Protesting staff of the New Times Corporation are expected to end their strike immediately after protests begun earlier this week. This follows a meeting on Friday between the Board of Directors, Management of the New Times Corporation and the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union, which represented the workers. Workers of New Times Corporation, responsible for the circulation ...

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has cautioned the public against doing business with Gold Star Airline and Global Ghana Airlines. According to the Authority, the two were found to be misleading the public that they operate flights from Accra to other parts of the world. A statement from the GCAA, signed by its Director-General, ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwabre East Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Francisca Oteng Mensah, is advocating the introduction of orthodox pregnancy prevention measures to deal with the increasing rate of teenage pregnancy in the country. According to Francisca Oteng Mensah, Ghana’s youngest legislator who was elected in 2016, this will ensure that teenage girls, ...

Black Stars B midfielder, Emmanuel Lomotey, is very determined to win the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations with the team in Sunday’s final against Nigeria. The player was the Man Of The Match against Niger in the semi-finals on Thursday as he assisted Stephen Sarfo’s close range finish in the 79th minute to help Ghana ...

The Deputy Minister of Roads and Transport, Anthony Karbo, has revealed that the previous administration secured over GHC 1.5 billion loan from UBA to pay road contractors. According to Mr. Karbo, the previous administration’s decision to secure this loan, has led to releases to the Road Fund being hijacked by UBA. “Last year [2016], the ...

Hundreds of workers are expected to gather at the Burma Camp Leisure Centre in Accra tomorrow [Saturday], for undoubtedly Ghana’s biggest corporate sporting event dubbed “Citi Business Olympics.” The event powered by Citi FM, will see about 50 companies compete in different sporting disciplines for trophies and bragging rights.               ...

A couple had sex against the counter of a pizza delivery shop as staff worked in its kitchen, a court has heard. Daniella Hirst, 29, and Craig Smith, 31, were captured on CCTV in the Domino’s shop in Scarborough in February. Hirst, of Bridlington, pleaded guilty to outraging public decency and Smith, of Bridlington, was ...

The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has expressed government’s readiness to lift the curfew imposed on Bimbilla in the Northern Region if peace in the area prevails. He said his outfit is constantly monitoring the situation in the area to review the curfew situation there. Bimbilla has been under curfew for over 10 years ...

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), is set to finalize modalities that will see to the review of the party’s biometric register. The party at its Unity Walk on Thursday announced that it will scrap its biometric register to pave way for re-registration. This was part of the many ...

PM Theresa May has said there should be a two-year transition period after Brexit, during which trade should continue on current terms. EU migrants will still be able to live and work in the UK but they will have register with the authorities, under her proposals. And the UK will pay into the EU budget ...

Airtel Ghana, award winner for Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative’ at the 2017 African Carrier Awards has affirmed its commitment to the La Wireless Cluster of Schools, a member of its School Adoption Program, by donating educational materials to support the school during the current academic year. The educational materials donated included school bags, exercise ...

Analysts in the oil and gas sector are anticipating a judgement in favour of Ghana at the landmark case involving Ghana and Ivory Coast at the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The Special Chamber of ITLOS is expected to deliver its ruling on the three-year dispute between the two countries. Ghana, ...

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), will soon embark on a nationwide exercise to register new members. This is after the Trade Union Congress (TUC) today [Friday], issued a unionized certificate to the GJA, 60 years after the association was formed. Speaking at a ceremony to receive the certificate, the GJA President, Affail Money, said the Association would use ...

The Deputy Minister for Roads and Transport, Anthony Karbo, has attributed government’s inability to fix some roads including the Tema Motorway to lack of funds. There have been several calls on government to complete the interchange and fix other portions of the Tema Motorway which many motorists say is in a deplorable state. Speaking on ...

The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is fully committed to the successful implementation of the Free SHS policy. According to him, the government has put in enough effort to make sure that the program reaches the targeted Ghanaians by ensuring that every qualified Junior High School ...

President Akufo-Addo’s address at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly meeting on Saturday may not be as exceptional as those praising it believe. According to the former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, former president, John Mahama’s address at the 2014 UN General Assembly meeting in New York is by far the best by any ...

The Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has said his outfit is taking steps to retrieve an amount of GHc6.3 million from RLG Communications Limited after the company failed to produce 12,733 laptops for the state. RLG in 2010 won a contract from government to procure 103,181 laptops for the state and ...

The Queenmother of the Nkonya Traditional area in the Volta Region, Mamaga Otubea, has expressed worry about the Volta Regional House of Chiefs’ approach in handling the protracted conflict between Nkonya and Alavanyo. Mamaga Otubea said although other stakeholders including the Regional Minister and other members of the Security Council have actively participated in the peace-building ...

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), has begun investigations into the award of procurement and usage of information technology (IT)-related projects of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), from 2014 to the early part of 2017. This follows the interdiction of the GPHA’s IT Manager, Mr. David Boison, who is said to have ...

Young Educators Foundation, the Non-governmental Organisation responsible for The Spelling Bee, Ghana, yesterday [Tuesday] launched the 11th  edition of the annual competition. The theme for this year’s Bee is ‘The relevance of the mother tongue in literacy’. The event, which took place at the Osu Presbyterian Church Hall, brought together different people from all walks ...