2018

The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics may be two years away, but Japan is already flexing its transportation muscles. Central Japan Railway Co. has rolled out its new high-speed Shinkansen N700S -- or Shinkansen Supreme -- train model. The…
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The Government of Ghana is planning to dispatch some of the power plants it procured to deal with the erratic power supply (dumsor) because they are not needed at the moment, Ismael Ejekumhene, Chairman of the Public Utilities Regulatory…
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Nine institutions have been charged for contravening Sections 1, 2, 3 and 10 of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Waste Management by-law 1995. They are the Korle bu Branch of the Ghana Private Transport Union (GPRTU), Abbosey Okai…
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Ghana has recorded its first case of extreme drug-resistant Tuberculosis. According to the programme Manager of the TB Control Programme at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Frank Bonsu, the victim has died. The rare type of TB known as…
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Ismael Ejekumhene, Chairman of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) Technical Committee, has dispelled assertions that the reduction in electricity tariffs could create problems for power producers and result in erratic power…
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In a severe legal blow to Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former president, national prosecutors announced on Friday that they would reinstate corruption charges against him in a case related to a multibillion-dollar arms deal in the…
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Since he assumed office as President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his resolve to change the country’s economic status from one that was dependence on foreign aid to an independence economy, and ensuring its…
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About 1,500 housing units, built under the Saglemi housing project, near Tsopoli in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Great Accra Region have remained unoccupied, almost two years after the facility had been inaugurated. During a visit…
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On Thursday March 15, 2018, world football governing powerhouse, FIFA released its monthly FIFA world ranking - ratings of how well nations are doing with their football. Ghana showed up 54th in the FIFA world ranking and 8th on the…
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Ghana, the west African nation known as one of the world's largest cocoa producers, is on course for skyrocketing economic growth this year thanks to an entirely different commodity. Ghana is "about to have an oil boom," Imad Mesdoua,…
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