Double Track rescues 3,000 Mfantseman SHS students
The introduction of the Double-Track System in some selected Senior High Schools (SHS) has rescued more than 3,000 Junior High School (JHS) leavers in the Mfantseman Municipality, who otherwise would have missed Senior High School (SHS) due to lack of space to accommodate them. Mr Kenneth Kelly Essuman, the Municipal Chief Executive who announced this, […]
Check smugglers of second-hand mattresses to save local manufacturers
The General Manager of Ashanti Foam Factory Limited (Ashfoam), Mr George Massih has urged the Government to safeguard the thousands of jobs in the indigenous foam manufacturing sector by decidedly ending the smuggling of second hand foam mattresses into the country. He said foam companies were likely to suffer the fate of their textile counterparts if […]
Standard Chartered named Best Consumer Digital Bank 2018
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has won the “Best Consumer Digital Bank” at the Global Finance’s annual World’s Best Digital Bank Awards event held at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. Henry Baye, Executive Director & Head-Retail Banking Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited, commented, that the desire to serve clients in every way […]
Government making Local industries globally competitive – President
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday said government’s stimulus package for local industries was making them globally competitive. He said his government had so far facilitated access to GHC 237 million medium term credit to 16 firms, in the oil palm, pharmaceutical, agro processing, beverages, cosmetics, textiles and poultry industries, which has led to […]
Ghana unveils Ada as tourism enclave
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority has unveiled Ada, a coastal town in the Greater Accra Region, as a tourism enclave to provide hospitality to the public and foreigners and generate revenue for the country. The enclave launched on Monday, would begin with the construction of a […]
College of Physicians and Surgeons invites public to Anniversary Programmes
The Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons has urged the public to participate in its 15th Anniversary activities to be abreast of developments in the health sector. On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, it will organise a public lecture on “Putting the ‘Heart’ Back into Healthcare: Quality Management and Ethical Practice”, at its premises at Ridge. […]
Eight before court over GH¢8.5 million theft
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday granted bail to eight persons for allegedly stealing various sums of money from a business woman in their capacity as her personal bankers. They are: Kwame Osei Yeboah, Rita Ofosuhemaa Mpiani, Joseph Nwolley Nsien, Richard Dugan, James Omaboe, Michael Amankwah, Clement owusu Manu, and Michael Assibu. Yeboah has been […]
ISSER warns against excessive borrowing
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) said the country has resorted to external borrowing because it has consistently under-achieved its revenue targets. ISSER stated that government had borrowed about GHC50billion over the past years, including bail out loans, adding that, if the situation is not checked, it would lead to high interest […]
Corruption threatens “Ghana Beyond Aid”– Bawumia
The “Ghana Beyond Aid” and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies (2017-2024) will suffer if corruption is not properly addressed, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said. He said the Government has therefore instituted reforms to eliminate waste and seal opportunities for corruption in the country. He said […]
HIV/AIDS is on the rise again – Gender Minister
Mrs Cynthia Morrison, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has said the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate has gone up again and urged health workers and campaigners to intensify public education nationwide. The warning comes after government early this year raised concerns about the deadly virus spreading fast in recent years especially among the youth. […]
