Some stakeholders in the fabrics and garments industry have welcomed government’s planned bid for new strategic partners in revamping the Volta Star Textiles Limited. According to them, revamping the company will be a huge relieve for the industry in its bid to support government’s industrialization agenda. This follows some revelations that the company is facing dire financial crises for some ...

A PRANKSTER has clamped Manchester United’s team bus ahead of their clash with Sampdoria tonight. The vehicle was parked on a Dublin street, where the friendly is being held, when it was lined up by a local joker. He put a yellow clamp over the bus’ back wheel before pictures were taken and it was swiftly removed. United play the ...

The Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Francis Kingsley Ato Codjoe, has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to immediately terminate criminal proceeding against some fishermen, who are facing prosecution for indulging in light fishing and other unapproved means of catching fish. The directive to IGP David Asante Apeatu, was captured in a letter dated July 11, 2017, ...

Rabat – Human rights groups have raised fears for a detained Moroccan activist who was hospitalised a month into a hunger strike over his arrest following protests in the troubled Rif region. Detained in the northern town of Al-Hoceima in late June and held in Casablanca’s Oukacha prison, 34-year-old Rabii Elablaq immediately began refusing food to demand his release. “His ...

The Ghana@60 anniversary committee has set aside August 4, to celebrate the birth of Ghana. According to the committee, the 4th of August is a very significant day in the history of Ghana and as such, the day ought to be celebrated as Ghana marks its 60th anniversary. Addressing a press conference at the Flagstaff House Wednesday, the Deputy Chief ...

The Ghana Armed Forces is encouraging the civilian populace to appreciate the mandate of the security services and accept personnel as partners in development. Commanding Officer of the Fourth Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Sebastian Arhin, has said the negative perception of the military as coup makers and gun runners must change. He spoke to Nhyira News when personnel of the infantry ...

Kano – Boko Haram jihadists have killed three loggers near a remote village in Nigeria’s restive northeast Borno state, local militia assisting the military to fight the Islamist group told AFP on Wednesday. “The decapitated bodies of the three loggers were found by the roadside,” on Monday, said local vigilante Ibrahim Liman in Maiduguri, the state capital. “Decapitation is a ...

People of Wusuta in the North Dayi district of the Volta region are challenging accounts in the Bible about the final resting place of Jesus Christ. Though theologians say this would be somewhere in present day Jerusalem, the people of Wusuta believe the saviour of the world was actually buried somewhere in their community called Kpetrokpeta. Joy News’ Latif Idriss ...

More than 7,000 workers risked being jobless in the coming days if government goes ahead to implement a contract that was signed by the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government on cylinder re-circulation. Gas Tanker Drivers across the country who will be affected, are calling on President Nana Akufo-Addo to abrogate a contract John Mahama administration entered into with Puma ...

Importers will from September 1, 2017, spend at most four hours to clear their goods from the various ports in the country, the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. This is as a result of a complete automation of the systems at the country’s ports. Addressing importers, customs officers and other stakeholders at the Flagstaff House, Wednesday, the Vice ...