The Public Relations Officer of Concerned Drivers Association, David Agboado, says some drivers have already implemented a 20% increase in transport fares. According to him, some drivers have increased their fares even though the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) had instructed them to hold off on the planned increase in transport fares. Speaking on…
Closed Season Observation of the Gbelle Resource Reserve 2025 from 1st August to 1st December. The Forestry Commission and Wildlife Division celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Gbelle Resource Reserve and the launch of the closed season observation 2025 at Tumu in the Upper West Region to protect the Reserve for future generations, on the…
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has directed all Medical Doctors, Dentists, and Dental Surgeons practising in Ghana to effect changes in their name tags, effective January 1, 2024. The GMA instructed doctors and other professionals in the medical field to ensure additional academic titles are prefixed on their name tags. GMA believes this will help…
President-elect John Dramani Mahama has mandated the parliamentary leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to nominate the Right Honourable Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin as Speaker of the 9th Parliament of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. The directive, according to a press release signed by Mahama’s Special Aide, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, followed consultations with the NDC’s National…
The Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has expressed his disappointment over his inability to secure the House’s support for three urgent government business items. He attributed the failure to what he described as the “tough, stubborn and difficult” stance of the Minority Caucus on matters that had gone through the committees’ processes but ultimately failed…
The Ghana National Gas Company Ltd (Ghana Gas) will undertake a scheduled maintenance of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant from Saturday, August 16, to Saturday August 30, this year. During the maintenance period the company would shut down the country’s main natural gas source for two weeks. Though it would affect gas supply for power…
This policy shift is part of a broader effort to reverse what Donald Trump calls “social engineering” in public and private life. “I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life..As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there…
Business players in Ghana have expressed satisfaction with the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend the 10% tariff on all exports to the United States. The move follows growing concern over steep tariffs imposed on many of the U.S.’s trading partners, which have sparked volatility in global financial markets. Ghana was among the…
Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the leading subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, is set to extend its expertise to Burkina Faso’s waste management sector, following a high-level meeting between its Executive Chairman, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, and Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo. On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, Dr. Siaw Agyepong led a…
The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has criticised the recent suspensions handed down by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, following the chaotic scenes during a parliamentary sitting. According to Assafuah, the Speaker’s decision to suspend only four MPs was insufficient and failed to address the full scope of the misconduct…
