[Ghanaian Chronicle]THE VICE Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ernest Aryeetey has described the admission of fresh students into Ghana's leading university for the 2012/2013 academic year as the most competitive.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]The National Democratic Party (NDP), last Saturday, shook off alleged frustrations and underground machinations by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), to organise a massive and well-decorated Delegates' Convention, to officially endorsed its sole flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, as the presidential candidate of the party.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Afia Kobi (Abinkyi) Market, described as a traditional shopping mall, has been commissioned as a satellite market in the Kumasi Metropolis by Mr. Samuel Sarpong, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Chief Executive, with a call on traders and all the transport unions operating at unauthorised places in the metropolis to urgently occupy the facility, as trading at unauthorized places distorts the Assembly's development plan for the city.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Ashanti Regional branch of the Guidance and Counseling Unit of the Ghana Educational Service (ARGCCA) has observed a Guidance and Counseling Week under the theme "Guidance and Counseling : An essential tool for building a complete individual."
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Public Basic and Junior High Schools in the Brong Ahafo Region have received 6,624 laptops for use in support of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) teaching and learning.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]President John Dramani Mahama, on Friday, announced that the government would spend $186 million on the procurement of pontoons for all communities along the rivers and coastal areas to facilitate river and lake transport.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]The country's political scene has witnessed some very significant developments over the past few weeks, with the most conspicuous being the historic meeting between former President Rawlings and the leader of the main opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo.
[Public Agenda]The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), an additional public oversight in the management of Ghana's petroleum revenues, created by the Ghana Petroleum Revenue Management ( Act 2011), and whose membership is drawn exclusively from identifiable civil society groups in Ghana, published its first annual report on petroleum revenue management (for 2011) in May this year.
[Public Agenda]In an election year such as this, issues affecting all facets of society get some attention. Sadly, however the 2012 electioneering campaign has so far avoided issues affecting the elderly or the aged. The elderly, as are being defined here, are persons aged 60 years and above.
[Public Agenda]The government has allocated a total of GHC 525,181 as grants to four organisations for skills development and poverty reduction in their various areas of operation.
[Public Agenda]Today, 15th October, is Global Handwashing Day. As part of the commemoration of the day, Public Agenda brings you a message on the FINGERS put together by the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) to remind you that anytime you use your hands remember your fingers.
[Public Agenda]The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPC) will hold a day's colloquium on October 23 to critically consider the potential challenges and threats to peace and security before, during and after the December 7 elections.
[Public Agenda]Sekondi -The Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi, Hon Papa Owusu-Ankomah has called on teachers to show more commitment to their work and abide by their professional ethics in order to improve upon academic standards in schools.
[Public Agenda]In furtherance of the implementation of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (Act 815), the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) was inaugurated by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, on September 15, 2011.
[Public Agenda]For the past six weeks (August 19Â September 29, 2012), findings from the Media Foundation for West Africa's (MFWA) electoral campaign language monitoring, have revealed that affiliates/supporters of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been the most abusive on radio. The latest findings which is based on monitoring reports for the period, September 30Â October 6, also show that for the seventh week running, affiliates of the NPP were once again leading in the use of indecent campai
[Public Agenda]The Ministry of local Government and Rural Development is taking steps to develop a National School Feeding Policy that aims to sustain and secure the programme.
[Public Agenda]The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas is demanding that urgent steps are taken to address potential challenges that confront the Petroleum Revenue Management and the Petroleum Commission laws to ensure the efficient and effective governance of the petroleum sector.
[Public Agenda]Handwashing campaigners in Ghana have placed children at the centre of this year's commemoration of the annual Global Handwashing Day which falls on October 15 every year.
[Public Agenda]The National Democratic Party (NDP) ended weeks of speculations by unanimously confirming former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings as its flag bearer for the December polls, scaling challenges thrown at it even as close as the eve of its congress in Kumasi last Saturday.
[Public Agenda]In a matter of weeks, if not days, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) would be operating from its own Secretariat.
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