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Gallant members of the NPP Loyal Ladies group who were severely assaulted by suspected NDC hoodlums in Suhum in the run-up to the 2016 elections have been recognized and rewarded for their heroic contributions which saw incumbent John Mahama suffer a humiliating defeat. To recognize their contributions and tribulations, the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo donated an undisclosed amount of ...

Ghana has leapfrogged South Africa to become the continent’s top gold producer, according to research by Bloomberg news agency. South Africa has for decades been the continent’s preeminent gold miner but high production costs and troubled labour relations have hobbled the industry there, Bloomberg says. On the other hand, in addition to new investment, Ghana has lower costs. Citing figures ...

United Krobo Foundation a pressure group in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality is calling on the Power Distribution Services (PDS) to write -off the purported debt of Ghc84,625,624.87 it claims to be accumulated bill owed it by customers in the Krobo area. Addressing the media on Sunday , the pressure group said Krobos cannot pay the said debt therefore in ...

To mark the centenary celebration of ICC worldwide, ICC Ghana is hosting a CEO’s Breakfast Meeting at Tang Palace Hotel on the 2nd of July 2019 to launch its activities for the year. The activities include an Africa Conference on International Arbitration, Africa Digital Trade Forum, stakeholder workshop on coping strategies for SME’s to Climate Change and a year long ...

The Marine Police Unit at the Tema Port has arrested five persons for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of 10 containers of canned tomato paste from the Tema Port on May 30, 2019 while transfering the consignment for gazetting and subsequent auctioning. The suspects — Messrs Alex Brako of Oslo Shipping; Alfred Frimpong, a Customs Preventive Officer; Daniel Agyapong, ...

The government has been admonished to swallow its pride and not to reject claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the One Village One dam policy has been a failure therefore must be improved on it. “NDC is not saying it is a bad thing. What they mean is that government should do it and do it better”, ...

Government will hold a stakeholders forum on tertiary education reforms in Accra this week at the University of Ghana, Legon. The forum is an initiative of the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Ministry of Information. A statement issued in Accra and signed by information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said government expects active participation from education stakeholders, civil society ...

The World Economic Forum estimates that mental illnesses will account for more than half of the economic burden of disease over the next two decades – more than cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases combined. In high-income countries, more than 35% of people with mental disorders receive no treatment. This rate can increase to 85% for those in low- and ...

Takoradi based Advocacy for Youth Group in conjunction with the Western Youth for Justice together with families of the three kidnapped girls have appealed to President Akufo Addo to as a matter of urgency dismiss CID Boss, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah for what the group describes as unprofessional, deceitful and misrepresentation of the kidnapping case. The group is ...

Government has rejected claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the One Village One dam policy has been a failure. The NDC has described the dams as dugouts and unfit for the purpose for which they were constructed. “It has now emerged that in place of the small-scale irrigation Dams the NPP promised the people, what they have ...