The government has paid GH¢3.6 million in compensation to persons affected by phase one of the Accra-Tema Beach Road Expansion Project. The project contractor, China Ganzu International Corporation for Economic and Technical Cooperation (CGICETC), has revealed that the compensation covered buildings and other structures demolished to make way for the project. The payments were made […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut the sod for the construction of 32 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centres across the country. The skills acquisition project is aimed at increasing the employment rate of the youth in the country. The event took place at Abrankese in the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti […]
Ghana stands to realise more than $30 billion annually from medicines produced from natural plants. The windfall is expected to provide treatment for some diseases the world is struggling to treat and also bring economic relief to the country. The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of COA Research and Manufacturing Company Limited, Professor Samuel Ato […]
Reconstruction of the Accra-Tema Motorway will begin in August this year, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has said. He said the government had reached a financial agreement with a private investor for the project to commence. Mr Amoako-Atta made this known yesterday when he paid a working visit to the motorway. He […]
The Paramount Chief and the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV has disclosed the reasons for refunding over ¢365,000 paid to him as ex-gratia for serving on the Council of State between 2017 and 2020. In a statement issued on Monday reacting to public speculation over the refund, Togbe Afede XIV said he […]
Five local printers have disclosed that they have commenced the printing of government textbooks for basic schools under the new curriculum. The printers are G-PAK Ltd, a subsidiary of the Graphic Communications Group Limited; the Buck Press, Appointed Time Printing Ltd, Jay Kay Industries Ltd and Sec-print Ltd. The printers which have secured the printing […]
A fire tender which was responding to a distress call in Obuasi on Sunday was involved in an accident, injuring eight fire men who were on board. They were responding to a fire outbreak at the Obuasi suburb of Kyekyewere. The driver of the fire tender, apparently unaware of the construction of a bridge head of him, […]
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has designated centres for people to collect seedlings for planting on the Green Ghana Day next Friday. The centres are located on the premises of the ministry, the Forestry Commission (FC) Head Office at Achimota, opposite the main entrance to GIMPA, the National Theatre and the Trade Fair […]
The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has said workers in the public sector are generally overpaid for work done. The Government Statistician said averagely, public sector workers were paid double for their output. He has, therefore, called for the creation of a Public Productivity Committee of Parliament to work like the Public Accounts Committee […]
A returnee, Evans Oppong has been arrested for allegedly attempting to sacrifice his daughter for money. The suspect, who claims to have returned from a sojourn abroad, is said to have visited the home of a herbalist, Nana Adu-Boafo and requested to be made rich. Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr, appalled by the situation, recorded their interaction […]
A presiding judge at the Bolgatanga High Court has sentenced Mbawona Tindana, a self-styled spiritualist, to death for killing his wife and daughter to pacify his idols. Justice Charles Adjei Wilson, in delivering his ruling, prayed for mercy from above for the culprit. “May the Almighty God and Allah have mercy on your soul as […]
The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr is noted for being part of many street protests in Ghana and touted as an experienced street protester even to the extent of solely staging a one man street protest during the era of former President J.A. Kufuor. He has a strong conviction for street protests and it’s powerful signal […]
