Crime

Special prayers to be held for victims of Ejura incident

June 27, 2022

A special prayer event will be held on Thursday, June 30 for victims and persons who lost their lives in the Ejura disturbance between the Police and some irate youth. The prayers would be held on the theme, “The Role of Justice in Ensuring Peace-building and Community Reconciliation.” According to the Joint Committee of Victims […]Continue Reading

Opinion

E-levy has failed to live up to government’s expectation – Gabby Otchere-Darko

June 27, 2022

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has disclosed that the Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy) has generated less than ¢60 million, close to two months of its implementation. He said the levy has failed to live up to the expectations of the government. “What options are open to the government? The question should […]Continue Reading

Business

Don’t launch YouStart amidst our unpaid allowances – NABCO trainees to government

June 27, 2022

A group of trainees under the National Builders Corps (NABCO), have called on the government to halt the implementation of the YouStart initiative until their allowances are paid. The group, identified as ‘NABCO Trainees Association of Ghana (NABTAG)’ says they do not understand why the government intends to roll out a new policy, when their […]Continue Reading

Business

Osafo-Maafo chairs meeting of six ministers to assess impact of economic mitigation measures

June 27, 2022

The Senior Advisor to the President, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, is chairing a meeting of six ministers who largely represent the real sector of the economy, from today, Monday June 27 to Wednesday June 29, to assess the impact of the economic mitigation measures announced in March this year. Some 13-point measures were announced to cushion consumers […]Continue Reading

NEWS

W/R: Totobi Quakyi goes to the aid of Eno by funding road repair

June 27, 2022

Residents of Eno, a suburb of Kojokrom in the Essikadu Ketan Constituency of the Western Region, will now heave a sigh of relief after a former Information Minister, Kofi Totobi Quakyi, paid for the rehabilitation of their road rendered impassable by torrential rains. Sekondi-Takoradi has been recording torrential rains for the past weeks, leading to […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Fire kills two brothers at East Legon

June 27, 2022

The two boys, Nana Amo, 8 and Nana Boadi, 5, met their untimely death when the room they were sleeping in got gutted by fire, burning them to death at East Legon. Uncle of the deceased boys, Nana K told 3FM Sunrise that his brother called him around 2 am , that there is a […]Continue Reading

Business

Ofosu-Dorte to speak on new realities & Africa’s future at Cedi Summit

June 24, 2022

David Ofosu-Dorte, a Senior Partner at AB & David will speak on the theme “The Global Trends, New Realities & Africa’s Future” at the Citi Business Festival Cedi Summit slated for Monday, June 27, 2022. He will join two other speakers, Prof. Peter Quartey, the Director of the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research […]Continue Reading

Business

SMT Ghana launches 4 new Volvo heavy-duty trucks with driver in focus

June 24, 2022

SMT Ghana, the official distributor of Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Trucks and Volvo Penta in Ghana, has held a grand ceremony in Accra to launch four new Volvo heavy-duty truck ranges with a strong focus on the driver’s environment, safety and productivity. The four new-generation extra-heavy commercial trucks – the Volvo FH, FH16, FM and […]Continue Reading

Business

Parliamentary leadership visits Dzata Cement Limited

June 24, 2022

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu together with the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu on Thursday led members of the Select Committees of Trade and Industry and Works and Housing on a familiarisation tour of Dzata Cement at Tema.   The Majority Leader in his remarks called for the need to extend the benefits […]Continue Reading

NEWS

CSIR to offer 12 acres of land to support govt’s Agenda 111 project

June 24, 2022

Management of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Animal Research Institute has moved to give 12 acres of its lands to the government for the construction of a district hospital under the Agenda 111 program. This comes after the Greater Accra Regional Security Council demolished several unauthorized structures built on about 200-acre land belonging to Continue Reading