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September 23, 2024
Upper East GTA awards: GNA adjudged Digital Tourism Icon of the Year
The Bolgatanga Office of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has been adjudged the Digital Tourism Icon of the Year, 2024, at the Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) awards held over the weekend.
It received a certificate and a c…
Nkrumah’s Memorial Day receives varied opinions in Sunyani
The commemoration of the Memorial Day of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah has received varied reactions among a section of the public in the Sunyani municipality.
The Ministry of Interior has officially designated Monday, September…
UMaT Scientists discover Tantalum deposits in Southern Ghana
Research has revealed that a new mineral, Tantalum, has been discovered at Bewadze-Mankoadze in the Kibi-Winneba Belt of southern Ghana.
The mineral is found in large quantities of an igneous rock known as pegmatite.
This is contained in a publishe…
GACL confirms smoke emission from passenger’s luggage at KIA Terminal 3
Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has confirmed that on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at approximately 1527 hours, a passenger’s luggage was detected to be emitting smoke at the baggage wrap area at the Departure Hall, Terminal 3, KIA.
The Operati…
GEd may hold the key to modernising Ghana’s food systems-MESTI
Innovations in modern biotechnology such as Genome Editing (GEd) may hold the key to modernising Ghana’s food systems, Mr Kwamena Essilfie Quaison, Director of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Ministry for Environment, Science, Technology, a…
44 Democracy Hub demonstrators arrested over lawlessness
Some 44 Democracy Hub Demonstrators, have been arrested for engaging in various acts of lawlessness at the 37 Intersection in Accra.
A total of 42 of them were picked up on Sunday and two on Monday.
A statement from the Police signed by Assistant C…
Galamsey pushing herbal plants into extinction – Expert warns
For many in Wassa Agona and surrounding areas in the Western North Region, medical conditions like headaches, ringworm and scabies were mostly treated with the leaves, of Aubregrinia taiensis (Duatadwe kese).
Now, that practice is gradually fading, …
ECOWAS holds capacity building to strengthen copyright offices across member states
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has held its first general meeting on capacity building of directors-general of copyright offices to strengthen the return of cultural property to countries of origin.
The workshop held in Accra, w…
China-Ghana trade volumes hit $6 billion in Q1 of 2024
The bilateral trade volume between China and Ghana in the first half of 2024 reached nearly $ 6 billion, an increase of 13.3 per cent the previous year.
In 2023, the trade volume exceeded $11 billion, an increase of 10.4 per cent year-on-year, Mr T…
Nestle Ghana launches nutrient-rich breakfast
Nestlé Ghana Limited has launched ‘Golden Morn’, a nutrient-rich cereal for the whole family’s breakfast.
The cereal, made from maize and soya, provides essential nutrients for balanced nutrition and digestion, offering a wholesome, homemade feel.
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