Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has expressed interest in moving upstream to become a major player in the exploration and production business. Its Board Chairman, Kwamena Bartels, told shareholders at their 49th Annual General Meeting that the company intends to partner an international player with proven technical competence to operate...
For the first time in the history of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), which is held annually in the American city of Houston, Ghana will have a Pavilion at the April 30 to May 3, 2018 event. This is according to the Commercial Section of the United States Embassy in...
President Akufo-Addo has appointed Ms.Jane Cynthia Naa Korshie Lamptey as the Deputy Special Prosecutor. She was a former acting Director of Public Prosecution and has been a lawyer for more than 30 years. Speaker of Parliament, Mike Oquaye disclosed this following an emergency recall of Parliament in Accra on Thursday, to...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) methods which are depleting fish stock must not be allowed to continue in the country. “Our beautiful coastal wetlands are threatened by high volumes of plastic and metal waste that choke breeding habitats for fish...
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has confirmed it has been served with a writ of summons by the BXC Consortium. As the matter is now before the High Court in Accra, MiDA does not wish to prejudice the ongoing court proceedings and will therefore not make any comments on the...
Minister of Works and Housing Samuel Atta Akyea, has said the lack of feasibility analysis can be blamed for poor job than by contractors and the huge infrastructural deficit, especially in the housing sector in the country. According to Mr. Atta Akyea, the country’s infrastructural deficit will keep increasing, if...
The leadership of Parliament have given their blessings for full scale investigations into the alleged double-salary payments made to former Members of Parliament (MPs) who also served as Ministers of State under the John Mahama-led administration. Parliament, in a statement issued on April 18, 2018 and signed by its Acting...
Kicks out BXC before announcing winning bid Meralco emerges sole contender and adjudged winner Contrary to claims by the Millennium Development Authority’s (MIDA) that the two companies which bid for the ECG concession were both evaluated on their merits, it has emerged that one of the finalists - BXC...
Even though Meralco Consortium led by the Manila Electricity Company of the Philippines has been selected by the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) to manage the state-owned power provider, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), under the Power Compact II agreement, it has emerged that the government of Ghana reserves the...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have cautioned manufacturers and importers of food, drug, and cosmetics that the distribution of products not labelled in English contravenes Section 4 Subsection 3 of the Ghana Standards Board (Food, Drugs and Other Goods) General Labelling Rules, 1992 L.I 1541. In a statement issued...