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Hope of retrieving body of the tourist who drowned in Boti Falls is fading out as search entered day six without any headway on Monday. 32-year-old Jeremiah Bediako, Supply Manager of Mobile Enterprise located in Accra -Ridge drowned last Tuesday when he managed to rescue one of his American friends who was drowning in the river. He visited the site ...

Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has warded off suggestions that greed drives his business interests. Joseph Siaw Agyepong owns over 40 companies including the country’s largest waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited; SUBAH Infosolutions; the Road Safety Management Services Limited, which has been awarded the mandatory vehicle towing contract. The controversial business mogul in ...

Details are emerging that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, demanded ¢1 million to renovate a bungalow before she could occupy it as her official residence. Sources say the building, located behind the El Wak Stadium, closer to the Cantonments Post Office and the Lands Commission in Accra, does not appear to be dilapidated but the current ...

A former Deputy Energy Minister under the erstwhile John Mahama administration, John Jinapor has questioned the credibility of Akufo-Addo’s analysis on the effect of Dunsor on the economy during the NDC government regime. Jinapor describes as inaccurate, the calculation as referenced by the President on the power outages under the Mahama administration. President Akufo-Addo at the National Policy Summit Monday ...

The modus operandi of solving challenges in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is conflict among others, according to one time Vice presidential candidate of the party, Martin Amidu “Any person casually acquainted with the theories of conflict studies and research knows that”, he stated. “When individuals or groups in conflict do not have credible facts to defend their side ...

Businessman Alhaji Asoma Banda has laughed off rumours about his death indicating that it is very typical of some Ghanaians to “kill” people before their time. There were reports in sections of the media on Monday August 14, 2017 that the former Member of Council of State is dead but his nephew Abu Banda, who spoke exclusively to mynewsgh.com, discounted ...

The National Teachers Council (NTC) of the Ministry of Education has announced that teachers will now have to pass a special examination before being granted the licence to teach. The move, according to the NTC, is to enforce discipline and eliminate non-performing teachers from the system, in accordance with the new Teachers Licencing Policy under the Education Act 778 (2008). ...

Vice Chancellor, University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey, has appealed to the government to allow public universities to keep the entire 100 per cent of their internally generated funds (IGF). He explained that this would facilitate the smooth functioning of the universities in order to produce the needed manpower for the nation’s socio-economic development. Prof ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said with a stable political climate, sustained macroeconomic indicators, an advantageous geographical positioning, and strengthened local banks, the country can become an international financial centre, in sub-Saharan Africa. “There is an opening for an international financial services centre in sub-Saharan Africa and north of South Africa and we have every opportunity to do that. Let ...

Security Expert, Dr. Kwesi Aning, says the government must demonstrate the capacity to deal decisively with resistance to the anti-galamsey campaign. The Director of Academic Affairs at the Kofi Anan International Peace Keeping Training Centre sees the pockets of resistance to the fight against illegal mining as a possible threat to security if not handled properly. “We need to demonstrate ...