NEWS

Goil Ghana Limited is diversifying into the production of polymer modified bitumen as an added value model to sustain the business and promote national development. Amid the global energy transition aimed at minimising the effects of fossil fuel on the environment, GOIL has constructed a bitumen plant under a joint-venture with Societe Multinationale de Bitumes (SMB) of Cote d’Ivoire, which ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in the process of considering nominees for appointment as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives. In the five regions in the north alone, a total of 715 people have applied to be considered for nomination as MMDCEs in 55 districts. The five regions as Northern, Savanna, North East, Upper West and Upper East. Last ...

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) have threatened to go on an indefinite nationwide strike from Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The threat is in solidarity with their members at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) who began a one-week sit-down strike last week, following the posting of two medical officers to the Laboratory Services Directorate of the hospital. ...

Road contractors in the country have urged Roads and Highways Minister Kwesi Amoako-Atta to resort to the same passion with which he condemns bad roads in paying contractors for jobs done. According to the contractors, getting paid for jobs done has become a difficult banter between them and the government leading to the death of some contractors. It comes on ...

The District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) is financing the construction of infrastructure projects in some metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the Ashanti, Greater Accra and Eastern regions. The projects involve the construction of new physical structures (mainly administration blocks and staff bungalows), as well as single court edifices. The fund is expending a total of GH¢94.7 million on ...

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme has been reinstated barely 24 hours after she was sacked. Madam Gertrude Quashigah was dismissed by the Gender Ministry yesterday. But a letter issued by the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, said she has been reinstated. “This is to inform you of my decision to withdraw ...

Knocking children in the head regularly can affect their brain and ability to function intellectually, Dr Hadi MohammAbdallah, a Neurosurgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed. According to him, repeated concussions on a young child’s head can cause damage which can lead to lower intelligence. Speaking on Starr Chat with Nana Aba Anamoah, the Neurosurgeon said: “Continuous knocking ...

Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye has assured of government’s active collaboration with the private sector to construct low-cost housing for Ghanaians. The Minister made this known when he paid a working visit to Nelson Boateng and his team at Nelplast Ghana Limited, processors of plastic waste materials for construction of housing units at competitive prices. The units, made ...

The Central Regional Minister Justina Marigold Assan has charged husbands to support their wives during labor to reduce the high rate of child mortality being recorded at the Saltpond Hospital. According to her, especially in the labor room, women need a level of love and attention from their partners, which has been proven to aid in a smooth delivery. She ...

Mining giant AngloGold Ashanti has suspended operations after a staff went missing following an incident at its Obuasi Site. In a statement, the company said: “AngloGold Ashanti reports with deep regret that an employee of our mining contractor at the Obuasi Gold Mine in Ghana, is missing after a fall of ground in one of the operation’s mining stopes. “The ...