Author: newsfilegh

The Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) and the Coalition of NGO’s in Water and Sanitation (Coniwas) want government to address the low charges for managing solid waste in the country. Ghana charges an average 10 dollars in managing a tonne of municipal solid waste, a charge that is comparatively lower than the World Bank recommended fee of 30 dollars. In a joint press statement, the ESPA and Coniwas demanded of government to address the cost deficit to ensure sustainable waste management in Ghana. Vice President of Coniwas, Mr Atta Arhin who delivered at a news conference at the 30th MOLE…

Political party financing in Ghana has become a lucrative business for some people, the Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey has said. “Those who are financing parties today see election as business and the kind of profits they make, they will not make it in any business,” he told Stephen Anti on TV3 Hot Issues Saturday afternoon. According to the political scientist, the situation is largely the cause of the various procurement infractions in the country as those financed become indebted to the extent that they resort to over invoicing and other crimes. Institutions…

Guidelines to regulate the operations of ride-hailing transport service operators in the country have been introduced by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) Under the guidelines, drivers and owners of Uber, Bolt and Yango vehicles are to pay a total of 120 cedis every year at the DVLA as vehicle verification and authentication fee. Owners of these vehicles are to present the vehicles at the Digital Transport Centre at the DVLA headquarters at Cantonments in Accra, together with the Vehicle Registration Certificate for verification and authentication. They will pay a 60-cedi fee for the verification and authentication process, a…

Guidelines to regulate the operations of ride-hailing transport service operators in the country have been introduced by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) Under the guidelines, drivers and owners of Uber, Bolt and Yango vehicles are to pay a total of 120 cedis every year at the DVLA as vehicle verification and authentication fee. Owners of these vehicles are to present the vehicles at the Digital Transport Centre at the DVLA headquarters at Cantonments in Accra, together with the Vehicle Registration Certificate for verification and authentication. They will pay a 60-cedi fee for the verification and authentication process, a…

A private legal practitioner has questioned the decision by a lower court to remand a top police officer who is facing treasonable offence for his alleged involvement a coup plot to destabilise the country. Ahead of committal proceedings, police prosecutors on November 6 put ACP Dr Emmanuel Agordzo before the Kaneshie District Court to seek his remand as it raced against time in meeting the 48-hour constitutional provision. Lawyers for the senior police officer however raised preliminary objection, arguing the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the prosecutors on the issue of remand and or bail application. In their view, since…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has pushed back the resumption date for senior high school students currently on mid-term holidays. The students were to return to school on Tuesday, November 12, but the GES said it has extended the date by three more days. “Students are expected to return over the weekend [November 15, 2019] to ensure that full academic work resumes on Monday, November 18 2019” the GES said in a statement to all regional directors of education in the country. The directive, the GES said, “equally applies to all SHS 1 and 2 students on the Gold Track…

Gold Fields Ghana Limited through its foundation is spending a total of $500,000 to train 47 university graduates from its host communities in mining and its related fields of work for the next two years. Dubbed the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation Graduate Trainee Programme, the training intends to create a pool of rich human resource for the extractive sector by enrolling university graduates who have completed National Service on a two-year structured and on-the-job training and development. To guarantee better learning outcomes the Learning and Development Department of the company has structured the training to enhance the learning experience by…

Amazon is spending millions of dollars designing and constructing a homeless shelter in the heart of downtown Seattle. The online retail giant partnered with the non-profit Mary’s Place to transform one of its urban campuses into a home for the less fortunate, which will open in 2020 and house 275 people per night. However, the eight-story shelter can only house a small portion of the homeless population in the area, as there are more than 12,000 people living on the streets in the county. Amazon’s shelter will be the largest in the state of Washington. John Schoettler, Amazon’s vice president…

Afrobeat artiste Fameye has declined to reveal how much he earned from his performance at Reverend Obofour’s church, but revealed what he received can buy the newly released iPhone 11 Pro. The ‘Noting I Get’ hit maker on September 28 performed at the wedding ceremony of a junior pastor of the popular televangelist at the Anointed Palace Chapel. Videos from the ceremony showed Rev Obofour publicly spraying cash on Fameye. Rev. Obofour is known for his association with secular musicians such as Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy and the latest to be added to the list, Fameye. When asked on Onua FM…

Afrobeat artiste Fameye has declined to reveal how much he earned from his performance at Reverend Obofour’s church, but revealed what he received can buy the newly released iPhone 11 Pro. The ‘Noting I Get’ hit maker on September 28 performed at the wedding ceremony of a junior pastor of the popular televangelist at the Anointed Palace Chapel. Videos from the ceremony showed Rev Obofour publicly spraying cash on Fameye. Rev. Obofour is known for his association with secular musicians such as Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy and the latest to be added to the list, Fameye. When asked on Onua FM…