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2,806 THE SENIOR Staff of Ghana Gas Company Limited in the Western Region have indicated that they are against government’s decision to allow Genser Energy Ghana Limited to build a gas processing plant with raw gas from the Jubilee fields. Genser Energy is an independent power producer serving multinational clients in the industrial and mining […]
1,905 The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced a review of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Medicines List and Service Tariffs. This means patients and holders of the NHIS card would have to pay more for medicines and services at the various NHIS accredited facilities. The review of the NHIS Medicines list and […]
2,012 George Opoku Amponsah, a Social Interest Advocate, Politician and farmer has appealed to the President of the Republic to rather than anything address the nation on the 6th of March instead of the usual commemorative activities that are done across Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), regional as well as national levels. In a […]
2,220 The popular Nigerian born British LGBTQIA+ rights campaigner, Davis Mac-Iyalla who was installed as a traditional chief at Yamonransa in the Central Region of Ghana at the weekend is no longer a chief. The chiefs have stripped him of that title and reversed his installation on the grounds that he did not reveal his […]
1,884 The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has entreated customers to conserve energy and invariably spend less on electricity as the upward adjustment of utility tariffs takes effect on February 1. According to the utility company, it has catalogued all unit consumption and the expected cost in a “reckoner” which clearly explains how the tariff […]
2,173 Some 3,000 former small-scale illegal miners have been employed as oil palm plantation farmers under the Alternative Livelihoods Project in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region. The project seeks to curb illegal small-scale mining, otherwise known as “galamsey” in the area, and provide alternative employment for residents who hitherto were engaged in […]
1,973 State-Owned Enterprises will contribute 25 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2023, the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) has projected. The Ministry of Finance had charged the Authority to ensure that SOEs become economically viable and contribute at least 30 per cent to the GDP. Mr Edward Boateng, Director-General […]
2,016 The Institute of Energy Security (IES) is predicting an increase in fuel prices despite the Gold for Oil Policy being rolled out by the government. Speaking on Starr Today with Joshua Kodjo Mensah Monday January 30, 2023 Policy Analyst with the IES, Adam Yakubu said consumers should expect that by Tuesday or Wednesday prices […]
2,017 Ghana for the 3rd consecutive year, scores 43 out of a possible clean score of 100 and ranks 72 out of 180 countries and territories included in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today by Transparency International (TI). This score, reflects a lack of progress in the country’s fight against corruption. Addressing the […]
2,269 A lot of radio presenters, especially morning show hosts, news reporters and other media personnel in the Bono East region, say even though they are very much aware of the alleged nefarious activities of personnel of the Police Intelligent Directorate (PID) of the Ghana Police Service, they are afraid to report or talk about […]