Political activities have taken over COVID-19 education – UE residents
Residents in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region say political activities have taken over the media space to the detriment of the COVID-19 education for the past months. The Region currently has 21 recorded cases of the virus with two victims on admission at the Regional hospital in Bolgatanga, which serves as the […]
Upper East: 268 pregnancies, 105 marriages recorded among school girls in nine months
About 220 Junior High School girls and 48 Senior High School girls have been confirmed pregnant in eight districts of the Upper East Region, provisional figures from the Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service has revealed. This occurred between January to September, 2020 and the districts are Kassena-Nankana Municipal, Kassena-Nankana West, Talensi, Nabdam, Pusiga, […]
We will give you cars for ‘work and pay’ – NPP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has promised to lease cars to commercial motor (Okada) riders, under a Transport Recapitalisation Policy as an alternative to the ‘risky’ commercial motor business. The Party said the policy would provide a better livelihood alternative, with beneficiaries paying for the car in a ‘work and pay’ fashion. Mr Sammi Awuku, […]
Post-harvest losses still a challenge in Ghana- Study
Smallholder farmers in the country still experience as high as 30 percent post-harvest losses, mostly through spoilage and theft, a study titled Smallholder Market Linkages Ghana study has revealed. It noted that, as a result of their inability to access markets, which leads to losses farmers preferred to sell their produce at the farm-gate. Mr […]
Pokuase, Obetsebi Lamptey interchanges to open to traffic by November 2020
Government will in November 2020, open the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange and the ground road of the Pokuase Interchange to traffic. Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, the Minister of Roads and Highways said this when he inspected some road projects in the national capital, Accra. He said the Pokuase interchange and its Awoshie-Kwabenya road were 96 per cent […]
Krachi East: Cassava processing factory 97 per cent complete
Mr Patrick Chartey Jilima, Krachi East Municipal Chief Executive has disclosed that works on the cassava processing factory at Adonkwanta is about 97 per cent complete and will soon be operationalised. He said when the facility becomes operationalized, it would encourage a young people to go into agriculture especially the youth in the constituency. Mr […]
EU calls on Ghana to end saiko fishing
The European Union (EU) has called on the Government of Ghana to do everything in its power to end the illegal trade of Saiko before the practice destroy the entire sector. Saiko is a destructive form of illegal fishing, where industrial trawlers target the staple catch of small-scale canoe fishers and transfer it to specially […]
12th October, 2020
The Ghanaian Times is of the opinion that everyone including voters and political parties, owe it a responsibility to collaborate with the EC to conduct a credible election in December. It says it would not be helpful to advise the EC to conduct a credible election without offering support that would lead to a successful […]
Sam George pledges 50,000 votes for John Mahama
Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Mr. Samuel Nartey George, has pledge a minimum of fifty thousand votes for Mr John Dramani Mahama come December 7th 2020. The Ningo Prampram lawmaker made this remark in favour of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Presidential Candidate after filling his nomination forms at the district electoral office in […]
President congratulates PRESEC Legon for winning NSMQ
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Presbytarian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC), Legon for winning the 2020 edition of the National Maths and Science Quiz (NMSQ) on Thursday. PRESEC defeated the Adisadel College and Opoku Ware Senior High School in a keenly contested grand final staged at the University of Ghana, Legon to […]
