France launches initiative for Ghanaian entrepreneurs
A space to highlight projects and initiatives for sustainable cities and regions dubbed “the City of Solutions’’, which is a model city that will bring together economic stakeholders, civil society and public authorities that want to get involved with and invest in the sustainable cities and regions of the future is being convened at the […]
Chinese fishing trawler fails to pay $1m fine
Gyinam Fisheries Limited of Tema has failed to pay the US$1 million penalty imposed on it by the government following the arrest of one of the company’s vessels earlier last year for illegally fishing in Ghanaian waters. The penalty and an additional fine of GH¢ 124,000, was due to be paid by November 8, 2019, […]
Pedestrians refuse to use footbridges on Madina-Adenta stretch
Several months after the footbridges on the Madina-Adentan stretch were commissioned for use, it appears some recalcitrant pedestrians are still not using them. Checks by Radio Ghana indicate that the footbridges at the Firestone and Madina Zongo Junction have been completed, but only a handful of pedestrians use them. While the Redco Junction footbridge is […]
Develop policies to attract students to sciences – VC of Sunyani Technical University
The Vice-Chancellor of the Sunyani Technical University (STU), Professor Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah, has appealed to the government to develop a deliberate policy that prepares students at the basic level to take up science, technology and engineering programmes at the tertiary level. He contended that if the students entered tertiary institutions with qualifications that did not allow […]
Population and Housing Census will go ahead this year -GSS
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), says it will conduct the Population and Housing Census this year although it is likely to be delayed by a couple of months. The Census was originally scheduled for March 2020. “This change in date is being anticipated following observations from the completed field census mapping exercise, which has engendered […]
HRAC organises workshop on promoting mental health
Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC), a non-profit organisation dedicated to promotion and protection of human rights has organised a day’s workshop to promote quality access to mental healthcare and rights of persons with mental disabilities. The participants, including; advocacy groups in the Jasikan District of the Oti Region, pupils and students were taken through how […]
