An Accra labour court yesterday fined the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) Gh¢1,000 for filing its defense late in the case involving the “unlawful dismissal” and assault of its Project Officer Mr Erasmus Kwaw. The trial judge, Lorenda Owusu, awarded the cost against the GOC after hearing submissions from the counsel of the plaintiff, Simon Animley. Mr Animley told the court [...] The post GOC

The Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has launched the first edition of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) U-20 athletics championships, slated to take place at the Cape Coast Stadium from June 20-25. Under the theme “Unity through sports,” the GAA is holding the event in partnership with Just Because Fitness. The 3-day competition which involves all 15 countries [...] The post GAA

The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) Youth Coordinator, Mr Emmanuel Olla Williams, has called on Ghanaians to be circumspect in dealing with the Commonwealth Games visa scandal. He said if sports was given a negative image, it could go a long way to discourage the youth from participating in it. He said sports has many advantages for the nation and the [...] The post Youth Coordinator

A ten-man Inter Allies side managed to snatch victory from the jaws of Techiman Eleven Wonders with a 1-0 win in their week eight Ghana Premier League (GPL) encounter at the Tema Stadium, yesterday. Abdul Hamzah fetched the vital goal in the 57th minute with a header from close range after a corner was deflected to his path. Allies’ defender [...] The post 10-man Inter Allies pip XI Wonders

Asante Kotoko came back from behind to share the points with visiting Berekum Chelsea after playing 1-1 in their week eight GPL clash at the Baba Yara stadium, yesterday. Chelsea went close to scoring in the 22nd minute with double strikes from Latif Salifu and Owusu Addae Frederick which were saved by keeper Felix Annan for Kotoko. On the 42nd [...] The post Kotoko, Chelsea draw …Karela

Ghanaian champions Aduana Stars qualified to reach the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup despite a 2-1 defeat to Madagascar’s Fosa Juniors in the playoffs second leg. Aduana qualified 7-3 on aggregate following their convincing 6-1 victory in the first leg 10 days ago. Nathaniel Asamoah scored in the 68th minute to end Fosa’s faint hopes of staging a [...] The post Aduana through

Avnash Industries Ghana Limited has launched its second brand of vegetable cooking oil with rich nutritional properties for healthy food in the northern region of Ghana.   The product, known as ‘Lafia’, is available in 25-litre jerricans only, and is suitable to offer best value to bulk oil users for cooking assorted food items.   A refined deodorised Palm oil fortified [...] The post Avnash

Mr Andreas Pistauer, Executive vice president for Siemens Power and Gas Africa says the company is committed to assisting Ghana in meeting its energy needs. To this end, he said the company was committed to investing over $200 million in Ghana’s energy sector. The investment he said would see the establishment of a combined cycle power plant with a capacity [...] The post Siemens

Cross sections of Ghanaians in Japan have appealed to government to accelerate implementation of policies to further improve the business environment.   They acknowledged the wind of change; however, they were not happy with what they called slow pace of reforms in key sectors and processes such as passport acquisition and clearance of goods at the ports among others.   [...] The post Ghanaians

The Council of State has given backing to measures taken by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to protect the interests of depositors. It asked that it continued to strengthen its regulation enforcement to ensure sanity in the banking sector. This was contained in a press release signed by the acting Secretary of the Council, Mrs Peace A. P. Okantey. It [...] The post Council

Director-General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Professor Victor Kwame Agyemang, has noted that inclusive development will promote transparency and accountability. He said it would also enhance team work through collaboration between government, civil society and the private sector. Prof Agyemang, who was speaking at a day’s workshop aimed at sharing knowledge on partnership arrangement for inclusive [...] The post ‘Inclusive

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Diamond Cement at Tema, to construct a port at Kedzi in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region.   Director General of GPHA, Mr Paul Asare Ansah, said that the initiative was part of government’s commitment to widening and strengthening the various sectors of the [...] The post GPHA signs

Economic activities in Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region is likely to be affected, following the closure of the steel bridge over the Lomeh Creck, linking Akuse and Asutsuare. The bridge was closed two months ago by the bridge maintenance unit of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) after the detecting that the over 60 year-old bridge, had become [...] The post Closure

The Vice Chancellor of Bradford University, Professor Brain Cantor says the University is ready to partner technical universities in Ghana to provide a cutting-edge education to Ghanaians. Professor Cantor said the partnered universities would have the opportunity to be part of a global technology network known as the World Technology University Network (WTUN). Professor Cantor was speaking in Accra on [...] The post Bradford

The Upper West Regional Education Director, Mr Evans Kpebah, has underlined the need to introduce children with special needs to Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills to avoid being left behind by globalisation. The situation where children in many of the special schools were lagging behind in terms of ICT training needed to change. Mr Kpebah was speaking at the launch [...] The post ‘Introduce

Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development has urged Ghanaians to stop the pretence that district level election is non-partisan and support the proposal for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to promote greater transparency and accountability. According to her, the election of MMDCEs is an international best practice to deepen local participation [...] The post ‘Partisan

The Omanhene of the Kadjebi Traditional Area, Nana Ogyeabour Akompi Finam II, has described as misplaced a recent protest against the creation of a new region from the Volta Region to be called Oti region. “I have in recent times heard and watched events with disdain purposed to derail steps following the acceptance and execution of an overdue request for [...] The post Akompi

Manufacturers and importers who fail to affix the new tax stamp stickers on products before making it available for sale will from today lose their products.   This is because the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has threatened that such products would be removed from various point of sales and confiscated.   The warning comes on the back of the Authority’s [...] The post GRA clamps

The health system must be strengthened in order to ensure quality health care toward achieving Universal Health Coverage. This is to ensure that underserved and vulnerable communities receive the best of care for which they are entitled to. The health system encompasses the organisation of personnel, institutions and availability of resources to deliver health care to meet the health needs [...] The post THE

Three more ex-ministers of the former Mahama-led administration yesterday reported to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, to answer questions on allegations of receipt of double salaries while in office. They are Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, former Minster of Transport, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South, Mr Rahid Pelpuo, MP for Wa Central and former [...] The post 3