Day: January 31, 2022

Inflation in Ghana finished the year 2021 at 12.6%, the Bank of Ghana has announced. This is contained in a press release issued by the Central Bank after its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held its 104th meeting and the first meeting for the year. “After falling to 7.5 percent in May 2021, inflation increased throughout […]

Tema,– The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) and the Zoomlion Company are to begin door-to-door refuse collection in Tema Manhean as part of measures to improve waste management in the area. Tema Manhean with its dense population, has just a handful communal refuse bins, placed at selected points and this has not been helpful to efforts […]

Accra,- Soccer Intellectuals on Sunday, defeated Police Ladies 2-0 at the La McDan Park on match day seven of the Women’s Premier League in Accra. Striker Jennifer Mensah Adjei put her side in the lead in the 79th minute of the game from a corner kick taken by Miriam Dzehu, which she headed straight into […]

Sunyani, (B/R),- The government e-levy has received varied reactions from residents in the Bono Region, with some of them calling for a drastic reduction in the proposed rate of 1.75 per cent. Few of the residents also insisted on the scrapping of the proposed levy, saying its passage would worsen the condition and over-burden Ghanaians. […]

– Ernest Egyir Foundation, a non-profit charitable organisation, has enrolled 45 youths into various skilled training to promote entrepreneurial skills among the youth and also reduce unemployment in the country. The beneficiaries drawn from various communities within the Mfantseman Municipality are the first apprenticeship cohort under the Saltpond Skills-Apprenticeship Project (SSAP) by the Foundation expected […]

The prices of petrol, diesel, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) will go up by 25 pesewas per litre in the first two weeks of February, this year, the Institute for Energy Security has predicted. The Institute said the impending increment would be higher than projected if the Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levy (PSRL), currently suspended, […]

Nsawam (E/R)– Mr Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, has donated 50 special hospital beds to 13 health centres in the municipality for effective health care delivery. The beds, procured at a cost of 250,000.00 Ghana cedis, will be distributed to the Ahuntem Darmang, Adoagyiri Zongo, Nsumia, Djankrom, Fotobi, Akraman, Kwakyekrom, and […]

Ho, – A team from the West African Centre for Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agriculture (WACWISA) of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has participated in a workshop to develop curriculum for Solar Powered Irrigation System (SPIS) in the country. The four-day Curriculum Review Workshop, held in Ho, brought together other stakeholders from research and […]