Ghana Rugby concludes ‘Get Into Rugby” (GIR) courses
Ghana Rugby concluded two World Rugby “Get Into Rugby” (GIR) Courses held in Accra and Cape Coast Ghana on November 20 and 21, 2019, respectively. The “Get Into Rugby” Programme is an introductory programme, developed by World Rugby to support its members in growing the Game of Rugby Union globally. The GIR Programme consists of […]
Impeachment inquiry: Trump ‘promoted discredited Ukraine theory’
US President Donald Trump disregarded senior advisers and pushed a false theory that Ukraine had meddled in the 2016 election, an ex-White House aide has told the impeachment inquiry. Fiona Hill said the president had instead listened to the views of his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Ms Hill called the claims about Ukraine a “fictional […]
UK’s Liberal Democrats launch election campaign with vow to stop Brexit
Campaigning for Britain’s Dec 12 general election is in full swing, and it’s hard to overlook the reason the snap vote was called in the first place: the nation’s ongoing struggle with how – and even if – it should leave the European Union. The Conservatives’ leader Boris Johnson has pledged to “get Brexit done”. […]
Petroleum Commission to establish Local Content Fund
Regulator of Ghana’s upstream Petroleum sector, Petroleum Commission is to set up a Local Content Fund by the first quarter of next year. The fund will provide concessionary loans to local oil and gas companies to accelerate the country’s local content drive. Ghana’ local content Regulations, LI 2204, passed in 2013, seeks to promote the […]
Botswana Rugby Men’s team in to play Ghana
The Botswana National Men’s 15s Team, the Botswana Vultures, arrived in Ghana and was whisked off to Cape Coast for final preparations for a crucial Rugby Africa Cup (RAC) against the Ghana National Men’s 15s team, the Ghana Eagles. The match has been dubbed the “Battle Of The Birds Of Prey” due to the respective […]
Government to review Oil and Gas Local Content Laws
Government is to present proposed amendments of the country’s Oil and Gas Local Content laws to parliament next year. The changes seek to make it easier for International Oil Companies to enter Joint Ventureships with local indigenous companies hustle – free. Local Content Regulations LI 2204 stipulates than a foreign oil company offers 10 percent […]
Trump hosting lunch with Romney, Collins — who declined to condemn House impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump invited Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, and others to lunch at the White House on Thursday — breaking bread with Republicans who could go against him in a Senate impeachment trial. Romney and Collins are two of only three Senate Republicans who declined to sign on as co-sponsors to […]
President Akufo-Addo pushes Ghana Cocoa in Germany
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his determination to ensure cocoa farmers get value for money for what they produce is on course. “Ghana has instituted a strategic partnership with President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire to develop our cocoa industry,” he said. Adding that: “The joint effort would bring joy to the poor […]
HSGF leader, Papavi ‘at large’
Eleven secessionists whose leader declared independence of a so-called Western Togoland in Ho last Saturday have been arrested in the Volta Regional capital. Five of them have already appeared in a Ho Circuit Court and are now on remand. Their arrest by Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security operatives followed an unannounced hunt […]
Ghana is working hard to protect children – Foreign Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has told the global community that Ghana is taking pragmatic steps to ensure the protection of all its children. Madam Ayorkor Botchwey made the disclosure when she addressed a High-Level Conference to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child […]
