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Ghana’s agribusiness industry is set to benefit from its participation in Macfrut virtual trade fair. Macfrut, the organizer of the world’s largest fruit and vegetable fair, has launched the Macfrut Digital fair scheduled to take place in Cesena, Italy between 8th to 10th September. The fair, which is the first and only digital trade fair for the fresh produce industry ...

President of the Okada Riders Association, Michael Kofi Owusu has disclosed that the Okada business has created livelihoods for over 800,000 people and still counting. In an interview with Samuel Eshun on the Happy Morning Show, Kofi noted that “over 800,000 people depend on the Okada business for survival” and as such a legalization of the Okada business will be ...

Twenty-five-year-old Emmanuel Gyimah is on admission at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional hospital after he attempted stealing bitumen belonging to his employer. He reportedly got trapped in the barrel in the process. The Manageress of E. N. H Emotion Company located at Kansaworodo in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Regina Ayiworoh, and the Production Manager Charles Quayson told the Kwesimintsim police command that they ...

The Deputy Health Minister, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, has defended government’s $150 compulsory charge for COVID-19 test for travellers arriving in the country. People who wish to visit Ghana are expected to do a compulsory Covid-19 PCR test at the airport, which would have results available within thirty minutes, an announcement which has received mixed reactions from Ghanaians over the cost. ...

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is saying that the payment of teachers’ salaries and arrears remains a challenge as over 14,000 teachers have not received their salaries. This was revealed by the President of the Association, Mr. Eric Angel Carbonu, in an interview with Samuel Eshun on the Happy Morning Show. “What is baffling is that over fourteen ...

The Institute of Charted Accountants Ghana has for the first time since its inception made history with the inclusion of four females in the 11-member governing Council. In time past, the highest number of females in the council were either 2 or one but the status quo appeared to have changed with the inclusion of more women. Among the females ...

The Executive Director of Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah has described as shocking and disappointing claims by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that he consulted relevant stakeholders in a decision to reopen schools. The president in his 16th address to the nation on measures taken to curb the spread of the Novel Coronavirus announced plans ...

Government has announced that children under the age of five will not be tested for Covid-19 at the Kotoka International Airport. This was announced by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service Dr Patrick Kumah-Aboagye at a press briefing to outline details of measures put in place ahead of the resumption of air travel in Ghana. In his address to ...

The Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 44-year-old man Joseph Mensah Amartey to a six-month jail term after chopping off the ear of one Japhet Tetteh Josiah over his girlfriend. The accused person who was arraigned and charged with the offence of causing harm, pleaded guilty for the offence and was convicted on his own plea. In his plea ...

The fate of a newborn triplet in a hamlet in the thick cocoa farms of Manukrom hang in a balance as their poor parents struggle to keep up feeding and taking care of them. Ultimate News’ visit to the little hamlet in the outskirts of Manukrom in the Atwima Nwabeagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region, the adorable boys and girl, ...