The police in Akyem Oda in the Eastern Region are said to have come under intense pressure to free four suspects, including a chief, who were arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal mining, notoriously called “galamsey.” Nana Baffour Akyeampem, who is a chief of Asomdwe, and three Yemeni nationals, namely Hussein Ali, Muhammed Omar and […]Continue Reading
The Ablekuma North Constituency office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra became the centre of attraction, after a member of the party sneaked in to perform what appears to be spiritual ritual at the party’s premises. The ritual, commonly called “juju” in the local parlance, according to reports, was carried out yesterday […]Continue Reading
Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) has entered into a historic international partnership with ZeroNox Inc., a leading provider of sustainable, off-highway vehicle electrification company, with the formal signing of the Joint Venture (JV) agreement to provide electric vehicles in Ghana. The agreement, which was signed at the ZeroNox headquarters in the USA, aims at advancing Continue Reading
The immediate past Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) under the President Akufo-Addo administration are threatening to picket at the Jubilee House, Kanda, Accra, as a sign of frustration over delay in payment of some salary arrears owed them by the state. According to them, the delay in paying benefits due them, which include […]Continue Reading
A former Education Minister under the erstwhile President John Agyekum Kufuor administration has, in a colourful ceremony over the weekend, tied the knot with a young and pretty bride. According to media reports, this newly married partner of Professor Dominic Fobih, who is a onetime Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin South constituency in […]Continue Reading
There is an uneasy calm at the state-owned Graphic Communications Group of Companies Limited (GCGL), as the company is alleged to be facing some financial challenges and, thus, unable to pay its staff for this April. Even though this April month has long ended, the workers, with the company’s subsidiaries, including the Daily Graphic, Ghana’s […]Continue Reading
More than 5,000 residents of Ada in the Greater Accra Region have filed a petition against salt mining company, Electrochem Ghana Limited (ELG), owned by businessman Daniel NiiMcKorley, popularly called McDan, for supposedly depriving them of their livelihoods. Clad in red attires, the angry residents, including the aged, students and the physically challenged, who have Continue Reading
A delegation from the Information Services Department (ISD), led by the director of the Public Relations Coordinating Division (PRCD), Mrs. Ethel Codjoe Amissah, has called on Madam Catherine Mary Wesley, the country manager, Emirates Airlines Ghana, to among others discuss arrangements to partner in training of government public relations officers (PROs). The visit, which Continue Reading
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced that about 1.76million persons were unemployed in the third quarter of 2022. According to GSS, within this population, two out of every three unemployed persons were females across the length and breadth of the country. Additionally, it said close to 7.5million persons remained employed throughout the three quarters […]Continue Reading
Barring any last-minute intervention by government, the members of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) will lay down their tools, over failure to approve the new salaries for staff since January, this year. The Anchor is informed that the previous salary, which includes the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), enjoyed by JUSAG members, […]Continue Reading