Major Progress Made On Airport Projects
Mrs Cecilia Dapaah, the Minister of Aviation, has said significant progress had been made on major airport projects across the country, including 87 per cent completion of the Terminal 3 of the...
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Full Text of Prez. 2nd SONA Full of Achievements, Commitments
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has delivered his second State of Nation Address (SONA) replete with achievements his first year and commitments to do more. MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION...
SONA 2018: NHIS Funding Stirs Debate Between Majority, Minority
Reactions are sharply divided between the Majority and Minority on the president’s State of the Nation address. Key amongst the issues is operation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)....
Mahama’s Exton Cubic Wins Case Against Minister Over Mining Licence
The Accra High Court has quashed the decision by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, to revoke the mining exploration leases granted Exton Cubic. The court presided over by...
Fight Against Galamsey Continues Unabated
Mr Mustapha Hamid, Minister of Information, Wednesday said the fight against illegal mining would continue unabated until all illegalities in the mining sector was regularised and sanity restored in...
Aviation Ministry To Help AWA Meet Increasing Demand
Mrs Cecilia Dapaah, the Minister of Aviation, said the Ministry was doing all it could to support Africa World Airlines (AWA) to meet increased domestic demand. AWA currently has to serve the entire...
Queen Mathilde of Belgium In Ghana To Champion SDGs
Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived in Ghana on Wednesday to begin a three-day state visit. The Belgian Royal, who is a United Nations Advocate for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s),...
Queen of Belgium Arrives In Ghana For 3-Day Visit
The Queen of Belgium, Her Royal Majesty, Queen Mathilde, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium, Alex De Croo, arrived in Ghana on Wednesday evening for a three-day state visit. The Queen and the...
Gov’t Moves To Scrap Import Duties On Aircraft Spare Parts
The Aviation Ministry has begun talks with the Finance Ministry to scrap taxes on import duty on aircraft parts and other ancillary aircraft equipment, the former’s minister has said. According to...
Scrap Special Petroleum Tax Now
Former Petroleum Minister Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has asked government to scrap the special petroleum tax with immediate effect. “I think it is important that in the face of the numerous taxes,...
Sanitation: Don’t Expect Overnight Solution – Adda
The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources Joseph Kofi Adda has said Ghanaians should not expect overnight solutions on the fight against filth in the country. He said the effort of his ministry...
I’ve Been Effective – Sanitation Minister Fights Back
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation Joseph Kofi Adda has dismissed claims that he has been ineffective since he was appointed a year ago by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. A section...
There Is No Water Rationing
The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Joseph Kofi Adda is on a collision course with officials of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), denying reports of water rationing in parts of...
Alan Wants Muntaka Charged For ‘causing Financial Loss To the State’
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, wants Parliament, and by extension the state, to investigate any possibilities of suing Minority Chief Whip Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka...
Cash-For-Seat: “President” Was Referring To Akufo-Addo
The Managing Director of Japan Motors Trading Company Limited, Salem Kalmoni has said he understood the “President” being referred to at the Presidential table during last year’s Ghana...
Minority Boycotts Parliament Over Cash For Seat Report
The Minority in Parliament has stormed out of Parliament to avoid being part of the debate to approve and adopt the report of the committee which probed extortion claims against the Ministry of Trade...
UN Secretary General’s Envoy On Youth To Visit Ghana
The UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake will pay a working visit to Ghana on Wednesday February 7 as part of her five country African tour. According to statement...
Gov’t Justifies 745,000 Jobs In Agric Sector
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has come out to justify the 745,000 jobs that the sector minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, touts as the success story of the first phase of the Planting...
N/R: We’ll Be Tough On Criminals – Police Boss
The Northern Regional Police commander, DCOP Patrick Adusei Sarpong, has served notice to criminals his personnel will meet them “ruthlessly” as part of efforts to combat rising crime in the...
Neglect of Ghanaian Cultural Values Causing Indiscipline In Society
Mr Rockson Ayine Bukari, the Upper East Regional Minister has attributed growing indiscipline in Ghana to modernisation and wholesale adoption of foreign cultural values and practices. According to...