By Our News Desk Ghana’s leading mining contracting firm that provides mine support services to the Extractive Industry, Engineers & Planners, has announced its interest in acquiring all of the ordinary shares in Cardinal Resources Limited. Engineers & Planners in a release dated 24th November 2020 and signed by its Business Development Director, Emmanuel Erskine, stated that “The Offer represents …

By Our Reporter Nene Abram Kabu Akuaku III, Chief of Ada has expressed gratitude to the President, Nana Ad do Dankwa Akufo-Addo for working to ensure the ratification of the mining leases to the Ada Songhor Salt Project. Addressing a Press Conference on behalf of the Chief, Mankralo of Ada Nene Agudey Obichere said the people of Ada have over …

    The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reacted to allegations of nepotism, corruption and money laundering leveled against it in the Agri-Plus deal. In a press statement yesterday, November 17, 2020, signed and issued by the Head of Public Affairs, Mr Fiifi Boafo, COCOBOD debunked the allegations. Some documents said to be from the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and …

The Minister for Communications, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced that Ghana has secured Three (3) million dollars support from the Norwegian government to support its Digital Transformation Centres (DTC) initiative. At a virtual signing ceremony in Accra yesterday, the Minister noted that the support received from the Norwegian government would boost digital skills among citizens of Ghana. The initiative is under the partnership …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, has stated that Ghana’s economy is recovering faster than anticipated from the impact of novel Coronavirus pandemic. According to him, the recovery is because his government knows how to resuscitate an economy back to life just as it did from 2017 when the economy had been stretched and was under stress by the then …

Finance Minister Parries Wrong-Doing Tag …Says Deal Has Been Transparent From Onset   By Our Monitoring Team The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has parried accusations that his outfit erred the controversial Agyapa deal saying that due diligence was done in regards to the processes that led to the approval of the Agyapa Royalties Agreement in Parliament. Ken Ofori-Atta response follows …

The Regional Capital of Savannah, Damongo, on Saturday [October 31, 2020] bubbled with excitement when the sod was cut for the construction of a solid waste treatment facility in the region. The Regional Minister, Mr Salifu Adam Braimah, who performed the ceremony on behalf of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, stressed that his administration remained committed in the effective …

Government has shot itself in the foot as it suffers economic losses occasioned by the unpaid settlement to the Ghana Community Network Limited (GCNet) and West Blue consulting after the two companies ports management valid contract were abrogated. The settlement package for GCNet, reported to be an amount between $120 million to $150 million has remained unpaid after the controversial …

By Julian Owusu-Abedi Ghana Link Network Services Ltd in collaboration with the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have begun another round of refresher training for users of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS). The training which is currently ongoing in the Northern part of Ghana is expected to cover Northern, Savanah, and Upper East Regions, equipping all …

By Samuel Ansah Boateng Some members of the Ghana Road Contractors Association have bemoaned Government’s decision to pay customers of defunct DKM, at the expense of huge arrears owed them (contractors) by government. The contractors believe the decision by government was not just unfair but a misplaced priority and very discouraging to every hardworking Ghanaian. “These are people who out …