The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) is planning to lay new pipelines in the country as part of a strategy to expand its operations. The Managing Director of BOST, Edwin Provencal, said one of the proposed lines earmarked for short term construction would be between Accra and Kumasi to improve the turnaround … The post BOST sets ambitious expansion
The International Monetary Fund is maintaining its 6.2 percent forecast of the expansion of the Ghanaian economy in 2022. This is bigger than the 4.7 percent growth rate it projected for last year. Though it did not give reasons for the projected high Gross Domestic Product for this year, the expected increase in economic activities, … The post IMF maintains 6.2% growth rate
A total of GHC130, 000.00 was raised on Friday by the Accra Chapter of the Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) alumni (GAA) for the renovation of the technical department of the school located in Takoradi, Western Region. The amount was realised at a fundraising ceremony held in Accra under the theme: “Quality Secondary Technical Education, … The post GSTS
The Dzase of the Ga Paramount Stool, Nii Yaote Oto-Ga II, has expressed concern over rumour that the Rawlings Park in the Central Business District of Accra has been earmarked for sale to an individual. He appealed to the Chief Executive of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to stop the sale of the property to an … The post Nii Yaote Oto-Ga advises against sale of Rawlings
Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, the winner of the Creative Non-Fiction Category (Kofi Awoonor) Award at the 5th Ghana Association of Writers (GAW) Literary Awards, has called on the government to invest in libraries, particularly for rural communities to promote reading habit among the youth. “We need to make reading habit among the youth a top priority in … The post ‘Provide
A new church building for the Duayeden Assembly of the Church of Pentecost, Nsawam Area was on Sunday dedicated in the Eastern Region. The dedication ceremony was jointly performed by Apostle Francis Yaw Adu, the Nsawam area head of the church and Reverand William Tetteh Wayoe, Adoagyiri District Pastor. The project was funded through the … The post Church of Pentecost
The Member of Parliament for Shai Osudoku in the Greater Accra Region, Linda Akweley Ocloo, has provided sustainable jobs to about 650 people, as she donated 60 sets of hairdryers and 60 sewing machines to support ladies in her constituency who have successfully undergone training in hairdressing and fashion designing. Addressing the 5th graduating class … The post Shai MP provides
The Upper East Regional HIV Coordinator, Mr Sulemana Majeed, has said the Bolgatanga Municipality remains a hotspot for HIV infections. “Bolgatanga has always been above the national figure which calls for an increased sensitisation and education,” the Upper East Regional HIV Coordinator noted during an engagement with the media co-organised by the Ghana AIDS Commission … The post Bolgatanga
The Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has described the prevailing numerous chieftaincy disputes in the region as a national security threat which requires urgent attention. The chiefs from the Eastern Region stated this when they paid a courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House. The leader of the delegation and the President of … The post ‘Numerous
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana can no longer count on foreign expertise and investments to be able to reap the full benefits of its hydrocarbon resources. The President observed with worry, a global trend where certain people (foreigners) with the human and financial resources try to suppress the development of hydrocarbon resources in … The post We
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, on Tuesday inaugurated the Quarter Master Block at the Artillery Training School at Akoefe, near Ho. “This marks an important milestone in the quest by the Military High Command to support the development of Artillery Corps in general and the school in particular,” he … The post CDS inaugurates 2 projects for
Subscribers to various telecommunication networks are calling on the government to extend the deadline for the re-registration of the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards. The March 31, 2022deadline by the government to end the SIM re-registration they said, was not feasible as they always met long queues and interrupted slow networks at these re-registration centres. … The post Subscribers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut sod for the construction of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy in the country. The GH?32 million facility, which forms part of 20 STEM centres to be established in the country, is expected to help churn out more engineering graduates in the country on annual basis. … The post Ghc32m
A one-stop centre to provide comprehensive support for survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) across the country was inaugurated in Accra on Tuesday. The state-of-the-art facility is expected to enhance access to justice, psycho-social and legal services to survivors of GBV to reduce the spate of the menace. The three-storey building for the Domestic Violence and … The post DOVVSU
The Ghana Federation of Disability (GFD) has advised Ghanaians not to frown on the vulnerable, marginalised and persons with disability. PWDs constitute about 10 per cent of the total population of Ghana, but are the most marginalised and at greater risk of poverty. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr AkomeaSakyi, the president … The post Stop demeaning persons with disability
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikwei Central in the Greater Accra Region, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has urged Parliament to repair the negative image the citizenry currently have about them since they have a responsibility to repair the tainted image. He said the House must do its best to bring back sanity for Ghanaians to … The post MPs have responsibility to repair tainted
The Techiman Municipal Assembly failed to meet its revenue target last year. Hence, it has instituted measures to enhance revenue mobilisation to ensure the steady development of the area, the Techiman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Benjamin Yaw Gyarko, has disclosed. Speaking at the Third Ordinary Session and last meeting of the General Assembly for … The post Techiman
A taskforce has been constituted to look into the encroachment on the lands belonging to the Department of Parks and Gardens, the Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr Daniel Botwe, has said. The move, he said, was to help reclaim all the lands of the department which had been encroached by individuals. … The post Minister
Six years ago, I published an article which asked the question; IS THERE A FUTURE FOR THE GHANAIAN GOSPEL MUSIC? I recounted the challenges the industry was facing then and how it can position itself to take on the world stage if its actors took the scientific management approach a bit more serious. Four years … The post DEVELOPING THE GHANA GOSPEL MUSIC INDUSTRY –
Scot Peck in “The Roadless Traveled and Beyond” believes that one of the major dilemmas we face both as individuals and as a society is simplistic thinking – or the failure to think at all. “It is not just a problem, it is the problem.” Given the imperfections of our society and the apparent downward … The post PURPOSEFUL THINKING appeared first on Ghanaian
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