The Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TEGLU) is demanding that the cost of utilities be slashed by 50 percent. It is also demanding the removal of VAT on locally produced textile prints to save local textile manufacturing companies from collapse. According to TEGLU, local textile manufacturing companies have sent home about 90percent of their … Read more
Workers in the textile industry are threatening to demonstrate over the failure of the anti-counterfeit taskforce set up by the government to deal with the proliferation of fake textiles on the market. According to the workers, the government taskforce consisting of security personnel and other industry players has been inactive since the new administration took … Read more
Power supply in the country will normalize from today, Monday, February 27, 2017, the Ministry of Energy, has announced. A statement signed by the Communications Officer at the Energy Ministry, King A. Wellington, said: “We wish to state that with the tie-in operation successfully completed, and coupled with the measures we put in place including … Read more
The Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TEGLU) has warned textile pirates to desist from stealing their designs and replicating fake trademarks. TEGLU General Secretary Abraham Koomson, who was a guest on the Executive Breakfast Show on Wednesday, January 11, told the host that local manufacturers invest in the creation of the design, however some … Read more
This latest way of charging phones will go a long way to tackle some of the challenges Dumsor has brought to our homes… Well, since it is now obvious that the normal methods of generating electricity are no longer as effective as they used to be, people now want some new energy sources that do … Read more
The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) says that the energy sector outlook for 2017 presents significant levels of uncertainty, urging political parties to clearly demonstrate how they intend to confront the challenge ahead. Executive Director of ACEP, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, who made this known said the ACEP’s Citizens Energy Manifesto programme, said unfortunately … Read more
The country faces an imminent power challenge in December or early next year, two energy experts have said – corroborating a warning by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). Head of Policy Unit at the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Dr Ishmael Ackah, and Kojo Poku, an Energy Expert both agree the country is … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has outlined an elaborate plan aimed at dealing decisively with the energy crises that has bedevilled the country by bringing to an end the persistent, irregular and unpredictable electric power outages popularly known as ‘dumsor’. The party aims at realising this objective through liquidity injection, restructuring of debts, and securing … Read more
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts has inaugurated an interim Creative Arts Council to support regulate the industry. The Council would help the Ministry to fashion out appropriate policies and administrative structures that can propel the growth of the industry as a major pillar for socio-economic advancement. Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, the Minister of … Read more
Oil and mining belong to the extractive industry, where they have a massive impact on the global economy. Ghana is no different. Formerly called the Gold Coast due to its vast wealth of natural resources, the country has benefitted immensely from the extractive industry. The Ghana Statistical Service indicates that the industry contributed a combined … Read more