Ghana
Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:57:24 GMT200 River Guards to be Trained to Combat Illegal Mining #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Ghanaian Times] Two hundred river guards will be trained and deployed this year to fight illegal mining along the country's river bodies, under the River Protection Unit of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.
Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:01:18 GMTTeachers Deserve to Held in High Esteem - Asantehene
[Ghanaian Times] Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II, has observed that teachers are the primary source of human progress and therefore, deserved to be held in high esteem for the essential services they continue to provide to the nation.
Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:19:38 GMT'Expenditure On Education Increased By 95% in My Time' - President Akufo-Addo
[Ghana Presidency] "So great has this government's commitment to education been that public expenditure on education has almost doubled from twenty billion, seven hundred million cedis (GH¢20.7 billion) between 2013 and 2016, that is in the Mahama e...
Fri, 31 Dec 2021 06:59:14 GMTElvis Justice 'Meet & Learn' Ghana Edition Kicks Off On January 2
[Ghanaian Times] As part of aiding financial stability among citizens, the Elvis Justice meet and learn Ghana is set to take off in Accra, at the Airport View Hotel which sought to imbibe the knowledge of financial well-being to participants.
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:09:31 GMTCoastal Communities Threatened By Erosion, Sand Harvesting
[VOA] Fuvemeh -- Tidal waves and coastal erosion have submerged an entire fishing community on Ghana's eastern coast. Many villagers already had been relocated because of past tidal waves, and they have petitioned the government for a permanent solut...
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:02:48 GMTNajel Foundation Makes Merry With the Deprived During Christmas Yuletide.
[Ghanaian Times] As part of the conscious effort of achieving zero hunger in some years to come, the Najel Foundation in conjunction with Najel Events and Rentals has donated assorted food items to some orphanage homes and inmates in cells at some se...
Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:13:36 GMTCovid-19 Jabs Won't Be Compulsory but May Be Required to Access Govt Facilities - Health Minister
[GhanaToday] The government is considering a health policy that would make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory.
Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:22:55 GMTDeepen the Bond of Togetherness in Building Our Motherland - Bawumia Admonishes Ghanaians
[GhanaToday] Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in his 2021 Christmas message to the nation has urged Ghanaians to use the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ to deepen the cohesion that exists among them to facilitate the growth of the country.
Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:22:51 GMTU.S. Donates 1.7 Million Doses of Pfizer Vaccines to Ghana
[GhanaToday] Mr Kwaku Agyemang Manu, Minister for Health (Right) receiving the vaccines from US Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan
Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:42:32 GMTGlorious Temple Worship Center Set to Stage Mega 31st Night Service
[Ghanaian Times] The 'mother' of all 31st Night Cross Over church services will be held at the Glorious Temple Worship Center at Nungua-Barrier in Accra.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:10:57 GMTWomen in Ghana's Shea Butter Industry Plough On Despite Covid Woes
[RFI] Women are sorting bad nuts from good nuts at the Sagnarigu shea processing facility in Ghana's Northern Region, a gated facility equipped with cooking stoves produced from mud with an accompanying saucepan stand.
Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:42:34 GMTAIT Holds 17th Graduation Ceremony
[Ghanaian Times] The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), a leading technology-focused private university held its 17th Graduation Ceremony last Saturday in Accra.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:37:58 GMTResponsible Small Scale Mining, the Way to Go - Vice President Bawumia
[GhanaToday] Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (Right) presenting the overall award to Bright Kwabena Obeng of Obeng Mining Ventures
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:36 GMTNovember Producer Price Inflation Increases to 13.6 Per Cent
[Ghanaian Times] The year-on-year producer price inflation for November rose to 13.6 per cent from 10.6 per cent in October.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:34 GMTEconomy Records 6.6 Per Cent Growth in 3rd Quarter
[Ghanaian Times] Winneba -- Ghana's economy for third quarter of 2021 year on year provisionally grew at 6.6 per cent, compared with contraction of 3.2 per cent in the same period last year.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:33 GMTChess Prodigy Calls On Times Editor
[Ghanaian Times] The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Chess Player of the Year, Philip Selikem Yao Amoako and on Tuesday called on the Editor of the Ghanaian Times newspaper, Mr.David Agbenu.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:31 GMTADR Gifts to Senior Correction Centre in Accra
[Ghanaian Times] The Centre for Citizens' Empowerment (CCE), a Conflict Resolution Centre of the Institute of Paralegal Training and Leadership Studies which trains ADR Professionals, yesterday donated assorted Christmas gifts to the Senior Correctio...
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:29 GMT2021 Has Been a Remarkable Year for Fbnbank - Md
[Ghanaian Times] The year 2021 has been a remarkable year for FBNBank Ghana in spite of the difficult economic challenges occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director, Victor Yaw Asante, has said.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:27 GMTEcobank Urges Customers to Use Bank's Digital Solutions
[Ghanaian Times] In spite of the many devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ecobank continues to remain one of the leading and topmost performing banks in the country, Managing Director, Daniel Sackey, has said.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:25 GMTGhana Identifies 17 Sites for Biosphere Reserves Under UNESCO
[Ghanaian Times] Ghana has identified 17 sites for future nomination into the World Network of Biosphere Reserves under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:23 GMTEcuador Park to Host Game to Honour Ghana's 1995 World Cup Winners
[Ghanaian Times] A ceremonial football match will be played on Boxing Day to honour the heroes of Ghana's Black Starlets that inflicted a 3-2 defeat over Brazil in 1995 to be crowned the World Champions at the U-17 level in Ecuador.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:22 GMTGAAE Creates Awareness About Good Use of E-Waste
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Association of Agricultural Economists (GAAE), Southern Zone (SZ), has held its dialogue series on "E-waste and its Impact on the Environment and Livelihoods in Ghana" in Accra.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:21 GMTWe'll Make Samuel Takyi World Champion - GBA President
[Ghanaian Times] The President of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), Mr Abraham Kotei Neequaye has vowed to groom Ghana's Olympic medalist, Samuel Takyi to become a world champion.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:19 GMTWeek-Long Tennis Tourney Ends in Kumasi
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- A week-long tennis tournament at the 4 Garrison Officers Mess Court in Kumasi, has ended.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:17 GMTCalbank Urges Staff to Vaccinate Against Covid-19
[Ghanaian Times] The Managing Director (MD) of CalBank, Phillip Owiredu, has urged staff to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that they do not transmit the disease to customers and the public.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:17 GMTMal FC Win Kgl-U17 Inter-Club Tourney
[Ghanaian Times] Mal FC emerged winners of the maiden edition of the KGL- U17 Juvenile Inter-club National Champions League after prevailing over Desideros 2-0 on Tuesday at the Fadama Astroturf Park.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:15 GMTAmerican Chamber of Commerce Assures of More Collaborations to Boost Trade
[Ghanaian Times] As the first year of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) comes to an end, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan, has assured of deepened trade relations between Ghanaian and Amer...
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:12 GMTARS Begins 82nd Anniversary Celebration At Tadzewu, Tomorrow
[Ghanaian Times] The Apostles Revelation Society (ARS), one of the biggest churches to have emerged from the Volta Region, would from tomorrow begin its 82nd anniversary celebration.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:31:10 GMTKwafokrom-Apedua Road Open to Traffic
[Ghanaian Times] Kwafokrom -- The Accra-Kumasi bound section of the Kwafokrom to Apedua junction dualisation road was yesterday opened to traffic.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:32:47 GMTCummings, Boakai Discussed CPP in Ghana
[New Dawn] The New Dawn reliably gathers that the two political leaders competing for the standard-bearer post of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP)- Ambassador Joseph Nyumah Boakai and Mr. Alexander B. Cummings held separate meetings this mon...