17 Children Rescued From Volta Lake
Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 17 trafficked children from the Lake Volta. The children, aged between five and 17, were made up of four girls, and 13 boys. This brings to 1,600, the...
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Child Trafficking: 17 Children Rescued From Volta Lake
Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 17 trafficked children from the Lake Volta. The children, aged between five and 17, were made up of four girls, and 13 boys. This brings to 1,600, the...
Rising Costs Threaten SSNIT Survival; Finance Minister Worried
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed concern about the rising operational costs of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), demanding “effective cost control and...
US$95 Million Kumasi Mall Ready
The US$95 million Kumasi City Mall project designed to give a boost to the economy is ready – set to begin operating in the next two weeks. Sited on a 15-4 acre stretch of land, it is the most...
ICU Executive Averts Strike By Textile Company Workers
The timely intervention of top officials of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) averted a strike by workers of the Volta Star Textile Company at Juapong last Thursday. The workers...
We Will Protect Rights of All Workers – Deputy Employment Minister
Deputy Minister for Employment and Social Welfare Bright Wireko-Brobby is promising to work with officials at the ministry to ensure the rights of all workers are adequately protected. He mentions...
Government To Reactivate Informal Sector Pension
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has disclosed that government is determined to ensure the reactivation of the SSNIT informal sector pension scheme that was put on ice by the previous...
Golden Exotics Distributes GHc1.7 Million To Employees
Golden Exotics Limited (GEL) has distributed more than GH¢1.7 million among 2,200 workers of the company as bonus earned from Fairtrade between 2015 and 2016. Fairtrade is an international...
Nigeria Opens Online Jobs Portal
Registration however does not translate into getting a job instantly The Nigerian government has opened an online registration portal for job-seekers. It hopes to capture the data of millions of...
US Unemployment Rate Falls To 10-Year Low
The US unemployment rate fell to its lowest in almost a decade in March, despite the economy adding a smaller than expected number of jobs. Employers added 98,000 jobs last month - far fewer than the...
NIC Demands Dismissal of Boss
Employees of the National Insurance Commission (NIC) are demanding the immediate removal of their boss, Madam Lydia Bawa. A three-page petition to the President, signed by the employees, who...
US Unemployment Rate Near 10-Year Low, But Job Creation Falters
The US unemployment rate fell in March to 4.5 percent, its lowest level in nearly 10 years, but job creation tumbled unexpectedly, government data showed Friday. After months of pumping out new jobs...
US Unemployment Falls To 10-Year Low
The number of people in work or looking for a job held steady at 63% in March. The US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in a decade in March despite adding a smaller than expected number of...
Restore Hope of Ghanaians In SSNIT – Ofori Atta Tells New Board
Mr Ken Ofori Atta (right), the Minister of Finance, swearing in the new Board Members of SSNIT. Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has tasked the new Social Security and National Insurance Trust...
US$95m Kumasi Mall Ready
The US$95 million Kumasi City Mall project designed to give a boost to the economy is ready - set to begin operating in the next two weeks. Sited on a 15-4-acre stretch of land, it is the most modern...
NIC Demands Dismissal of Boss
Employees of the National Insurance Commission (NIC) are demanding the immediate removal of their boss, Madam Lydia Bawa. A three-page petition to the President, signed by the employees, who...
Agriculture, Rural Industrialisation Will Curb Rural-Urban Migration
Massive agricultural production and rural industrialisation will go a long to curb rural-urban migration in Ghana, according to Deputy Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Sagre Bambangi....
Awal Mohammed Is An ‘opportunist, A Mole’
A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party is protesting against the appointment of Awal Mohammed as Public Relations Officer for the Youth Employment Agency. According to Prince Milonu, Awal...
MPS Celebrates 10 Years of Delivering Maritime Efficiency
Meridian Ports Services (MPS), Tema, has echoed its commitment to continuous investment in human capital and advanced technology to maintain its lead in Port Terminal operations in West Africa. The...
US Jobless Claims Tumble At Close of March
New claims for jobless benefits in the United States fell precipitously at the close of March, posting their biggest weekly drop in nearly two years, the Labor Department reported Thursday. For the...