SEC launches 10-year Capital Market Master Plan to shape industry
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday launched its maiden Capital Market Master Plan (CMMP) to serve as the blueprint for the development of the capital market in Ghana for the next 10 years. The Plan is built around a vision discussed and agreed with key stakeholders in the capital market to ensure a […]
Driver swindles 64 persons of GHC430,440 over GIS recruitment
Forson Awuah, a driver who allegedly defrauded 64 persons of GHC430,440.00 under the pretext of enlisting them into Ghana Immigration Service, through protocol allocation has made his second appearance before the Kaneshie District Court. Charged with 18 counts of defrauding by false pretenses, Awuah pleaded not guilty. Awuah is alleged to have committed the offence […]
Pwalugu Multi-purpose Dam vital for poverty reduction – Major Don Chebe
Major (Rtd) Albert Don Chebe, Chairman of the Northern Development Forum (NDF), has said that the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam Project is one of the key projects that will drive positive change in Northern Ghana. He said the importance of the project cannot be over-emphasised, therefore, the government must leave no stone unturned in completing the […]
Melcom Care supports School Girls with Sanitary Pads ahead of World Menstrual Day
Melcom Care Foundation has presented hundred cartons of sanitary pads to “Touching The Lives of Girls Foundation International” to support School Girls in two regions ahead of World Menstrual Hygiene Day slated for May 28. Speaking at the a short ceremony in Accra to handover the item to The Foundation, Director of Communications at Melcom […]
Babies in mining areas have huge health risks
Madam Stella Kumedzro, the Volta Regional Director of Environmental Health and Sanitation, says newborns in mining communities have huge health risks. She said the exposure of expectant mothers to chemicals such as cyanide, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, mercury and other solvents used to separate the minerals from the ore, could pose serious health problems for […]
Parliament commences 2nd meeting of 1st Session on 25th May, 2021
Parliament is recalled to commence public business for the Second Meeting of the First Session of the 8th Parliament tomorrow, Tuesday, 25th May, 2021 at Ten O’clock. A statement from the Public Affairs Directorate entreated all MPs and staff of the Parliamentary service to take note and attend upon the House timeously and adhere strictly […]
Trade and Industry Minister launches project to establish National Metrology Institute
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) with the support of the German government is to build a modern fit-for-purpose National Metrology Institute in Ghana (NMI) to respond to the needs of the Ghanaian people and industry. The German government through the German Metrology Institute (PTB) is assisting GSA through the Fit- for – Future National Metrology […]
Rwanda High Commission commemorates 1994 genocide
The Rwanda High Commission in Ghana has commemorated the 27th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. The event, on the theme: “Remember, Unite, Renew,” was in collaboration with the Rwanda Community in Ghana, Benin, the Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It was to honour the lives of the over a […]
“Access to sexual education sure way to reduce teenage pregnancy”
Mr Maxwell Kotie, the Assin South District Health Promotion Officer, says access to accurate education on Sexual and Reproductive Health Right (SRHR) is a sure way to reduce teenage pregnancy. He said though society refrained from sexual education, it had become necessary for parents to discuss sexual health and related issues with their children to […]
President Akufo-Addo consoles Nigeria over loss of Army Chief
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Sunday extended his condolence to the Government and people of Nigeria over the death of the country’s Army Chief in a plane crash on Friday. Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers perished when the Nigerian Air Force Plane they were travelling on crashed near the Airport of the […]
Don’t reduce the Gospel to prosperity message
The Right Rev. Dr. Setorwu Kwadzo Ofori, Moderator of the Global Evangelical Church (GEC), has advised ministers of the gospel not to reduce the Word of God to the preaching of prosperity messages only. He said the good news that ministers of the gospels were commissioned to preach must be about Jesus Christ and his […]
Gov’t urged to support snakebite victims
Government has been urged to consider a special scheme to support snakebite victims to help them cope with disabilities and the loss of family members. “Snakebite envenoming (poisoning) is a disease of the poor, and recognised as one of the biggest hidden and neglected health crisis today with impoverished populations in rural areas facing the […]
Three schools in Wa West risk closure
The Nakor, Polee and Lanyiri basic schools in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region risk closure due to a broken bridge that has cut the communities off from towns where the teachers reside. Mr Darzaa Nachinaa, the Dagaaba Chief of Nakor Community, expressed worry over the situation and said the teachers were […]
Gov’t to complete 6,000km roads by 2024
Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Sunday said government had earmarked 11,000km roads for construction across the country and 6,000km are expected to be completed by the close of 2024. To that end, he said, government had selected 81 critical road networks in all the 16 regions, translating into 2,167km, estimated at […]
