They are Mr Akwasi Oppong-Fosu, Minister designate for Local Government and Rural Development, Nana Oye Lithur, Minister designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Omane Boamah, Communication, Prof Jane Nana Opoku Agyemang, Minister designate for Education, Dr  Oteng Agyei , Minister designate Environment, Science Technology and Innovation.

According to the report, CVA topped the ten major causes of deaths recorded at the hospital in 2012 with a figure of 141 representing 14.1 percent of the total deaths.

This was contained in a press statement signed by Mr Henry Nii Dottey, Honorary Secretary and copied to the Ghana News Agency.

This was contained in a press statement signed by Dr Raymond A. Atuguba, Executive Secretary to the President and copied to the Ghana News Agency.

The Diamond jubilee anniversary has the theme “GCB-60 Years of Service of Ghana - Customers, Businesses and Community.’’

He however indicated that because of the exacting nature of some GMO seed varieties, especially maize, on fertilizers for substantial yields, it was important that peasant and rural farmers were insulated from the expensive nature of cultivating GMOs by concentrating on the use of local and hybrid seeds that demanded fewer inputs for desired yields

Vice President Amissah-Arthur gave the assurance when he joined in the celebration of the 2012 West Africa Security Services Activities, held at the Army General Headquarters, Burma Camp in Accra.

Mrs Lydia A. Yamoah, Principal of the School said all but six of the 123 students have been duly registered and are being offered all the needed support to rewrite the examination in February.

It also sought to sensitise the participants on their roles and responsibilities in achieving the Millennium Development Goal on the environment.

Abubakar pleaded guilty to defilement and the court presided over by Mr Ebenezer Osei-Darko convicted him accordingly.

Mensah   who resides at Ashaley- Botwe a suburb of Accra pleaded not guilty and would reappear on Friday February 15.

The policeman was preventing the driver from driving through a-one-way carriage road in Koforidua, when the incident happened.

A statement issued by the Management of the company and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said: “Management wishes to emphasise that the truck involved in the accident at the Okponglo traffic light was not a Zoomlion truck but belongs to a different waste management company.

Dr Siaw Agyepong, who is also the Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies, said the country’s sanitation problem is a collective responsibility, which should not be laid on the shoulders of government alone.

Niger occupies the bottom of the table with two points and Ghana will need at least a draw to advance to the next stage of the competition.

“Ghana holds a strategic place in Africa and the essential thing for Ghanaians is peace, “he stressed in an interview with Ghana News Agency in Accra.

(A GNA feature by Yaa Foruwah Asare-Peasah and Team)

Accra, Jan. 25, GNA -Newmont Ghana has donated items worth GH¢ 30,000 to four non-governmental organisations supporting the underprivileged in the society.

Juaso (Ash), Jan. 25, GNA - The Juaso Circuit Court has sentenced  Kofi Appenteng, a 29-year-old farmer at Kyempo near Obogu in the Asante Akim South District to 24 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 13-year-old girl.

Kumasi, Jan. 25, GNA -  A twenty-one-year-old labourer was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for having sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old-girl.