Monthly Archives: September 2018

We’re not in crisis; but Ghanaians are in difficulty – Nana Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he expects the country to be firmly handle the current economic difficulties. Though the President said the country was not at a crisis point, he acknowledged that the average Ghanaian was in difficulty. “It is not a crisis, but the difficulties that we are going through now are difficulties that the system will be able ...

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Stop sabotaging family planning efforts – Midwife to Ghanaian men

A Midwife is chastising Ghanaian men for sabotaging family planning efforts. Madam Abigail Adjei, who works with the Ankaase Methodist Faith Healing Hospital observes that many women complain about negative repercussions of many of the family planning options. “Some say they bleed endlessly when they take some of these options, others say they grow very lean, some even say they ...

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New entity to manage digital TV platform – Ursula

Ghana’s Digital Terrestrial Platform (DTT) infrastructure will be managed as a commercial entity, the Ministry of Communications has announced. It will be incorporated as the Central Digital Transmission Company Limited (CDTCL) and governed by a board, the ministry has explained. A statement issued in Accra and signed by the Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful, said the board would ...

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$100m Ghana Gas choppers deal stinks

A government sanctioned forensic audit has revealed that the acquisition of helicopters worth over $61 million by Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) caused financial loss to the state because the choppers were never utilized. The four Z-9EH helicopters bought from China for surveillance by Ghana Gas during the previous Mahama administration at the total cost of $100 million ($25m each) ...

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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 ...

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Turkey desires to partner Ghana to run proposed national airline

The Turkish Government has expressed interest in partnering the Government of Ghana towards the operation of the proposed national airline. The Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Nesrin Bayazit, made this known when she paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda in Accra, on Wednesday. She said the Turkish Airlines had the biggest network in Africa ...

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Zo tover je 25 vakantiedagen om in 55 vrije dagen

Het vraagt wat puzzel- en rekenwerk, maar wie zijn vakantiedagen voor 2019 zorgvuldig plant rond de feestdagen kan bijna dubbel zo lang op vakantie. Al is daar in de praktijk wel heel veel goede wil van de werkgever bij nodig, zo waarschuwt Geert Vermeir van het internationale bedrijf SD Worx.   © Illustratie AD/David van der Heeden Gemiddeld heeft de ...

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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 ...

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Bagbin has made no mistake contesting Mahama – Himan Chief

The Omanhene of Himan in the Prestea Huni-Valley constituency, Nana Nteboa IV, has made a passionate appeal to the people of Ghana to give the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, all the support that he needs as he aspires to be the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to the Chief, Hon. Bagbin ...

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