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There is currently a disturbing development on the construction of the Bolgatanga-Bawku road. The diversions that were created to aid vehicular traffic and to make way for smooth construction work have done more harm than good to motorists and commuters. The road is now in a very deplorable state. On rainy days, it becomes so muddy that vehicles get stuck there for weeks. The road users and residents around the diversion are getting frustrated by the day. Motorists and vehicles, especially the heavy vehicles that ply the diverted Bolgatanga-Bawku road, are now compelled to divert from Zebilla which is about…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will address a press conference today, Thursday, July 20 at the party’s headquarters in Adabraka, Accra. The conference will be addressed by National Chairman Kofi Portuphy, who is also the current leader of the party. The address is expected to touch on national issues, especially give the party’s assessment of the first six months of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s presidency. Invited journalists will be afforded the opportunity to ask questions. Big wigs of the party are also expected to be present. The party’s work so far on the Kwesi Botchwey Committee’s report will also be…

US scientists have calculated the total amount of plastic ever made and put the number at 8.3 billion tonnes. It is an astonishing mass of material that has essentially been created only in the last 65 years or so. The 8.3 billion tonnes is as heavy as 25,000 Empire State Buildings in New York, or a billion elephants. The great issue is that plastic items, like packaging, tend to be used for very short periods before being discarded. More than 70% of the total production is now in waste streams, sent largely to landfill – although too much of it…

US scientists have calculated the total amount of plastic ever made and put the number at 8.3 billion tonnes. It is an astonishing mass of material that has essentially been created only in the last 65 years or so. The 8.3 billion tonnes is as heavy as 25,000 Empire State Buildings in New York, or a billion elephants. The great issue is that plastic items, like packaging, tend to be used for very short periods before being discarded. More than 70% of the total production is now in waste streams, sent largely to landfill – although too much of it…

US scientists have calculated the total amount of plastic ever made and put the number at 8.3 billion tonnes. It is an astonishing mass of material that has essentially been created only in the last 65 years or so. The 8.3 billion tonnes is as heavy as 25,000 Empire State Buildings in New York, or a billion elephants. The great issue is that plastic items, like packaging, tend to be used for very short periods before being discarded. More than 70% of the total production is now in waste streams, sent largely to landfill – although too much of it…

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has denied conferring any award on the Chief Executive Officer of Marwako Fast Food, Alhaji Marwan Mohammed Chaaban. News of an award for the CEO went around last weekend after reports emerged he was honoured by the National Commission on Culture in collaboration with the Zongo Business Incubator and the Afro Arab Group. But a disclaimer issued on Wednesday by the Ministry said its agency, the National Commission on Culture, “did not approve of the award, and neither did the Ministry”. “We wish to state categorically that the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and…

Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana Charlotte Osei is demanding the full list of the Concern Staff of the Electoral Commission, members of which have petitioned the President to remove her from office. Mrs Osei, through her lawyers, wrote to the lawyer of the group of EC staff following news of their petition. They had petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove her for alleged breach of procurement laws, incompetence, conflict of interest, partiality and other alleged cases of misconduct. READ: Charlotte Osei faces removal as EC Chair over alleged abuse of office, breaches of law Thaddeaus Sori, who…

The Tarkwa Police Station has arrested 10 Chinese nationals suspected to be engaged in illegal mining. The 10 were caught in the act at a site at Efua Nta Kamponase opposite the Tarkwa Senior High School in the Western Region. They were arrested Wednesday afternoon following a tip-off by a group called Volunteers Against Illegal Mining, whose members have been employed under the Ministry for Lands and Natural Resources. A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, had to leave a national stakeholders forum at the University of Mines and Technology at Tarkwa to see to the…

Provisional results of the 2017 May/June West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) have been released, according to the West African Examination Council (Waec). The results are currently on the website of the nation’s exam-supervising body as the hard copies are being readied to be despatched to the various schools. Candidates can, therefore, access the results online. In a statement on Wednesday, Waec cautioned candidates against impostors who promise changing results, stating that its results are well secure and authenticated. Entire results of candidates from 185 schools have been withheld, pending conclusion of investigations into malpractices detected during and after…