Foreign companies rejecting Ghana’s Gold

Some foreign companies are rejecting gold mined in Ghana, Starr News has gathered. This is because the Human Rights Watch has claimed that children are being used in mining the resource in the country and...

Brussels Airlines welcomed 3.2% more passengers in 2016

In 2016, Brussels Airlines welcomed 7.7 million passengers on board of its worldwide flights. That is an increase of 3.2% compared to 2015, a remarkable result given the challenges the airline faced last year. Brussels...

BoG introduces EMV chip in banking

Bank of Ghana (BoG) has disclosed that all payment systems will be migrated to Europay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) from the magnetic chip system to improve bank transactions involving the use of Automated Teller Machines (ATM). “This is to...

Nana Addo sacks COCOBOD CEO

President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board Dr. Stephen Opuni to vacate his post. A letter dated January 12, 2017 from the Executive Secretary to the President Nana Asante...

Stabilising macro-economy our main focus – Yeboah

A member of the ruling government and Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has stated that the government’s priority in the first six months will be to stabilise the macro-economic...

Railway Ministry needless – Bawa-Mogtari

The creation of a ministry for railways development by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is superfluous, the former deputy minister of transport, Joyce Bawa-Mogtari has said. President Nana Akufo-Addo argued the creation of the...

Storm Energy to reward EPL fans

This coming weekend will be exciting for lovers of the English Premier League as Storm Energy Drink a made in Ghana product from the lines of Kasapreko Company Ltd (KCL), will be rewarding its...

Separating Power from Petroleum ministry wise – Jinapor to Akufo-Addo

Former deputy minister of power, John Jinapor, has rubbished President Nana Akufo-Addo’s description of the separation of the petroleum ministry from power by the previous government as senseless. Announcing the merger of the two ministries...

Ghana Statistical Service meets transition team

The governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) transition team which is being headed by Yaw Osafo Marfo, Senior Minister-designate will hold a meeting with authorities at the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) today. The meeting will be...

Emirates introduces Mobile Money Payment

Emirates has introduced yet another innovation aimed at making it easier for its Ghanaian customers to purchase airline tickets to any of its over 150 destinations. Ghanaian travellers seeking to enjoy the world class onboard...