their first training section on Tuesday 28th November 2023 ahead of their Match against Namibia on Friday 1st December 2023. In accordance with that, the President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku paid a visit to the team at their training grounds in Accra as they […]
Cristiano Ronaldo faces $1bn lawsuit over Binance ads
Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a class action lawsuit in the US over his promotion of Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. The plaintiffs claim his endorsement led them to make loss-making investments. They are seeking damages of “a sum exceeding” $1bn (£790m). The BBC has contacted both Ronaldo’s management company and Binance […]
EPA takes measures to regulate use of woven polypropylene bags for cement packaging
By Edzorna Francis Mensah The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given its word to the general public especially the industry players in the area of Cement and related materials to desist from the usage of Woven Polypropylene (PP) in packaging cement and other building materials as it announced moves to control the use of the […]
