Airmask and Textiles Company Limited (ATCL) last Thursday donated anti-air pollution masks to members of the Jamestown community, in Accra, to reduce the defects associated with inhaling poisonous air. The donation was made during a health engagement session, organised by the ATCL to educate members of the community, who engaged in activities that generate poisonous gas, including burning of electronic [...] The post Jamestown
An assistant state attorney at the Attorney-General’s (A-G) Department, in the Eastern Region, Mr. Cyril Boateng Keteku, has called for a thorough training of police prosecutors in the country to make them competent enough to handle cases in court. According to him, some of them do not have the requisite legal knowledge to prosecute cases, adding that “it is for these [...] The post LADA
There was pandemonium at the Northern Regional Police Command, in Tamale, when the police fired warning shots to disperse the teeming crowd that had stormed the station to free a suspect in the police cells. People who doing business close to the Regional Police Command took cover while others fled when the police fired several shots to scare the [...] The post Chaos at Northern Regional
President Donald Trump has hailed a “big victory” in US mid-term elections after Democrats seized the House of Representatives but Republicans consolidated their grip on the Senate. The Democratic majority in the lower chamber will be in a position to block Mr Trump’s legislative programme. But control of the Senate ensures Mr Trump can still make key appointments. The vote [...] The post Trump
Twenty-nine-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives, made history in the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday, becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress in the country. Ocasio-Cortez easily prevailed in a heavily Democratic district against her Republican rival Anthony Pappas, who had lost the support of fellow Republicans last month after admitting [...] The post Youngest
Police in Peru say they have busted a suspected baby trafficking ring in the southern city of Arequipa. Among the 14 people arrested in early morning raids is the former head of Peru’s national police force, Gen Raúl Becerra. He has not yet commented. Police suspect his partner of being the ringleader of the gang which convinced poor women to [...] The post Peru Police bust ‘baby trafficking
The Weija Water Treatment Plant is producing below capacity following the breakdown of four water storage system (filters) which is affecting the supply of water. The water storage system which broke down a year ago had made it difficult for the facility to produce the expected 45,000 gallons of water daily for distribution to households and companies. Currently, the facility [...] The post Weija
The annual symposium of the Centre for Plant Medicine Research (CPMR) was held in Accra yesterday, with a call on the government to initiate policies to prevent the depletion of the country’s forest resource. The event was aimed at outlining the achievements of the centre and educating stakeholders on how medicinal plant could be used to create jobs and wealth. [...] The post Annual
The FIFA Normalisation Committee has told Parliament’s Youth and Sports Committee that it would require an amount of GH¢7.2 million to run its programmes. It is unclear if the Committee will raise the amount by themselves or they would require government support. The chairman of the Youth and Sports Committee, Alex Kofi Agyekum, who made this known in a Citi News interview, [...] The post Normalisation
Wife of embattled former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, Christine-Marie Nyantakyi, says his husband paid $100,000 in a desperate attempt to stop the public screening of Anas’ ‘Number 12’ exposé on football corruption. That claim was denied by the Anas camp before the screening of the investigative piece in June 2018 when news emerged from Nyantakyi’s [...] The post We
The national female U-17 team, Black Maidens suffered a 1-2 defeat to Cameroon in a training match played at the CT Atletico Sorocaba on Tuesday afternoon. Ngah Manga Marie scored for the Cameroonians in the 36th minute after picking up the ball in the box and beat Ghana’s goalkeeper Grace Banwaa to put the Young Lioness ahead. Alice [...] The post Black Maidens lose to Cameroon
A training workshop on multiparty local governance reform has been held in Accra with a call on stakeholders to intensify their campaign for a ‘Yes’ vote in the September 2019 referendum. The trainer of trainers’ workshop was organised by the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) as part of measures to educate and sensitise Ghanaians on the need for the referendum [...] The post IDEG
The News Editor of the Ghanaian Times, the flagship of the New Times Corporation (NTC), Mr. Mathew Ayoo has advised students to take their studies serious in order to become citizens of change in their various communities. He said the country needs people with great minds to keep abreast with the positive changes happening in the world, adding that “our [...] The post G/Times News
Eleven basic schools in James Town, Chorkor, Lartebiokorshie and Korle Gonno, suburbs in Accra have adopted an innovative and sustainable recycling initiative dubbed “CyClean” to assist waste management in their schools. CyClean, an industry waste recycling initiative has been a brainchild of Vivo Energy Ghana, the Shell Licensee and Environment360, a non-governmental organisation. Launched on the theme, ‘Promoting environmental sustainability; [...] The post Accra
Vice principals and tutors of Colleges of Education (CoE) across the country, have been schooled on the National School Partnership Policy (NSPP), which seeks to create a collaboration between Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) and Basic Schools. The policy focused on providing opportunities to support teaching and mentorship as part of teacher preparation to equip student teachers with the requisite competencies [...] The post Colleges
A cocktail to welcome and usher in fresh students of the Law Faculty of MountCrest University College (MUC) was held in Accra at the weekend. The students were treated to dancing, eating, drinking and sharing of ideas. Addressing the gathering Mr Kwaku Asare-Ansah, the Rector of the college said the occasion was to enable the students and lecturers [...] The post MountCrest
Graduates engaged under the Nations Builders Corp (NaBCo) have been urged to help fight corruption in public institutions. The future of the country belongs to the youth, hence the need for them to remain anti-corruption advocates, and help stem the canker in government institutions. Seth Cudjoe, the Sunyani Municipal Coordinator of NaBCo, made the call at a training workshop for [...] The post ‘Help
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Brong-Ahafo, Debbie Appiah-Mensah, has observed that most of the social intervention programmes being implemented by the government will be fruitful from 2019. He urged the citizenry to be patient, exercise restraint and hopeful for better socio-economic living conditions and called on the government to shun her critics, detractors and [...] The post Govt’s
Flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Goosie Tanoh, has cautioned that efforts at rebuilding the NDC on stronger principles, will not be an easy task however, prepared to make the needed sacrifice to build the party. He expressed optimism that it was possible for the party to rise up again from its recent shambolic performance, and return to [...] The post Goosie assures NDC
Member of Parliament (MP) for Efutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has stated that the government has so far proven it deserves eight years in office. According to the Efutu MP, “the work done by the government in the last 20 months coupled with its determination is a demonstration that given another term, it can do better for the citizenry. “The government is [...] The post ‘We deserve 8 yrs’ appeared first
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