Accra, April 10, GNA The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched a Stakeholder Engagement Strategy to enhance effective delivery of its mandate through improved engagement and communication with its stakeholder.The 42-page document is to enable the division to engage public and private sector stakeholders at every stage of the development and implementation of new policies and procedures.The strategy had been developed in collaboration with the World Customs Organisations

Tarkwa, April 10, GNA - A Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a herbalist to two years imprisonment for having carnal knowledge of an 11 year-old girl at Aboso Nadieso in the Prestea Huni/ Valley district.Noah Niamor, 22, who is also a farmer, was convicted on his own plea.Prosecuting Chief Inspector Edward Paddy told the court presided over by Mr. Samuel Obeng Diawuo that the complainant Janet Arthur is the mother of the victim who is a primary five pupil.He said on Friday April 4, this year, at

Accra, April 10, GNA - SkyTeam, a global airline alliance, is offering customers the opportunity to win their dream Round the World trip plus a National Geographic Expedition through a new Facebook game competition. The competition is free to enter by playing SkyTeams new Facebook game, designed to help customers plan their ideal Round the World itinerary based on the location of their friends, their likes and interests. A statement copied to Ghana News Agency by SkyTeam said the competition would

Tamale, Apr 09, GNA - Management of the Volta River Authority of the Northern Electricity Company (VRA-NEDCO) have begun a house-to-house operation in the Savanna belt to identify people engaged in illegal power connections to arrest and prosecute them.The operation seeks to identify all illegal connections, disconnect and arrests culprits for prosecution as means of helping to reduce frequent power challenges in the region as a result of transformer overload.Alhaji Mohammed Siam, Head of Public

Tindanyili (N/R), April 10, GNA - Junior Chamber International (JCI), a nonprofit making organization committed to creating socio-economic impact in communities has donated some 463 Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs) to chiefs and people of Tindanyili a suburb of Tamale and its environs.Some other five communities in the Metropolis namely Jisonayil, Kanvili, Tunayili, Jakarayili and Koblemagu would also benefit from similar donations as part of the measures the organization is putting in place

Bolgatanga, April 9, GNA - Action Aid Ghana (AAG) has organized a Regional Policy Dialogue forum in the Upper East Region to help stakeholders particularly the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) address social problems confronting the region.Some of the key problems identified by stakeholders in the region included the perennial poor performances of Basic Education Certificate (BECE ) in all the districts in the region.Some of the problems identified were disaster management preparedness plans,

Ho, April 10, GNA - GNA - A prototype agribusiness programme with the potential of turning the Afadjato-Dayi enclave in the Volta Region into a vegetable producing hub, is underway. The enclave represents the fertile valley and plains along the Afadjato Mountain and the River Dayi in the vicinities of Vakpo, Kpando, Gbefi, Jordan and environs. Agri-Impact Consult, a private Agri-business Services Provider, is executing the programme with funding from Skills Development Fund (SDF), an agency set up

Ziope (VR), GNA - The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Tuesday delivered relief items to the Agotime-Ziope District Assembly for presentation to individuals and households displaced by a rainstorm last month.

Offinso (Ash), April 10, GNA A call has been made to Christians to go to every length to purge the church of greed and selfishness.

Ejisu (Ash), April 10, GNA Thirty (30) teachers in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality have been recognized with prize award for hard work and distinguished performance at a ceremony held at Ejisu.

Wa, April 10, GNA The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) is warning seriously against double registration when it embarks on a limited voter registration exercise in June, 2014.

Takoradi, April 10, GNA Mr. Richard Asamoah-Mensah, an Industrial Relations Officer on Wednesday called on management of companies not to see unions as threat but partners in promoting the welfare of workers.

Apremdo (WR), April 10, GNA The Apremdo Market Association today called on Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly to as a matter of urgency pay attention to the Apremdo Market to avoid the rapid deterioration and waste of investment.

Accra, April 10, GNA An Accra Fast Track High Court on Thursday jailed Christian Sheriff Asem Darkey, the kingpin behind the importation of 76 parcels of cocaine on board the MV Benjamin in 2006, for 22 years.

(A GNA feature by Samuel Adadi Akapule)

Bole (N/R), April 10, GNA - Alhaji Limuna Mohammed Muniru, Northern Regional Minister has advised public workers to abide by the civil service regulations in the discharge of their duties as civil servants at district assemblies in the region.

Accra, April 10, GNA Mr Stephen Ayesu Ntim, Aspiring National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on party delegates to the April 12 Congress to elect leaders who have demonstrated that they are consensus builders with unifying credentials.

Sunyani, April 10, GNA Mrs Petra Adu-Parko, a Programme Manager at Ark Foundation, Non-Governmental Organisation on Thursday observed that intimate partner and spousal violence is rife and the media ought to play its watchdog role in diligence to bring it under control.

Ajumako Brofoyedur C/R. , April. 10, GNA Christians have been advised to let the light of Christ reflect in their daily lives.

Apam (C/R) April 10, GNA - The government in collaboration with the Centre for National Culture (CNC) is forming cultural clubs at the basic and first cycle institutions to assist in the preservation of Ghanaian rich cultures.