Tension Mounts At Tema Shipyard
The Junior and Senior Local Unions of the Maritime and Dockworkers’ Union (MDU) of TUC of the PSC Tema Shipyard and Dry-dock Limited have accused a ‘renegade’ union at the shipyard of using...
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A Weapon Against Ghana’s Poverty
Government and private establishments should expand their employment opportunities “For me, it is all about people having jobs, and that is why I make no apology for having focused relentlessly on...
Cigna Free To Leave Proposed Anthem Merger
The US health insurer Cigna is free to leave a proposed merger with Anthem, with a judge declining a request for a preliminary injunction to block the exit. The Delaware Court of Chancery's rejected...
GHUMCO Workers Bemoan Lax Internal Safety Standards
Some workers of the Ghana Household Utilities Manufacturing Company Limited (GHUMCO), the epicentre of Tuesday’s explosion, have said that they have had to work in the Chinese-operated company...
US Jobless Claims Steady At Start of May
New claims for jobless benefits held steady at the start of May, continuing a record streak of low levels, the Labor Department reported Thursday Meanwhile, the total population of people claiming...
Healthcare In Ghana Now Very Expensive
The cost of medical care in Ghana will remain high until the government eschews late payments of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) claims to service providers. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
Ghana Beckons African Investors
The Minister of Railways Development, Mr. Joe Ghartey, has urged African investors to invest in the development of infrastructure in Ghana, where the security and fruitfulness of their capitals are...
NAGRAT Members Angry Over Non-Payment of Arrears After Promotion
The Central Regional branch of the National Association of Graduate Teachers, NAGRAT, has expressed outrage over government’s decision not to pay two years arrears due members who have been...
Australian Politician Becomes First To Breastfeed In Parliament
Australian Senator Larissa Waters has become the first politician to breastfeed in the nation's parliament. Ms Waters, from the left-wing Greens party, fed two-month-old daughter Alia Joy during a...
Stop Threatening Us
The Junior and Senior Local Unions of the Maritime and Dockworkers’ Union (MDU) have cautioned the Port, Seamen, Maritime and Dockers’ Union (PSMDU) to desist from attacks against its members. In...
MDU Members Condemn Attacks On Owusu-Koranteng
Senior and junior staffs of the local unions of the Maritime and Dockworkers Union of the PSC Tema Ship Yard and Dry-Dock Limited have condemned reported attacks on its General Secretary, Daniel...
Axis Pension Trust Provides Borehole To Okosso Community
Axis Pension Trust Ltd, a leading pension fund management company headquartered in Accra, has in collaboration with an NGO, Meaningful Life International (MLI), made a cash donation to fund the...
Government Would Construct 1200km of Rail In Next Three Years – Minister
Mr Joe Ghartey, the Minister of Railways Development, has said Government would in the next three and a half years construct approximately 1200 kilometres of rail to boost Ghana’s economy. He said:...
Railway Minister Woos Investors
Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, has encouraged foreign investors to consider investing in Ghana’s infrastructural sector, especially the country’s rail subsector. Hon. Ghartey...
We’ll Resolve Your Issues Next Week – MoH To Allied Health Professionals
Deputy Minister of Health Tina Mensah has assured members of the Coalition of Bonded Unposted Allied Health Professionals that government will address issues concerning their employment “within a...
Pension Contributions To Be Paid Via Mobile Money
Employees in Ghana’s informal sector have been given a flexible opportunity to enroll on a Pension Scheme. The move is not only to secure their future but also to help rope more people into the...
NPRA Gets Tough On Employers To Pay SSNIT Contributions
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has renewed its call on companies to ensure the payment of the pensions of their workers. The call comes at a time the regulator is keen on...
Health Professionals To Picket At MoH Today Over Delayed Posting
A group of 500 Health Professionals are expected to picket at the Health ministry today over delays in posting them. According to the Coalition, comprising of Health Professionals from the College of...
12m People Without Pension As Fund Managers, Telco Devise New Strategy
An estimated 12 million people in the informal sector of the economy are without any form of pension, a situation that leads to loss of income in retirement and perpetuates old age poverty, Samuel...
Petty Stealing Comment Was ‘unfair’ – Kwesi Pratt To Prez Akufo Addo
“Some of these workers have wives, children and so on; if these workers in the course of their work have to serve their bosses with tea biscuits and so on and they partake in it, they are not...