The Government Technical Training Centre (GTTC), is calling on the Ministry of Finance to expedite clearance processes to enable the centre employ 22 additional staff to address its current human resource challenge.   Mr. Constant Tsedzah, Principal of GTTC, said the current staff strength of 28, both technical and administrative, was an impediment to the centre’s strategic plan to acquire [...] The post Give

The head of programmes of Civic Response (CR), Mr. Albert Katako, has called on Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission to ensure that all forestry agencies in the country obtain the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licence. According to him this would minimise illegal logging of timber and tighten the weak forest law to improve the governance [...] The post Forest

A total of 300 police officers drawn from the Greater Accra Region are undergoing a Child Friendly Policing (CFP) training. The training forms part of efforts in building the capacity of officers to enable them defend, protect and enforce the rights of children in the country. The exercise which is the second phase of the training began with the first [...] The post 300

 The government will partner with well-intentioned private business men and women for the economic and social transformation of Ghana, President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated. He said the rationale behind the policy of 1 District 1 Factory was to encourage and support the private sector to play its expected role in the establishment of businesses and ventures aimed at creating [...] The post President

Ghanaian heavyweights, Asante Kotoko and Ashantigold will lock horns on December 20, 2018, at the Baba Yara Stadium in the maiden edition of the John Agyekum Kufuor Cup match. The match is part of celebrations to mark the 80th birthday of the former President, John Agyekum Kufuor. The charity match, organized by Primeval Media under the JAK Foundation, look to [...] The post Kotoko, Ashgold for JAK Cup

Black Maidens captain and the eventual golden boot winner, Mukarama Abdulai, has opened up about how she was overwhelmed with emotions and burst into tears even before the decisive penalty shootout. The lottery of the penalty shootout is something most football teams love to avoid, and the desire is especially intensified when the said team has dominated the particular match [...] The post I

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS) in collaboration with the America College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), has ended a four day lectures and workshop on Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation medicine in Accra. The workshop marked the first International Team Physician Course (ITPC), to be held in the Sub-Saharan region with about 50 participants from within and outside the country. [...] The post Maiden

Golden Putters have climbed to the top of the ongoing Coca-Cola clubs mini golf competition which entered the third week over the weekend at the Ridge Sports City in Accra. Golden Putters were splendid on the day as they dethroned Power Club with a 12 point lead at the top. The Club garnered a total score of 792 to lead [...] The post Golden Putters overtake Power Club in minigolf

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chief Executives Network Ghana Limited (CENGL), Ernest De-Graft Egyir has called for the development a ten-year master plan to help stimulate the growth of the Small and Medium-Scale (SME) sector. Speaking at the 2nd Ghana SME and Young CEOs Summit in Accra, he said the development of the master plan had become necessary [...] The post Ghana

The Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank, Dr. John Kofi Mensah has been awarded the Business Growth Achievements award at the second Ghana SMEs and Young CEOs Summit in Accra. The award was given by the Chief Executives Network Ghana Limited at the second edition of the Ghana SME & Young CEOs Summit & Expo at the Kempinski Hotel [...] The post ADB Managing Director wins award

BARCLAYS Bank logos in Ghana will give way to the Absa insignia in June 2020. The Absa Group is taking the proud 100-year heritage that Barclays has established in Africa to build on it and find solutions to uniquely local challenges. This was announced prior to the just-ended Highway Africa Conference held in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in South Africa. “The [...] The post Barclays

The Chief Executive Officer of AirtelTigo, the country’s second largest telecommunications network, Mrs. Mitwa Ng’ambi has announced that the company has  successfully completed its nationwide network integration and upgrades and is poised to offer better services to its customers. According to her, the success of the integration marked the beginning of a new lease of life for the company as [...] The post AirtelTigo

Contrary to reports yesterday that the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has been closed down, the school is open and examinations are ongoing. The Ghanaian Times, among other media houses, reported that the school had been closed down temporarily due to a demonstration by some students who were denied access to write the ongoing end of first semester examinations. The [...] The post Calm

Anglogold Ashanti has handed over to the Apitikooko community in Obuasi, a newly constructed 20-seater bio gas water closet toilet with ancillary facility at GH¢250,562.25. The mining firm also inaugurated four other projects totalling GH¢ 437,687.25. They are drilled and mechanised boreholes with concrete structure each at Dadwen, Obuasi Secondary Technical School, Anyimadukrom and Kwabrafoso. The Municipal Chief Executive of [...] The post Anglogold

The Chief Executive Officer of Bui Power Authority, Mr. Fred Oware has admonished operators in the logistics and haulage sub-sector to see government’s efforts at revamping the ailing railway sector as an opportunity to their business rather than a threat. According to him, even though an efficient rail system in the country could pose some threats to some aspects of [...] The post ‘Take

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana is advocating a review of the mandate of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to include tax mobilisation for the country.   Professor Felix Ankomah Asante, Director, ISSER, said the MMDAs were strategically placed to be the main agency for raising revenue for the state [...] The post Empower

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) yesterday presented a number of items to about 130 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), as part of the celebration of this year’s World Disability Day. The items included chest freezers, refrigerators, sewing machines, popcorn machines, educational support as well as cash amounts to serve as start up for their income generation activities. This year’s celebration was [...] The post AMA

The Open Dove Children’s Foundation (ODOCEF) in collaboration with Kids Rights, both non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has launched the Kids Peace Club in the Kpando, in the Volta Region. More than 12,500 school children marched for peace in various parts of the country to ensure successful elections in 2016, as part of Think Child Think Peace project. It was on this [...] The post Kids Peace

Mr Richard Adjatey, Headmaster of the Ahensan District Assembly Junior High School in the Sekyere East District, has stressed the need to strengthen stakeholder engagements to improve quality education delivery at the community levels. He said effective collaboration and cordial relationships between school authorities, parents, teachers, pupils and community members were critical to promoting teaching and learning as well as [...] The post ‘Effective

All is set for the Chinese government to build a language library at the New Oxford International School, to teach the Chinese language on a non-scoring basis at basic schools in the Kumasi Metropolis. The Chinese government has reached an advanced stage of discussion with the school’s authorities and the Ghana Education Service to allow for pupils to be taught [...] The post Chinese