The Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori-Panyin II, has reiterated his commitment to protect the Atiwa forest from the activities of illegal miners and chainsaw operators. He said this when the President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour, and some musicians paid a courtesy call on him at his palace […]
Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has urged the media to collaborate with her Ministry to achieve the vision of ensuring equal opportunities for all Ghanaians. She said her doors were always opened to them and all other professionals and entities, who wished to offer suggestions and work with […]
The Komenda Sugar Factory is set to kick off production but requires a minimum working capital of Gh¢6M, the Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan has revealed. He said: “I’m told the machine is able to mill 1,250 metric tons of sugarcane a day which means a huge chunk would have to be secured within […]
Multikids Foundation in collaboration with the Special Mothers Project, an advocacy project on cerebral palsy will on Saturday, 4th March organise a free therapy session for children with cerebral palsy. The programme dubbed: Community Clinic, is also meant to provide a platform for parents with children who have cerebral palsy to network and share ideas […]
The staffing position of health personnel with critical skills such as medical doctors, midwives, pharmacists, physicians and anaesthetists which used be a challenge in the Upper West Region has improved. “With concerted efforts from District Assemblies, Regional Coordinating Council, Ghana Health Service and Ministry of Health among others, the staff availability in the region is […]
There is a gradual increase in the request for express clearing of cheques as patronage records a growth of 60.2 percent in 2016 compared to 2015. Over 371,000 cheques were cleared by way of express last year compared to over 230,000 in the previous year. Total value of cheques cleared by way of express service […]
Judge Qiana Lillard’s no-nonsense approach is getting attention far beyond her Michigan courtroom. The Wayne County Circuit Court judge kicked two people out of the room for laughing during a deadly DUI sentencing on Friday. When Lillard heard giggles from the family of Amanda Kosal, 25, who, according to NBC affiliate WDIV in Michigan admitted she […]
Police were called to a restaurant in Manchester when angry fans are alleged to have attacked Paul Pogba for refusing to sign an autograph. According to The Sun, the Manchester United midfielder had a plate thrown at him in Indian curry house Akbar’s last week and was backed into a corner by a small group […]
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has unveiled an ambitious plan to increase the tourist attraction of the Bosomtwe Lake, the largest natural fresh water body in the West African sub-region. This involves the construction of a walkway, zip-line for cable cars and a bicycle trail. Mr. Peter Achampong, the acting Ashanti Regional Manager of the […]
The New Juaben Traditional Council has called for the government to act quickly to stop the construction of a new filling station at Koforidua Anglotown over safety concerns. Baffour Tutu Nyantakyi-Boateng, the Krontihene, said inaction by the appropriate state institutions could result in a disaster. The filling station is being built too close to residential […]
A 33 year-old electrician working with the Ghana Manganese Company Limited (GMCL) at Nsuta Wassa in the Tarkwa Nsueam municipality has been electrocuted while on duty. The deceased Samuel Appiah was allegedly working on the Company’s high tension pole when he had a shock and fell in the process. Mr Stephen Kwesi Appiah, deceased’s father, […]
Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, the Minister of Information, has called for an immediate stakeholder dialogue on the total diversification of the media from State control. He said the media should be totally insulated from State control, arguing that “State-Owned Media” is an anomaly, which contradicts democracy and freedom of speech, and derails progress as well as […]
A former Deputy Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing in the John Mahama administration, Sampson Ahi, has disputed the government’s estimation that it will cost about $700 million to solve the perennial flooding in the national capital, Accra. On the back of flooding in the capital following a downpour over the weekend, the Minister […]
Four days of Carnival in Bolivia, lasting from Feb. 24 to Feb. 27, have seen 33 people killed in car accidents, with Monday being the deadliest due to two fatal ones, according to a police report. A total of 24 people were killed on Monday, Bolivia’s deputy transport police chief Erick Paniagua told the press […]
Australian universities have for the first time agreed to set quota targets for admitting Indigenous students into tertiary education in an effort to “close the gap” of Indigenous disadvantage. The strategy, agreed to by the nation’s tertiary education committee, Universities Australia, includes goals to ensure Indigenous Australians are enrolling in university degrees at a rate […]
BARCELONA — Products of Chinese companies have aroused great interest among visitors of the Mobile World Congress (WMC) in Barcelona, the most important event of the mobile phone industry. Some visitors told Xinhua that the increasing quality of Chinese companies’ technology and their more affordable prices, in the end, make it easier for people with […]
There is 10 percent less sea ice in Antarctica than the previous record low, Australian scientists have found. Jan Lieser, a sea ice scientist at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre in Tasmania, said that the sea ice extent around the continent had shrunk to 2.1091 million square kilometers. The area covered by […]
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday led a solemn wreath-laying ceremony in Accra to honor World War II veterans and heroes. The event was also to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the killing of three colonial ex-servicemen of the Royal West African Frontier Force on February 28, 1948, by British police. A contingent […]
Market analysts said here on Tuesday they were alarmed at the rate of depreciation of Ghana’s local cedi currency against major international trading currencies. Samuel Ampah, Head of Research at GN Ghana, described the situation as alarming, urging policy measures to stem the tide. The local currency, which was exchanging at 3.90 to the U.S.dollar […]
Tanzania plans to carry out a major crackdown on producers, importers, distributors and consumers of alcoholic beverages packed in plastic sachets. This is part of the Tanzanian government’s move to enforce the ban on the sachet-packed liquor, which came into effect on Wednesday under two ordinances: the National Environment Management 2004 and Intoxicating Liquors Act, […]
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