FINANCE MINISTER DODGING ACCOUNTABILITY?
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has imposed a temporary block on all activity from the Ministry of Finance till the sector Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, appears before the house to…
ADDRESSING POSSIBLE FUEL SHORTAGE IN GHANA: TRUTH OR JUST ‘PR’?
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi has stated that his outfit together with all stakeholders is working to avoid any fuel shortage…
THE HARDSHIP IS SO REAL; WE CANNOT CONTINUE LIKE THIS
A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin, said that due to the high cost of living in the country, it has become difficult for the…
TRANSPORT FARES TO INCREASE AGAIN?
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), are expected to increase transport fares by some 10% later this week. The increase in…
GOVERNMENT TO REBUILD JSTI ON $50 MILLION LOAN AFTER DEMOLISHING IT FOR CATHEDRAL – ABLAKWA
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, purported that the government is currently seeking a US $50 million loan to build a new Judicial Service Training Institute (JSTI)…
COLLAPSED JUNKWA BRIDGE UNDER REPAIRS
After a heavy downpour that led to the closure of the Twifi Praso – Cape Coast Road last Saturday, repair work has commenced. The rains had caused some of the…
THERE IS NO FOOD SHORTAGE IN GHANA – AGRIC MINISTER
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, in the Eastern Region, reiterated that there is no food shortage in the country. He made this statement after his…
WHY THE TAXES ARE NOT WORKING
According to Seth Terkper, former finance minister, the government is unable to pay petroleum product subsidies or restrict its consumption of petroleum products since the money for the subsidies has…
COLLABORATION IS THE WAY TO REACH NATIONWIDE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS
To make the system work for maximum development everyone must contribute their quota. The preceding is only conceptual and a façade in the country! We do not often get all…
TRANSPORT FARES TAKING THE JOY OUT OF CITY LIFE
World Bank reported that cities in developing countries often spend between 15 to 25% of their annual expenditure on the transport system. It is also common to find that between…
V.P BAWUMIA LAUNCHES BANK-WIDE MOBILE MONEY SERVICE, GHANAPAY
The vice president of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, launched the GhanaPay mobile money service on Wednesday, June 15th. The GhanaPay is the first bank-wide mobile money service provided by Universal…
CEMENT HITS GH¢66 PER BAG
Manufacturers of the cement have told Joy Business that the price of the product would rise by more than $5 from today to $66. Consumers in Accra would be the most affected,…
BANK CUSTOMERS TO UPDATE THEIR DETAILS WITH GHANA CARD TO CONTINUE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Some banks, notably Stanbic, have begun sending messages to their clients informing them of a directive from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) that, from July 1, the Ghana Card would…
BIRD FLU IN GHANA – SALT TO INJURY?
Dr. Emmanuel Kwao Pecku, the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Veterinary Officer, has confirmed that there has been a case of a suspected bird flu outbreak at Stardon farms in Bethlehem, a community…
THE OIL GAME OF UNCERTAINTY: WHAT THE HIKE DOES TO OUR ECONOMY
Oil has powered the world by fuelling transportation machines, industries, and so on for many years now, and its demand keeps growing. Reliable and affordable energy are driving forces for…
TRAFFIC ON MOTORWAY – A NUISANCE OR BOON IN DISGUISE?
Many workers in Ghana rely on vehicles, be it commercial or personal to commute to their places of work and back to their homes. But what happens when the roads…
ARE THERE ILLEGALITIES IN THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL PROJECT?
The construction of a national cathedral has generated heated arguments in the country and beyond in recent times. The National Cathedral of Ghana is intended to be an interdenominational place…
POLICE BRUTALITY MUST END NOW
The Ghana Police Service has conceded that a more effective strategy for dealing with the violence at Kumasi Islamic Senior High School could have been used. According to the service,…
COVID-19 CASES SURGING: IS THE HEALTH SECTOR EQUIPPED FOR ANOTHER WAVE?
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, recently briefing the press in Accra, revealed that COVID-19 cases in Ghana have started increasing, with the active patients being…
FIGHTING UNEMPLOYMENT: ALL HANDS ON DECK
The National Service Scheme (NSS) Executive Director, Osei Assibey Antwi, announced at a user agency stakeholder meeting held at the University of Ghana’s Cedi Conference Hall that the Scheme has…