First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has supported 20 female street hawkers in the Greater Accra Region with business tools and a total amount of GHc15,000 to improve their livelihood. The beneficiaries, comprising pure water sellers, plantain chips and pastries sellers, were part of about 100 women from selected markets and street vending points, hosted at …
A former Member of Parliament under the Nkrumah-led administration, Madam Lucy Aninwa Anin, has petitioned the government to review the 1992 Constitution as a matter of urgency. She noted that under the era of the late Mills-led administration, some attempts were made to review the constitution which proved futile and called for a bold and …
PThe government has been urged to initiate measures to establish the Plant and Fertiliser Fund as enshrined in the Fertiliser Act to raise funds for research into fertiliser and its use to increase food production in the country. The Fertiliser Act, 2010 Act 803 enjoins the government to establish a plant and fertiliser fund to …
PA seven-member executive council of the Christ Apostolic Church International (CACI) has been elected to steer the affairs of the church for the next four years. The election took place at the end of the 62th Ministerial and General Council Meeting (GCM) of the church in Accra last Thursday. The newly elected executives are: Apostle …
The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku has stated that his party is ‘ever ready’ to let go all vigilante groups formed within the NPP if only the National Democratic Congress (NDC) admit to do same. According to him, “if both parties (NPP and NDC) come to an agreement to break up …
PThe Industrial and Commercial Workers Unions (ICU), Ghana has cautioned that it will resist any attempt by the Ghana Trade Unions Congress (TUC), to eject the union from the TUC hall, in Accra, under the guise of renovation. The ICU has, therefore, asked the TUC to instruct contractors undertaking the renovation to allow its staff …
The Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has warned that the animosity in African politics and high levels of youth unemployment are setting the stage for chaotic situations. He has predicted an uprising akin to the Arab Spring after 2020 in West Africa “if political leaders do …
The Wassa East District Assembly has organised a town hall meeting to review its performance in the year 2018 as part of measures to remain accountable to the people and bring governance closer to their doorsteps. The meeting which featured the Ateiku Area Council is the first to be held among four Area Councils in …
PAttendants at the Tema General Hospital Mortuary have embarked upon on strike over poor conditions of service. They are complaining about low salary, no overtime pay and neglect of the mortuary leading to the attendants contracting diseases. When this reporter got to the facility at about 2pm, the attendants were clad in red bands signifying …
THE Minority has maintained its opposition to the amendment to the Public Holidays Amendment Act, 2001 (Act 601) which strips Kwame Nkrumah off as the founder of the country. To demonstrate its opposition to the amendment, the caucus, for the third time in three sitting days, walked out of the House leaving their Majority colleagues …
When people who lived in Accra in the 1960s, 70s or even 80s are stuck in today’s terrible traffic, the conclusion they frequently draw is that the national capitalis getting clogged; residents have soared and demand for transport has increased the number of both public and private vehicles on the roads. They do not spare …
Nii Tackie Adama Latse II has filed an application for an order of Mandamus at the Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court, to compel Nii Dodoo Nsaki II to vacate his position as the acting president of the Ga Traditional Council. This is to enable him (Nii Adama Latse II) to assume his …
I got an enquiry from a pharmacy student a few days ago. “Recently, I learned that Esomeprazole is the S form of Omeprazole. Esomeprazole is more effective than Omeprazole. How come the latter is still on the market?”In responding to this enquiry I looked at a paper by Sumithira et al titled “Drug chirality & …
PThe Minister of Aviation, Joseph Adda, has cut the sod for the construction of a new apron for the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and a new headquarters’ block for the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). An apron is the area of an airport where aircrafts are parked, unloaded refuelled, or boarded. The “Northern Apron”, to …
The Ashanti Region recorded an increase in maternal deaths in 2018 from 162 in 2017 to 221 in 2018, the Regional Health Director, Dr Emmanuel Tenkorang has disclosed. According to the regional health director, there was an increase in institutional maternal mortality rate such that, out of 100,000 cases, the region recorded 139 deaths in 2017, …
The Ghana Bodybuilding & Fitness Association (GBFA), will organise series of events, today as part of activities marking Ghana’s 62nd Independence anniversary celebrations. Mr Abdul Haye Yartey, President of the GBFA said, the programme would start at Dansoman Emmanuel Presby Church where mass aerobics and physical training sessions would be held. The group will move …
ON October 6 2017, Ghanaians woke up to a sad story. Midfielder Kwame Bonsu has been sentenced to a two-year jail term by a court in Sweden for allegedly assaulting his partner in 2015. Then on the books of Swedish side Gefle IF, his contract was terminated. However, after 11-months behind bars, Bonsu, 24, was …
MANCHESTER United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his players are confident they can overturn a two-goal deficit against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. United will be without a number of first-team regulars when they travel to the Parc des Princes tonight for the second leg of their last 16 tie. Kelyan Mbappe Paul Pogba …
PEssential character traits and resolute attitude such as discipline, sacrifice and hard work embedded in the cultural set up of South East Asian countries have been identified as pivotal in propelling their industrial growth. A Professor in Economics at the Takasaki City University of Economics, Japan, Prof. Motohiro Kurokawa, made this known at a public …
PThe Bawku Inter-Ethnic Peace Committee (BIEPC) is initiating a number of measures to roll out a peace map to help promote lasting peace in the Bawku area and its environs. The Manager of the Belin Wusa Development Agency (BEWDA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Shaibu Abubakar, disclosed this at a day’s stakeholders’ engagement forum held in …
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