The Chief Executive officer of Ghana Gas Company DR Ben Asante has been praised for putting the pieces together in his quest to ensure an efficient and productive management of the state institution. His appointment to head the state firm has led to some strategic and tactical reform that has firmly repositioned Ghana gas to […]
The Middle Belt Development Authority (MDA) has spent GH¢744 million on infrastructural projects in 109 constituencies across the five regions making up the middle belt. The over 1,802 projects comprise both completed and uncompleted ones in the Ahafo, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East and the Eastern regions which make up the middle belt. At a stakeholder […]
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection(MOGCSP) in collaboration with its partners have introduced five electronic systems and strategies to help address sexual and gender based violence as well various challenges among children and the vulnerable segment of the population. The systems are the Orange Support Centre, the Single Window Citizen Engagement services, the […]
The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with the West African health Organisation (WAHO) is organising a Sectoral Ministers virtual meeting on the reopening of land borders in the region to facilitate the free movement of persons. In a statement issued by the regional body on December 3, 2021, it said Sectorial Ministers in charge of Regional […]
It was a display of a mixture of different Ghanaian cultures of drums and dance as Juaben re-enacted its traditional roots to climax a year-long celebration of 50 years of Nana Otuo Siriboe II as the Omanhene of Juaben Traditional area. The reenactment covered every aspect of the lives of the people of Juaben connecting the […]
Two members of a robbery gang that has been terrorizing residents of East Legon Hills in Accra in recent times have been arrested. The two were arrested on Sunday dawn (December 5, 2021). They were arrested when they staged an armed robbery operation at the CPL Estate, around the Redrow Phase 2 towards Lakeside Estate. The […]
Ghana has detected the Omicron variant at its borders, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has disclosed. He revealed that the virus was detected in persons travelling from Nigeria and South Africa into the country. He made the revelation at the launch of December as Covid-19 month. At […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has called on the Ministry of Energy and power-producing agencies to expedite efforts at curbing the power crises in the Ashanti Region. He said the erratic power supply, which has become rampant, is impacting adversely on the lives of the people in the region, including himself and his household. […]
The Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry are in the process of developing three separate industrial cities in the country to boost the government’s industrialisation agenda. Known as the Special Economic Zones Project, the industrial cities are being developed in the Ashanti, Western and Eastern regions to serve as […]
From January next year, the police will inspect the vaccination cards of all commercial drivers and motorbike riders to ensure that they have taken the COVID-19 shot. Additionally, workers of all government institutions and health facilities will not be allowed into their workplaces if they do not show their vaccination certificates, while absence from work […]
Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said that the electronic transaction levy (E-levy) will be reduced from 1.75% to at least 1.5%. According to him, the reduced charge was captured in the revised version of the 2022 budget submitted by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on Tuesday. Speaking on PM Express, he said the reduction […]
A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has confirmed his intention to contest the presidential primary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) when the race opens. According to him, he would gladly accept the challenge to lead the party as the presidential candidate for the 2024 general election. Dr Duffour, who is also a […]
