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Funeral of Kingdom Transport owner overwhelms border community in Volta

The border community of Shia in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region was over the weekend overwhelmed with thousands who attended the funeral of Dr Felix Semavor, serial entrepreneur and philanthropist who passed away this year.

A native of the co…

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Rev Nana Yaw Dokyi elevated to apostleship

Reverend Nana Yaw Dokyi, the Founder and Leader of the Millennium True Messiah International Prayer Camp at Adawukwa in the Agona East District of the Central Region has been elevated to the position of apostle.

The new apostle was inducted into offi…

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Renewable Energy: Developed countries must increase financial and technical support for Africa

The inaugural Investment Forum for Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (APRA) kicked off today in Nairobi, Kenya, urging Western countries to increase financial and technical assistance to help Africa achieve its renewable energy targets….

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100 youth from Obuasi enrolled into AngloGold Skills development and certification programme

AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), Obuasi Mine, has held a matriculation ceremony for 100 artisans enrolled into its skills development and certification program.

This was after successfully graduating more than 80 young people who took part in the training pr…

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Fitch, Moody’s spark confidence in Ghana’s credit rating

Global ratings agencies, Fitch and Moody’s have sparked confidence in Ghana’s Long-Term Local-Currency (LTLC), raising the country’s credit ratings from the previous ones.

While Fitch upgraded the country’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rat…

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Involvement of women in engineering critical for national development – Agyen-Mensah

Mr Sarah Agyen-Mensah, Chairperson of Women in Engineering, Obuasi Chapter, has stressed the need to encourage and empower more women to take up courses and venture into the various fields of engineering.

She said the involvement of women in engineer…

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NADMO, VRA steps up flood preparedness with simulation exercise

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) and the Volta River Authority (VRA), have taken proactive measures to enhance disaster preparedness and response mechanisms, conducting a tabletop simulation of its Flood Contingency Plan.

Mr. Sej…

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Environmental group calls on government to stop burning galamsey machinery

Eco Warriors Movement, an environmental group, has expressed concerns about the burning of confiscated machinery of illegal miners.

Recently, the military, under the ‘Operation Halt’ burned 18 confiscated chang-fan machines and water pumping equipmen…

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Court grants one million bail to auto mechanic over alleged car fraud

Abdulai Halidu, a 32-year-old auto mechanic, has been granted bail of one million Ghana cedis by an Accra Circuit Court over fraud.

He is accused of defrauding two individuals by taking GH?66,000 and $10,200 to secure them a Mercedes Benz vehicle.

H…

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Akyem Mine – Past, Present, and Future?

The Akyem Mine, located in the Birim North district of the Eastern region of Ghana, was conceived through exploration activities by Normandy Mining in the mid-1990s.?

With Newmont acquiring Normandy in 2002, exploration was intensified to confirm and…