Energy Debt GHS1.3bn Not GHS2.4bn
Ghana’s energy sector debt is GHS1.3billion not GHS2.4billion as announced to parliament by President Nana Akufo-Addo during his maiden State of the Nation Address, former Deputy Energy Minister...
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Eject Squatters To Avert Flooding
Dredge Masters, the company contracted to desilt the Odaw River in Accra, has advised city authorities to eject persons who live along the banks of the River to avert any future occurrence of...
Squatters Return To ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’
Hundreds of squatters whose structures were destroyed in a demolition exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) at Old Fadama, a slum community at Agbogbloshie in the Greater Accra Region,...
I Will Crush Dumsor Saboteurs
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has warned he will deal ruthlessly with staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) “if they do not stop sabotaging the...
The Power Supply Debacle
One of the major drivers of every economy is the constant supply of electricity. The resource allows industry and businesses, in general, to run their machinery and equipment at optimum capacity to...
Mexico, Ghana To Collaborate In Defence and Marine Security
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Don’t Blame Mahama For ‘dumsor’ Return – Jinapor
The erstwhile Mahama administration has strongly rejected assertions by the Energy Ministry that it is to blame for the return of the country’s unending erratic power supply. Speaking Tuesday,...
Five Bodies Retrieved From Korle Lagoon
Five dead bodies have been retrieved from the Korle Lagoon in Accra in an exercise to desilt drains to allow free flow of water. The company tasked to clear the drains, Dredge Masters in an interview...
C/R: Police Arrests 2 For Impersonation
Two people are the grips of the Awutu Breku District police command in the Central region for posing as workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana. The district commander for the area, ASP Shadrack...
Five Bodies Retrieved From Korle Lagoon
The bodies were recovered between December 2015 and January this year Five dead bodies have been retrieved from the Korle Lagoon in Accra in an exercise to desilt drains to allow free flow of water....
Somali President Declares ‘national Disaster’ Over Drought
Somali's newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" due to severe drought which aid agencies say has left some three million in crisis. The Horn of...
It’s Time To Aggressively Turn To Solar Power
African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) says Ghanaians should seriously consider solar power as an alternative source of energy in the wake of a protracted energy crisis. ACEP Deputy Director Ben...
Don’t Blame Mahama For Recent ‘dumsor’ – John Jinapor
A former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, has stated that the Mahama-administration should not be blamed for the recent erratic power supply in the country. According to him, the previous...
Don’t Blame Mahama For Recent ‘dumsor’
A former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, has stated that the Mahama-administration should not be blamed for the recent erratic power supply in the country. According to him, the previous...
Blame Poor Planning – Edward Bawa
The recent erratic power supply that occurred nationwide was as a result of the absence of strategies to deal with the effects of the shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant by the Ghana National...
Ghana May Soon Import Water Over Galamsey
Ghana may soon import drinking water from neighbouring countries if illegal mining also known ‘galamsey’ is not checked. According to the Director for Natural Resources at the Environmental...
Kenya Deploys 2,500 Officers To Take On Cattle Rustlers
The East African Standard looks at those displaced in the violence About 2,500 police officers are being deployed to the western Kenyan region of Kerio Valley to hunt down those responsible for the...
Government’s Three-Prong Approach To Ending Galamsey
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, has expressed government’s resolve to address the activities of illegal small-scale miners, popularly known as ‘galamsey’, in...
Blame Mahama’s Government For ‘dumsor’ – Energy Ministry
The Energy Ministry has blamed the former Mahama administration for the return of the dreaded power crisis popularly called ‘Dumsor’. Several parts of Accra and other places in the country had in...
Ghana Owes Cote d’Ivoire $60m
IT has emerged that Ghana owes Cote d’Ivoire $60million as at the end of December 2016 for power purchased. Despite this, government sent a delegation to that country which successfully negotiated...