Gov’t Pays Bills of Train Accident Victims, Begins Probe Into Incident

Government has offered to pay the medical bills of all persons injured in Monday’s train derailment at Tesano in Accra that left some passengers injured, the Ministry of Railways Development has announced. A three-member committee has meanwhile been set up to look into what caused the Accra-bound train from Tema to derail as well as … Read more

Accra-Bound Train Derails, Leaves Scores Injured

Scores of passengers were injured Monday morning when one of the coaches of an Accra-bound train from Tema derailed at Achimota in Accra. The accident occurred at 7:40am just when it took off from the Achimota Train Station where it made a stopover to pick some passengers. Acting Area Manager of the Ghana Railway Company, … Read more

Ghana Beckons African Investors

The Minister of Railways Development, Mr. Joe Ghartey, has urged African investors to invest in the development of infrastructure in Ghana, where the security and fruitfulness of their capitals are guaranteed. He said the prospects in railway development and energy renewable production, were particularly, bright. Mr Ghartey was addressing the African Investors (Ai) CEO African … Read more

Government To Clear Backlog of Nurses

Mr Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu, the Deputy Minister-designate of Health, has given the assurance that the ministry intends to clear the backlog of nurses by employing them to improve health delivery in the country. He said the nation could not afford to leave the nurses and other health professionals trained with the nation’s scarce resources to go … Read more

President Makes More Appointments

PRESIDENT, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named 54 persons to serve as ministers of state at the presidency and deputy ministers of state in his government. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of Parliament on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, and copied to the media, the President urged the House to approve the nominees which … Read more