De bewoners van Moose Factory, een afgelegen eiland in het noorden van de Canadese provincie Ontario, zullen vanaf volgend jaar worden bevoorraad via drones. Moose Factory telt ongeveer 2.700 inwoners en wordt bewoond door Cree, een inheemse Canadese bevolkingsgroep. Er is geen brug die het eiland verbindt met het vasteland. In de zomer is de gemeenschap bereikbaar per boot, en ...
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Ameri gives Ghana US$51.34 million discount
The Herald, has cited the “renegotiated and enhanced terms” power management contract between the Government of Ghana and the Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group (AMERI Energy) and discovered a gift of US$51.34 million from the 250MW emergency power generators. But the US$51.34 million gift from AMERI to Ghana, was necessitated by the Akufo-Addo government’s difficulties with raising the ...
Read More »Deputy Communications Director of the NPP jabs former president Mahama over Free SHS claims
Ex President John Dramani Mahama over the past few days on his campaign tour has been vociferous against the Akufo-Addo led government on some key policy areas like the Free SHS. While addressing NDC delegates at Nsuta Kwaman Beposo in the Ashanti region as part of his campaign tour he said, “When these students graduate where will they get employment? ...
Read More »Policeman shoots woman over 50 pesewas toll levy
A policeman at a checkpoint close to the Moree Tollbooth shot into a vehicle because the driver had not paid a toll levy of 50 pesewas. One of the occupants, a woman, was seriously injured by the bullet. According to a family source, the family of five including a two-year-old child got to the Moree Barrier around 8.30pm on Sunday ...
Read More »SGP in verweer tegen moskeeles: Laat kind niet buigen voor Allah
Ouders moeten het recht krijgen om hun kind niet op excursie te laten gaan naar een moskee als de scholieren daarbij moeten bidden als een moslim. De SGP wil dat CU-minister Slob van Onderwijs dat in de wet verankert. Lezen uit de koran in een moskee © ANP Uit een eerder onderzoek naar moskeebezoeken blijkt, meldt De Telegraaf, dat ...
Read More »Don’t politicize CTN – Group to Ghanaians
A pressure group, COALITION FOR TRANSPARENCY AT PORTS AND HARBOURS has waded into the controversial Cargo Tracking Note system issue which implementation started on Monday, October,15, 2018 saying the CTN policy is the sure way to securing the country’s economy. The group expressed their appreciation to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the government of Ghana for taking a bold ...
Read More »Double Track System will be scrapped – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that his administration will scrap the double-track system being practiced in Senior High Schools (SHSs) if re-elected into office in 2020. He made this assertion in a Facebook post on Monday stating: “We will abolish the current shift (double-track) system, re-introduce the more efficient three-terms per academic year programme, and bring back the ...
Read More »Lack of bridges affecting agriculture activities in Bongo – Study
A research finding has revealed that the lack of bridges in some communities in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region has had adverse effects on agriculture production in the area. The situation has made it very difficult for famers to transport their farm produce to marketing centres to sell, the findings stated. Among the challenges being experienced is ...
Read More »US-based Ghanaians company, Investigroup signs $10billion MOU to fix Ghana roads
Investigroup LLC, a full-service business development group, general management and financial consulting firm has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MFAR Group of Companies to renovate and/or construct roads in Ghana. During a visit to Oman in the Middle East in September 2018, Investigroup’s CEO Dr. Owusu Kizito accompanied by the Group’s CFO Dr. Peter Ikre; German consultant Christian ...
Read More »Ghana gets $190 million after meeting compact milestone
Ghana is to receive the second allocation of compact funds from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in the amount of $190 million U.S. Dollars after the Ghanaian government met all the required conditions to access the funds. The MCC on Thursday [September 6, 2018] submitted a letter acknowledging Ghana’s achievement of this milestone to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. ...
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