The U.S Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, has announced a new co-investment scheme by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) totalling $4.2 million to support five companies operating in the country. The five companies under the scheme would be presented with grants to help them expand their businesses and employ more people. The … The post USAID
United Way Ghana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has offered scholarships to 91 brilliant but needy children of six schools in the Eastern Region. The move is under the NGO’s Nyansapo Scholarship Programme introduced in the year 2005 to support brilliant but needy students to have access to education. The beneficiaries were selected from Akropong MA … The post NGO offers
The St John of God Catholic Church has celebrated its Patron’s Feast Day and 15 years anniversary with a thanksgiving service at Amrahia in the Adentan Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Climaxing a week-long programme of activities, members of the church turned out in their numbers to express their gratitude to God for how … The post St John of God Catholic Church marks
A book titled ‘”Transformation of Prison Systems in Africa”and authored by former Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS), Mr Richard Kuuire, was launched in Accra on Tuesday. The 430 page-book, which highlights the poor conditions in most African prisons, outlines strategies towards reformation, rehabilitation and how stakeholders in the criminal justice system could … The post Book
The Lands Commission has taken steps to stop the construction of a structure on the land previously occupied by the Bulgarian Embassy here in Accra. In an order dated March 15, 2020 and posted on the entrance of the facility located at plot No.2 East Cantonments, Accra, the Commission ordered that the development ceased forthwith. “It has … The post Stop
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) have launched the Supplementary Readers on Social Security for Junior and Senior High Schools (JHS/SHS) in Kumasi. The Supplementary Readers and Teachers’ Manual on Social Security for students and teachers was produced in partnership with the National Council for Curriculum and … The post GES,
The former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Armah Ashitey, on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs at Dodowa in the Shai-Osudoku District. The visit was to officially announce his intentions to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as its National Chairman. Nii Ashitey was accompanied by some party … The post Aspirant
The Spinal and Nerve Treatment Centre Ghana (SNTCG), an alternative back pain treatment facility, has advised the public against the over-reliance on pain killers to alleviate back pains. According to the clinic director of the health facility, Dr Craig Slapinski, who was speaking in an interview with the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday, taking too … The post Don’t
The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius BaffourAwuah, has advised managers of Tier 3 pension schemes to convert investments of retired contributors into shares. According to him, this would ensure that retired contributors were paid dividends in the case investments portfolios of pension schemes make profits. Speaking at the inauguration of the Board of … The post GNAT
The maiden edition of the Kofi Annan Road Safety Award was held in Accra yesterday to give recognition to countries that have made outstanding contribution to road safety in Africa over the past decade. The ceremony honoured governments that performed well during the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action for Road Safety between 2011 and … The post At
The management of the Ghana Education Service says it fully endorsed the letter issued by its Western Regional Director asking teachers and staff occupying government bungalows to pay rent. According to the GES, it was aware of recent public discussions of a letter issued by its Western Regional Director of Education on the need for … The post GES, GNAT tango over payment
A group calling itself Data and Advocacy Consult (DAC) has called on the Sekondi High Court to ensure the speedy delivery of justice in the case in which the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Okobeng Mining Company, Mr Okobeng Nana Amponsah has been accused of allegedly killing some individuals in Tarkwa, Western Region. The policy … The post Group
HEAD of the Apana Korley Family, Odehebi Keklebesi Apana, has petitioned the President, Nana Ado Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to intervene in the release of parcel of a 340.65-acre land to the Stool, to make way for its registration. The land, he said, is situated at Agama Kope Okwenya, near Akuse Junction – in the YiloKrobo Traditional … The post Apana Korley family in
The Bishop of the Northern Accra Diocese of the Methodist Church Ghana, Rt Rev.Prof. Joseph M.Y. Edusa-Eyison has urged Christians to go public with their faith to impact society. He said most, if not all the ills in society, especially corruption and other negative practices in the public service could be attributed to people who … The post ‘Christians urged to win souls’ appeared first
Bushfires have reduced in the Western Region as a result of the intensified public safety campaigns by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS). It has been part of measures by the GNFS to promote public safety and food security, check climate change and also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Statistics showed that incidents of bushfires in … The post Bushfires in W/R curbed – GNFS appeared
President of Save the Nation for Future Leaders, Kwadwo Atta Apeakorang, has advised politicians to be mindful about the manner in which they express displeasure about certain court decisions in the country. That, he explained, would go a long way in protecting the country against violence. Mr Apeakorang, who is a human rights activist, was … The post ‘Be mindful about utterances
Elections of Polling Station Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tano North Constituency in the Ahafo Region were conducted in free, fair, credible and transparent process,” Gloria Kwartemaa Amponsah, the Women’sOrganiser of the Assemblies of God Church Polling Station, has insisted. She stated that the Election Committee was chaired by Osei Boahen, … The post Tano
Samira Bawumia, the Second Lady, has stated that the achievements of the government are dotted across the country which the citizenry can attest to. “Through the Ministry of Special Development Initiative, every constituency in the country has witnessed various forms of progress, growth and development in the first term of the Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo/ … The post Samira
The office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency in the Western Region, Alfred Obeng Boateng, has been vandalised by some unidentified thugs. According to reports, the attackers made away with items such as mobile phones, cash and laptops. Kwame Bekoe, the special aide to the legislator, who was … The post Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has engaged heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) in the constituency on a scholarship scheme she has introduced. MsAffo-Toffeyexplained and outlined the scope and purpose of the scholarship scheme in the meeting with headmasters and also highlighted the benefits it would … The post Affo-Toffey
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