PURC launches Database Management System
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has launched an ultramodern Database Management System to enhance its operations. Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communication and Digitalisation, who launched the system, said there was the need to invest in it to consolidate data for service delivery. She said the mandate of the PURC largely entailed using […]
Western Togoland: 11 Suspects discharged on the advice of the AG
The Kaneshie District Court presided over by Madam Rosemond Agyiri Doudua has discharged eleven accused persons involved in the Western Togoland case. Detective Inspector Richard Amoah told the court that the prosecution had received advice from the Attorney General’s office on the docket, indicating that there was not sufficient evidence against them. The magistrate, therefore, […]
Four arrested for allegedly possessing narcotics
The Police on Wednesday arrested four suspects at Ahlidja, Ashaley Botwe, in Accra for allegedly trafficking substances suspected to be Indian Hemp. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, said the suspects, Bismark Kpormornor, 27, Bright Deku, 32, Francis Asare, 42, and Richard […]
Ghana is building an integrated, inclusive gold industry – Veep
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the government is putting measures to stimulate job creation in an integrated and inclusive manner throughout the gold mining value chain. He said the integrated and inclusive chain would bring together large scale, small scale and sustainable community miners as well as other stakeholders such as refiners, purchasers and […]
Fear grips Adafienu Township following two Suicide cases in two weeks
Anxiety, fear and panic have engulfed one of the three towns, Adafienu in the Ketu South Municipality as the town has recorded two separate suicide cases within two weeks. On the 29th day of June, 2021 at about 8:30am, a death was reported of Fortune Atayi a 17 years old lady by hanging herself in […]
Jasikan District is not elevated to Municipality- Minister declares
The Minister for Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development has indicated that Jasikan District has never been elevated to a Municipality as of 29th June 2021. According to The Sector Minister, who doubled as an MP for Okore, Dan Botwe “The Jasikan District has not yet been elevated into a Municipal”. The Minister who was […]
MTN Foundation constructs 600-bed dormitory block, bungalow for Tamale SHS
MTN Foundation has Constructed a 600-bed dormitory block with an adjoining housemistress’ bungalow for Tamale Senior High School in the northern region. MTN Foundation has also furnished the dormitory with bunk beds. The 600-bed capacity dormitory was handed over to the school. The Project fits into the Education focus area of MTN Foundation and SDG […]
NDC Youth Wing demands justice for Kaaka Anyass Ibrahim
The National Democratic Congress Youth Wing is demanding justice for Kaaka Anyass Ibrahim and called for the killers to be brought to justice immediately. A statement signed by the National Youth Organizer, George Opare Addo condemned the murder of Kaaka Anyass Ibrahim and requested his murderers and “their paymasters to be brought to justice. The […]
Government to disburse GHC55m grant to tourism practitioners
Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, said beginning next week government would disburse GHC55million grants to players in the tourism industry to support their businesses. He said the sector lost about 75 per cent of its resources and about eight million Ghana cedis due to the COVID-A9 pandemic, last year, […]
Ghana School Feeding and WFP Embark On Joint Monitoring of caterers
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) and its development partner, the World Food Programme (WFP), have carried out a joint national monitoring of the programme in some selected districts in four regions. It is meant to assess the impact of the practical nutrition and innovation training organized for caterers and head cooks in 2019. A […]
Government provides GHC500,000 for traders to relocate to Adjen Kotoku
Government is providing GHC500,000.00 to traders as transportation to relocate from the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra to the Adjen Kotoku Market in the Ga West Municipality by July 1, this year. Onion sellers would receive GHC300,000.00, cattle rearers would get GHC100,000.00; scrap dealers, GHC 50,000.00, and truck pushers, GHC50,000.00. The distribution of the fund would […]
Tourism Minister visits tourist sites in Accra
Dr Mohammed Ibrahim Awal, Minister of Tourism Arts and Culture, on Monday visited some tourist sites in Accra to equip himself with the infrastructural gaps in the system and find better ways of solving them. The Monday tour of the Greater Accra region adds up to 10, the number of regions the Minister had visited […]
Parts of Denu-Keta Highway at Amutsinu/Salakorpe washed away by the sea
There is a scary development at Salakorpe in the Ketu South municipality where the Sea is causing more havoc to fisher folks and the highway. Salakorpe and Amutsinu communities have been under sea attack for some time now following the completion of Blekusu Sea Defence Project (Phase One) a few months ago. Since the beginning […]
Ghana’s Kwame Tenadu elected Vice President & First African of International Federation of Surveyors
The President of the Licensed Surveyors Association of Ghana, LiSAG, Kwame Tenadu Senior has been elected as the Vice President of the International Federation of Surveyors FIG at the just ended e-Working Week and 44th General Assembly 2021. He scored a landslide victory in the elections, emerging with 60 votes against his Nigerian contender. According […]
