The United States expects to lift the laptop ban soon for the four remaining foreign airports that are still impacted by the electronics restriction. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security said if security measures are increased at those specific airports in the next coming days to weeks, the laptop restriction will be removed. Back … Read more
A prominent composer has asked for answers and greater scrutiny of US airports’ treatment of travelers after he said he was detained for hours on his return to New York. Mohammed Fairouz, a longtime New York resident whose works are frequently played at major institutions such as Carnegie Hall, said he was pulled aside on … Read more
Dubai International Airport and its flag carrier Emirates began implementing a ban on laptops and tablets on direct flights to the US Saturday, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. 1.1 million people are expected to pass through the busiest international airport as the city marks UAE spring break, Dubai Airports’ senior … Read more
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s Daughter, Samia Nkrumah is making a passionate appeal for a change in name of the country’s International Airport from its present. According to her, Lt. General Emmanuel Kotoka was behind the illegal overthrow of her father and his name on the country’s International Airport is a misnomer. Speaking in an interview with … Read more
Protests have broken out at the John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York City as immigrants, including US green card holders, are detained following right-wing President Donald Trump’s executive order placing harsh restrictions on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries. Hundreds of demonstrators chanted “No ban, no wall, sanctuary for all!” and “no hate, … Read more
We have a young lady visiting from Brussels. She has been here for a week and she pointed out in a matter of fact way on Monday that she hadn’t seen the sky in Ghana since she got here. I paused and realised I also hadn’t seen the sky for I don’t know how long. … Read more
The 2016 Campaign Coordinator of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has questioned the integrity of the 2016 Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to make any good pronouncement insisting that the former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana has lost credibility in politics. He described Dr. Mahamudu … Read more
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has been granted tax relief of US$180 million for new construction works taking place at almost all airports in the country. This relief is to reduce the initial project costs, as it reduces the expenditures of the construction companies. The tax waiver was granted last week when Parliamentary Select … Read more
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has been given a tax relief of up to a sum of US$180 million for new construction works taking place at almost all airports in the country. This relief comes to reduce the initial projects cost, as it reduces the expenditures of the construction companies. The tax waiver was … Read more
Complain about the lack of jobs in Ghana these days and an NDC official is likely to respond with something along the lines of “We have completed an unprecedentednumberof infrastructure projects, and the jobs will come”. For the NDC government, infrastructure projects have become a substitute for prudent economic policies that ensure that businessesflourish. To … Read more