The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) upon announcing the introduction of its EasyPASS Programme early this year, has held a stakeholder’s forum to have deliberations on how best the initiative can be fruitful for all parties involved. Addressing the forum, Professor Alex Dodoo, Director General of the GSA encouraged stakeholders present to share their grievances, opinions and suggestions concerning the programme, […]

The Chief Executive Officer of African Energy Consortium Ltd, Kwame Jantuah, says the appointment of persons with no technical competences to manage the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), is a key factor to its failure. According to Mr. Jantuah, TOR is unable to achieve maximum productivity partly because “politicians have used it as political football” without investing in it. The energy […]

The former President of the Republic, John Dramani Mahama, has been accused by former Vice President of the Republic, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur of rendering him ineffective. According to soft spoken Amissah-Arthur, as Vice President, his role was not defined and that someone else was virtually made the Veep in his stead. When asked to mention the name of the person […]

The brouhaha surrounding the Heal Ghana Module under the Nation Builders Corps takes another turn as the unemployed nurses are yet to come to terms with the stance taken by government to enroll them onto the scheme. According to the students, although they are not against government’s decision to introduce the program to address graduate unemployment, they believe that the […]

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday cautioned the public to ensure cholera is prevented since Ghana will be getting to the peak season especially during the rainy season. In a news release signed and issued to the Ghana News Agency, Dr Nsiah Asare, Director General of the Ghana Health Service stated that cholera was a preventable disease and that […]

Tens of angry residents in the Keta Municipality have hit the streets in protest over oil exploration in the region. The residents, most of whom are vegetable and fish farmers say oil exploration will not be in their interest. According to them, the Keta basin for years has been their major source of fish supply and they fear, the oil […]

Director of Institute of Education at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Frederick Ocansey, has praised the government for the bold decision to elevate the colleges of education to university status. He said the upgrading of the Diploma in Basic Education (DBE) to the Bachelor of Education (B. Ed) degree, from October this year, would help equip teachers with […]

Professor John Idoko, the newly elected President of the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) has said in the past decades, there were rise in other diseases that have direct or indirect relationships with HIV/AIDS. He said diseases such as Ebola and Lassa fever threaten to alleviate the fight against HIV/AIDS on the continent. He said as they find remedy […]

The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin has explained that, the Presidency cannot be blamed, if there was an error in Wednesday’s announcement of the suspension of some four High Court justices, in relation to bribery and corruption allegations against them. Responding to a suggestion that the four High Court justices had already been suspended in 2015, […]

Hajia Fati, an avid supporter of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) who is mostly stationed at the party’s headquarters in Asylum Down, Accra, has appealed to the general public not to link her actions to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to her, she is solely responsible for her actions, therefore, any criticism of her actions should be directed […]