An unexpected legal battle looms between Ghana league clubs and government as leadership of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) are set to drag the Ministry of Youth and Sports to court over an unpaid amount of GHC500,000 used for the organisation of the 2013 President’s Cup competition. The President Cup is an annual ceremonial […] The post GHALCA to drag Sports Ministry to court …over unpaid President’s Cup expenditure appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  West Ham United record signing Andre Ayew is the only Ghanaian to be named in CAF’s preliminary 30-man list for the 2016 African Player of the Year. The Black Stars deputy captain will be seeking to win it for the first after missing on the last edition in Lagos when he finished third behind […] The post Dede Ayew named for CAF Best Player Award appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

    By Dominic Yooku deGraft Aidoo Email Dominic: [email protected]. “Cancer is a word, not a sentence”. (John Diamond- A journalist and broadcaster. He wrote a regular column for the Saturday edition of The Times Newspaper in London called “Something for the Weekend”). Ghana’s premier public hospital (Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital), not long ago, was in […] The post MUSINGS FROM AFAR A LOOK AT SERVICE LINE REPORTING (SLR) appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  From Edmond Gyebi. Cowpea farmers in the Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana, comprising the Upper East, Upper West, Northern, Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions, are crying foul over the continuous loss of over 80 percent of their crop yields annually to excessive destruction by the popular insect called ‘Pod-Borer’, also known as “Maruca-vitrata”. The […] The post Pod-Borer disease destroys cowpeas … Farmers express worry appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana Ne

For a long time to come, one of Ghana’s most consistent highlife musicians, Obiba Sly Collins, will remember last week, because he had three reasons to celebrate three different events. Reason one, for which he was celebrating, was the fact that he had added one more year to his life on earth, which, he said, […] The post Obiba Sly Collins celebrates birthday …intensifies peace campaign, releases new song appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  Nana Oye-Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection has appealed to fetish priests and priestesses to use their influence as spiritual leaders to advocate against child marriage. Nana Oye Lithur said tradition and culture had been identified as one of the major drivers of child marriage because of some beliefs and practices that […] The post Oye charges Ga ‘Wulomos’ to end child marriages . appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  From Sebastian R. Freiku, Kumasi   The Jackson College of Education (JCE), the first Private College of Education running a distance Education programme in Ghana has since its establishment in 2009 produced about 6,171 graduates who have acquired a wide range of transferrable knowledge and skills for the job market. The College, which is […] The post Jackson College of Education produces 6,171 teachers appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

By Afedzi Abdullah.   More than 17,000 people in Ghana die annually as a result of exposure to air pollution, with children and women being the most affected victims, Mrs Gina McCarthy, a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, had said. More numbers of allergies in both adults and children would also be recorded due […] The post 17,000 Ghanaians die annually from air pollution appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and four other organisations have signed an agreement under an initiative to provide life micro-insurance for fisher folk within the fishing communities in the country. The agreement forms part of commitments to transform and develop Ghana’s Fisheries and Agricultural sector while supporting the Sustainable Development Goals […] The post Insurance policy rolled out for fisher folks appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana

By Maxwell Ofori, Parliament House [email protected]. The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) has exceeded its initial budget amount of about US$196,000 on activities relating to the drafting of Bills to about 317 per cent. The Bills, Land Bill and Land Use and Planning Bill were to cost the ministry some US$196,000 in drafting, […] The post Land Bill attracts 317% increase in Budget -PAC appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  By Richard Kofi Attenkah The Government of Ghana (GoG), on Thursday, raised an amount of US$94.64 million in a two-year Euro Bond, which was highly subscribed. The successful issuance of the bond would go a long way to boost government’s medium term debt management strategy, which, among other things, is focusing on minimising and/or […] The post Ghana raises 2-year US$94.64m Euro Bond appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

The Chief Fire Officer, Dr. Albert Brown Gaisie, has commended the Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service for the rehabilitation of two vehicles for use by the Market Education Task Force and Home Safety Unit. The Task Force and Unit are tasked to protect the investment of traders at the markets, and […] The post Ashanti Fire Command steps up fire-fighting …in markets and homes appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  Stories from Richard Owusu-Akyaw Over 16,000 people in the region are reportedly affected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). “The Ashanti Region has an over 16,000 HIV/AIDS prevalence rate,” Pharmacist Thomas Agyako-Poku, Ashanti Regional HIV/AIDS Co-ordinator, has revealed. The Regional HIV AIDS Co-ordinator, who was speaking on Kumasi-based Luv FM, said the worrying trend […] The post Ashanti Region records over 16,000 HIV cases appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana Ne

  From Ernest Best Anane At long last, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has elected Nana Adu Asare Mensah, Amakomhene of Kumasi, as the next Presiding Member, after the house had unsuccessfully tried to elect one over a period of one year. The election of Nana Asare Mensah comes after nine attempts. He polled 100 […] The post Amakomhene elected new KMA PM appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  Somewhere in the Sacred Scriptures the Good Lord said that if we have a faith as small as a mustard seed, we could perform wonders. Almost two thousand years on, we have situations where such grace cannot be made manifest in the life of, perhaps, the most important person in society, the politician. Every […] The post Even with your faith as huge as an Elephant… appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

The Friday October 14, 2016 edition of The Chronicle carried a story with the caption, “Nestlé Ghana re-uses 30% of its Treated Waste Water”. According to the story, the Tema factory of Nestlé Ghana Limited, for some time now, has been using 30% of the waste water, which the company generates, to water lawns and […] The post Emulate Nestlé’s business of re-using waste water appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  By Maxwell Ofori, Parliament House [email protected] The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Rt. Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho, has eulogised the memory of the late Justice Daniel Francis Annan, Speaker of the First and Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, saying, the House would never forget his good works for the nation. Speaker Doe […] The post Parliament will forever miss Justice D.F. Annan -Doe Adjaho appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

  News Desk Report. Tension is reportedly building up at the seat of government, after financial mismanagement at the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) had been exposed by the media. The Chronicle is reliably informed that President Mahama is unhappy with the reports that millions of loans have been given out to certain clients of the […] The post Flagstaff House flares over GCB scandal appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

   From Richard Owusu-Akyaw, Kumasi Luck eluded a man who took upon himself to paste “Who killed Atta Mills? posters in Kumasi after he was brutally assaulted by the local boys in the area. An eye witness, (name withheld) who spoke to The Chronicle explained that last Friday about 20:00 GMT, National Democratic Congress (NDC) sympathizers at the […] The post NPP man detained over Mills posters appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

   From Ernest Best Anane, Kumasi. PAA Kwasi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, the Vice President and running mate of President John Dramani Mahama has expressed optimism that the ruling National Democratic Congress will win over one million votes in the Ashanti region in the upcoming parliamentary and Presidential elections. He said the NDC regional  campaign launch in […] The post Veep asks for the moon in Ashanti appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.