FRANCE’S coach will have a subway train station named after him to celebrate his World Cup win and poet Victor Hugo will have to share his memorial slot on Paris’s transport map with the team’s goalkeeper and captain. As “Les Bleus” headed home with the World Cup trophy on Monday, the French capital’s RATP transport authority said it was renaming [...] The post Paris
CRISTIANO Ronaldo says “age is not important” to him after signing for Juventus on a four-year deal at the age of 33. He signed for the Italian champions on July 10 for a fee understood to be £105m. It ends his nine-year stay at Real Madrid. Ronaldo, who requested the transfer from Real Madrid, confirmed Juventus’ reported £30m-a-year offer was [...] The post ‘Joining Juventus not
USAIN Bolt is set to take another step towards becoming a professional footballer by going on a six-week trial with Australian A-League side Central Coast Mariners. The former sprint king, who attended the World Cup final in Moscow on Sunday, has already had trials with Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund and Stromsgodset in Norway. His trial in Australia will start next [...] The post Bolt
The World Trade Centre (WTC) Accra in collaboration with the Zimbabwe High Commission in Ghana held a meeting with members of the African diplomatic corps in Ghana to discuss intra-Africa trade and investment and continental integration. The purpose of the meeting was to stress the importance of diplomatic involvement in promoting regional trade and to discuss how embassies can [...] The post WTC,
The Marketing Director of Tex Styles Company Ghana Limited (GTP), Reverend Stephen K. Badu has appealed to the government to expedite action on the introduction of tax stamp on textiles. Speaking in an interview with the Times Business in Accra yesterday, he said the introduction of tax stamp would ensure that manufacturers of prints and textiles paid the [...] The post Expedite
African government should begin to put strategies in place to adopt fifth generation (5G) telecommunication technology to drive their economies, Africa Regional Director of the International Communication Union (ITU), Andrew Rugege has said. He said some European countries had already deployed 5G technology and Africa should begin to do same. Mr Rugege made the appeal in Accra on Monday during [...] The post 5G
Mrs Manar Jazouli, a Moroccan investor on a visit to Ghana on Friday presented assorted items worth GH¢5,000 to Osu Children’s’ Home. The items included detergents, bags of rice, biscuits, beverages, toiletries and additional cash donation of GH¢2,000.00 Receiving the items, Madam Christiana Addo, the Home Manageress, thanked Mrs Jazouli, for her kind gesture in donating the assorted items to [...] The post Osu
SOUTH La Estates School has emerged winners of the third edition of the Accra Royale Junior Chamber International (JCI) inter-school reading contest, held over the weekend in Accra. They beat Kaajaano Presbyterian Primary School and Tenashie L/A Primary School with 518 points while Tenashie and Kaajaano bagged 325 and 218 respectively at the end of the competition. All 36 competitors [...] The post South
Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State for Tertiary Education, has said the introduction of the National Research and Innovation Fund (NRIF) was to augment the Book and Research Allowance to promote research and innovation in the country. He said NRIF Bill, currently before Parliament would focus on providing additional funds to support research, technology generation and innovation especially in tertiary and [...] The post NRIF
Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State for Tertiary Education, has said the introduction of the National Research and Innovation Fund (NRIF) was to augment the Book and Research Allowance to promote research and innovation in the country. He said NRIF Bill, currently before Parliament would focus on providing additional funds to support research, technology generation and innovation especially in tertiary and [...] The post NRIF
Students of Bukpurugu Senior High and Technical School in the Bukpurugu District of the Northern Region have their meals in the open due to the lack of a dining hall. Totalling about 1,000, they are crowded during mealtime at the school compound at the mercy of the sun and insects. They stand and eat as the dining tables are without [...] The post Bukpurugu Senior
The La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMMA) in the Greater Accra Region yesterday held a durbar to honour the West African Senior High School (WASS) and the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC) for their sterling performance at the just ended 2018 National Maths and Science Quiz competition. WASS the second placed school received GH5000 from the assembly. The Member of [...] The post LaNMMA
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