Head of Pricing at the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Abass Ibrahim Tasunti says the price deregulation policy introduced by government in 2015 is still running. He confirmed this when he spoke on PM Express Business Edition during his interaction with George Wiafe on Thursday on the topic “Containing frequent hikes in fuel prices.” The deregulation policy allows marketers and importers ...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has assured whistleblowers of their protection under the law if they are able to give out information on corruption-related activities engaged in by officials. The OSP noted that the role of the whistleblower in the fight against corruption in the country cannot be underestimated. “A whistleblower’s identity will not be revealed by the OSP without his or her ...

The re-registration of mobile SIM cards across the country is expected to commence later today, Friday, October 1, 2021. The exercise is expected to last for six months, ending on 31st March 2022. According to the government, the registration is aimed at riding the country’s cyberspace of fraudsters, monitor and track down persons who use their phones for criminal activities. ...

200 military personnel have been deployed to flush out illegal miners destroying water bodies in the country. The Ghana Armed Forces took this decision based on a directive given it by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. A statement from the Information Ministry, which made the announcement, said the team commenced the operation on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, on the ...

The “three planetary crises” of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are reinforcing each other and driving further damage to the environment and to our health, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Tuesday.  Executive Director Inger Andersen told an online discussion that the “significant and pathbreaking” information contained in the UN agency’s synthesis report Making Peace With Nature, not only breaks down ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday named investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines as the recipient of its 2021 press freedom award. For over three decades, Ms. Ressa has been involved in many initiatives to promote press freedom and currently manages the online outlet, Rappler. Her work however, also made her a ...

The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Permpeh, has entreated Ghanaians to exercise patience as the government is investing financial resources towards the upgrading of the power operating system in the country. This, he said, would ensure efficient and reliable power supply to both domestic and commercial power consumers to improve their businesses. Dr. Opoku Prempeh gave the assurance when ...

A malaria vaccine has proved to be 77% effective in early trials and could be a major breakthrough against the disease, say its developers from the University of Oxford. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa. But despite many vaccines being trialled over the years, none has met the required target for success. The ...

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management at the University of Ghana, Dr. Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah, has urged the government to abandon its ambitious agenda to construct 111 hospitals across the country. He believes the initiative, dubbed Agenda 111 although well intended, will not be feasible considering constraints on fiscal expenditure. Dr. Abekah-Nkrumah wants the government ...

The Executive Director of the Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, says the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), needs a regulator. He said the regulator would help to standardise the Council’s operations and ensure that it delivered as expected to produce “true and learned students.” Mr Asare said that had become necessary because WAEC set its questions, marked by itself, and ...