Day: October 2, 2024

General

Asukawkaw road crash claims four lives, injured many

Four lives were lost, and others sustained injuries in a road traffic accident near the Asukawkaw Bridge in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region,

The accident occurred after a head-on collision between a commercial Urvan bus and a Ghana St…

General

CEO of Hydrogical Authority, others visit Aboadze Sea Defence projects

Dr John Kissi, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Hydrological Authority, has called on stakeholders, including the government, to remain committed to safeguarding the two critical and valuable national energy assets in the Western Region.

Dr Kiss…

Business

Emmanuel Co-operative Credit Union makes giant stride in 2024

The Emmanuel Co-operative Credit Union Limited, put up a sterling performance of its operations in June 2023 to June 2024 financial year.

The total assets of the Union in the year under review grew from GHC 27, 306, 964. 98 in June 2023 to GHC 33, 1…

Business

The rate of inflation in September rose to 21.5 per cent

The rate of inflation rose to 21.5 per cent year-on-year in September from 20.4 per cent in August after five consecutive declines, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday.

This means that in the month of September 2024 the general price lev…

Business

Tanzanian delegation to understudy Ghana’s Gold Purchase Programme

Tanzanian delegation from the Ministry of Minerals is in Ghana to learn lessons from the country’s Gold Purchase Programme to replicate it in the East African nation.

Mr. Archard Kalugendo, an Assistant Commissioner for Minerals, Ministry of Mineral…

Business

Be specific on manifesto promises on port duties, taxes – Union to flagbearers

The Ghanaian Diaspora Union in Europe (GDUE), has asked all presidential candidates to come clear on their promises to reduce charges at the country’s ports to reduce the cost of doing business.

The Union said it would track and hold the party or in…

Business

Government begins distribution of food grants to farmers from October 10

The Government has secured GHc3.6 billion out of eight billion Ghana cedis required to mitigate the effects of the dry spell in eight regions within the north and middle belts of Ghana.

It would therefore commence the distribution of the grants to o…

Business

Farmers in Ashanti empowered through agroecology innovations

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, in collaboration with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), has organised a two-day practical workshop on agroecology and circular economy innovations, aim to…

Sports

Boxing prodigy Joseph Awinongya Jr. meets world champion Canelo

Accra: Rising boxing star Joseph ‘JoJo’ Awinongya Jr., a 21x national champion and member of Team USA’s Youth Division, had a memorable encounter with boxing legend Canelo Alvarez at Tony’s Fresh Market, Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA.

JoJo was accompani…

Business

Indigenous chemical blending and storage facility commissioned at Kejebril

Two Ghanaian businesses have established a chemical blending and storage facility, in Kejebril in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region.

The partners, Ensol Energy Ghana Limited and Eco Natural Resources, christened the facility as, ‘2e…