Tag: April 20
Commodity Markets Outlook: April 2021
Path of commodity prices depends on pace of recovery and containment of COVID-19
Commodity prices continued their recovery in the first quarter of 2021 and...
WB Financing for COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Reaches US$2 Billion
Financing for the poorest countries is on grant or highly concessional terms
The World Bank announced today that it has reached $2 billion in...
Court orders arrest of four for failing to appear before it
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of four accused persons for failing to appear before it.
The Court, presided over by Mr Emmanuel...
‘Pokuase BSP tie-in to transmission line will result in power cuts in Accra’
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) will, from May 10, 2021, begin the tie-in of the 330 kilovolt Aboadze-Volta Transmission Line to the Pokuase Bulk...
Nigerian police rescue 4 kidnapped victims in southern state
Nigerian police had rescued four kidnapped victims in the country's southern state of Delta, authorities said on Tuesday.
The victims were rescued following tip-off that...
Court orders arrest of four for failing to appear before it
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of four accused persons for failing to appear before it.
The Court, presided over by Mr Emmanuel...
Unemployed jailed 10 years for defilement
The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 22-year-old unemployed to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 14-year old girl.
Isaac Barnford...
YEFL-Ghana holds GAME Finals for children
An inclusive sports (boys and girls playing together) event has been held for selected children from communities in the Sagnarigu Municipality to play and...
Tema youth initiates ‘Sunday football talent exhibition’
The youth of Tema Community Two have initiated Sunday Football Talent Exhibition to showcase their skills on the field of play every Sunday.
The Tema...
Ramadan affects patronage of food vendors at Tema
Some Food Vendors at Tema Community One have expressed concern about low sales since this year’s Ramadan commenced.
These vendors, located in Site Two and...
‘SSNIT is the lawful owner of Sempe Stool Lands’
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has urged the public to disregard claims by the Ghana National Association of Garages (GNAG) that...
Construction of Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam to start this year – VRA
Mr Emmanuel Dankwa Osafo, the Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Engineering and Operations of the Volta River Authority (VRA), says actual construction work...
We are preparing for the rains – AMA
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says it is putting measures in place in anticipation of the rainy season to avert the perennial flooding in...
Businesses urged to embrace digital media for improved productivity
Ghanaian Business Owners and Entrepreneurs have been advised to embrace and employ digital media to increase productivity and increase market avenues for their products...
Ghana Muslim Mission calls on Vice President
The National Executive Council of the Ghana Muslim Mission (GMM) has paid a courtesy call on Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia at the...
Government not against regulated small scale mining in Ghana
Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, says the Government is not against sanitized and regulated Small Scale Mining in Ghana.
This,...
Works and Housing Minister inaugurates Advisory Board and committees
Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye, the Minister of Works and Housing, Tuesday inaugurated a Ministerial Advisory Board, Audit and Entity Tender committees to execute specific tasks...
Galamsey activities real danger to Ghana’s water bodies – Ben Ampomah
The Water Resources Commission has uncovered the shocking effects of illegal and unregulated mining activities on the country's water bodies.
He said such unregulated mining...
AI Ghana unveils project to end school-based sexual abuse
Amnesty International Ghana, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES), has launched a project aimed at ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in...
Public urged to report illegal migrants to police
The Deputy Superintendent of Police Mr Andreas Korjo Mifetu, the Ada District Police Commander, has called on the public to report illegal activities by...
Tema-Meridian Rotary Club donates to Ashaiman PWD
The Rotary Club of Tema Meridian, supported by the Rotary Club of Noble Park Dingley-Australia, has donated sewing machines to Persons With Disability (PWD)...
Tema East MP donates to Muslim Community
Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, the Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, has presented assorted items to the Muslim community as they observe the...
SMEs need advisory supports – Consultant
Implementing Partners under the Sustainable Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) programme have been advised to seek advisory supports in addition to commercial funding.
Professor Samuel...
Kpone-Katamanso MCE commissions Municipal factory inspectorate unit
Mr Solomon Tetteh Appiah, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA), has commissioned the Municipal Factory Inspection Unit at Kpone with a call...
Kasoa Murder: Court orders police to ascertain suspect’s age
The Ofaakor District Court on Tuesday ordered the police to establish the age of one of the teenagers held over the murder of 10-year-old...
TDC: Sentuo refinery land not wetland
The TDC Development Company on Tuesday said the land earmarked for the proposed construction of an oil refinery by Sentuo in Tema is not...
GJA extends date for filing of nomination
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Tuesday extended the date to May 4, 2021, for the filing of nomination by candidates for the national...
USAID funded Justice Sector Support Activity to embark on grand sensitisation
The implementing partners of the USAID funded Justice Sector Support Activity will soon roll out a robust media education and sensitisation programme.
This is...
Tema Tank Farm MD appeals to government to fix TOR-Kpone road
Mr Bartholomew Darko, Managing Director of the Tema Tank Farm Limited, a petroleum storage management company, has called on the government to fix the...
Israeli Embassy, others mark Earth Day with tree planting
The Embassy of Israel, in collaboration with the Ghana Garden and Flower Movement, and the Department of Parks and Gardens, Tuesday marked the...