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Prices of fuel in Ghana have this week gone up marginally, vindicating the prediction made by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Petrol as of Friday, January 17 was selling at GH 5.50 per litre at various pumps, up GHC 9 pesewas from its previous price of GHC 5.41. The marginal increase has been attributed ...

he Ashanti Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) is poised to embark on a special operation dubbed “operation produce your driver’s licence” next month, specifically, February 3, 2020. This initiative is to help reduce the rampant road accidents that occur within the Ashanti Region. In a press release sighted by GhanaWeb and signed by Superintendent Emmanuel Adu Boahen, it ...

MTN Ghana has apologised for the instability in data connectivity being experienced by its customers in Ghana and other West African countries. In a circular sent to shareholders and other stakeholders on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), the company said the hitches were caused by “double undersea fibre optic cable cut in Europe.” It explained that the cut on the ...

Mr Desmond Appiah, the Chief Resilience and Sustainability Advisor of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has urged traditional leaders to sensitise citizens on the dangers that air pollution posed to their health and the environment. He said traditional leaders have the upper hand in influencing citizens to desist from acts that cause air pollution. Mr Appiah gave the advice at ...

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has encouraged government to support more girls in Tech Education.  A statement issued in Accra by the Coalition noted, “GNECC wishes to use this opportunity to reiterate our calls on the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Communication and other relevant institutions to take measures to ensure basic and secondary schools across the country ...

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the 2020 population census will come off even though the scheduled date might change. The exercise was to take place in March but the Service says it might be deferred due to observation made during the field mapping exercise. Media reports suggest the exercise might be cancelled altogether. However, in a statement, the GSS urged ...

The Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) has identified some gaps in Ghana’s Petroleum environmental laws and regulations, pointing out that the Laws, to a larger extent, do not conform to international best practices. Ghana enacted some environmental laws and regulations to govern environmental issues in the oil and gas sector. These regulations are contained in the Environmental Protection Act, ...

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the programmes and policies being implemented by his government are putting the country onto the path of progress and prosperity, and, will gradually take Ghana to a stage beyond aid. Speaking at the 71st New Year School on Tuesday under the theme “Attaining Ghana Beyond Aid: Challenges and Prospects”, President Akufo-Addo stated that ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has launched an Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) and a national Command Centre for the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) in Accra. The ECTS and the Command Centre aim at improving the efficiency of NPA in the monitoring of Bulk Roads Vehicles (BRVs) nationwide. The move is further aimed at eliminating or reducing illicit activities associated ...

Mandated to ensure the safe custody and welfare of inmates in the various prison establishments, the Prisons Service was undoubtedly the sole institution that effectively made sanitation an issue of discussion in the previous year. The “Clean Ghana Project” is an initiative to make the nation’s capital and other regional capitals free from filth and attractive to all who visit ...