A Cross-section of Ghanaians have expressed their views on the performance of the four vice-presidential candidates with representation in parliament at the debate organised by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a think tank in Takoradi. Some residents who spoke to the Ghana News Agency in Takoradi said the candidates were not proposing pragmatic solutions to the questions posed to them by the moderators. Some were of the view that most of the answers provided by the ... Read More
The Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Mr. Samuel Sarpong has cautioned foreign businesses from violating Ghana?s trade rules by venturing into the retail sector. He said the retail sector was a preserve for Ghanaians and should not be taken over by foreigners. Mr. Sarpong in a speech read on his behalf in Kumasi over the weekend by Nana Opoku Ababio, Director of Administration of the KMA at the opening of a new PZ Cussons? Coolworld Electrical Retail Shop ... Read More
The Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency, has engaged 45779 persons in various modules projects as at June, Mrs Alberta Kwarko of Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare has said in Accra. She said the modules include the Information Communication Technology, Youth in Agriculture and Youth in Road Maintenance. Mrs Kwarko made this known on Tuesday when she made a presentation on: ?Finding Solutions to the Graduate Unemployment Challenge: The role of ... Read More
An Oncologist Consultant at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Verna Vanderpuje has strongly advocated that the state should provide free medical care for children suffering from cancer. Dr. Vanderpuje noted that currently, there was no policy for children suffering cancer, to access full treatment free of charge which she described as worrying. The Oncologist stated that ?the nation is not paying attention to cancer in children?. She was interacting with journalists at Aburi in the ... Read More
The Ghana Cocoa Board, (COCOBOD), has supplied 20 million hybrid cocoa seedlings free of charge to cocoa farmers throughout the country, this year.      Mr Francis Antwi Adjei, Eastern Regional Manager of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD) Control Unit (CU), who disclosed this, said 3.6 million of the seedlings were distributed to farmers in the Eastern Region whose cocoa farms had been infected by the disease, and those whose farms were more than 30 years, for ... Read More
A chieftaincy dispute at Akyem Maase in the East Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region has led the mortal remains of Opanin Kwasi Marfo,Abakomahene of the town remained in the Akyem Tafo government hospital morgue for the past ten years. Narrating the facts of the case to the Times, the Ekuonahene of Maase, Nana Twum Antwi II, the late Opanin Kwasi Marfo ruled the town from the 1960s and for about 40 years remained the Abakomahene from the Atatentia Royal family. He said Opanin Marfo ... Read More
The eight Presidential candidates certified by the Electoral Commission (EC) to contest the general elections in December have all pledged to work together to uphold and sustain the country?s peace during and after the elections. They also pledged to carry out their activities in a manner that would not undermine the electoral process and the stability of the nation. The flagbearers gave the assurance through their representatives at an interactive forum, organised by the EC in Accra, ... Read More
By Times Reporters The management of the national economy dominated the lively debate among the four Vice Presidential running mates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), New Patriotic Party (NPP), Convention People?s Party (CPP) and People?s National Convention (PNC), held in Takoradi in the Western region yesterday. The four parties have representation in the current parliament, a requirement to participate in the debate organised by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). With ... Read More
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