February 9, 2018//-Popular dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns, has died in a gruesome road accident that occurred late Thursday evening on the Sunyani-Kumasi road.
Category: Energy
Accra-based Think-tank to Gov’t: Hedge Ghana’s Oil
Accra, February 7, 2018//-The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), an Accra-based think-tank has urged government to immediately hedge its oil import and export to control the price of fuel at the pumps, and also generate enough revenue.
Pressure Mounts on Gov’t to Scrap Special Petroleum Tax
Accra, February 7, 2018//-Former Petroleum Minister Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, former CEO of Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr Charles Wereko Brobby, and transport unions have asked the Ghanaian government to scrap the special petroleum tax with immediate effect.
Innovation: Ghanaian Produces Pavement Blocks from Plastic Waste
Accra, February 7, 2018//-A Ghanaian has introduced an innovation product in the construction industry that is set to help the country solve its plastic waste menace and create jobs for the teeming unemployed youth.
Briefly…on the ‘3 Rs’ Driving Commodity Prices Higher
February 7, 2018//-The shift from a lower-for-longer to a higher-for-now commodity price environment is set to continue in 2018 according to Goldman Sachs Research’s Jeff Currie and Damien Courvalin, who last week increased their price forecasts for oil, copper, iron ore, and met coal.
Kaspersky Lab Uncovers Vulnerabilities that Make Gas Stations Easy Prey to Hackers
Lagos, Nigeria, February 7, 2018/ — Kaspersky Lab researchers have helped to uncover a number of unknown vulnerabilities that have left gas stations around the world exposed to remote takeover, often for years.
Ghana: COPEC,Transport Unions and Workers to Embark on Fuel Price Hikes Demo
Accra, February 6, 2018//-The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC-Ghana) together with several other Transport unions across the country and the general workforce with the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) will stage a peaceful street demonstration tomorrow morning at exactly 7am.
Penplusbytes’ Kwami Ahiabenu II Honoured at Flamingo Awards
February 2018//-For his efforts in advancing the cause of good journalism in Ghana and beyond, the Executive Director of Penplusbytes, Kwami Ahiabenu II has been honoured with a citation by the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ) at the just ended Flamingo Awards 2017 which took place on Friday 26, January 2018 at the […]
Ghana to Build Another Multimillion Dollar Oil Refinery
Accra, February 1, 2018//-Ghana has announced an ambitious plan to build a new oil refinery to replace the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) within the next three to four years.
Current Act Inhibits Ghana’s Downstream Petroleum Sector Growth
Accra, February 1, 2018//-There is a need to establish new legislations for the downstream petroleum sector, in order to realise government’s vision of making Ghana a hub for refined petroleum products in the West African sub-region, Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko has advised.