Labour consultant, Kwesi Danso Acheampong has indicated that the current economic difficulties in the country may breed “very learned armed robbers.” He told Joy Newsnite Monday the government’s failure to address the ongoing labour impasse, would compel them to use their ‘sophisticated minds’ to satisfy their frustrations. Mr. Acheampong continued there have not been avenues for job creation and the existing ones may be folding up because of high corporate taxes. As a result, the graduates {.....}

Mr Mathew Amponsah, Chief State Attorney, on Monday told the Financial Court hearing the case of Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman that the judgement debt paid to the accused person was illegal. He alleged that the accused person obtained the judgement from a court of competent jurisdiction by fraud. Mr Amponsah made this known during a cross-examination of the accused in Accra. He said government never engaged the accused person on any project as is being alleged {.....}

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday charged his ministers to roll up their sleeves and get to work, as there is a lot of critical and urgent work to be done. “Our people are tired of listening to fine talk, what they want to see is the deliverables that will make their lives better…I, therefore, call on each of you to hit the ground running with no time to waste,” he added. President Mahama said this when he swore in 11 ministers and deputy ministers of state at the Flagstaff House, Kanda. The new  {.....}

The Trade Union Congress, TUC has asked the country’s legislature not to sanction the Economic Partnership Agreement reached between ECOWAS and the European Union. The Trades Union Congress in a press statement condemned the agreements saying it is ‘’inimical’’ to economic growth and development of the country. The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) on July 10, 2014 agreed to sign the partnership pact at the 45th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS {....}

This is the third time the biggest market centre in the Ashanti region has been reduced to ashes this year. Luv FM’s Erastus Asare reports that over 60 shops in the Dr. Mensah section of the market dedicated to selling used clothes have been razed down amidst wailing from helpless market women. The fire started around 8pm. The Dr. Mensah section of the market has suffered this loss twice after the market women rebuilt the place a year ago. Shop owners and onlookers have thrown caution to the wind {.....}

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) will no longer register new vehicles with no seatbelts for passengers. This takes effect from September 2014. According to Rudolph Beckley, Acting Chief Executive of the DVLA, the decision not to register commercial vehicles without seatbelts was in conformity with Section 119 of the Road Traffic Regulation Legislative Instrument (LI) 2180. He emphasized that the implementation of the LI on the use of seatbelts was to achieve a 50 percent {....}

Four persons, including a two-year-old baby girl and her mother, died on the spot yesterday when a Mercedes Benz tipper truck, with registration number ER 2752 X, collided head-on with a KIA Pride taxi in which they were travelling. The deceased, who were yet to be identified as of the time of going to press, also included two male adults who, together with the mother and daughter, were travelling on the Teshie Bush Road in Accra towards Teshie Camp Two. When the Daily Graphic arrived at the {.....}

Health financing expert and Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester A. Mensah says the “future is bright” for the younger generation of the country. According to him, “this is truly an exciting time to be growing up in Ghana.” Mr Mensah who was responding to questions in an interview with California-based International journalist, Ambrose Ehirim on his best-selling memoirs, “In the Shadows of politics – Reflections from my Mirror” said the “pedigree of {.....}

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG,) is collaborating with a Swedish company to produce 1000 megawatts of power using the environmentally friendly tidal wave technology. To this end, the Swedish company would utilise the exceptionally strong tides at the Ada Estuary by placing a hydro power plant under the sea at to convert the energy of the tide into energy, the ECG announced over the weekend. Manager of ECG Training School, Mr George Marfo who announced this during a {.....}

A former Trade and Industry Minister under the Kufuor administration, Alan Kyeremanten has bemoaned the gradual transformation of Ghana into a NATO nation – No Action Talk Only. He stated that it is time for political and public officials work harder to achieve results needed for the development of the country’s economy. He made this known at the second edition of the Graphic Business/ Fidelity Bank Breakfast meeting on the theme: “Maximizing the value of exports to improve Ghana’s trade [.....]

Starting Monday July 14, 2014, petroleum products fuel prices will be increased by 20% according to latest figures from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). This will be the third time the NPA has increased fuel prices this year. The price of petrol (premium) saw the highest increase of 23.08 percent. This means a litre of the commodity, which currently sells at Ghc2.73 per litre, from Monday will sell at Ghc3.36 a litre. Kerosene saw an increase of 23.75 percent and diesel 22.01 percent. Diesel currently sells [....]

It seems conclusions have already been drawn that this remains which was discovered is that of Castro. No solid evidence is in to prove that is the actual body of Castro which has been found but it seems people have started believing what they want to believe. This said body was found along the Sakumono beach near Tema last Saturday has heightened hopes that they could be those of the hip-life musician, Theophilus Tagoe, aka Castro. A police sources has, however, stated that it is unlikely that the body of [....]

The Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) says it has received intelligence report that some Ivorian refugees living in refugee camps in the country are planning mayhem over irregular food rationing. The Programme Coordinator of the Board, Mr. Tettey Padi, therefore warned the disgruntled Ivorian to refrain from the act to avoid a brush with the law. Even though the political upheaval in Cote d’Ivoire has ended, there are 9,631 Ivorian refugees and 1,077 asylum seekers living in camps at Ampain, Egyeikrom [.....]

Government’s policy of converting polytechnics into technical universities will take-off in September 2016, to help reposition them as strategic institutions for the training of highly-skilled human resource to drive the nation’s socio-economic development. Dr George Afeti, former Secretary General, Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa and former Rector, Ho Polytechnic, said government would soon place a bill on the conversion of polytechnics into technical universities [....]

An unidentified man was on Thursday found hanging in a church building at Bukankyi in the Ashanti Region, the police announced. The deceased, believed to be in his mid 30s, was found hanging in the Inspirational Assemblies of God Church. It is believed that he hanged himself at the sacred place during the night where nobody was around to see him. What influenced the man to end his life could not be immediately ascertained.He did not leave behind any suicide note before allegedly taking his life in [....]

From very reliable contacts in the US, the Ashantis living in the United States of America have snubbed the Asante Overlord. The normal pomp accorded him whenever he visits the US since his ascendancy to the Golden Stool, has virtually evaporated into the thin air on his latest visit or arrival. The pageantry of the Ashantis decorating their cars with Ghana flags, their cars hooting, people carrying and wearing Ashanti memorabilia and paraphernalia to welcome him to the US never occurred this [.....]

One hundred and twenty pupil teachers sacked in the Upper Manya Krobo District are still on the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) payroll and receive their salaries every month. Investigations by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) revealed that the district is not faced with teacher deficit, rather the 120 sacked teachers falsified their documents. The indication is that, the district has enough teachers despite the absence of the 120 pupil teachers and that most of the pupil teachers recruited were in excess of [....]

Ghana has joined other West African countries to abolish the residence permit system for citizens of member states. Currently, West Africa citizens are given a 90-day Visa free entry into any ECOWAS member country. But a communiqué issued at the 45th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of States and Government in Accra on Thursday indicated that Ghana has adopted a new resolution that allows citizens to reside in any member state with only a biometric ID card. President Mahama explained [....]