Fitting shops, Commercial buildings must be insured – Insurance Commissioner
Dr Justice Yaw Ofori, Commissioner of Insurance has urged garage owners including the local fitting shops to endeavor to insure their premises. He said even though motor insurance was compulsory in Ghana, most of the insurance on vehicles did not cover taking car to a garage or a mechanic. Dr Ofori therefore urged vehicle owners […]
2021 Population Census mop-up exercise ends
The seven-day mop-up exercise announced by the Ghana Statistical Service on Monday, July 12, to complete work in the outstanding enumeration areas ended on Sunday, July 18, 2021. The Service was expected to update the public on the completion rate for the exercise or whether there will be an extension in some of the areas […]
About 90 per cent of road accidents avoidable – Tema MTTD
The Tema Police Command of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has stated that about 90 to 95 per cent of road accidents that occur in the country are avoidable. Sergeant Richard Timinka of the MTTD noted that all it takes for road users to prevent road accidents is […]
Public Health Association warns public over the fast spread of “Delta Variant”
The Ghana Public Health Association (GPHA) has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to continue to educate their constituents and enforce the laws guiding COVID-19 prevention and control. They also pleaded with the public to follow laid down COVID-19 protocols, especially the wearing of face masks in public places, while they avail themselves […]
Ajoa Yeboah-Afari receives Millennium Excellence Award for Journalism and Media Personality
The Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF) has conferred on Madam Ajoa Yeboah-Afari, former President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), the coveted ‘Millennium Excellence Award for Journalism and Media Personality’, in Kumasi. This was in recognition of her long commitment to national development for over three decades. “You are a proud daughter of the soil who […]
Public Health Act: Sarkodie punched for smoking photos display on social media
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), the Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (Ghana NCD Alliance), Media Alliance in Tobacco Control and Health (MATCOH), Jaishi Initiative, and the Community Health Support Team (CHEST) wish to express disappointment and condemnation of the display of public smoking carried out on social media by Mr. Michael Owusu Addo, known in […]
Ghana Mineworkers Union supports health and educational institutions
General Secretary of the Ghana Mineworkers Union, GMWU, Abdul-Moomin Gbana, has advised students to study hard because the future that lies ahead of them is great. He said education is to prepare them to contribute constructively to Ghana’s development in all fields of endeavours including the mining sector. Mr. Gbana was speaking during a presentation […]
Prampam-Afienya drivers demonstrate over unlawful fines
Commercial drivers who ply the Tema to Prampam and Afienya roads on Thursday demonstrated against the Tema Metropolitan Assembly City Guards over alleged extortion and unlawful arrest at their loading points. Some of the demonstrators told the Ghana News Agency at Tema as they marched through some principal streets to press home their concern that, […]
Parliament hauls Kennedy Agyapong to privileges committee over alleged threats
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed the Privileges Committee of Parliament to look into motion of contempt against Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, MP for Assin Central, for allegedly threatening a journalist, and report back to the House. When the Committee finishes investigating the motion and submits its report, the plenary would then decide […]
MMDAs trained on outdoor advertisement policy
The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) in collaboration with the Advertising Association of Ghana, has held a training workshop for members of the Technical Committee on Outdoor Advertising (TCOA) of the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). The one-day workshop seeks to educate members on laid down regulations and standards in the placement […]
EJF demands maximum protection for Ghanaian fisheries observers
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) a Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), has called on the Government and other relevant stakeholders to double up efforts to protect fisheries observers at Chinese-owned trawlers fishing site in Ghana. The call follows an investigations into the Fisheries Observers Program by the EJF, which revealed that Ghanaian observers were bribed, threatened, […]
Passage of Ghana’s new land law will stabilize land administration – ER Minister
Mr Seth Kwame Acheampong, the Eastern Regional Minister, on Wednesday said the passage of Ghana’s new Land Law 2020 (Act 1036) shows Government’s commitment to stabilize land administration and boost local and international investment. It also seeks to ameliorate land sector problems such as the destruction of the environment through illegal mining or “galamsey” and […]
About 86,000 households enumerated in Ningo-Prampram District
Census enumerators in the Ningo-Prampram District has successfully tallied about 86,000 households within the area at the end of the 14-day schedule. Mr. Larry Nii Dugba, Ningo-Prampram District Census Training Centre Head and Field Supervisor disclosing this to the Ghana News Agency at Ningo near Tema said the figure represents about 65 percent coverage. Mr […]
MOE terminates contract for the supply of Mathematical Instruments
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education has informed Parliament that the contract awarded to Blue Grass Group Limited for the supply of Kapek Scientific Mathematical Instruments has been terminated for breach of contract. According to the Minister, the contract was terminated as a result of non-performance on the part of the supplier and was […]
