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

Business

ECG POWER THIEVES IN TROUBLE …As Company Begins Nationwide Auditing of Meters

June 14, 2022

The management of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is set to embark on an aggressive nation-wide exercise in the coming days to decisively deal with individuals as well as companies engaging themselves in various forms of power theft, through illegal connections of its lines across the country. This exercise, according to the ECG, will see […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Editorial Impostor Guns: Lest We Bequeath Internal Terror Cults at our own Chagrin

June 14, 2022

In a release dated June 6, 2022, referenced ARHQ/PAU/AR.10/VOL.1/09 and, signed by Superintendent Juliana Obeng, Head of Public Affairs unit/AR – of Accra Regional police headlined “Shooting at Zammrama Line Involving A Soldier: Six Persons Injured”, the Ghana police administration, thus, announced the arrest over yet another reckless, needless incident of Continue Reading

NEWS

School Feeding Collapsing; MP Accuses Gov’t of Insensitivity

June 14, 2022

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Builsa-South constituency, Dr Clement Apaak, has slammed President Nana Akufo-Addo, for releasing a whopping GH¢200 million towards the construction of the controversial national cathedral, while caterers of the flagship School Feeding Programme continue to strike. According to the Deputy Ranking Member on Education, government’s Continue Reading

NEWS

Minister Orders Removal of Trees Planted By NDC Members

June 14, 2022

In what otherwise, described as a successful national initiative collectively embraced by all and sundry devoid of politics, is now being destroyed with cheap politicking. It follows an order by the Oti regional minister, Joshua Makubu, for the removal of all the trees that were planted by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as part […]Continue Reading

Opinion

EDITORIAL Ex-gratia Blues: Confusing Tales of Two Returned Cash

June 14, 2022

Ghana last week descended into yet another confusion of whether a true patriot should be the one who returns unwanted wantonly-gifted cash, to the people’s chest, or the one gluttonously-grabbing the recklessly-dissipated state cash cast on silver-platter and devoured carnivorously into over-fed thundering stomach amidst snarls and barks like in the wild hounds’ hunt on Continue Reading

Business

$10m Buipe Sheanut Factory Left to Rot

June 14, 2022

It is emerging that the $10-million Buipe Sheanut Processing Factory commissioned in May 2012 by then vice President, John Dramani Mahama, has been left to rot. The 40, 000 capacity factory, has been in this sorry state over two years, The Anchor has gathered. Reports of the sheanut factory bring to mind, the Komenda Sugar […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Supreme Court maintains injunction against Assin North MP

June 14, 2022

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous 9-0 decision affirmed its April 13 decision that granted an injunction against Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson. The court on April 13 restrained Mr. Quayson from holding himself as a Member of Parliament for the constituency. This was a majority 5-2 decision. Justices Jones Dotse, Mariama Owusu, […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Education Ministry investigates Kumasi Islamic SHS chaos

June 14, 2022

The Ministry of Education has launched investigations into Monday’s chaos on the campus of Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. At least 30 students of the school were hospitalised following a clash between irate students and crowd-control police there. The students were protesting against pedestrian knockdowns involving some students and teachers of the school. Rev […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

FDA fined us ¢750k over food poisoning claims – Marwako Fast Food

June 14, 2022

The Management of Marwako Fast Food says the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has already fined them ¢750,000. This is according to its Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Amin Lamptey. He is thus surprised by the release from the FDA. “Inasmuch as we agree with the FDA with regard to what they have done so far, […]Continue Reading