A late strike from Selorm Geraldo powered Liberty Professionals to a lone goal over Real Tamale United (RTU) in their Week 17 clash at the Sly Tetteh Stadium, Dansoman on Sunday. Geraldo struck the match winner eight minutes from time after Reginald Asante had put him through, delivering a point-blank shot that ensured goalkeeper Andrew Abbey picked the ball from his net the first time. Prior to that, the visitors had put in a performance which forced everyone to rethink about their ... Read More
The Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper will present the 2013 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. A statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry said the budget is expected to focus on the continuous stabilisation of the economy, infrastructure development and accelerating growth that will sustain the confidence in the future of the Ghanaian economy. It will also detail the achievements for the year 2012 and government economic ... Read More
A 27-year old driver Bismark Addai was on last Friday convicted by a Kumasi Circuit Court, for refusing to stop when signalled by the police. Addai pleaded guilty to all the three charges preferred against him and was convicted by the court on his own plea. He was charged for failing to stop, resisting arrest and driving without a licence. The presiding Judge, Mr. D.W.P. Amedior, however, reserved the sentence and remanded him into prison custody until March 8. He advised drivers to ... Read More
Two Ghanaian athletes have qualified for the USA National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Indoor Championship just a month into their scholarships at the Neosho County College. Sprinter Doreen Agyei and Atsu Nyamadi qualified to represent their school, Neosho County College, in the 60m event and heptathlon respectively. The duo?s qualification is quite significant because they hardly trained in the last two months before their departure to the USA because of the rigors of the ... Read More
The principal of the Agona Swedru National Vocational Training School, Mr Bernard Banaza, has appealed to the government to fulfil its financial commitment to vocational and technical institutions to ensure quality skills training for the youth. He disclosed that payment of subsidies to vocational institutions has stopped four years ago. He said all Vocational institutions are going through financial crisis to manage the schools, adding that the schools are relying solely on school fees to ... Read More
Government has increased the salaries of Senior Lecturers in the universities from GH¢1,875 to GH¢4,811, the Minister of Information and Media Relations, Mahama Ayariga has told Parliament, yesterday. In addition, he said the salaries of other university lecturers had been increased from GH¢540 to GH¢3,554. Contributing to the debate on a motion to thank President John Dramani Mahama for delivering the State-of-the-Nation address in Parliament on February 21, Mr. Ayariga commended the ... Read More
Five mourners including Reverend Father Kofi Yeboah of the Abura Dunkwa Catholic Church were burnt to death when a pick-up in which they were travelling from Enyan Aboyerem, caught fire after involving in an accident. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Seth Tay, Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District Police Commander, made this known to the Ghana News Agency at the weekend. He said apart from Rev Fr Yeboah the rest of the dead have not been identified. According to DSP Tay the deceased were ... Read More
A heavy rainstorm which swept through the Yendi Municipality last Thursday destroyed over 500 houses and left hundreds of people homeless and in darkness. Affected properties included the Gbewa Palace, six primary schools and one Junior High School, market stores as well as a canopy providing shelter for the military detachment at the Gbewa Palace were razed down by the storm. The Yendi District Chief Executive, Issah Zakaria who visited affected homes after the disaster called for ... Read More
The Council of Women Traditional Rulers (CWTR), a group comprising of female chiefs and queenmothers from all the ten regions of Ghana have called for the passage of a Legislative Instruments (L.I.) to incorporate women traditional rulers into the chieftaincy institution. According to them, this would be in accordance with Article 277 of the 1992 constitution which defines chiefs to include queenmothers who are properly enstooled. The President of CWTR, Mamaga Amega Kofi Bra I made the ... Read More
The Managing Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limitd, Mrs. Florence Larbi, has challenged the workers to impact positively on the company through innovative endeavours. She was addressing over 350 regional managers, zonal managers and district operating supervisors of waste management experts of the company?s maiden Innovations Conference in Accra. The theme for the Zoomlion Ghana Limited Innovations Conference was ?Fostering Innovation for Success in the twenty first century?. She explained ... Read More
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has indicated that it is ready for the over 400,000 Senior High School (SHS) students expected to write this year?s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The increase in the number of students is due to the two batches of students from the three-year and four-year SHS durations, are both writing the same examination this year. The Deputy Director General at the GES, Stephen Adu told Citi News, ?the problem is with the practicals ... Read More
Two Ghanaians in their mid-thirties, who paid money to a ?connection man? to facilitate their trips to Mexico, are stranded at the Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Mr Genesis Kofi Bonsu, from Oforikrom and Mr Eric Osei from Suame, both in the Ashanti Region, told the ?Ghanaian Times? that they paid GH¢4,000 each, to the middleman whose name they gave only as ?Daniel?, in Accra, and he gave them the assurance of connecting them from Accra to Mexico, via Turkey. However, on their arrival in ... Read More
The maiden water treatment conference and exhibition on the importance of safeguarding the health of the public was held in Accra on Thursday. It was to create a platform to deliberations on water to ensure that only purified water was made available for consumption and industrial use. The exhibition showcased high quality water equipment, policies, and programmes on water and practices in the water treatment industry. It was organised by Tovila Water Solutions, a water treatment ... Read More
The Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) has suggested to government to address challenges confronting the country's textile industry before thinking of revamping its defunct factories.      Mr. Abraham Koomson, General Secretary of TGLEU said government would be throwing the taxpayer's money into the drain in its effort to revive some of the defunct textile industries without first addressing challenges that caused the collapse of those industries.      Addressing ... Read More
Lack of a comprehensive Human Settlement Policy to guide spatial and physical planning of the country has resulted in either encroachment on government lands or haphazard development. Besides, the continuous delay in the passage of the Land Use and Planning Bill which is still at the consideration stage in Parliament is also hampering logistical and human resource development of the Town and Country Planning Department. These came to light when the Minister of Environment, Science, ... Read More
President John Dramani Mahama on has appealed to members of the Council of State to advise him on the truth and not what would be pleasant to his ears every day. ?I want you to tell me the truth, and not what I want to hear, as it is the truth that will give me the real picture that I can act on swiftly for the advancement of the country.? President Mahama made this appeal when he swore-in the last three members of the Council of State at the Flagstaff House, Kanda on Friday. The three, ... Read More
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