A total of 34 trader groups in the Ashanti Region have received soft loans, totaling GH₵1.7million from the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) to help sustain their small businesses. The disbursement, which took place at Jubilee Parkin Kumasi, the regional capital, last Thursday, September 22,reacheda total of 1,425 beneficiaries, made up 34 groups, with […]Continue Reading
Mr. Alex Kofi Mensah Mould, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC), appears to be leaving no stone unturned to become the running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC)in the 2024 general elections at all cost. Mr.Mould, who for a long time has been schemingfor the spot, […]Continue Reading
The management of Tarkwa Community Mining has vehemently denied a broadcast piece alleging that five of its underground workers died and were secretly buried in a shaft, without the involvement of the police and families of the deceased. But, according to the company, no such abominable incident occurred anywhere under the watch of management, and, […]Continue Reading
By; Gifty Arthur The longest serving general secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hit hard at some critics in the party, stating that the chairmanship position of NDC is not a preserve of anybody. Though Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah did not mention any name, his comment is believed to be in direct […]Continue Reading
Kweku Baako Media Limited, the publishers of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, has rendered an unqualified apology to Zonda Tec Limited, a topnotch Ghana-based automobile company,and itsmanaging director (MD), Yang Yang. The apology and retraction come on the heels of a damning publication against the company and its MD, earlier this month that turned out […]Continue Reading
Final works on the 97.6km Tema-Mpakadan railway project that passed through Akosombo,Senchi and New Akrade, under Asuogyaman District,in the Eastern Region, are set to suffer a needlessdelay, if immediate steps are not taken to avert the situation,The Anchor can report. This is because residents of New Akrade and Senchiwho have been affected by the railway […]Continue Reading
A 25-year-old trainee nurse, Georgina AsorBotchwey, has been gruesomely murdered at Mankessim in the Central Region. According to reports, Georgina had allegedly traveled to the region for an interview in Cape Coast, but failed to return toYejiin the Bono East Region, where she was said to have come from. Her whereabouts had been a subject […]Continue Reading
Mr. SammiAwuku, the director-general of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), is seeking partnership with some Caribbean countries as part of initiatives to diversify the revenue potentials of the authority,and also use opportunities to sell its products on international platforms. Thishas seen a lot of international and foreign collaboration by the NLA, since the Continue Reading
Mr. Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has indicated that government will not consider a suggestion from some quarters to ban small scale mining in the country at this time,in spite of the damaging effects of illegal mining, popularly known as galamey. He stated that, it will not be a novelty to […]Continue Reading
The Minerals Commission has refuted claim suggesting that the Tano River within Bibiani in the Western NorthRegion has been polluted as a result of illegal mining, otherwise called ‘galamsey.’ The commission explained that,as at last Saturday, September 17, the district officer of the Bibiani office of the commission had visited the area where the river […]Continue Reading