Business

Bawumia inspects ongoing work at new Tamale International Airport [Photos]

June 14, 2022

According to Dr Bawumia, the project, which is 95% complete, has an ultramodern edifice with a separate multipurpose terminal that will serve as a Hajj Terminal. The new international airport is sited at a different place, not too far from the existing Tamale airport. This airport resulted from a loan contracted by the government in […]Continue Reading

Business

‘Gov’t must be fiscally disciplined to address rising inflation’ – Economist

June 14, 2022

An Economist, Dr. Adu Sarkodie thinks the Bank of Ghana’s measures at fighting inflation may be counter-productive without multisectoral support from some key governmental ministries. He argued that Ghana’s record-high inflation of 27.6%, which is primarily supply-driven, requires key Ministries – Trade, Finance and Agriculture to institute policies that will reduce public Continue Reading

Foreign

Ukraine war: Every bridge leading to key city Severodonetsk destroyed

June 14, 2022

All bridges to the embattled Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk have now been destroyed, the local governor says. With the city effectively cut off, Serhiy Haidai says delivering supplies and evacuating civilians are now impossible. Fierce fighting is taking place in the eastern city where Ukrainian officials said Russian artillery had driven its forces out of […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Islamic SHS chaos: MoE fixes rumble strips on ‘killer’ Abrepo road

June 14, 2022

The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Ghana Highways Authority, has installed rumble strips on roads near the Islamic Senior High School to help check unnecessary speeding on the newly-built Abrepo Junction road in the Ashanti Region. The Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ministry of Education, Mr Yaw Opoku Mensah disclosed this […]Continue Reading

SPORTS

Kirin Cup: Ghana finish third after penalties shootout

June 14, 2022

The Black Stars of Ghana on Tuesday, 14 June 2022 defeated Chile 3-1 on penalties to finish third at the Kirin Cup tournament in Japan. After a pulsating 90 minutes of action, the game ended 0-0. Jordan Ayew, Mohammed Kudus and Fatawu Issahaku all converted their penalty kicks while goalkeeper Abdul Manaf Nurudeen became the […]Continue Reading

Business

Gov’t exceeds 20 million seedling target for Green Ghana Day – Lands Ministry

June 14, 2022

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio, who doubles as the National Chairman of the 2022 Green Ghana Planning Committee has disclosed that a total of 22,671,696 seedlings have so far been distributed for the 2022 edition of the Green Ghana agenda, which well exceeds that initial 20 million seedling targeted. Addressing […]Continue Reading

NEWS

First Lady attends 26th Gen Assembly of OAFLAD

June 14, 2022

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo over the weekend attended the 26th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) in Brazzaville, Congo. The meeting was on the theme “Twenty years in service of the most vulnerable of Africa” where the First Ladies deliberated on Health Financing for Sustainable Development in Africa […]Continue Reading

Crime

Police style of dealing with demonstrators sickening – Security expert

June 14, 2022

A security expert, Sulley Ibrahim, has taken a swipe at the Police administration led by the Inspector–General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare. According to him, the Police actions in handling demonstrations in the country is sickening. “Every well-meaning Ghanaian must be worried about these actions of the police,” he said. He added that the […]Continue Reading

Business

Ministerial committee clears CPC boss

June 14, 2022

Attempts by some elements of staff within the ranks and file of the government-owned Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) to instigate the removal of the company’s Managing Director, Nana Agyenim Boateng, have hit rough patches after an investigative committee set up by the Minister for Food and Agriculture cleared the MD of any wrongdoing. Some agitated […]Continue Reading

Business

Gov’t’ll continue to encourage farmers to use organic fertilisers – Agric Minister

June 14, 2022

The Minister for Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has re-affirmed that the government will continue to encourage farmers to use and apply organic fertilisers. This, he said, has become necessary because of the global shortage of inorganic fertiliser and its attendant high prices. “The issue is to do with the shortage of […]Continue Reading