Parliament divided on Rastafarian-Achimota school admission Saga
Debate on Thursday by the country’s lawmakers was divided on whether Achimota School’s authorities should have allowed the two Rastafarian students who gained admission, to start their classes without requesting that they cut their hair. This follows a statement read by the MP for North Tongu, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. He cited Article 28 (4) […]
Aker Energy terminates agreement to build FPSO vessel
Aker Energy has terminated its agreement with Yinson for the provision of a purpose-built Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to be connected to a subsea production system at 2,400 meters below sea level as result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was revealed by the Select Committee on Energy and Mines in its reports […]
COVID-19 restrictions attributed to Cylinder Re-circulation Model implementation delay
The select Committee on Energy and Mines in Parliament has expressed concern about the inability of the Ministry to conclude the pilot phase of the Cylinder Re-circulation Model (CRM) following the adoption of the policy in 2017. The Ministry attributed the delay to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic which affected their project schedules for […]
Students of GIJ protest over new directive
Students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism, are protesting over a new directive by the school’s management, to defer their courses to next academic year, for paying their fees late. The students have also locked up the Ringway Campus of the school. The students say, this directive by management is insensitive, especially when the defaulting […]
Registrar-General issues final directive on deletion of dormant companies
The Registrar-General’s Department has reiterated its decision to delete all dormant companies from its database to clean up the register. This follows two earlier notices issued on 12 May and on 18th December 2020 in the media and on the Department’s website respectively, informing companies about the intended cleanup of the Department’s register. In a […]
Government inability to employ attributed to dwindling number of Union members
The Secretary-General of the Trades Unions Congress, Dr. Yaw Baah, has expressed concern about continued dwindling of the number of Union members in various organizations as a result of the inability of government to employ to fill the gap left by those who have retired over the years. According to him, sustainability of the unions […]
Over 200 persons benefit from free cataract surgery
More than 200 people in the Northern region have benefitted from free cataract surgery at the Friends Eye Clinic, in Tamale. The five-day exercise was organized by Education and Social Relief Agency (ESRA) Foundation, with support from a charitable organization based in Turkey. This exercise extends a hand of support to the vulnerable, to save […]
Benefits of Vitamin C
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an essential nutrient of all vitamins. It is one of the more important vitamins needed for the proper functioning of our body. Citrus fruits (lime, lemon, orange, grapefruit), tomatoes, and potatoes are good common sources of vitamin C. Papaya, broccoli, brussels sprouts, black currants, strawberries, pineapple, cauliflower, spinach, cantaloupe, kiwifruit, […]
Industry Players in waste management welcome Sanitation levy
Industry Players in the waste management in Ghana have welcomed the imposition of 10 pesewas Sanitation and Pollution Levy (SPL) on petroleum products. The Government, in the 2021 budget statement under the Energy Sector Levies Act (ESLA) imposed 10 pesewas on the price per litre of petrol and diesel to be known as Sanitation and […]
Health benefits of Fante Kenkey
Some like it mashed with groundnuts, milk and sugar, others prefer it whole and garnished with vegetables on a plate with fried fish, octopus, pepper, stew or soup. In the following GBCNEWS report, we take a look at the preparation and health benefits of Fante Kenkey, arguably one of the favourites of the people in […]
3 grabbed for stealing Covid-19 vaccines
The Ghana Health Service(GHS) has instituted an inquiry into the alleged theft and sale of covid-19 vaccines, by some health personnel, working in some government hospitals in the Greater Accra Region. At a media briefing in Accra, the Director-General, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, said the vaccines, being used for the ongoing national vaccination programme against COVID-19, […]
MOFA calls for establishment of fertilizer plant in Ghana to meet sub-region demand
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, MOFA, has called for the establishment of fertilizer plant in Ghana to meet demand in the sub-region. According to MOFA, the production of fertilizer on large scale would motivate farmers to apply the input to meet the 2006 Abuja Convention which require that African farmers use fifty kilograms of […]
Water supply to parts of Greater Accra and Central Regions to be disrupted Monday
The Ghana Water Company Limited says there will be an interruption in water supply on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd March, 2021. The affected areas include: Bortianor, Kasoa, Nyanyano, parts of Weija, and adjoining communities. The shutdown is to enable the engineers carry out an emergency repair works at the Weija Treatment Plant. The works […]
DAMBAI: NDPC Holds Consultations
A two-day regional consultation on the Medium-Term National Development Policy framework, 2022-2025, has ended at Dambai, in the Oti regional capital. The meeting was organized by the National Development Planning Commission, NDPC, to seek the views of key development partners to set in motion the process of developing a successor policy framework for the current […]
