GBC Stores Gutted By Fire
Part of GBC has been gutted by fire Sections of a building at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) at Kanda in Accra was razed by fire on Friday, June 16. The cause of the fire is unknown but...
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Building Factories Not the Job of Government – Nduom
Ghanaian business consultant Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has said that the duty of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is not to build factories. The three-time presidential candidate holds the view...
Fire Fighters Save Near-Fire Disaster At GBC
But for the timely intervention of fire personnel, most facilities at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) would have been razed by fire on Friday evening. Some stores of the media corporation at...
Fire Ravages GBC Stores
Fire has gutted sections of store houses at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. The fire which started around 6.50pm ravaged several items worth thousands of cedis. Deputy Public Relations officer,...
CHPS Compounds To Go Digital For E-Health Services
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds and other primary health facilities across the nation are to be digitized to facilitate the deployment of e-health services to enhance...
Drug Barons Buy ‘cars and Houses For NACOB Officials’
The former Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board Akrasi Sarpong has admitted that there are “hard core” drug kingpins in Ghana. He said their activities are “dangerous” and...
Police Appeals For A District Court In Adeiso
The Adeiso Police are appealing to the in-coming Chief Justice to facilitate the establishment of a District Circuit Court in the Upper-West Akyim District in an effort to speed up prosecutions. Mr...
Ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl Has Passed On
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl died at his home in Germany’s Ludwigshafen on Friday at the age of 87, according to German local media Focus Online. Kohl served as German chancellor between...
EU Donate Vessels To Turkey To Deal With Migration Crisis
The Turkish Coastguard (TUR CG) received in Antalya two search and rescue vessels. The vessels are part of a EUR 20 million agreement between the European Union and the UN Migration Agency (IOM)....
Kenya To Promote Policies To Combat Desertification
Kenya has pledged to promote policies frameworks, strategies and actions to combat desertification, a senior government official said Friday. Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and...
Gov’t Debt Owed NITA Climbs To GHc 8 Million
The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) says Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) currently owe it GHc 8 million for internet services provided. NITA, therefore, has embarked on a...
Viewpoint: Africa-Cuba Solidarity Reaffirmed At Namibia Conference
Close bonds between the people of the African continent and the Caribbean island-nation of Cuba have been centuries in the making. Africans caught in the Atlantic Slave Trade were taken to Cuba where...
Ethiopia To Begin E-Visa Service Operations In 2017
The Ethiopian Main Department for Immigration and Nationality Affairs, in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines, has finalised preparations for the commencement of the initial phase of an e-visa...
Health Experts Declare Extra Measures Against Abuse of Tobacco
Health experts and stakeholder organizations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco control, the reduction of its usage and its effect on non-communicable...
Singapore Rocked By Open Feud In Lee Family
Tightly-ruled Singapore was rocked by an unprecedented political drama Wednesday when a feud between the children of the late founding leader Lee Kuan Yew over his legacy burst into the open. The...
Singapore Rocked By Open Feud In Lee Family
Tightly-ruled Singapore was rocked by an unprecedented political drama Wednesday when a feud between the children of the late founding leader Lee Kuan Yew over his legacy burst into the open. The...
ICC Calls For ‘immediate Arrest’ of Kadhafi Son
The International Criminal Court chief's prosecutor Wednesday called for the "immediate arrest and surrender" of Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, who was reportedly set free by a militia in Libya....
ICC Calls For ‘immediate Arrest’ of Kadhafi Son
The International Criminal Court chief's prosecutor Wednesday called for the "immediate arrest and surrender" of Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, who was reportedly set free by a militia in Libya....
US Ally Marshall Islands Urges EU To Help Trump Change Climate Course
Marshall Islands president on Wednesday appealed to the European Union to help persuade President Donald Trump to change course on climate change as her US-allied Pacific archipelago fears rising...
Siblings Accuse Singapore PM of Abusing Power In Family Row
A feud between the children of Singapore's late founding leader intensified Wednesday after two siblings publicly accused their brother Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of disobeying their father's...