Let’s Develop And Sell Our Uniqueness – Alban Bagbin
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has charged African countries to focus on developing an identity that is linked with their heritage. According to him, the continent is losing out among…
Ghanaian Diaspora sent in almost $5billion in remittances last year despite Covid
What was not affected was the resilience with which the Ghanaian Diaspora sent home money to support their loved ones in times of extreme need. In 2020 Diaspora remittances to…
SSNIT, NIA integration takes off in two weeks
The integration of member account numbers of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to the national platform, the Ghana Card, by the National Identification Authority (NIA) will take-off…
Ghana set for biggest crop harvest in a decade
Ghana, the world’s no. 2 cocoa grower, is headed for its biggest harvest in at least a decade after good weather and government interventions helped boost its output, according to…
Forestry Commission encourages daily tree planting attitude among youth
The Forestry Commission of Ghana, Shai Hills division, has urged the youth and corporate Ghana to leverage the Green Ghana Day to make tree planting a daily activity to fight…
Census: Listing of structures begin
The listing of structures and landed properties for the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) commenced yesterday. The listing will pave the way for the enumeration, which starts at midnight…
Ghanaians kick-start Greening Ghana by Planting 5 Million Trees in One Day
Ghanaians have been on the move across the length and breadth of the country, busy participating in planting five million tree seedlings in a single day. This is a landmark…
All is set for ‘Green Ghana Day’ today
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, with support from the Forestry Commission, has stated that the Green Ghana Project to achieve five million trees planted nationwide will happen today,…
‘Making Accra work again’ shouldn’t be seen as political vindictiveness – Henry Quartey
Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, has urged residents within his jurisdiction not to view his actions towards ‘Making Accra work again’ through political lenses. He says, the strategies…
GUTA welcomes GRA’s decision to collect taxes digitally
A little over a week since the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) decided not to accept personal and corporate cheques for the payment of taxes and levies in any of its…
Oil palm to the rescue of degraded mine sites
Solidaridad through its National Initiatives for Sustainable Climate-Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS) programme is helping to reclaim degraded mine sites in the Central Region of Ghana with oil palm. The…
Gov’t eyes automobile industry to transform economy
Government, as part of its transformational agenda for the automobile industry, has identified Vehicle Assembly and Automotive Components Manufacturing as a strategic anchor industry to accelerate the country’s industrial development….
New fares take off
New transport fares following the 13 per cent increment took off almost seamlessly last Saturday. During a visit to a number of lorry stations and transport terminals, the Daily Graphic…
376,169 Complete 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccination
About 376,169 people have so far received the full dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the second round of the vaccination exercise in some parts of the country, the Ghana…
Gov’t to reduce spectrum and licencing fees to push down data cost
Communications and Digitalisation Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said that government is striving to push the cost of data down to help accelerate the digital economy via reduction in spectrum and licencing…
Four Lessons We Learned From Achimota School-Rastafarian Students Ruling
The debate over how to proceed with the intended appeal is undoubtedly ongoing among the authorities of Achimota School, the ever-reliable association of old students and the legal counsel that…
GH¢100m allocated to boost domestic tourism
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced an additional budgetary allocation of GH¢100 million to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture to carry out planned programmes. According to the…
New strategies developed against mosquitoes
The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) has set up sentinel sites at selected locations around the country to monitor the resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides. An epidemiologist with the NMCP,…
Airport COVID-19 testing system able to detect new variants
Manager of the COVID-19 test facility at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), Frontier Health Service (FHS), has said that one of the highest costs on its operational budget is the…
COVID-19: We’ve vaccinated 82% of our target the 2nd phase – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS), says it has vaccinated more than 82 percent of its target for the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination exercise. The GHS is therefore hopeful…