Social media firms are “shamefully far” from tackling illegal and dangerous content, says a parliamentary report. Hate speech, terror recruitment videos and sexual images of children all took too long to be removed, said the Home Affairs Select Committee report. The government should consider making the sites help pay to police content, it said. But … Read more
The bank was set up in 2012 to fund renewable energy projects The Green Investment Bank (GIB), set up by the UK government five years ago, has been sold to Macquarie Bank, with a value of £2.3bn. The Treasury secures £1.7bn through the process, with a further £600m of liabilities taken on by the Australia-based … Read more
Arab-Americans have long sought to be recognized as a distinct ethnic group by the US census. But with President Donald Trump in the White House, many are now not so sure it’s a good idea. “The current political climate complicates the issues and raises red flags,” said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic … Read more
Power outages that have rocked parts of the country have been projected to cease by the end of the first quarter of this year, but some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called for a power rationing timetable from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to allow businesses to plan adequately. The power distributor is currently … Read more
Policy Director at the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Dr. Ishmael Ackah, has charged the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to come out with a comprehensive timetable for what he describes as an ‘ongoing load shedding programme’ in the country. According to Dr. Ackah, the ECG is currently shedding between 170 and 240 Megawatts … Read more
Sounds like a familiar verse in the Book of Exodos: “And they said unto Moses, because there were no graves in Egypt, has thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore has thou dealt thus with us to carry us forth out of Egypt?” Exod. 14:11 (KJV). Palpable fear had gripped biblical Israelites … Read more
Sounds like a familiar verse in the Book of Exodos: “And they said unto Moses, because there were no graves in Egypt, has thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore has thou dealt thus with us to carry us forth out of Egypt?” Exod. 14:11 (KJV). Palpable fear had gripped biblical Israelites … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has slammed the Electoral Commission (EC) over its decision to print the ballot papers for the 2016 general elections abroad. The EC on Thursday told an Accra High Court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour that, it was going to print the ballot papers for the polls abroad. The … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has accused the Electoral Commission of disqualifying its flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the December 7 general elections, as a punishment for his decision to sue the commission over the filing fees it had described as because they protested the filing fees that has exorbitant. The PPP sued the … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) disqualified the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) flagbearer from the Presidential race because the party sued them over the high filing fees they were charging, the policy director of the party has alleged. Kofi Asamoah Siaw speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Programme Friday argued that the EC only sought to use … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) wants an immediate intervention in the disqualification of its presidential candidate in order to avert any possible chaos that may befall the country. They want the National Chief Imam, the Christian Council of Ghana, the National Peace Council and the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to put the Commissioners at the … Read more
The New Patriotic Party flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo is promising to institute a Coastal development Authority when voted into power in 2016. The Authority, he stated will be used as a vehicle for rapid development of communities along the coastal regions of Ghana. The NPP flagbearer made the promise during his interaction with fisher men along … Read more