President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Commissioner of Police (COP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare to serve as Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), effective Sunday, August 1, 2021. This follows the President’s directive that Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, the current IGP, should embark on leave pending his retirement from active Police Service, on Thursday, October … The post Profile:
Mr Kenneth Koranchie, a phone repairer and witness in the J.B. Danquah Adu murder trial, has told an Accra High Court that he told the Police that Daniel Asiedu aka Sexy Dondon’s wife is his sister. He said Asiedu’s wife, one Janet, happened to be the daughter of his mother’s friend from childhood, so growing … The post JB Danquah murder trial:
The Ministry of Education since January 2021, has released a total of GH¢316,402,165.00 to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) and Heads of Senior High Schools for the payment of food items for the School Feeding Programme. The Ministry on July 9, 2021, released an amount of GH¢88,053,148.80 to the NAFCO and the Headmasters … The post Ministry
An Accra High Court has awarded damages in the sum of over GH¢1million against the 37 Military Hospital for maternal negligence. Mrs Helena Brema Nyamekye, a 27-year-old PhD Student is said to have bled profusely to death shortly after labour in 2015, when doctors rejected a request from the husband for her to deliver through Caesarean Section. Thus … The post Court
An Accra High Court has awarded damages in the sum of over GH¢1million against the 37 Military Hospital for maternal negligence. Mrs Helena Brema Nyamekye, a 27-year-old PhD Student is said to have bled profusely to death shortly after labour in 2015, when doctors rejected a request from the husband for her to deliver through Caesarean Section. Thus … The post Court
The year-on-year Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate for June 2021, fell to 10.1 per cent compared to 11.8 percent recorded in May. The rate represents a 1.7 percentage point decrease in producer inflation relative to the rate recorded in May 2021. Professor Samuel Annim, the Government Statistician, who announced this on Wednesday in Accra, said … The post Ghana
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on Wednesday complained of errant behavior of some Members of Parliament, which has affected their reputation and urged them to restore the dignity, majesty, the mighty and aura of parliament. The Speaker complained about un-parliamentary behaviors and conduct of some of the legislators in the chamber touching on dressing, … The post The
Jonathan Amponsah Mensah, Manager of Assin-Fosu based Rich(FM 98.7) has been arrested by the Police for allegedly forging invoices and misappropriating GH¢104,090.00 belonging to the station. The suspect is said to have presented series of invoices during the first quarter of 2021, to Dr Richard Kofi Asiedu, Chief Executive Officer of the FM Station, as … The post Rich
Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD), says the Ministry is poised to combat and eliminate the use of illegal methods for fishing. She said illegal fishing methods, including the use of light, dynamite and Dichloro-diphenyl-tricholoroethane continued to pose serious health implications to fish consumers and affected the country’s fisheries value … The post Fisheries
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the threat of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana is real. The Service said it was due to the increase in cases as well as the detection of the delta variant in communities. It said the emergence of the new variants with higher infection rate further … The post Ghana Health Service warns there could be
The Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice is putting finishing touches to the Non-Custodial Bill, Mr. Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, the Deputy Sector Minister has said. The passage of the bill into law, yet to be put before parliament, would facilitate non-custodial sentences-punishment given by a Court of law other than a term of imprisonment. Such punishments include; … The post Attorney-General’s
Mr Samuel Alagkora Akolgo, the First Vice President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), says the four per cent salary increment for public sector workers is dishonest and a betrayal. He said even though Labour was not happy about the base pay negotiation for the Single Spine Salary structure, it could not … The post Four per cent
Around 1.5 million children worldwide lost at least one parent, grandparent or other caregiver as a result of the coronavirus pandemic between March 2020 and this April, according to a new study. A research team led by Seth Flaxman at Imperial College London reached the figure by using birth rate and coronavirus mortality data to … The post 1.5
The European Commission on Tuesday presented plans to set up a new agency to fight money laundering, attempting to combat a crime that costs the bloc billions of euros each year. The agency would oversee financial institutions that are deemed as “high-risk” in the 27 member states – those that operate in multiple countries in … The post EU
The heaviest rains in decades have caused massive flooding in the central Chinese metropolis of Zhengzhou. Local authorities reported 25 deaths on Wednesday, but there are fears more bodies will be found. Saving lives was the “top priority,” Chinese President Xi Jinping was quoted as saying. The floodwaters inundated the underground system, where hundreds of … The post At
The public in the Netherlands is saying goodbye to leading crime reporter Peter R de Vries after he died of injuries sustained in a gun attack earlier this month in Amsterdam. He has been laid in state at the Carre Theatre in Amsterdam on Wednesday and mourners will have the opportunity to pay their last … The post Netherlands pays last respects to
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