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China’s tourism industry saw revenues of 423.3 billion yuan ($61.55 billion) during the recent Lunar New Year festival, up 15.9 percent against last year, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said late on Thursday. The rate of growth, driven by 344 million domestic tourist trips, was, however, slightly slower than the 16.3 percent rise seen in the corresponding year-ago period. Trips abroad over the period increased more moderately with around 6.15 million outbound Chinese tourists, up around 7 percent, CNTA said. China’s tourism industry is key to the country’s shift towards a more services-driven economy and is a useful indicator…

The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Friday launched the Floating Production and-Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel, John Agyekum Kufuor, at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore. The vessel named after Former President John Agyekum Kufuor will operate in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) oilfields in the Western Region. It is the largest of the three FPSOs in Ghana and the first equipped to convert both gas and oil on the same platform. Mrs. Akufo-Addo who was the special guest of honour, commended the former President for his foresight in restructuring the oil sector during his administration which led to the finding…

The Minister nominee for Transport, Kwaku Ofori-Asiamah is likely to start work on Monday February 6, 2017, when transport fares are expected to be increased. Information available to Onua News from the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) indicates that transport fares will at all cost go up on Monday. Onua News’ sources say stakeholders are currently consulting because transport fares are not determined by the increment of prices of fuel alone. The source at the GRTCC was not emphatic about the percentage increment but was emphatic new fares will be announced on Monday. Stakeholders in the transport sector had earlier hinted that they…

The Ghana Statistical Service has secured some funding to embark on a nationwide agricultural census to collect data on farmers, farm size and crops cultivated for decision making. The project should have started in 2014 but was delayed due to lack of funds. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture estimates that, it will need a total of 22 million cedis for successful implementation of the census. However, only five million cedis has been released by the Ministry of Finance to start the procurement process of the project. Funding for the agriculture census has been and is still a great challenge.…

The Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL) is to begin the construction of a second factory this year in the Western Region; a project that is set to generate over 2,000 jobs in the first phase. Estimated to cost about 50 million Euros, the first phase is scheduled to be completed in 2019 and the final phase in 2028, Managing Director of the GREL, Lionel Barre told journalists at a media interaction at the company’s factory at Agona in the Ahanta West District. “…in the first phase 2019, we will create between 2,000 and 3,000 field jobs so the field is…

She delightedly announced her pregnancy just hours before. And Beyonce, who is expecting twins, shared an intimate insight into her pregnancy atop life with her husband Jay Z and five-year-old daughter Blue Ivy in an onslaught of personal snaps shared to her website on Thursday. The 35-year-old songstress posted the images with the caption: ‘I have three hearts’ emblazoned across, in reference to her two babies, while giving a rare glimpse into her wedding day, holidays with her family and stunning behind the scenes shots of her life. In her stunning announcement on Wednesday, Beyonce posed in just a bra and knickers in an…

Forty-eight-year-old Yaw Boakye has been confined to one place for eight months in the open without succor.  He became paralysed after he slipped and fell one morning while brushing his teeth at Tema station in Accra, where he used to ply his trade. He has not had a proper bath for months. Family and friends have deserted him so he has no one to help him get shelter when it rains and gets scorched by the sun daily. Not only is Yaw Boakye unable to walk or stand, but his speech is also impaired due to the paralysis. In a conversation with…

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has admitted that it failed to alert the public ahead of Tuesday’s rainstorm which caused substantial damage to property with trees and giant billboards falling off, blocking roads and causing traffic in parts of Accra and the Eastern region. According to the Head of Forecast at the Meteorological Agency, Joe Tetteh Portuphy in an interview with TV3 said “in our system, we have bulk radio and TV stations, Ghana Police, NADMO, National Security, Ministries of Communication and Information. “So whoever is sending that data out must make sure that he includes all these outfits so if…

The National Service Scheme has described as false, assertions that the Akufo-Addo government has refused to approve for payment, the recent increment in the allowances of national service personnel. The John Mahama-led government on December 14, 2016 increased the allowance of service personnel by about 60 per cent. Thus Service personnel were effective January 2017, to be paid a monthly allowance of GHC559 from the previous GH350. However, service personnel at the end of January 2017 were paid the old GHC350, an action that triggered agitation by the personnel who are demanding that they are paid the new increment. But…