Spokesperson for the Contractors Association of Ghana, Richard Nyarko has warned that local contractors are close to hitting the streets in protest to unpaid arrears owed them by government. Bemoaning the unsavory biases meted out against indigenous contractors, Mr Nyarko poured out the plight of several project handlers and the financial risks they are exposed […]
A member of the Board of Trustees of the Ghana Blood Foundation, Ing. Ken Ashigbey has called on government to fast track the passage of the National Blood Bill into law. This, he said, would help sanitise the activities of blood donation in the country. He argued that the passage of the bill would also […]
The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is starving for funds to conduct relevant research to improve agriculture in the country. This is in spite of the institute’s efforts to access funding from donor organisations. A principal research scientist with SARI, Dr Roger Kanton disclosed this in […]
One person is reported to have been killed after a helicopter crashed onto the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper. ABC7 said there had been a single fatality as a result of Monday afternoon’s ‘hard landing’ on the roof of 787 Seventh Avenue, a 54-story office tower in Midtown. The New York Fire Department has since […]
Two trucks loaded with bags of fertilisers meant for the “Planting for Food and Job (PFJ) programme have been impounded at the Paga Border. That was when the drivers of the trucks tried to cross the border into Burkina-Faso on Sunday evening. Each of the two trucks was carrying 2000 (25kg) Planting for Food and […]
Some 62 foreign students have been stopped from sitting the Basic Education Certificate Examination underway across the country. The students, Nigerians and Togolese, were stopped after authorities within the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region found, a Ghanaian headteacher had allegedly registered them for the one-week exams. Innocent Agblevor, the headteacher of a private […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called for a change in the governance structure of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social justice and promote decent wotk by setting international labour standards. According to President Akufo-Addo, African Ministers of Labour, at their last […]
The Government of Ghana (GoG) remains unrelenting in its decision to mine bauxite in commercial quantity from the Atewa and two other forest reserves, as it consults the United States Forest Service (USFS) for technical support to ensure strict adherence to best management practices. This step taken by the government is an indication that it […]
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has projected that it will cost the government at least GH¢189 million to provide loans for almost 50,000 tertiary students who are likely to apply for loans in the 2020/2021 academic year. The estimated student population represents 10 per cent of the annual tertiary enrolment, which is expected to […]
Following the arrest of a gun-wielding suspected terrorist in a Catholic church at Hamile last week Sunday, the military has provided security for worshippers of that church today. JoyNews’ Rafiq Salam reported of heavy military patrols around the church and its adjoining communities. George Naaikur has expressed satisfaction at the development. He is a member of […]
An arrest warrant has been issued for the arrest of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). This follows his refusal to honour an invitation to report to the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, to assist in investigations into the recent spate […]
United Krobo Foundation a pressure group in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality is calling on the Power Distribution Services (PDS) to write -off the purported debt of Ghc84,625,624.87 it claims to be accumulated bill owed it by customers in the Krobo area. Addressing the media on Sunday, the pressure group said Krobos cannot pay the […]
