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PURC engages southern Volta consumers on consumer rights and utility services
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has held an interactive session on Jubilee Radio in Keta as part of its ongoing outreach to consumers...
International Banks rejected COCOBOD’s loan request to purchase cocoa for 2024/25 crop season –...
The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns over COCOBOD's financial health, claiming that international banks have rejected the organisation's request for a loan to...
Over $5bn worth of gold reserve realised under domestic gold purchase programme – BoG
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced that over $5 billion worth of gold reserve has been accumulated so far under the Government’s Domestic...
Opuni Trial: We do PPA-approved sole sourcing, thresholds for fertilizer purchase – Witness
An Administrator at Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says the entity’s sole sourcing and thresholds for the purchase of fertilizers are done per the Procurement...
Auditor-General cites ECG for procurement breaches in $145m metres purchase
The Auditor-General (A-G) states that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) breached the law with their meter procurement.
The A-G's report indicated that the company...
Rock City withdraws bid to purchase SSNIT Hotels
Rock City Hotel has withdrawn its bid to purchase 60 per cent of shares in four hotels owned by the Social Security and National...
Elements within Akufo-Addo’s administration forced me out of PURC – Nana Yaa Jantuah
The former Public Relations and External Affairs Director of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Nana Yaa Jantuah, has detailed the circumstances that led...
Photos from ambulance purchase trial
Prosecution is cross examining the 3rd accused, Richard Jakpa in the ongoing ambulance purchase trial.
The Minority leader of Parliament Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson is...
Ambulance case: Jakpa denies approaching Big Sea for purchase of ambulances after parliamentary approval
In the ongoing ambulance procurement trial, Richard Jakpa, the third accused person, has refuted allegations that he approached Big Sea for the purchase of...
CBRE Excellerate revolutionises property transactions with enhanced CBRE-X online platform featuring CLICKTOPURCHASE®
CBRE Excellerate (www.CBREExcellerate.com) is poised to usher in a new era for the hospitality industry with the enhanced CBRE-X Online platform that now integrates...
Rock City Hotel had no tax clearance certificate when it bid to purchase SSNIT...
North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has stated that per information available to him, Rock City Hotel should have been disqualified from...
Court documents reveal Freddie Blay’s son involved in purchase of Labadi Beach Hotel’s beachfront
Explosive court documents I have obtained and currently analysing reveal that top politically exposed persons associated with the ruling NPP have long had a...
PURC announces tariff increment
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission(PURC) has announced an upward review of electricity, water and gas tariffs.
The increment which forms part of PURC's second quarterly...
Gov’t officials should not be purchasing state assets – Arthur Kennedy
A member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Arthur Kobina Kennedy says government officials and appointees must not be allowed to purchase...
NDC drops bombshell audio in ambulance purchase trial [Listen]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has released an audio recording that allegedly captures a conversation between Attorney General Godfred Dame and Richard Jakpa, the...
Cocobod will borrow up to $1.5bn for 2024-25 cocoa purchases, sources say
Ghana's cocoa regulator will borrow up to $1.5 billion by September to finance 2024/25 cocoa purchases and compensate for low output, two COCOBOD sources...
Govt & Tullow sign landmark emissions reduction purchase agreement
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Forestry Commission have signed a historic Emissions Reductions Purchase Agreement (ERPA) with Tullow, marking a...
PURC opens Bono East regional office in Techiman
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has opened an office in Techiman, the capital of the Bono East Region to ensure high quality of...
Dumsor: Finance Ministry failed to pay power generators over GH₵1.2 billion under the CWM...
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission’s validation reports on the Cash Waterfall Mechanism (CWM) have revealed that the Finance Ministry owes some power generators about...
Kwame Pianim commends PURC over ECG fine [Video]
An Economist and onetime Chairman of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Kwame Pianim, has commended the outfit for its courageous initiative in imposing...
ECG Board fires PURC over fine
The Board of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have responded to the GH¢5,868,000 fine Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for the company's failure...
Kwabena Donkor applauds PURC’s heavy fine on ECG Board members
Former Minister for Power has hailed the decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to fine the Board members of the Electricity Company...
We won’t benefit from ECG’s fine – PURC Commissioner
A Commissioner at the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) and Executive Director of the Kumasi Institute of Technology & Environment (KITE), Ishmael Edjekumhene, says...
Dumsor: PURC ‘exposes’ ECG over transformers
A Commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Ishmael Edjekumhene, has refuted claims made by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) following the...
PURC slaps ECG with GHS36K fine, board members to pay over GHS5.8million
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has imposed fines on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) totaling GHS36,000 for its failure to provide complete...
It’s not for ECG to choose whether or not to comply with PURC directive...
Former Power Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Pru East constituency, Dr Kwabena Donkor says that it is not within the prerogative of the...
Nana Kyeremateng warns against purchasing Comet Estates Lands from unauthorized sellers
Nana Odeneho Kyeremateng, the former Executive Chairman of Comet Properties Limited, has issued a stern warning to potential land buyers regarding properties located at...
Over 100 power outage notices issued since January: ECG responds to PURC
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that it issued over 100 notices of power outages in the first quarter of 2024.
These interruptions...
Over 70% of power outages due to planned maintenance works – ECG to PURC
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it issued over 100 power outage notifications within the first two and a half months of this...
Public Utility Workers Union appeals to PURC to address power crisis
The Public Utility Workers Union of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana, has urged the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to formulate strategies aimed...
ECG fails to comply with PURC directive to publish ‘Dumsor’ timetable
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has failed to comply with the ultimatum to provide a load-shedding timetable.
The deadline was provided by the Public...
Calls for ECG-PURC truce intensify as ‘dumsor’ worsens
As the power crisis continues to worsen, calls for a truce between the Energy Commission of Ghana (ECG) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission...
It’s shameful we can’t mobilise resources locally to purchase cocoa – Agric Economist
An Agric Economist, Prof. Robert Aidoo has criticised Ghana’s forward sales strategy of cocoa amidst record high prices on the international market.
Speaking on...
PURC updates Ghanaians on its orders to ECG
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) says the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is in the process of completing its directives issued on March...
ECG won’t comply with PURC’s directive, watch it – Edward Bawa
Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Edward Bawa says he has doubts the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will comply with...
Dumsor: PURC orders ECG to provide load management timetable
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has instructed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to submit a load management schedule by April 2, 2024.
This...
Difficulties in purchasing electricity credit due to internet disruptions –Â ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has apologized to its prepaid customers enable to purchase electricity credit.
The company blamed these difficulties on persistent interruptions...
PURC justifies electricity tariff reduction
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has explained the rationale behind the tariff review for the first quarter of 2024.
Announced on February 28, the...
PURC issues stern warning against bush fires near electricity poles in Volta Region
In response to a concerning rise in bush fires dangerously close to electricity poles in the Volta Region, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC)...
ECG rejects PURC’s explanation for current power outages
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has rejected the PURC’s explanation for the current erratic power supply situation.
This follows claims that the supply challenges...