Author: newsfilegh

The Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer has defended the award of contract to an Oil Marketing Company (OMC) Movenpiina to buy off-spec oil from Bulk Oil Storage (BOST) as legitimate. Speaking on TV3’s New Day, Wednesday, the MP who is a lawyer argued: “Of course pre-incorporation contracts are valid in law, [there is] absolutely nothing untoward about it at all. You can go into the licensing regimes because it’s regulated industry and all of that – that is another matter that we can discuss. But the truth of the matter is that pre-incorporation contracts are legitimate and…

Some staff of the state broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), are lobbying to get former Director General of the station, Mr. William Ampem-Darko appointed as its board chairman. In a statement addressed to the Minister of Information, the staff calling themselves ‘Friends of William Ampem-Darko at GBC’, said though they are settling for the board chairman, “indeed, we would have wished that he be re-appointed Director-General, but are aware that there is an incumbent currently occupying that position”. They mentioned him as someone who contributed immensely to staff welfare whilst at the helm of affairs at GBC. “More significantly still,…

Venezuela’s Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a helicopter in what President Nicolás Maduro called a “terrorist attack”. Footage on social media shows a police helicopter circling over the city before shots and a loud bang are heard. The police officer said to have piloted the stolen aircraft issued a statement denouncing the “criminal government”. His whereabouts are unknown. It comes after mass protests against the political and economic crisis. The Supreme Court is regularly criticised by the Venezuelan opposition for its rulings which bolster Mr Maduro’s hold on power. What happened? In an address from the…

Chairman of the Senior Staff Union of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Ltd (BOST), Abdul Jalil A. Rahman has discredit one Mr.  Albert Nii Mantey who has been holding himself up as chairman of the union. Abdul Rahman has therefore cautioned the general public, especially the media, not to engage Mr.  Nii Mantey to address issues regarding the sale of contaminated product by BOST to a private company. that where the Senior Staff Union is to intervene in the issue; A statement issued by the Union maintained that the senior staff would comment on the raging issue only “after…

Ghana has failed to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons but has escaped a downgrade, a new report released by the U.S. Department of State has revealed. According to the 2017 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report released Tuesday, though Ghana made some efforts, it did not demonstrate increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period of 2016. The 2017 TIP report is under the theme “Enhancing Criminal Accountability and Addressing Challenges in Prosecution Efforts,” and seeks to stimulate action and create partnerships around the world in the fight against modern slavery. The report includes narratives…

https://virdgedigital.com/zip_it/dr-bawumia-secures-15bn-from-china-to-boost-ghanas-economy/

Facebook has recently been flooded with disturbing videos and other hate filled content, but the firm has revealed it is making great strides to combat these offensive ideas. The social media giant has staffed 4,500 human workers with the task of reviewing posts on the site, which has resulted in the removal of about 66,000 posts a week. Although Facebook is working on other methods, it understands that they are ‘a long way from being able to rely on machine learning and AI to handle the process’. ‘As more and more communication takes place in digital form, the full range…

One of Ghana’s legal luminary, Professor Kwaku Asare, will on Thursday evening ‘make sense’ out of the Supreme Court’s declaration of the admission criteria of the Ghana School of Law as unconstitutional. READ: SC declares Ghana School of Law admission criteria unconstitutional Some critics have questioned the legality of the apex court decision, which was secured by Prof Asare and has since last week sparked a debate. READ: Supreme Court’s decision on school of law will cause more harm than good – SRC The Media General Group, a leading media conglomerate in Ghana, is thus hosting Prof Kwaku Asare at its maiden MG…

Former Food and Agric minister, Nii Amansah Namoale, has hit out at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) over its seeming laxity to prosecute fake drug and food dealers in the country. He wondered why the FDA has not been active in prosecuting persons who import and sell fake drugs and food, something he said is not helping the fight against fake drugs and food on the Ghanaian market. “Look at the way Nigeria is fighting fake drugs in their country. They report it and prosecute people, but over here we only report without prosecution,” he told Bright Kwesi Asempa…

The first President of Zambia, Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda, has urged the President Akufo-Addo, to continue to shine the torch of Africa, and help deliver the progress and prosperity for the long-suffering masses of Africans. According to Dr. Kaunda, “your contribution as President can make a huge difference not only for Ghana, but for Africa and the world as a whole. Your becoming President of Ghana has come at a very remarkable time for Ghana and Africa.” Dr. Kaunda made this known on Tuesday, 27th June, 2017, when President Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy call on him at his residence in…