New Zealand Prime Minster (PM) Jacinda Ardern has said she will announce detailed gun law reforms within days, after an attack on two mosques left 50 people dead. Ms Ardern said her cabinet had backed gun law changes “in principle”. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a self-described white supremacist, has been charged with murder. Police say … The post New Zealand cabinet
The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) has warned that the distrust between the Ghana Police Service and the public must be dealt with in order to prevent a total breakdown of law and order in the wake of three disturbing incidents and condemn them. “This, if not addressed with urgency, public tranquility and law and … The post ‘Civilian, police distrust threat to democracy’
Heavy security personnel comprising military and police were yesterday dispatched to Chereponi and its surrounding communities following renewed violent clashes between Komkobas and Chokosis which left six people injured. The District Chief Executive of Chereponi, Mr Abdul-Razak Tahiru, in a telephone interview with the Ghanaian Times yesterday said the military and police personnel had been … The post Renewed
Ghana is to become self-sufficient in rice production by the year 2025. This may sound ridiculous but certainly not impossible. The disclosure is couched in the Akufo-Addo government’s newly introduced initiative on rice production, strategically structured as an arm of its flagship Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme, to boost the production of the … The post GHANA
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called on the Ghana Police Service to arrest Isaac Owusu-Bempah and prosecute him for physically attacking some staff of Radio XYZ in Accra. The founder and leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministries International, was reported to have stormed the radio station with gun-wielding men in search of … The post GJA calls for prosecution of
A new local content and participation policy in the downstream petroleum industry has been approved by cabinet, the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has announced. According to him the new policy which received approval on Thursday, March 14, was intended to ensure a fully Ghanaian-owned and driven petroleum downstream industry capable of attracting … The post Cabinet
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has formally charged the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo. Mr Ofosu-Ampofo has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit crime to wit kidnapping and conspiracy to commit a crime to wit threat of harm. The Public … The post Leaked tape
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called for the prosecution in court, all the policemen who assaulted the three Ghanaian Times Journalists last Thursday. Rassa at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital Condemning the assault and describing it as abhorrent and “exhibition of clear unprofessionalism and unbridled impunity”, the commission said “the … The post Assault
An environmental project dubbed “Greening Northern Ghana (GNG) Project “, has been launched in Bolgatanga, in the Upper East Region, to complement government’s efforts at curbing desertification in the five regions in the northern part of the country. The regions are Northern, Upper East, Upper West, North East and the Savannah, noted to be facing … The post Greening
Former Ghana and Chelsea midfielder, Michael Essien has joined Azerbaijan top-tier side Sabail FK. The 36-year-old has signed a deal until May 2020 and will assist the coaching staff of the club’s Under-19 side as part of his quest for a coaching badge. Essien has been a free agent since ending his contract with Indonesian … The post Essien joins Azerbaijan top flight appeared first
The Government with the support from donor partners has initiated pragmatic measure to help deal with the ‘fluoride’ situation in the Bongo District of the Upper East region. The donor partners helping government to curb the fluoride menace, include World Bank, UNICEF and Water Aid Ghana. Fluoride is an inorganic, monatomic anion with the chemical … The post Govt
Kangen Enagic Ghana Limited on Friday organised a health seminar for staff of the New Times Corporation in Accra. The one-day event was based on the benefits of drinking alkaline water, a product from the company. Mr Samuel Dordunu, the Executive Director of the company, said the alkaline enriched water was highly beneficial to the … The post NTC staff educated on benefit of alkaline
pThe Police administration has condemned the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyapong, for intimidating a police ffficer during demonstration by students on the North campus of the University of Education Winneba (UEW), last Thursday. According to the police, in a video which has gone viral and has also been corroborated by … The post Kennedy
A satellite is regarded as a body that orbits around another body in space. Two types of satellites- natural and man-made exist.Natural satellites are the Earth and Moon while a man-made satellite is a machine that is launched into space and orbits around a body in space.Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) provides the channel of communications … The post The
The government has been urged to develop a legislation which will criminalise fibre cuts that deny consumers of data and internet services offered by the telecommunication companies in the country. A member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications, Sam George, who made the call during the celebration of this year’s World Consumer Rights Day … The post Govt urged to criminalise
“We are not anti-police…we are anti-police brutality,” says Al-Sharpson. “You were put here to protect us. But who protects us from you,” KRS-One has opined “There is a lot of things that need to be changed. One Specifically? Police brutality,” Colin Kaepernick, has postulated. This article is neither to undermine the work of the Ghana … The post Encounter with brutal force
Caster Semenya might conquer a new distance this season judging by what happened on Saturday during the Gauteng North Athletics Championships at Tuks where she went on to win the 5000m. Her winning time of 16:11.59 is nothing to get excited, but then again it did not seem as if Semenya was seriously racing. It … The post Semenya takes up new challenge appeared first on Ghanaian
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