2019

Mr Richard Nii Dadey, the President of the Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA), has called for legislation to make green buildings compulsory. He said in the face of limited resources, the country needs to enact such a law to save…

The Management and Board of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has introduced a high security and digitized trade licensing with the aim of improving efficiency and security. A statement issued by the DVLA and copied to…

The Accra High Court Criminal Division has refused a bail application made by seven out of the ten persons, who have been charged for an alleged treason. The accused persons are Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, the Chief Executive of the…

Five persons who were arrested by the Western Naval Command with 35 sacks of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis have appeared before a Circuit Court in Accra. The Tema Naval Command picked up the five on December 23, this year, on…

With an international arrest warrant hanging over his head, opposition presidential candidate in the 2020 elections in Cote d’Ivoire, Guillaume K. Soro was refused entry into Ghana Monday December 23, 2019. Ivorian authorities…

The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region has reduced its property rate by 50 per cent. The move was triggered by the frequent appeals by residents to have the authorities reduce the cost of the property rate.…

Government and private sector stakeholders have been advised to adopt sustainability measures in their quest to bridge the housing deficit. Paul Ocran, a consultant and auditor to SGS Ghana, said more Ghanaian design professionals should…

The influence of money in Washington, D.C., is the root cause of "severe divisions" in the U.S. political system and American society, a Chinese government-organized human rights think tank said in a report Thursday. In its analysis,…

Japan executed a Chinese death row inmate by hanging Thursday for the murders of a family of four committed during a 2003 burglary -- its first death sentence in four months. Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori said Wei Wei, 40, was…

Parliament, before it rose deep in the night on Monday for the Christmas holidays, gave the Government the approval to spend GH¢98.036 billion for the 2020 financial year. The approval runs from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.…