As part of efforts to decentralise the services of Hedge Pension Trust (HPT), the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana, (CLOGSAG), has built and inaugurated a new office at Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital. Hedge Pension Trust (HPT) is a pension scheme company established and registered with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) … The post Bolgatanga
Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has said that the death penalty should remain on Ghana’s statute books to scare murderers. He said in that circumstance, the state would reserve the right to determine whether the death penalty should be carried
Persons with speech and hearing impairment in the Ashaiman Municipality have called on the municipal authorities to assign official sign language interpreters to communicate effectively with them at police stations. They contended that anytime any of them was at the police station, either
The Upper West Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Aboagye Nyarko, has cautioned the public against yielding to mobile money fraudsters. He explained that “the act has recently taken several forms and it calls for due diligence from the public
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged judges, especially Supreme Court Judges, to avoid the practice of giving court judgments without any reasons, or reference to any authority. The President said it was critical for judges
The Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has entreated preachers who graduated from Heritage Christian University College (HCUC) to desist from exploiting others for money and power. According to him, many religious leaders in the country were abusing power
The much-anticipated district level elections came off successfully yesterday but with low turnout recorded at polling stations the Ghanaian Times visited. The polls were at for the election
The Beeston Montessori School on Saturday held its Nine Lessons and Carols in celebration of Christmas in Accra. The event attended by pupils, their parents and friends saw the students clad in dazzling robes and attires as they sang, danced and reenacted
The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has lauded a revised standard on Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) and Direct-To-Home (DTH) receivers that makes Conditional Access System (CAS) non-mandatory for Free-To-Air (FTA) receivers. The new standard published by the Ghana Standards
The Fourth Congregation of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) was held here with a call on the graduating students to be ambassadors of their alma mater. The Vice Chancellor, Professor John Frank Eshun, said the university successfully turned out 2,414 graduands. Three hundred
A stalwart in the government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has expressed misgivings over the preparedness of the Electoral Commission (EC) to effectively and efficiently organise the 2020 elections using a new biometric data. “I am nervous 12 months to the next polls,
The Asutifi North District Assembly is constructing a total of 27 boreholes to provide some selected communities and schools within the district with potable water. Mr Anthony Adjei Mensah, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asutifi North who disclosed this to newsmen at Kenyasi No. ‘2’, said the projects were being executed under the Asutifi … The post Asutifi
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday stated that it is generally satisfied with the voter turnout and the voting processes in the nationwide district level elections however, delayed in a few polling stations. It said the preliminary reports, received by the Commission’s monitoring team across the country,
Former President John Mahama has expressed worry over the reluctance of political appointees to ensure that fellow politicians who go against the law are dealt with is hindering the progress, growth and development of the nation. “As we prepare for the yuletide, the focus should also
The Wa School for the Deaf in the Upper West Region is in need of non-teaching staff and infrastructure to adequately cater for the students and improve academic work. The headmaster of the school, Sylvester
Joyce Mogtari, Special Aide to former President John Mahama, has hinted on how the National Democratic Congress (NDC) intends to prepare its victory manifesto ahead of the 2020 general election. She indicated that “the action plans in the party’s document will be developed by people I described
The Middle Belt Development Authority (MBDA) has outlined a number of projects that have been completed under the government’s ‘$1 Million One Constituency’ initiative within the area of its authority. The projects described as ‘game changer projects’ under the Ministry for Special Development
Donors of Life for Relief & Development based in the United States of America has handed over a mechanised borehole and water filtrating plant worth $ 22,000 to the Ho Teaching Hospital in the Volta Region. At a ceremony here on Tuesday to hand over the project, Sheikh Umar Faruk, Regional Director of the NGO, … The post NGO sinks borehole for Ho Teaching Hospital appeared
The 10thannual congress of Volta Regional Kente Weavers Association was held in Ho on Friday with a call for the arrest of people who sell imitated kente products. The chairman of the Volta Regional Kente Weavers Association, Mr Robert Jokoto suggested that the police
Joyce Bekoe, assembly member for Mamfe West and South Electoral Area in the Eastern Region, has intimated that women’s participation in governance is critical to national development and cohesion and must be supported and assisted to perform. She explained that due to stereotypes, many women shunned the idea of becoming leaders even in their own … The post ‘Women
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