US Ambassador to Ghana calls on Council of State
The United States of America Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on the members of the Council of State in Accra. The visit afforded the Ambassador the opportunity to familiarise herself with the operations of the Council, establish a relationship and explore avenues for partnerships. The meeting, which was […]
Gov’t to scale up Alternative Livelihood Program to cover more districts
Government is to scale up the Alternative Livelihood Programme (ALP) to cover illegal miners in 14 districts in the four Regions of the North and three districts of the Eastern Region. A total of 1,400 beneficiaries are being assessed for the selection in the scale up program. MThe Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, […]
Political Parties asked to fund ROPAA implementation
Head, Planning, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, ECOWAS Gender Development Centre, Dr. Awudu Ahmed Gumah, on Tuesday postulated that Political Parties should fund the implementation of external voting for Ghanaians abroad. “We vote for Political Parties to come to power, you see the kind of lifestyle they live in, so the Electoral Commission should task the […]
President Akufo-Addo petitioned over contracts awarded to Adjaye & Associates
A Ghanaian Architectural firm, Design Associates Development Consortium, has petitioned President Akufo-Addo, over possible bias in the award of 12 state projects to David Adjaye & Associates. The architectural firm run by Sir David Adjaye has already courted controversy because of its work on the National Cathedral and the new Parliament complex. Design Associates argue […]
Forum of Heads of Girl’s SHS holds 2019 Summer Camp
Forum of Heads of Girl’s Senior High Schools (FOHGSHS) has held a summer camp to unlock the potentials of girls to take their rightful place in society even in the face of modern complex challenges. The forum, which is on the theme, “The Free Senior High School Policy and the Education of the Girl Child,” […]
Calm returns to Awaso – GIADEC CEO engages GBC management, stakeholders
Officials from the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation – GIADEC – and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources have paid a working visit to the Ghana Bauxite Company Limited, barely a month after violent protests by some workers of the company. The protesters in their demand for an increase in wages torched a bungalow, […]
Ghana Embassy hosts Chongqing students
The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana in Beijing played host to a group of 40 Chinese students from the Chongqing City of the People’s Republic of China. The visit on on Friday July 12, which was in line with the Embassy’s engagements to promote people to people exchanges between Ghana and China was organised […]
Woes of the Special Prosecutor; Challenges confronting Martin Amidu
NEWS COMMENTARY ON THE CHALLENGES CONFRONTING MARTIN AMIDU IN HIS OFFICE AS SPECIAL PROSECUTOR. The Special Prosecutor Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu seems to have disappointed a lot of his admirers and for that matter people who had so much confidence in him and therefore recommended his appointment to the high office of Ghana’s first […]
French minister resigns after lobster dinner scandal
French President Emmanuel Macron picked transport minister Elisabeth Borne as new ecology minister to replace Francois de Rugy, who was forced to step down after a spending scandal. In a statement released by his office late on Tuesday, Macron accepted de Rugy’s resignation “following his request” and had appointed Elisabeth Borne to take in charge […]
Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit unveiled for public display
The space suit worn by Neil Armstrong on his iconic mission to the Moon went on public display at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum on Tuesday. July 16 was significant in the museum’s calendar as it marked exactly 50 years since Apollo 11 launched on its trip to the moon. The spacesuit was unveiled […]
