SSNIT calculation of benefits flawed — TUC report
An eight-member committee set up by the Trades Union Congress, (TUC), to look into the current Pension Scheme has identified gaps in the computation of pension benefits by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, (SSNIT), for its contributors. The wrong computations affect how SSNIT recognises annual salaries, determination of annuities (regular allowance payments) and early […]
Sri Lanka wins record $3.85bn investment in oil sector
Sri Lanka announced Tuesday that an overseas joint venture had committed $3.85 billion to a new oil refinery — the single largest foreign investment in the country’s history. The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka said construction would begin this weekend on the refinery and storage facility jointly financed by Oman’s Ministry of Oil and […]
Junior Graphic launches essay competition
The Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), publishers of the Junior Graphic, has launched the 2019 Junior Graphic National Essay Writing Competition in Accra. This year’s competition, which was open from March 18 to May 29, 2019, is on the theme: “Reading widely, writing right: Key to excellence”. At a ceremony in Accra that saw some […]
Govt receives $40m to improve secondary education
The facility expansion project, which forms part of the $40-million additional financing from the World Bank under the Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SEIP), has taken off. The project will impact 75 schools through the improvement of facilities and learning outcomes, the Deputy Minister of Education in charge of General Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, announced […]
NADMO to use satellite for emergency response
The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER), with headquarters in Bonn, Germany, has given the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) the permit to leverage the UN-SPIDER’s satellite platform for emergency response in Ghana. The UN-SPIDER is a platform which facilitates the use of space-based technologies for disaster emergency […]
Over 150,000 to Benefit from Integrated Aquaculture and Crop Production Project
The Country Managing Director (Ghana Office) of Skyfox Ltd Ghana, Mumuni Samyuri has hinted that 153,000 people will this year benefit from the Integrated Aquaculture and Crop production project which was launched last year, with a target of 500 permanent jobs being created out of it. “ Last year over 40,000 people benefited from the […]
Harness ‘Sakawa’ to combat cyber security threats- Expert
A Cyber security expert and the Team Leader of Ghana Chapter of Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Mr Ash Dastmalchi, has said internet-based fraudsters in the country, popularly referred to as “Sakawa” boys, could be used to combat cyber security threats in the country if their talents were duly harnessed. He described those engaged […]
$280m Takoradi-3 thermal plant idle
The $280-million Takoradi-3 (T3) thermal plant in the Aboadze Power Enclave in the Shama District in the Western Region has been left idle for about six years due to operational failures. After its inauguration in April 2013, the plant worked for about six months, generating between 60 and 70 megawatts (MW) of power, before it […]
Big narcotics haul – NACOB intercepts 5,851 weed slabs
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has made what it says is the biggest narcotics bust in the country’s history with the interception of 5,851 compressed slabs of what is suspected to be cannabis at the Tema Port. The illicit drug, which has an estimated street value of £29.2 million, was concealed in boxes of yams […]
Ghana observes World Glaucoma Week
Ghana is observing World Glaucoma Week from March 10-16 to make people aware about the disease. This Year’s World Glaucoma week is on the theme; “Beat Invisible Glaucoma (B-I-G)”. It also has a sub theme “Screen First Degree Relatives (F.D. Rs)”World Glaucoma Week is a joint initiative between the World Glaucoma Association and the World […]
Banks’ digital cash services lack publicity – BoG
The financial services sector is awash with digital cash services and products, yet little is done by the innovators to help create public awareness and usage of same, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has observed. The lack of publicity for the products and services was a major drawback to the digital revolution, the Director of […]
18 year-old auto electrician jailed 15 years for stealing mobile phone
An 18-year-old auto electrician, who robbed a woman of her mobile phone at Nima in Accra, has been jailed for 15 years by the Accra Circuit Court. Fuad Mohammed pleaded not guilty but after a two-year trial, the court presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh, found him guilty of hitting the woman and snatching her […]
New trend in drug abuse -Youth mix opium with weed
A psychiatrist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Dr John-Paul Omuojine, has raised alarm about an emerging trend in drug abuse whereby the youth lace marijuana with opium, known locally as ‘tie’, for use. Opium is a reddish-brown, heavily scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy plant and […]
China halts flights with Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircrafts after Ethiopian plane crash
Airlines in multiple countries have suspended the use of Boeing’s new 737 MAX 8 aircraft over concerns about its safety, after an Ethiopian Airlines flight of the same model crashed Sunday killing all 157 people on board. Flight ET302 to Nairobi had just taken off from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa Sunday when it […]
