US Will Help Meet Ghana’s Power Needs
US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, says the US government is prepared to help Ghana meet its power needs in the near future. Speaking at an event to cut sod for the construction of a 400...
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Food Vendors In Techiman North District Undergo Health Screening
A total of 961 food vendors in the Techiman North District of the Brong Ahafo Region, have undergone a thorough free health screening at Tuobodom to ascertain their health condition. The...
Trump Lauds His Track Record As Thousands March Against Him
As marches were held across the US in protest against his policies, Donald Trump seemingly remained unfazed by the momentum against him. The US president made a speech in which he praised positive...
Thousands March In Washington To Protest Trump Climate Policies
Tens of thousands of people marched Saturday from the US Capitol to the White House to show support for climate-change science and protest President Donald Trump's rollbacks of environmental...
Chinese Gov’t To Provide Fund To Sanitize ‘galamsey’ Mining
The Chinese government is willing to give Ghana a grant to fund its intended multilateral mining integrated project, which seeks to sanitise the small scale mining sector. An initial amount of about...
Massive Demolition Exercise Looms In Bolga – Minister Hints
The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has hinted of a massive demolition exercise to remove all illegal structures put up on roads and waterways, as well as on government lands in the...
24 Dead In Kyrgyz Landslide
A landslide swept over part of a village in Kyrgyzstan early Saturday, killing 24 people, including nine children, the emergencies ministry said. The landslide hit the village of Ayu in the Osh...
Chinese Gov’t To Offer Grant For Ghana’s Alternative Livelihood Prog. For Illegal Miners
The Chinese government is willing to give Ghana a grant to fund its intended multilateral mining integrated project, which seeks to sanitise the small scale mining sector. An initial amount of about...
Massive Demolishing Exercise Looms In Bolga
The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has hinted of a massive demolition exercise to remove all illegal structures put up on roads and waterways, as well as on government lands in the...
Study Identifies Farming In Forest Reseves As Lead Cause of Deforestation
A study has ascertained that of all the factors driving deforestation in Ghana, agriculture is prime with cocoa cultivation being the leading cause of forest conversion in the high forest zone, while...
Project To Enhance Fisheries Sector Governance Launched
A four-year project which will enhance fisheries sector governance dubbed “Far Ban Bo” , has been launched by Care Ghana, Oxfam, and Friends of the Nation in Takoradi. The project, which is...
Illegal Miners Invade Mines At Konongo
During a visit to the site by the Daily Graphic last Wednesday, it was revealed that more than 5,000 illegal miners were operating in the mines, particularly at Mpamprome, Nassara, Fiadzagbe, Heat...
Former Deputy Minister Lauds Gov’t For ‘Planting For Jobs’ Programme
Acting Executive Director of Savannah Ecological Development (SED) has lauded government’s initiative of planting food for jobs indicating that it will open up job avenues for people within the...
ECG Lost GHC94,671.24 To Bush Fires In 2016
More than seventy-eight high tension and forty-nine low tension electricity poles were destroyed by bush fires in the Central Region in 2016. Mr William Coleman, Regional Maintenance Engineer, who...
President Cuts Sod For World’s Largest LPG-Fired Power Plant
Ghana’s quest for energy efficiency to propel her industrial revolution agenda has received a major boost with the commencement of a new cost effective and reliable power project to be constructed...
6.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes the Philippines
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Philippines early Saturday, triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted, Philippine and US authorities said. There were no immediate reports of...
Customs Port Officials Deny Report On $30m ‘missing Cocaine’
Officials at the Tema Port have denied any knowledge of a container carrying bags of cocaine . This follows revelations that 500 kilograms of cocaine worth about 30 million dollars had disappeared...
Africa Rejects Europe’s ‘dirty Diesel’
Governments in West Africa are taking action to stop the import of fuel with dangerously high levels Ghana and Nigeria are the first countries to respond to reports of European companies exploiting...
AMA On the Neck of Shatta Michy and Container Swag Pub?
Ummm, this is some pretty bad news as a picture of Shatta Michy’s container pub circulating on Social media has the infamous AMA warning notice on it. We don’t know if she didn’t go through the...
Construction of US$1bn 400MW Bridge Power Begins
The construction of a US$953million 400MW power plant, known as the Bridge Power, has commenced in Tema, with the first 200MW expected to come on-stream by close of this year. The project is expected...