Tour guides at the Kintampo waterfall site were sacked by some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), when the party came into office, the Chief of Kyeremankoma, the town where the deadly Kintampo waterfall disaster occurred, has revealed. Nana Effah Guarkuro believes the absence of these tour guides might have contributed to the accident, ...

Goldfields Ghana Limited has emerged as the largest taxpayer for the government of Ghana in 2016. The mining firm paid 501 million cedis (0.5 billion cedis) in direct and indirect taxes to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Of the amount, Royalties accounted for the highest. The company paid 196 million cedis in Royalties representing 39.12 ...

The Asutifi North District Assembly (ANDA) in the Brong Ahafo Region, has been selected by the IRC, an international Non Government Organization (NGO) to pilot a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project. Dubbed the ‘District Based Full WASH Coverage Start-Up Initiative’, the project if successful, will be replicated in other Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies ...

Former President John Mahama has extended his condolence to the bereaved families of students who lost their lives in Sunday’s freak accident at the Kintampo Waterfalls in the Brong Ahafo Region. At least 18 persons have been confirmed dead after a huge tree uphill descended unto the dozens of revelers swimming beneath the fall. The ...

Beware of Frances: She’s on a one-woman mission to force all the water in your body out through your tear ducts. Nominated for the Brits critics’ choice award and the BBC Sound of 2016, the singer has a knack for achingly beautiful ballads that tug at the heartstrings. Songs like Let It Out and Say ...

Uber president Jeff Jones is leaving the company after less than six months. A source at the taxi booking app told the BBC the resignation was “completely unexpected”. They said Mr Jones was frustrated the company was hiring a new chief operating officer and that he was not among the candidates. But according to technology ...

Civil Society Group, Odekro, has expressed concerns about the large number of parliamentarians appointed as Ministers to serve in President Nana Addo’s government. According to the group, the appointment of thirty-eight experienced parliamentarians as Ministers, could weaken the law making House’s leadership. It added that, the  situation where some members of the NPP’s parliamentary leadership ...

Civil Society Group, Odekro, has expressed concerns about the large number of parliamentarians appointed as Ministers to serve in President Nana Addo’s government. According to the group, the appointment of thirty-eight experienced parliamentarians as Ministers, could weaken the law making House’s leadership. It added that, the  situation where some members of the NPP’s parliamentary leadership ...

The Transport Fare Review Committee of the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), has asked all commercial drivers and transport owners to maintain the current transport fares until further notice. The committee is scheduled to hold one of its bi-annual meetings on March 30, where a decision will be taken. Already, some commercial drivers have ...

The eldest granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an anti-apartheid icon, has been urged to reconsider her decision no longer to vote for the governing African National Congress. Ndileka Mandela, 52, has been told she should instead help revive the party. She had earlier stated she no longer believed the ANC ...

An Engineering Professor at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has hinted of plans to develop a trolley aimed at assisting head porters popularly known as ‘kayayei’ transport goods. Professor Mark Adom-Asamoah said his outfit is in talks with government to make the vehicle, when produced, available to all head-porters in the ...

Total Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) to Ghana dropped by 300 million dollars in 2016. This is according to the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC). The figure declined from the 2.7 billion dollars recorded in 2015 to 2.4 billion dollars in 2016. Meanwhile, total registered projects for the period increased by ten; from 170 to 180. ...

Total Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) to Ghana dropped by 300 million dollars in 2016. This is according to the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC). The figure declined from the 2.7 billion dollars recorded in 2015 to 2.4 billion dollars in 2016. Meanwhile, total registered projects for the period increased by ten; from 170 to 180. ...

The developments that have characterized President Nana Addo’s almost three months governance are too glaring to be ignored. It was initially his seeming silence on the post-election violence until his inauguration, the speech gaffe and now the appointment of 110 Ministers. To say the latest decision is inappropriate will be an understatement. It is highly ...

The Headmistress of Navrongo Senior High School (NAVASCO), in  Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region, Francisca Yizura, has disclosed that all suspended final year students of the school are to report to school today [Monday] 20th March 2017. According to her, a meeting held on Saturday 18th March by the Kassena-Nankana municipal director and the ...

Mr. Ambrose Derry, the Minister of the Interior, has on the advice of the Volta Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, renewed the curfew hours imposed on Alavanyo and Nkonya townships. The renewed curfew, according to a statement signed by the Minister and copied to the media, starts from 11:00pm to 5:00am with effect ...

The Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, is advocating for laws to curb the proliferation of commercial gambling in the country. According to him, the Gaming Act 2006 (Act 721) does not provide sufficient control measures for the management of the commercial operations hence the influx of such centers. Delivering ...

Mining industry players are calling for detailed discussions on the implementation of policies seeking to charge multinationals to list on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). They have cautioned of possible concerns over the likelihood of a reduction in stake for major shareholders (dilution of ownership) of mining companies due to the new law. “I think ...