The first-ever competitive bidding for the allocation of oil blocks to companies in the petroleum upstream sector will be launched on October 5, this year. The new regime, which is in compliance with the new Petroleum Exploration and Production Act, 2016 (Act 919) and the law on local content, is a departure from the previous […]
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has noted that adherents of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition have shown greater care towards the needs of the vulnerable and underprivileged, much more than the avowed socialists, in apparent reference to the opposition National Democratic Congress. This tradition, which began governance under the Progress Party government of Prof. Kofi Abrefa […]
The Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency of the New Patriotic Party has indefinitely suspended the party’s 2016 parliamentary candidate Elvis Banoemuleng Botah for various offenses. The suspension follows recommendations from the constituency disciplinary committee which investigated various allegations against Mr. Botah. The suspension letter issued today under the hand of the the constituency Chairman, Mr. Martin Andonye and […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Cocobod, Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo has extolled the members and leadership of the Ghana Cocoa, coffee and sheanut farmers association to consider the trade as serious business that should yield profit for them. According Mr. Aidoo, it is the commitment of the current government under the leadership of president Nana […]
Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has ordered a contractor who executed the state-of-art Green Park Project at Old Tafo in the Ashanti Region to reconstruct the pitch at his own cost. The Minister who gave the order when he inspected the facility, expressed disappointment at the shoddy nature and poor […]
The Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority is raising red flags over poor stakeholder consultations ahead of government decision to roll out a new cargo transit policy called first port duty rule. According to the GPHA, there are “serious implications” associated with the first port duty rule policy, hence government must address all bottlenecks associated with […]
Contrary to popular belief that Ghana’s illegal mining debacle is being predominantly perpetrated by Chinese nationals, it has emerged that Citizens of neighbouring Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast are also deeply involved in the practice known in local parlance as galamsey. Secretary of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining, Charles Bissue has revealed that some […]
Newly retained Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Joseph Ade Coker has described vigilantism as a form of job creation or employment for the increasing numbers of unemployed youth in the country According to him, the creation of the vigilante groups by the various political parties as internal party measures […]
Bonded Nurses and Midwives who have been home since completing school may now heave a sigh of relief as the Ministry of Health has announced it will begin interviewing them for posting next two weeks. Government has subsequently issued the financial clearance for bonded nurses and midwives to be put on payroll Minister for Health, […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today, cut the sod for the construction of the Axim sea defence wall, in fulfilment of the pledge he made to the people of Axim, in the run-up to the 2016 general elections. The sea defence wall project, which is being undertaken by Makam Plant Hire […]
Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme in charge of operations, Henry Nana Boakye has resigned his position. His resignation letter date 7th September 2018 and addressed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and intercepted by BestNewsGH.com cites his recent election as the National Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as […]
Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has described the visit of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the People’s Republic of China as a very successful trip, the evidence of which would soon be visible for all Ghanaians to see and partake thereof. President Akufo Addo returned home on the 8th of September, […]
