2015

For a large number of the Ghanaian population, the annual ritual of hearing the budget presented to Parliament is as old as the hills, for the simple reason that not much changes – there is slow development, and not much that one can…

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has abandoned more than 14 educational infrastructure projects in the Northern Region for more than 10 years. Alhaji Mohammed Harrun, the Regional Director of Education who expressed unhappiness…

WaterAid Ghana, an NGO in water and sanitation, has outlined its new global strategic plan to achieve universal Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) by 2030. Dr Afia Zakiya, the Country Representative of WaterAid Ghana, said the new…

Companies are being encouraged to pay their shareholders using the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Direct Credit. This will ensure that shareholders receive their dividends directly into their bank accounts and this would be at a least…

The newly appointed US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Porter Jackson today swore the oath of office in Washington DC. He will be replacing the immediate past Ambassador Gene Cretz. A former US Ambassador to Ghana, Donald Teitelbaum was…

Dr Kwaku Agyeman Mensah, Minister of Water Resources Works, and Housing, has said government’s pledge to achieve 100 per cent water coverage by 2025 is on course. He said the intention was indicated jointly in the Ghana Shared Growth and…

Ghanaians have been urged to cut back their spending on aphrodisiac and alcoholic beverages in order to save enough money to take care of their children’s education. Nana Kyei Baffour II, Ankobeahene of Kwapia, said parents,…

Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Atwima-Mponua Constituency (Ashanti Region), who could not vote in the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries, because the electoral roll for their areas was missing, are…

The environmental and health risks posed by the cancer causing agents in electronics waste or e-waste are getting closer to many Ghanaians living in and around the e-waste processing centre in Agbogbloshie in Accra. Multiple…

The Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has highly sang his own praises at the Tema Harbour, where the Karpower barge from Turkey has finally docked. ‘Once again, our detractors are going to question the wisdom in inaugurating the…