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NCA to regulate telecom tariffs due to MTN’s SMP status

The National Communications Authority (NCA) is gearing up to start regulating the frequency with which telcos adjust their tariffs in the country, and this is specifically because of the emergence of MTN Ghana as a significant market power (SMP). Traditionally, NCA does not regulate tariffs, but it has been compelled …

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ECG opens up on Dumsor coming back

In response to mounting concerns from power consumers across the country, Samuel Mahama, the managing director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), addressed speculations of a possible return to the era of power rationing, commonly referred to as dumsor. During an appearance on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Friday, …

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Ghana likely to lose $3.8b in WB financing if LGBT bill is assented to

The Ministry of Finance has revealed that Ghana is likely to lose US$3.8 billion in World Bank Financing over the next five to six years if President Nana Akufo-Addo assents to the LGBTQ+ bill passed by Parliament. According to the Ministry, for this year (2024) Ghana will lose US$600 million …

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Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang to speak at UCC

The University of Cape Coast is set to welcome the 2020 running mate of the National Democratic Congress, Professor Naana Jane-Opoku Agyemang, as guest speaker in an event scheduled to mark International Women’s Day. Scheduled for March 5, 2024, at the School of Graduate Studies auditorium at 10 am, the …

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Peace council runs away from LGBTQ+ Bill passage

Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev. Dr. Eric Adu-Gyamfi has said that the council serves as a mediator, thus, remains impartial on the anti-LGBTQI+ bill and its related concerns. According to the chairman of the Peace Council, the council has not taken a stance on the controversial LGBTQI+ bill …

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Chief Imam “gleefully joyful” following passage of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, the National Chief Imam, is delighted with the recent approval of the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, his spokesperson has disclosed. After nearly three years of discussion, Parliament passed the anti-LGBTQ+ bill on February 28, 2024. The bill mandates a prison sentence of up to three years for …

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Zoomlion, Graphic clean Koforidua ahead of Independence Day celebrations

Waste Management Company, Zoomlion Ghana Ltd., in partnership with Graphic Communications Group, has embarked on a clean-up exercise to clean the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua ahead of the Independence Day Celebrations. The clean-up, named the “Cleanest Region Campaign Model Clean-up Exercise,” is part of Zoomlion and Graphic Communications’ collaboration activities …

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I am not surprised CDD opposes anti-LGBTQ+ bill – Deputy Railway Minister

Deputy Minister of Railway Development, Kwaku Asante-Boateng says he is not surprised that Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is kicking against the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. He has revealed that CDD and other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) receive donations from these non-binary and pansexual people, hence the unrelenting effort to stop President …

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We look forward to Independence Day because of you – Dressmakers Association tells Samira

The Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association (GNTDA) and the Association of Beauticians and Hairdressers have hailed the contribution of the Second Lady of Ghana, Samira Bawumia, to the fashion industry, since assuming office in 2017. In a citation jointly presented by the leadership of the Ghana National Tailors and …

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Rainstorm rips off Ejisu Sec. Tech Boys dormitory, 150 students displaced

Over 150 students of the Ejisu Senior High Technical School in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region are without shelter after the school was worse hit by violent heavy rain storm on Saturday 2nd March 2024 evening. The male dormitory block suffered the worst hit creating discomfort for the …

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