Police Management Board, EC commiserate with Rawlings
The Police Management Board led by Inspector General of Police, Mr James Oppong Boanuh, has commiserated with former President Jerry John Rawlings and his family on the loss of Madam Victoria Agbotui, mother of the former President. A statement issued by Mr Kobina Andoh Amoakwa, the Communications Director, Office of former President Rawlings, said the […]
Lebanese veteran politician Saad al-Hariri named prime minister for a fourth time
Lebanese veteran politician Saad al-Hariri was named prime minister for a fourth time on Thursday and pledged to form a new government to tackle the country’s worst crisis since its 1975-1990 civil war. After his nomination, Hariri said he would quickly form a cabinet of specialists to bring in economic and financial reforms set out […]
Come clear on contract with Frontier company to test for COVID-19 at Kotoka International Airport- Minority to govt
The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns about what it says is the intensive exploitation of COVID-19 through screening of people arriving in the country. Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, wants government to come clear on the procedures and processes that led to the award of contract to Frontier Healthcare Services Limited to test passengers arriving […]
New antimicrobial molecules engineered from wasp venom
Overuse of antibiotics over decades has resulted in a hoard of antibiotic-resistant bacteria; these could be responsible for up to 10 million deaths a year by 2050 if left without intervention. As part of the desperate search for new drugs and treatments, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), US, have studied wasp venom – […]
Seven communities in Adansi North to be connected to the national electricity grid
Seven communities in the Adansi North District will soon be connected to the national electricity grid. The project is part of the $ 103 million rural electrification project which is being undertaken by the government under the China International Water and Electric Corporation Project. Mr William Owuraku Aidoo, Deputy Minister of Energy, who launched the […]
Accra: AMA outdoors Climate Action Plan; outlines measures to greenhouse gas emissions
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has out doored the city’s first Climate Action Plan (CAP), a blueprint to mitigate the impacts of climate change on its people. The five-year Plan is second to be launched on the African continent and compatible with the United Nations 2015 Paris Agreement prioritises actions on solid waste and wastewater; […]
Three in critical condition after head-on collision on GIMPA bypass
Three people are said to be in critical condition after a head-on collision between a Toyota Tundra pickup truck and a motorcycle occurred on the GIMPA bypass road in Accra. According to eyewitnesses who spoke to GBC’s Radio Ghana on condition of anonymity, the driver of the Tundra was trying to make a U-turn whiles […]
President Akufo-Addo commissions 64km Kete Krachi-Dodiokope road; inspects 15km Kete Krachi Town Roads
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, 22nd October 2020, commissioned the sixty-four-kilometre (64km) Kete Krachi – Dodiokope Road Project, in the newly created Oti Region. This project was undertaken in three (3) phases by Messrs First Sky Limited, at a total cost of GH¢156 million, and was funded by COCOBOD, […]
Minority Caucus of Parliament raise alarm over COVID-19 insurance premium payment to Enterprise Life
The Minority Caucus of Parliament led by Haruna Iddrisu has raised an alarm over what they called a “conflict of interest ” involving the Finance Minister as Gov’t doles out over GHc10M of COVID-19 cash to Enterprise Life as insurance premium for Frontline health workers. Addressing Journalists in Parliament, Mr. Iddrisu said, Government has engaged […]
Farmers cautioned against false rice
The Builsa South District Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Mr Sylvan Dauda Danaa has cautioned farmers against wild or false rice which mimic actual rice crops on farms and affect production. He said, “Wild rice now is spreading very quickly, even other alien weeds have come up and as a result […]
