The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), a wholly-owned Ghanaian conglomerate, has begun its thanksgiving service to honour God. The yearly celebration by the company is to commemorate the awesomeness of God throughout the year, in spite of challenges along the way. Under the theme “Celebrating The Goodness of The Lord,” […]Continue Reading
The Deputy Minister of Lands Natural Resources responsible for mining has charged the first batch of river wardens to perform their duties without fear or favour in order to guard all river bodies against pollution. George Mireku Duker told the wardens that though the task ahead them is huge, they have the trust and confidence […]Continue Reading
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it is targeting at least an initial one million self-employed workers onto its scheme in the next two years. According to the Trust, there are more than 80million Ghanaians, working, but who do not contribute in any form or shape to SSNIT, and thus putting their […]Continue Reading
In spite of calls to ban small-scale mining ,official figures released by government show that 85,800jobs haveso far been created through the Community Mining Scheme (CMS), which was introduced lastyear and aimed at enabling locals to participate in the thriving industry. Out of the number, 62,000 were direct and 23,800 indirect jobs from 16 legally […]Continue Reading
The laudable policy by government to exchange Ghana’s gold with crude oil is receiving mixed reactions, with some civil society organizations (CSOs) wading in the discussion and casting doubt over it. Even before discussions could be advanced, they claimed the policy, which was first announced by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will flop because […]Continue Reading
Some Members of Parliament (MPs), mainly from the majority side, have virtually abandoned the legislative house and government business, jetting to Qatar to feast their eyes on the on-going FIFA World Cup matches, in spite of the country’s raging economic crisis. What is even more worrying is the timing of their absenteeism, when the House […]Continue Reading
A former Deputy Chief of Staff has intimated that the nefarious activities of some aides of the Ashanti Regional chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will soon be exposed. According Johnny Osei Kofi, the likes of Donkor Fuseini, a former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Sekyere Afram Plains, and one other, he named […]Continue Reading
The Central Bank has disclosed that the government’s new policy to buy oil products with gold rather than U.S. dollar reserves will be spearheaded by the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC). According to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), PMMC will play a key role in the implementation of the policy, which has,so […]Continue Reading
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has revealed that some 110 doctors have accepted postings to deprived and underserved areas across the country. It follows the advertisement of vacancies in these hospitals by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) after financial clearance was given to the ministry. Mr. Agyeman-Manu, who was in Parliament to answer a […]Continue Reading
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tarkwa-Nsuem Constituency in the Western Region has promised the management, staff and old students of Tarkwa Senior High School (TARSCO) his commitment to ensure massive development and transformation of the school. Mr. George Mireku Duker said, with the support of government, the mining town-based school, which has produced […]Continue Reading