Sixty pupils of St Nicholas Preparatory School at Tema New Town had visited the PSC Tema Shipyard on an excursion on the MT Nippon Princess, a tanker vessel. The pupils, accompanied by the staff of the school, arrived at the shipyard where a tanker belonging to the Tsakos Group, had docked for maintenance works. The naval cadet corps and cultural troupe thrilled the Tsakos Group, the major sponsors of the school, to about 30 minutes bout of military drills and cultural performances that attracted

The Presiding Judge of the Accra Circuit Court, Mr Francis Obiri, yesterday reduced the sentences of two convicts from 50 to 40 years for robbing a stationery dealer. That was when Robert Adzika and Peter Asare, who were being escorted out of the courtroom to begin their sentences, wailed, with one of them calling on the judge to temper justice with mercy and consider his little child and reduce the sentence. The courtroom, which was packed, was quiet after the judgement had been passed and the

KASAPREKO Company Limited (KCL), a beverage producer, has presented GH¢10,000 to the SOS Children’s Home in Tema, in the Greater Accra Region. The company also donated food items, including bags of rice, boxes of soap, cooking oil, and cartons of milk totalling GH¢5,000 towards the upkeep of the children. The Deputy Managing Director of KCL, Mr Kojo Nunoo, said the donation formed part of KCL’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) and commitment to support the development of the country. “The

The Airport Rotary Club of Ghana, in collaboration with the Mamprobi Polyclinic and Enterprise Insurance Limited, has dewormed over 1,000 children at Chorkor in Accra. The beneficiaries of the exercise, which took place at Chorkor Obeweku last Saturday, were drawn from Chorkor.  They were dewormed with Albendazole/Helmazole. The deworming programme, a biennial event by the Rotary Club since 2001, was in response to the problem of worm infestation in the area where children often play in the sand. Ms

A 41-year-old security man has been arrested for allegedly shooting his two-year-old daughter to death at Kwabeng in the Atiwa District in the Eastern Region. The suspect, Francis Adavu of the Security Net Company Limited at Kwabeng, accidentally shot at his daughter and also injured a casual worker of the firm, Isaac Okyere, about 3 p.m. on February 12, 2014. He was said to have used a pump action gun to fire warning shots to ward off robbers who attempted to invade the company’s premises. The

The 33-year-old woman who set her husband, Peter Amos Asobayire, 35, his new wife and their daughter ablaze, leading to their death at Tantra Hill in Accra, broke down in tears Monday after the Adjabeng District Court had remanded her in prison custody to reappear on March 3. During the brief hearing of her case, Efua Badu stood still in the dock but broke into tears when she was taken outside the court handcuffed and encountered relatives of her deceased husband. Thereafter, while being taken away

Barefoot Power, a global social-for-profit enterprise, has donated solar lighting systems and phone charging kits valued at GH¢3,600 to the Osu Children’s Home. The donation, which also included installation of the solar systems, forms part of the  first phase of the company’s comprehensive plan to support social development in orphanages, schools and rural clinics under the “Barefoot Power Light Up a Life Initiative.” Presenting the items in Accra, the Country Manager of Barefoot Power,

Barefoot Power, a global social-for-profit enterprise, has donated solar lighting systems and phone charging kits valued at GH¢3,600 to the Osu Children’s Home. The donation, which also included installation of the solar systems, forms part of the  first phase of the company’s comprehensive plan to support social development in orphanages, schools and rural clinics under the “Barefoot Power Light Up a Life Initiative.” Presenting the items in Accra, the Country Manager of Barefoot Power,

A few years ago, the celebration of Valentine’s Day on February 14 was associated with the display of vanity and immorality. The proliferation of media landscape also came along with Valentine promotions that led to great awareness and participation in the celebration by Ghanaians, but gave rise to the flagrant display of sexual promiscuity by the youth on that day. The moral psyche of the nation was deeply affected and the Ghana Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Tourism in 2007 re-branded

The Koforidua Circuit Court Monday granted bail to one of the eight people being tried for their involvement in a number of armed robbery cases which occurred in the New Juaben municipality between 2011 and 2013. Zibo Mahmoud, who was charged with dishonestly receiving, was granted bail in the sum of GHc25,000, with two sureties to be justified. An application for bail for Gideon Boateng and Charles Awuku, both charged with dishonestly receiving stolen items and abetment of crime, was, however turned

Members of a family have vented their spleen on some nurses of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) over the release of the body of their late relative for burial last Sunday. The family wanted the body for burial less than 24 hours after the death, in conformity with their religious dictates, but the nurses said they could not release the body because the death certificate was not ready. That was because the medical doctors who would sign the certificates were on strike as a result of an earlier

The Management of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) will, from Monday, February 24 to Thursday, February 27, shut down the Kpong Water Treatment Plant, to allow contractors executing the Kpong Intake and Accra Tema Metropolitan Area Rural Rehabilitation and Expansion (ATMA) projects, undertake critical pipeline interconnections under the project due for completion in the next three months. When completed, the project will produce an additional nine million gallons of water per day. “Upon completion,

Three people died soon after midnight Monday when a taxi collided head-on with a cargo truck at Fijai Junction in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis. Three others who were rushed to the Western Regional Hospital at Sekondi were said to be in critical condition. The dead were yet to be identified at the time of filing this report.Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the Western Regional Commander of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Thomas Bayor confirmed

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Fishermen in Winneba have raised concern about the statement made by the Chorko Wulomo, Chief Fisherman, Nii Kukurudum that the bull that fishermen in Chorkor caught at the sea on February 12 was offered as a sacrifice to the gods by people of Winneba. “Nothing of that nature took place in Winneba,” the Chief Fisherman of Winneba, Neenyi Moni Kaiko IV told the GNA in an interview. He said the allegation was not in good taste and it was calculated to tarnish the image of the people of Winneba,

The Accra Circuit Court has remanded the Chief Executive of Capital Assurance Company Limited, Foster Kpordzih, for operating a bank without permit from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), as required by the law. Kpordzih has also been charged with defrauding the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Digitech Construction, Prince Darron Obasa, of GH¢200,000 under false pretence, as well as issuing a false cheque. False cheque  The accused person issued a false cheque for GH¢15,956.16 to the complainant, Mr Obasa,

The Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA-Ghana) has relaunched the newly improved female condom (FC2) in line with a campaign to educate the general public and promote the use of the product. The programme was also to raise the awareness of the advantages associated with the use of the condom in preventing unwanted pregnancies, checking the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). SWAA International, a non-governmental women organisation, is committed to reducing

Odotobri Rural Bank at Jacobu in the Amansie Central of the Ashanti Region has presented items worth GH¢8,300.00 to three public institutions as part of their corporate social responsibility in their operational areas. The items, included a Canon photocopier and printer, a 220V power generator and two sets of Samsung LED 32’ flat screen Satellite television. The beneficiary institutions are Abuakwa Health Station located 20 metres away from Jacobu, Asawasi District Police Headquarters in Kumasi;

Work has begun on a community- initiated project to construct a new police station at Gomoa Pomadze in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The project is being supported financially by the Gomoa East District and the Effutu Municipal assemblies, as well as the Pomadze and Asebu communities. The project is to help improve security in the area due to recent armed robbery attacks on residents. On September 2, 2013, a group of armed robbers attacked students of the Pan African Christian University

The Japanese Embassy has provided a grant of GH¢246, 664.50 for the construction of a Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound at Asunsu in the the Dormaa Municipality. The CHPS compound would be provided with medical equipment and furniture. The grant was provided under the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) scheme to enable the assembly to construct the CHPS compound to facilitate access to health care. The Municipal Chief Executive of