Author: Insight News

In a landmark event attended by distinguished delegation from Ghana led by the President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, the Swiss Government has signed an authorization document conferring the Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcome (ITMO) credit on the Integrated Waste Recycling and Compost Facilities of the Jospong Group of Companies. This significant moment unfolded amid the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, symbolizing the company’s unwavering commitment to global sustainability objectives. The signing ceremony featured the representation of the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI), the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, and the Ministry…

The United States Embassy in Accra has officially notified persons who intend to visit Ghana of emerging threats and acts of violence targeted at LGBT persons and therefore warned prospective tourists to “exercise increased caution” The caution which was published on Monday November 20, 2023 was issued as a travel advisory and comes at a time Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced his government’s target of attracting some two million tourists that will culminate in a $4 billion spending impact by 2025. “Exercise increased caution in Ghana due to crime and violence against members of the LGBTQI+ community. Some areas…

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has opened its portal to enroll Ghanaian youth under its Artisanal Trades and Vocation Module to create a minimum of Twenty thousand (20,000) sustainable jobs over two (2) years. Youth unemployment has been the bane of governments in Ghana for several years, and unemployment among the youth in Ghana has long been described as a national security threat. It is in the light of this that, the YEA deems it fit to create sustainable employment for the growing unemployed youth has become more imperative than ever, hence the Youth in Trades and Vocation model, Brick…

Mangowa Ghanney, former Director of Legal at the Ministry of Finance has confirmed that West Blue Ghana Limited’s payment under Ghana’s National Single Window and Integrated Risk Management System contract executed in August 2015 with the government of Ghana was a fixed percentage of the final invoice CIF of all imports. In 2015, she drafted and oversaw the execution of the Government’s single window contract with West Blue and provided a legal opinion to the Ministry of Finance over the payment matters and contract renegotiations in 2018, among others. In one of the letters signed on behalf of the finance…

SIXTEEN SUSPECTS have been nabbed with substances suspected to be marijuana also known as ‘ganja’ and they are being screened by the police in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region. The arrested suspects include two females, who have been identified by the security agents as Esther Blessing, 26 and Abena Rose, 31 years old. The remaining 14 suspects, who are all males, include Felix Nyamekye, 33, Rashid Mohammed, 44 and Mohammed Yasir, 35. The others are Kofi Afriyie, 31 and Opoku Agyemang, 34, Gideon Ofori, 23, Pascal Erahh, 23, Jeff Boakye, 20 and Jeremiah Asare, 27. READ ALSO: Smoking ‘wee’ gives you…

In a move which seems to be a last resort to collect its unpaid arrears for work done for the Government of Ghana, reputable ICT consulting firm, West Blue Ghana, has decided to test the laws of the country by dragging the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA)  and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice to court. West Blue, yesterday Wednesday November 14, filled a writ at an Accra High Court against the two, praying the courts to order  for the immediate payment of its overdue arrears which amounts to GHC28 million. The company, apart from demanding payment of its arrears, is further…

A broke young Ghanaian practicing Muslim who recently won a cash amount of GHC6 million through gambling, has been ordered to reject and return the entire money to the betting company because his religious faith forbids gambling in all its shades and forms, including proceeds from gambling.   The winner only identified as Fuseini  went  to receive his cash amount with his mother, who was seen wearing a hijab  and wiping tears of joy from the face of her son when he was presented with the a dummy cheque of their winnings on Tuesday November 14, 2023. An emotional Fuseini…

JUSTMOH CONSTRUCTION Ltd has adopted one of the old Gee Blocks at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. As part of the laudable move, the company, owned by Justice Amoh, will renovate the dilapidated block at the cost of a colossal US$ 1.2 million. This great news was announced during the official launching of the ‘Heal Komfo Anokye’ project at the KATH premises on Friday afternoon. READ ALSO: How am I supposed to GROW without battling demons? – Reverend Kusi Boateng to detractors The ‘Heal Komfo Anokye’ project was necessitated by the deteriorating condition of the old Old Gee…

Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has elected the current vice president, Mahamadu Bawumia, as its candidate for the 2024 race. A technocrat and trained economist, Bawumia will face John Dramani Mahama, a populist who was president from 2012 to 2017. Maintaining stability and bolstering the economic recovery will be at the forefront of voters’ minds. It is easy to see why these issues are so critical to voters simply by looking at what is going on in the region around Ghana. Under President Nana Akufo-Addo, Ghana has been a stable and consistent buttress against the instability and chaos that…

One of the fine names that keep coming up in political circles when talks shift to the choice of a running mate for Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia’s 2024 candidature is the 45-year old Member of Parliament for Ejisu in the Ashanti Region, Dr. John Ampontua Kumah; a Lawyer and Entrepreneur who currently serves as a Deputy Minister of Finance. The Ejisu, MP, has himself not been heard mentioning his own name, touting himself or projecting himself anywhere yet his enviable records in leadership for the past 17 years and counting continues to pop up for play in recent times. Some…