President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that better roads should be the catalyst for national development and not an instrument of death and pain, cautioning motorists to be extra careful and disciplined on the highways and resist the temptation of over-speeding. He said it is time accidents in the...
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has finally resolved its long-standing battle with pensioners over disagreements on Past Credit owed the latter ever since the three-tier Pension Scheme Act 766 was implemented. A press release from SSNIT stated that it has released GH¢59,612,321 which hit the accounts of...
Drugs at risk of expiration before clearance Prices could go up Essential drugs meant for the treatment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are locked up at the ports, awaiting clearance, due to the challenges faced at the ports by the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), designed...
To promote transparency and reduce all corruption risks associated with the awarding of mining licenses and permits, face-to-face processing must be replaced with digitisation, a new report by Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International, has recommended. Titled ‘Corruption Risk Assessment Report on Mineral Mining Licensing in...
Conventionally, we are mostly used to seeing men and even women argue and become rivals in sports in driving the enthusiasm with regards to football especially. In response to COVID-19, the utmost number one sport rivalry group in Ghana, EurorivalsGH, which promotes sports and supporting the needy in the country,...
Approximately three months ago, Ford agreed to pay millions to owners of Focus and Fiesta vehicles equipped with the PowerShift automatic transmission. The automaker will have to purchase back defective cars for as much as $22,000 a piece, which could end up costing “potentially $500 million," according to a...
In the past few weeks, we have been big on green buildings and a green environment and feedback from you has been great. A few however think investing in landscaping can hit the pocket. Well it doesn’t have to be so at all. Here are few ideas to green...
OCP Africa Ghana, a subsidiary of OCP Group, has donated GH¢280,000 to the COVID-19 Public Trust Fund. The donation will contribute to Ghana’s COVID-19 response by enabling the government to continue to support frontline workers and volunteers engaged in fighting the pandemic, as well as vulnerable people who have been...
Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Sunyani, Owusu-Banahene Justina, has affirmed that the  disinfection exercise of the Sunyani Military Barracks (3 Battalion) will spur military personnel on to continue to support the government's fight against COVID-19. She made the remarks at the launch of the   disinfection of military facilities in the...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its financial outlook for the global air transport industry showing that airlines are expected to lose US$84.3 billion in 2020 for a net profit margin of -20.1%. Revenues will fall 50% to US$419 billion from US$838 billion in 2019. In 2021, losses...