Farmers in the affected communities of the proposed Newmont Ghana Ahafo North project have expressed worry about what they describe as “machinations” by the mining company in the pre-production compensation procedures to cheat them.
The farmers claim Newmont is scheming to shortchange them by adopting exploitive steps of negotiation, therefore...
Background
The excess demand for the US dollar over supply remains inevitable, even in times of COVID-19 where rate of imports has declined. One of the recent Forex Forward Rates (FFR) auction in 2020 registered about 62.62% of banks’ excess bid over the accepted amount with a bid cover ratio...
…World Bank calls for policy reforms to maximise gains
A new report by the World Bank has revealed that the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has the potential to lift about 100 million people from poverty if countries commit to the agreement and put in the...
As part of measures to increase security in the country, the Ministry of Interior has directed that all Members of Parliament (MP) be assigned police bodyguards.
According to the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, who briefed the media in Parliament, Tuesday, October 13, some 200 police personnel have been deployed to...
… as MTN withdraws Supreme Court case
The National Communications Authority (NCA) is to roll out its Significant Market Power (SMP) guidelines for telecommunication companies in the country following Scancom Plc. (MTN Ghana)’s withdrawal of an application filed at the Supreme Court to review a judgement declaring the company...
Academic City College, Ghana’s premium STEAM tertiary institution has presented a full scholarship to Mr. Daniel Kekeli Gakpetor, a student of the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, Legon and winner of the 2020 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ).
The Academic City Presidential Scholarship Award worth US$ 40,000 is awarded...
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) is optimistic its newly inaugurated Energy Laboratory system set up to monitor operations of electric utility companies will reduce consumer complaints by about 50 percent.
According to the PURC, the lab will enable it to improve its monitoring of quality of service and also...
… Health, education and religious bodies worst culprits
Out of 6,000 private and public businesses registered at the Registrar Generals’ Department, only 2,000 have registered with the Data Protection Commission (DPC), which means more than 65 percent of business in the country are not data protection compliant.
The act sets out...
...says delays deny state of much-needed revenue
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has urged government to review exploration contracts of companies that have failed to invest in their oil blocks.
In all, about 12 oil agreements, awarded prior to 2016, are said to be idle. The delay in exploring...