Stakeholders discuss ways to boost support for Micro, small and medium enterprises
Stakeholders in the Small and Medium Enterprises sector have met to discuss and explore ways to cooperate and combine their comparative expertise and resources to support the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana. The meeting under the Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) project is part of the institutional sustainability strategy of […]
Finance Minister urges diaspora community to help develop Ghana
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, has urged the diaspora community to return home with their talents, capital, skills, and knowledge to facilitate Ghana’s growth. He implored them to return with honesty, open-mindedness, optimism, and moderate expectations and that there were opportunities for the diaspora community. “There will be challenges but you need to exercise […]
Couple feared drowned in Susan stream
An unidentified man and his wife are feared dead after they reportedly fell into the Susan stream in the Oforikrom Municipality, which had flooded after about two hours of a downpour on Thursday, June 24. The couple, with their child, were said to have drowned when the wooden bridge on which they were walking to […]
Sissala areas to benefit from 35 million Dollar EU roads project
Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister has assured the Sissala East Municipality, Sissala West and Wa East Districts that they will benefit from the 35 million Dollar European Union (EU) funded road project in the region. He said the funding agencies had agreed for the contract to be modified to include some […]
DCOP Opare Addo was evicted for refusal to vacate office – Minister
The Minister for National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has explained that DCOP Opare Addo (rtd), a former Ashanti Regional Security Liaison Officer’s refusal to hand to over to his successor led to his ejection from office. Mr Kan Dapaah said DCOP Opare Addo declined numerous invitations from the National Security Coordinator, Major General Francis Amanfo, to explain […]
HIV remains a threat, need to intensify education
Mr Ebenezer Abrokwah, Acting Technical Coordinator of the Ghana AIDS Commission for the Eastern Region The public has reminded that HIV remains a threat and people must stay away from unprotected sex to avoid contracting the virus. In an interview with Ghana News Agency on the HIV/AIDS situation in the Region, he stressed that the […]
Ghana-Togo Maritime Boundary Negotiations Meeting underway in Accra
Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has opened the Seventh Round of the Joint Ghana-Togo Maritime Boundary Negotiations Meeting in Accra. The three-day meeting aims at resolving, amicably, the outstanding issues on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two neighbouring countries. Mr Kokou Edem Tengue, the Togolese Minister of […]
Northern Floods: 35 lives lost in three years
Floods in Northern Ghana have claimed a total of 35 lives from 2018 to 2020, according to statistics from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). Within the same period, the floods collapsed a total of 69 bridges disconnecting some communities and rendering them inaccessible. The statistics also indicated that in 2018 alone about 100,000 people […]
Speaker inaugurates Parliamentary Friendship Associations Management Committee
Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on Wednesday called on Members of Parliament to enhance their participation in parliamentary diplomacy. He urged MPs to avail themselves, join parliamentary friendship associations, and take part in mutual activities that inured to the benefit of one another. The Speaker made the call at the Parliament House when […]
Police gun down suspected robber in Ashanti
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has confirmed the death, from gunshot wounds, of Iddrisu Adams, alias Koomi, who was reportedly involved in a series of armed robberies. The suspect, arrested by the Police Command, was shot as he attempted to escape from police custody. Iddrisu, according to the Command, was taken to the Saint Martin’s […]
Police arrest alleged fugitive after four months
The Weija Police have arrested an alleged fugitive murderer, Joshua Quashie, after an intensive search. Quashie, 29, is alleged to have murdered one Nii Armah Tagoe, 26, at Obakrowa in February 2021. The suspect was on the police wanted list for the past months after the alleged murder and was grabbed after an intensive search. […]
COVID-19: AstraZeneca, Sputnik-V effective against Delta variant – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says reports suggesting that Sputnik-V and AstraZeneca vaccines are ineffective against the Delta strain of SARS-Cov-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) are untrue. “According to Public Health England (PHE) two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are highly effective against hospitalisation due to the Delta variant and showed no deaths among […]
Infuriated Sea opens century graves in Ketu South
The on-going devastating sea erosion in some communities along the coast of the Ketu South Municipality has turned its ugly hands to historical graveyards. Currently, the hard hit communities are Salakorpe, Amutsinu, Adina and other communities. The tidal waves which has already led to loss of properties is about to hit other communities in the […]
Alleged coup plot: Mac Palm had intention to cause maximum harm – witness
Major General Nicholas Peter Andoh, Chief of Staff at the General Headquarters, Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has told the High Court hearing the treason trial of Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm and ten others that Mac-Palm had the intention of causing maximum harm in their coup d’etat plan. The second prosecution witness said Mac-Palm was the […]
