The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was joined by the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, and his wife, Samira, as well as hundreds of people to mark the final Akwasidae festival on Sunday amidst the firing of intermittent musketry. It was a display of Asante’s rich culture of drumming and dancing and the showcasing […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has given authorisation to Gold Coast Refinery Limited to mint commemorative gold coins to celebrate the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for his outstanding contribution to the peace, stability and development of the country over the past 22 years. This is the first time non-circulating commemorative coins meant to celebrate […]
Health authorities in Ghana on Thursday said vaccination against COVID-19 is now mandatory for international travellers before entering the country as part of efforts to control the spread of the disease. The directive takes effect Sunday, 12 December 2021 at the only international airport in the capital, Accra, the Ghana Health Service said in a statement. “All persons 18 […]
The Police has secured an injunction from an Accra High Court to indefinitely prevent a group from picketing on or anywhere around Parliament. Last week, the group, Justice for Ghana announced its intention to indefinitely occupy the forecourt of Parliament on Wednesday, as part of its protest against the 2022 budget. But in a statement […]
A new report by ActionAid Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has revealed that although Ghana’s public sector wage bill has increased significantly over the last decade, it has not filled critical positions in the public sector. It mentions the areas of critical need as education and health. The Interim Country Director of ActionAid Ghana, Mr John […]
KGL Group has offered its congratulations to Otumfuo, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, King of Asanteman for his dedication to Peace and Prosperity to Asanteman and Ghana as a whole. In over the two decades and counting of his reign as the Sixteenth Asantehene, Otumfuo has chalked so many accomplishments and good deeds […]
The government has made concessions in the 2022 Budget Statement as part of consensus-building around the policy document. The concessions include the exclusion of mineral royalties collateralisation in the Agyapa Royalties deal, the earmarking of about GH¢10 million to complete feasibility studies and engineering for coastal communities adversely affected by tidal waves, as well as […]
“Our fight against corruption has not resulted in the desired eradication of it; however, there is hope of getting there,” an Appeal Court Judge, Justice Angelina Dormakyaareh, has said. She said the work of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and other stakeholders gave the hope that the campaign against corruption would […]
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 […]
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 […]
