Neoplan halts planned shutdown after government’s intervention
The Management of Neoplan Ghana Limited has halted plans to shut down its facility on Friday, January 31, 2020. This follows a meeting with the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Tuesday (January 28) to help resolve the challenges facing the company. According to the Managing Director of the company, George Nassar, the Minister of […]
Pablo Mari joins Arsenal on loan from Flamengo
Spanish defender Pablo Mari is set to join Arsenal on loan until the end of the season. The 26 year-old joins Arsenal from Brazilian side Flamengo, where he helped the Rio de Janeiro based team win the Brazilian Serie A title and the Copa Libertadores last year. Mari made 22 appearances for Flamengo after joining […]
Two groups question government over seized galamsey excavators
Two groups are questioning government over seized Galamsey excavators that have disappeared from the premises of the assemblies where they were being kept. The two, Media Coalition Against Galamsey and OccupyGhana, say they are “disappointed and saddened by the revelation by the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Frimpong Boateng that hundreds of […]
Historic Visit Of Overlord Of Dagbon To Jubilee House
HISTORIC VISIT OF THE KING OF DAGBON TO THE JUBILEE HOUSE The richness of culture, when allowed to be portrayed in an atmosphere of peace, is glamorously unveiled to show that peace is a virtue that cannot be toyed with since without it nothing good or beautiful can be promoted in society. What this implies […]
B5 Plus, DPS Int’l mark India’s 71st Republic Day
Steel and iron manufacturing magnate, B5 Plus Company Limited and Delhi Private School (DPS) International have joined the Indian community in Ghana to celebrate the 71st Indian Republic Day. In India, Republic Day is a national holiday. The Day marks the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on January 26, 1950. […]
Achimota School takeover – Management wants GES to follow due process
The Management and staff of Achimota Preparatory School has asked the Ghana Education Service (GES) to make its intentions clear “if it intends to take over the school.” It said GES as a government agency seeking to take over the Achimota Preparatory and Junior High School should not hide behind “restructuring the school” as its […]
Airlines stop China flights as businesses hit by coronavirus outbreak
A growing list of major airlines are canceling flights to and from China as part of efforts to stop the global spread of the coronavirus outbreak. British Airways said on Wednesday it would no longer fly to or from China, joining others who have either reduced flights or stopped routes entirely. Hong Kong airline Cathay […]
E-learning programme for SHS students begins
The African Business Centre for Developing Education (ABCDE), in partnership with Vivo Energy Ghana, has commenced a nationwide electronic learning (e-learning) programme aimed at encouraging students in second cycle institutions to explore e-learning options to augment the traditional classroom and textbook learning. The initiative would see about 500,000 Senior High School (SHS) students across the […]
First Lady inaugurates refurbished Usher Polyclinic
GCB Bank and the Rebecca foundation have refurbished the Usher Polyclinic. The old structure which leaks heavily when its rains was becoming a death trap instead of a place for HealthCare. Washrooms were inadequate resulting in serious sanitation problem for staff and patients. Speaking at the handing over of the refurbished facility, the First Lady […]
Man, 52, jailed 12 years for defiling 3-year-old girl
A 52-year-old unemployed, who defiled a three-year-old girl at Apatrapa New Site, near Kumasi, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court. Owusu Sebi pleaded not guilty to the offence but was found guilty after trial by the Court, presided over by Comfort Tasiame. Police Chief Inspector Mercy Quaye, prosecuting, told […]