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The Jubilee Oil field would be shut down again during the second half of this year to allow for the completion of repair works on the vessel. The turret bearing of the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah developed a fault last year, resulting in a prolonged shut down which affected oil production. Although the problem has been partially resolved, the vessel is ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that his government is putting in place measures to ensure that small-scale mining is conducted in a sustainable manner. According to him, “the sustainable small-scale mining regime we envisage will protect our environment and protect the workers as well.” Touching on the issue of “galamsey” in his address to workers at this year’s ...

The Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Orgainser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, also known as ‘Abronye DC’ has warned former Sports Minister, Ni Lante Vanderpuiye to get ready for him as he is set to storm his house and tow away government vehicles in his possession. The NPP firebrand who was part of a government’s taskforce to retrieve ...

Health experts have raised concerns about a steel kiosk being used as a mortuary at the Bongo District Hospital in the Upper East region, warning it could trigger a far-reaching epidemic in the area. The dreaded structure, erected in 2004 and meant for only 3 bodies at a time, stands in the middle of the hospital premises without any cooling ...

Brother of the former President John Mahama whose construction company is facing legal action over the non-payment of his workers social security contributions says, it has settled all arrears. Engineers and Planners, owned by Ibrahim Mahama, said in a statement it has paid GHC2m which includes actual arrears of GHc668,754.75 and penalty of GHc387,709.31 which was imposed by SSNIT. The ...

President Akufo-Addo has described as unsatisfactory the work ethic and productivity levels of Ghanaian workers. This, according to him, was the cause of the country’s dwindling economic fortunes. Speaking Monday at the May Day celebration in Accra he said: “When efforts are made to improve pay levels without commensurate improvements in productivity the results inevitably points to macro-economic instability for ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the country is threatened by the kind of appointments the President has made since he was sworn in. The party in a May Day statement Monday said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has chosen to burden the tax payer with a big government instead of investing in productive sectors of the economy to create ...

President Akufo-Addo has called on academia to tailor their course outlines to the requirement of industry. According to the President, such a practice will by default engender productivity and reduce unemployment since industry will be able to secure expert hands to handle production. “We have to tailor the curriculum to skills development and job learning based on current industrial needs ...

IT APPEARS that the UK visa fraud allegation made against three sitting Ghanaian parliamentarians and one former Member of Parliament (MP), will end up in court. This is because one of them, George Boakye – former MP of Asunafo South in the Brong-Ahafo Region – who is very unhappy with the allegation leveled against him by the British High Commissioner ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged Ghanaians to change from their attitude of executing jobs poorly as it leads to taxpayers’ monies going waste. Mr Akufo-Addo, who was not enthused about projects that have been executed with inferior materials in various parts of the country, bemoaned how newly built public infrastructure seem to deteriorate faster than expected after huge sums have ...