About 100 houses have been destroyed, and 800 people displaced, in the Amansie West District, following incessant rains over the weekend. Most communities have been cut off, as more roads are flooded, with passengers and vehicles getting stranded. At Manso Nkwanta, six houses and four metal container shops were destroyed, and more properties damaged, […]
From Ernest Best Anane St. Louis Senior High School has observed the 65th Anniversary celebration of its founding, under the theme: “Equipping the girl child for tomorrow’s leadership: giving back to society”, with a call on major stakeholders to help address its infrastructural challenges. Mrs. Theresa Addae Commeh, Headmistress, expressed concern about the growing challenges […]
From Ernest Best Anane The House of Faith Ministry, headquartered in Kumasi, has embarked on a free health screening exercise for the people of the Hwidiem community in the Atwima Nwabiagya District as part of its 30th Anniversary celebrations. The residents were screened for blood pressure, sugar level, breast cancer and malaria. According to Elder […]
The President Akufo-Addo has urged African leaders to hasten the coming into being of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). According to President Akufo-Addo, “if we remain resolute and see to its realisation, we will obtain a major boost to the development of our economies, and a considerable reduction on our dependence on foreign goods […]
From Edmond Gyebi, Tamale SavannahNews24.com, the news website that published the false sexual scandal involving the Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Solomon Boar, and one Rafia Baba Jawula, has unreservedly apologised for the wrongful and defamatory publication. According to the website, all the two publications it carried on 20th and 21st June 2017, under the headlines: […]
The Acting Executive Director of the National Service Secretariat (NSS), Mustapha Ussif, says the graduates’ skill deployment agency has put in place measures to boost harvest on the scheme’s farm at Dahwenya in the Greater Accra Region. Major plans adopted by the NSS to achieved a bumper harvest this year and in years to follow, […]
From Edmond Gyebi, Tamale The Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development, Alhaji Abubakar Saddique Boniface, has charged all influential people, businesses, and other well-meaning Ghanaians living within and outside the various Zongo communities not to be “mere spectators”, but rather partner the government to bring the needed transformation and development to the people. He […]
News Desk Report A decision by the Parliamentary Select Committee of Finance to accept an offer of GH¢150,000 from the National Lotteries Authority (NLA) whilst considering the amendment of the National Lottery Act, 2006 (Act 722) has raised eyebrows. According to a Joy FM report, the Legal Advisor to the NLA, David Lamptey, in separate […]
The Acting Executive Director of the National Service Secretariat (NSS), Mustapha Ussif, says the graduates’ skill deployment agency has put in place measures to boost harvest on the scheme’s farm at Dahwenya in the Greater Accra Region. Major plans adopted by the NSS to achieved a bumper harvest this year and in years to follow, […]
By Bernice Bessey Accessing data from the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service is a tiresome and daunting task, due to the bureaucracies and procedures one must go through. Journalists, researchers, and academicians among others who need data from the DOVVSU can now smile and have some ease when […]
From William Nlanjerbor JALULAH,Bolgatanga THE FAMILIES of the three young men from Yorogo, who were killed last week under bizarre circumstances are appealing to the Minister for the Interior and Inspector General of Police (IGP) to constitute an independent committee of inquiry to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of the three. On […]
From Richard Owusu-Akyaw, Kumasi Over twenty buildings at Anwia Nkwanta near Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have been submerged leaving hundreds of people homeless, the Municipal Chief Executive Officer for Bekwai, Kyei Baffour has told The Chronicle. On Monday dawn, residents along Oda River, which passes through the town were forced to abandon their homes when the river […]
From Sebastian R. Freiku, Kumasi The increased instances of mob injustice which have led to the lynching of innocent people on suspicion of being thieves, armed robbers or witches, without allowing the law to take its course have been attributed to distrust in the police and court system. The Public Interest Research Advocacy Network (PIRAN) […]
Available statistics indicate that more lives are being lost on a daily basis as a result of cars ramming into stationary trucks on busy roads across the country. This needs the government’s urgent attention, as it is becoming very scary nowadays when traveling on our cruel roads, with limited road signs and a high […]
We repeat this Editorial of Friday 16, June 2017, in view of the recent warning by the Ghana National Fire Service about the springing up of buildings over 5 storeys high, and the inability of the Service to combat fires above 5 floors. At least, 17 people have now been confirmed dead, after firefighters finally […]
By Bernice Bessey The president of Foundation for Generational Thinkers (FOGET), Mr Prosper Afetsi, says the falling standard of education in the country can only be addressed if government extends a helping hand to private schools. According to him, government must pay equal attention to every educational institution in the country, because if standards in […]
Asks Dr Frankie Asare-Donkoh Language plays a very important part in communication. It is therefore incumbent on a person who communicates to bear in mind that for their targeted audience to understand their message, their (communicator) choice of language was very crucial. In the last few days, I have watched a short video of Ghana’s […]
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