Motorists using the main Ashaley Botwe-School Junction road that links the densely populated suburb to the rest of the city have expressed worry over what they described as ‘killer potholes’ which have developed along the entire stretch. The deep holes, which start from the 3rd Gate Junction, go all the...
The ECOWAS Commission has signed a trade and investment cooperation agreement with the Republic of Turkey as part of efforts to deepen economic cooperation between members of the Sub-regional body and Turkey. Signing the ‘Turkey-ECOWAS Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement’, is seen as a principal step toward institutionalising relations between...
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) has rejected moves by mining giant AngloGold Ashanti to move from owner mining to contract mining, a trend the union is already battling Goldfields Limited over in the law courts. The union, in a press statement, called on Parliament to not ratify the Development Agreement...
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has ordered the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the OPEC Fund to open their defence within nine days in the suit brought against them by Quantum Oil Terminals. The court last Friday ruled that IFC and OPEC Fund could no longer commence...
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, left Ghana for a 10-day visit to Togo, the United States of America, and Germany. This is according to statement from the Communication Directorate at the Presidency. In Togo, the President will resume the mediation efforts which begun on 19th February, 2018, with...
Park Agrotech Ghana Limited has launched a high-potency poultry feed range, ‘Lay More’, onto the market to help farmers increase poultry yield. “Today we have launched the ‘Lay More’ range of poultry feed for layer birds. There are five different grades of feed which have been launched, each for a...
The tourism sector within the Northern Region generated about GH¢647,147 in revenue from tourist visits as at the end of the third quarter of 2017, statistics from the Northern Regional office of the Ghana Tourism Authority show. Out of the amount, the Mole National park generated the highest - GH¢619,731.55...
An Accra High Court, Financial and Economic Division has convicted a former National Coordinator of the defunct Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) Mr. Abuga Pele and Mr. Philip Akpeena Assibit, a representative of the Goodwill International Group (GIG) to 6 and 12 years imprisonment respectively, after...
Government is engaged in necessary stakeholder consultations to equip universities to tackle expected increase in the number of tertiary students in the next three years, as a result of its flagship Free Senior High School Programme, Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku-Prempeh has assured. “We are committed to ensuring that all...
Parliament has approved a tax exemption amounting to US$48m for the procurement of equipment and materials for the design and construction of an 84.8km multi-modal railway line including railway stations between Tema and Akosombo and the design and construction of railway heads at Tema and Akosombo. According to the report...