Author: TNRgh

Mr Alhassan Andani, Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Ghana, says going cashlite may be a way out of the recent spate of robberies apparently fueled by the presence of cash. According to the President of the Ghana Association of Bankers, only some 20 to 25 per cent of total payments in Ghana are currently done by other means apart from cash. “Cash is still king and this covers all the physical notes and cheques that are given to individuals and many smaller companies on a daily basis to complete most transactions in the economy,” he said, adding that, cash has…

Joseph Siaw Agyepong[/caption] The sages say that you never ask your country what it can do for you, but what you can do for your country. That saying is profound for several reasons, the first being that it removes one from sliding on the path of selfishness. Making a decision to do something is always very difficult. Whether it is a decision to help someone, contribute towards a cause or ignore an enemy. My father always told me that it is difficult to build but so easy to destroy. His conviction was that it took God a week to build…

Preparations are currently underway at the Black Star Square in Accra ahead of Ghana’s 61st Independence Day celebration Tuesday March 6. Media General’s Sarah Parku who visited the parade grounds reports that “preparations are swiftly underway” “There are labourers here busily cleaning chairs. Painting works are also ongoing, mounting of stages as well as sowing of canopies”, she added. The Independence parade is an annual event held at the Independence Square, as part of the celebration to commemorate the declaration of Independence on 6th  March 1957. Meanwhile, supervisors from Zoomlion  who spoke to our reporter say they have deployed about…

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced a 17.5% reduction in electricity tariffs for residential consumers effective march 15. A statement signed by executive secretary Mrs. Mami Dufie Ofori on Monday also indicated a 30% reduction for non-residential consumers, 25% reduction for Special Load Tariff consumers and 10% reduction for mines. The review exercise, as explained in the statement, has become necessary because the commission is required by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission Act 1997 (Act 538) to investigate the cost of production of all sources of supply of electricity to all distribution utilities and to ensure efficient and…

The President of the Senate (Parliament) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Abubakar Olubankola Saraki, has commended the Akufo-Addo-led government for its people-centred programmes designed to better the life of the ordinary person on the streets of Ghana. Recounting some of the programmes, which have begun to yield positive results just over a year after the NPP assumed office, Dr Saraki described them as ‘milestone achievements’. The Senate President gave the commendation when he and a delegation from the Nigerian Senate paid a courtesy call on the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, at the Flagstaff House…

Some of the suspects[/caption] Five accused persons in the Major Maxwell Mahama murder trial say they are financially handicapped, making it difficult to hire a competent lawyer to defend them. The five were among seven accused persons divorced by lawyer George Bernard Shaw who has been on their case since the trial began in June 2017. When their case was called for the first time at the High Court on February 15, 2018, the counsel claimed he gave up on the suspects because they have been giving him conflicting accounts on the murder of the soldier. They however appeared in…

Robert Sepey went into hiding after the exposé[/caption] The runaway headteacher Mr. Robert Sepey, who bolted after his  sex video with a senior high school student on a kitchen stool emerged  in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central Region, has resurfaced. Mr. Sepey was suspended in absentia as the headteacher of Breman Adumanu D/A Basic School when he went into hiding in January this year. The Ghana Education Service (GES) decided to open investigations into the video that went viral though the two appeared to have engaged in consensual sex. The GES made several appeals to Mr. Sepey to return…

President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki arrived in Ghana on Sunday to deliver the keynote address at a symposium commemorating Ghana’s uninterrupted Parliamentary Democracy. The symposium is under the theme “25 Years of Continuous Parliamentary Democracy in Ghana- Challenges and Prospects”. He was met on arrival at the Airport by Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye,  Clerk to Parliament, Emmanuel Anyimadu, Deputy Clerk, Apodola, second Deputy Whips of Majority and Minority caucuses, Moses Anim and Comfort Doyoe Ghansah respectively. Prof. Oquaye remarked that Ghana never wished Nigeria to ‘catch cold else…

Workers of Gold Fields Ghana Limited at Tarkwa in the Western Region have accused management of the mining firm of making some of their colleagues sign letters of redundancy under duress. They also indicated that some of the workers were made to sign fixed term contract. The exercise took place immediately after an Accra High Court ruled in favour of management in a case in which the mine workers were seeking to stop the company from an impending layoff. The company claims it is currently embarking on an aggressive business option dubbed, “Contract Mining,” hence its decision to lay off…

Edem[/caption] VRMG boss Denning Edem Hector popularly known in Showbiz circles as Edem has revealed that winning the VGMAs has added nothing to his career. The awards however serve as a form of appreciation, recognition and honor from people who find an artiste deserving in the year in question, he conceded. In an interview with Showbiz927 host Kenneth Addo on 3fm 92.7, Edem maintained that winning awards in Ghana does not add anything to one’s career. He stated that he has always focused on going the extra mile to give Ghanaians hit songs. He remarked that one doesn’t get paid…