The American First Lady, Mrs Melania Trump, arrived in the Accra yesterday, to begin her four-nation African tour. The Boeing 757 Presidential Jet carrying her touched down at the Kotoka International Airport at about 10am. She stood at the top of the airplane stairs, smiled broadly and waved enthusiastically at waiting dignitaries, including Ghana’s First […]
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Cocoa: Ghana’s cocoa farmers earn GH₵1,000 more than their Ivorian counterparts
Cocoa farmers in Ghana will earn GH₵1,000 more than their counterparts in La Cote d’Ivoire for the producer price of the commodity in the 2018/2019 crop season which opened on October 1, 2018. This is in spite of Cote d’Ivoire, the world’s top cocoa producer, increasing guaranteed price it pays farmers by seven per cent– […]
230m dollars lost to cyber criminals-Financial institutions are the major targets
Ghana lost a whopping 229.9 million dollars to recorded cybercrime cases between 2016 and August this year. According to the police, about 60% of the cases reported were fraud related. $35.7 m lost in 2016 Figures available at the Cybercrime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service reveal that $35.7 […]
Confirmed: NDC appeals committee upholds Elikem Kotoko’s disqualification
BestnewsGH.Com can confirm that the appeals committee of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has affirmed an earlier decision to disqualify youth organiser aspirant, Elikem Kotoko from contesting in the party’s national executive elections. The NDC vetting committee in September crashed the dreams of youth activist, Elikem Kotoko and one other aspirant, Wonder Madilo from […]
Free SHS: Professor Kwesi Yankah disowns John Mahama, says there is nothing to review
Minister of State incharge of tertiary education at the Ministry of Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah has called the bluff of former president John Dramani Mahama, practically telling him to mind his commentary about the Free Senior High School policy. In a press release issued by the Ministry and signed by the head of public relations, […]
Kasapreko Company prevents GRA officials from entering its premises to check tax stamp
Officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) were yesterday prevented by security guards at Kasapreko Company Limited from entering the company’s premises to check and ensure that all the products from the company were affixed with the newly introduced tax stamp. The GRA officials were on a mission to check various companies and ensure that […]
If you invite senseless people like Samson Ahi for your programmes I won’t come here again- Ken Agyapong to Adom TV
Controversial Member of Parliament for the Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has threatened Adom Television of Multimedia stables that he will not honour the station’s invitations to participate in the popular Badwam programme if they continue to pair him with Member of Parliament for Bodi in the Western Region, Samson […]
Radio presenter Kwabena Bobie Ansah is back on radio
Radio personality Kwabena Bobie Ansah is back on radio after being in the wilderness for a while. Not with the Multimedia stables or Despite group, but with Accra Fm where he will be hosting the programme called “the citizen” An artwork detailing information about the programme he has been scheduled to host reveals a more […]
We cannot build Ghana if we do not want to be bricklayers-Gabby advocates tax compliance for a prosperous Ghana
New Patriotic Party (NPP) strongman, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko is advocating tax compliance at the right rates in order to ensure a prosperous Ghana. He said ‘’we must begin as a nation to focus on the issue of how we can all pay our taxes, at the right rates (even if lower but wider), so that […]
Government pledges 1% GDP to support Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has announced that government has pledged a minimum of one percent of Gross Domestic product (GDP) towards the promotion of research and development expenditure of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the country. He said in many advanced countries, conservative estimates have […]
NDC Race: we met as friends and not to plot against Mahama-Spio-Garbrah denies secret meeting against Mahama
Flagbearer aspirant for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has clarified misconceptions of a secret alliance between him and four other aspirants against former President Mahama. Five NDC presidential hopefuls, Dr. Ewkow Spio-Garbrah, Goosie Tanoh, Sylvester Mensah, Alban Bagbin and Kweku Ricketts- Hagan are purported to have held a secret meeting with the […]
PHOTOS: hundreds troupe to KIA to welcome Captain Solomon Quainoo who flew the biggest passenger plane to Ghana
Hundreds of Ghanaians were at the Kotoka International Airport today October 2, 2018 to welcome Captain Solomon Quainoo, the Ghanaian pilot who just flew the biggest passenger plane in the world to the Kotoka International Airport. Captain Quainoo is a pilot of 14 years standing and has been with Emirates Air for the last seven […]