PURC QUERIES POWER COMPANIES OVER CURRENT CHALLENGES

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) yesterday held a crunch meeting with the three power companies to ascertain why power consumers are still experiencing power outages.

EPA WILL LEAD TO JOB LOSSES – CSOs

More than 40,000 jobs will be lost in the next 10 years if Ghana goes ahead to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) in its present form, the Executive Director of the Third World Network, Dr Yao Graham, has warned.

HOW COP MURDERED FAMILY INSIDE STORY

Details are emerging  about the motive behind the brutal murder of the mother-in-law and two children by Lance Corporal Winfred Dodzie Amuzu, a 32-year-old policeman attached to the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) Unit of the Tema Regional Police Command.

AFOKO IN COURT WITH POLICE

Verdict in the case in which suspended NPP Chairman Paul Afoko, is seeking to overturn the party’s decision, is expected  to be given  on Monday, August 15.

GREEENSTREET BLASTS MAHAMA OVER DUMSOR

Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, presidential candidate of the CPP has stated that the Mahama-led administration is bereft of ideas to tackle the resurgent power crisis that has led to the collapse of businesses in the country.

TOR BREAKS DOWN AGAIN

Ageing equipment and failure to undertake three consecutive turnaround maintenance since 2011are taking a heavy toll on the operations of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) as the refinery has broken down again due to mechanical fault, which has put it out of operation for over a month.

NIA: NDPC BEMOANS MULTIPLE BIOMETRIC DATA COLLECTION

The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Professor Kwesi Botchway, has cited the separate collation of biometric data by various organisations as the impediment to achieving an integrated national identification system.

GBESE MANTSE RAISES RED FLAG

Gbese Mantse and Adonten of the Ga State, Nii Okaidja III, has bemoaned the rampant shooting and killing of innocent  people in connection with chieftaincy and land disputes in the Ga State.

CONCERNED POWER USERS TO STORM FLAGSTAFF HOUSE

A group calling itself the Concerned Power Users of Ashanti, has threatened to picket at the Flagstaff House and Parliament House should the high cost of electricity bills persist in the country.