President John Dramani Mahama has nominated Mr. Ato Sarpong as a Deputy Minister for Communications. This was announced in a statement signed by the Head of Communications at the Presidency, Ben Dotsei Malor. The statement said Mr. Sarpong, an accountant by profession,  "has worked in the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector for close to two decades, serving as Managing Director of AfricaOnline, an Internet Service Provider and Chief Operating Officer of K-Net Limited, an IT

The embattled businessman, Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome who is facing trial at an Accra Fast Track High Court for allegedly receiving an illegal GH¢51.2 million judgement debt payment from the state, has pledged to tell it all. It followed a ruling by the Financial Division of the Fast Track High Court on Wednesday that ordered him to open his defence in the case on Monday May 5, 2014. He had filed a submission of 'no case' in the ongoing GHc51.2 million judgment debt trial and prayed the court to throw

The immediate past District Governor of District 403-A2 of Lions Clubs International, Lion Gloria Esi Lassey, has stressed the need for parents to update themselves with the facts about measles to enable them to protect their children from the deadly disease. She expressed concern about available statistics which indicate that despite the availability of safe and effective vaccines, measles remained one of the leading global causes of death among young children.  Mrs Lassey said it was important

The Executive Secretary of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC), Mr Isaac Annan Riverson, has advised licenced courier and postal operators to ensure that their delivery motorbikes are legally registered and visibly branded to prevent the police from accosting them. While applauding the efforts of the police at ensuring law and order during the recent exercise to impound unregistered motorbikes, Mr Riverson announced that a few motorbikes owned by some legally registered

A teenager who attempted to snatch a pastor’s car at Afienya at gun point has been arrested by the police. The suspect, Michael Narh, alias Nat, a 19 year-old auto mechanic,  attempted to escape when a policeman arrived at the scene but was arrested. His accomplice, one Kwabena, is on the run, while Narh, who sustained various degrees of injuries in his attempt to escape, was arrested by the police officer, with the aid of some good Samaritans.   Gun point  Relating the incident, the Dodowa

The Minister  of  Chieftaincy  and Traditional Affairs, Dr Henry Daanaa, has called on the parties involved in the litigation over the legitimacy of the late Ga Mantse, King Tackie Tawiah, to attend the sittings of the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs to speed up the process to resolve the matter amicably. Addressing members of the Regional House of Chiefs at Dodowa, Dr Daanaa noted that since Accra was the national capital, it was only proper that everything was

A severe rainstorm that hit some parts of the Tamale metropolis last Monday left in its trail substantial destruction of property and rendered many people homeless. The plight of some of the stranded victims was worsened with more rains on Tuesday. Parts of the official residence of the Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini, and the palace of the Chief of Tamale were among the houses damaged in the rainstorm.     Destruction The rainstorm, which started about 6:30 p.m., ripped

The management of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has given the assurance that its operations will not be hampered by Tuesday's fire outbreak on some pipelines linking the facility to the Tema Harbour.  According to the Director of Communications of TOR, Ms Aba Lokko the refinery was safe and assured that product supply will not be affected.  She said investigations have commenced to determine what occurred and what next steps to take to avert future occurrence.  Meanwhile, the man who was killed by

The Financial Division of the Fast Track High Court has over-ruled businessman Alfred Woyome's submission of no case motion. Mr. Woyome will now have to open his defense on May 5, 2014. The court, presided over by Justice John Ajet-Nasam, two weeks ago adjourned judgment to today, Wednesday April 30, 2014 because of ill health. Mr. Woyome had filed a submission of 'no case' in the ongoing GHc51.2 million judgment debt trial. State prosecutors say Mr. Woyome, in February 2010, made a false representation

The Ministry of Communication has launched two projects that will enhance the deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services in the country. One of the projects, a $5 million Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) Centre for the Public Works Department (PWD), will serve as an ICT hub to receive data, process information and serve as a medium to outsource information to agencies within and outside Ghana. The second project is the setting up of a Health Information Access Centre

The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has reiterated the government’s position against money laundering and terrorism financing in the face of rising international crimes. He said the government would use all available resources to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. Mr Amissah-Arthur gave the assurance when a delegation from the ECOWAS Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), led by its Director General, Mr Adama Coulibaly, called on him

The prices of most goods on the market have gone through the roof, as the cedi continues to fall against the US dollar and other major currencies. Aside the continuous fall in the value of the cedi against the major foreign currencies, the high cost of goods on the market has also been attributed to high import duties at the country’s ports. Market survey A market survey conducted by the Daily Graphic showed that the price of almost every commodity has increased drastically, compared to what pertained

The Police Administration has directed all regional police commands to arrest the sponsors of land guards and ensure the disbandment of those guards with all the seriousness it deserves. A statement issued by the Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service noted with concern the disturbing pockets of land-guard activities in the country, especially in the Greater Accra Region. “This act of lawlessness and indiscipline on the part of individuals who, under the guise of protecting their

The Kumasi Circuit Court Monday sentenced a teenager to 60 years in hard labour for robbing a woman of two mobile phones and GH¢120. Charles Frimpong, 19, unemployed, threatened to kill his victim, Patricia Gyamfi, if she refused to allow him to have sex with her after robbing her. He led the victim to her bedroom and asked her to undress for him to have sex with her after taking her phones and the money. Patricia, however, refused to comply and told the convict that he would only do that over

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has charged queenmothers and mothers in general to rededicate themselves to their original role of educating and bringing up children to be upright citizens of society. He said women played a crucial role in shaping the future of children, noting that the shirking of that responsibility could be disastrous to the nation. Otumfuo Osei Tutu said this at the first-ever durbar of queenmothers in the history of Asanteman in Kumasi yesterday.  It was organised in

The non-involvement of key officials of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) in the arbitration between the Government of Ghana/Ministry of Roads and Highways and Construction Pioneers (CP) led to the wrongful payment of €98 million to CP, the Judgement Debt Commission was told Tuesday. The commission was also informed that the Attorney-General’s (A-G’s) Department and the Ministry of Finance failed to use CP’s tax debt of 44 million deutsche marks to offset part of the debt paid to CP. This

The  Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has secured a 40-million euro funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to implement the Ghana Urban Management Pilot Project (GUMPP) in four major cities, namely, Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi, Tamale and Ho, for the provision of infrastructure facilities. Under the GUMMP, the ministry will also facilitate the street-naming and structural plans for Ho and Tamale. The sector Minister, Mr Akwasi Opong-Fosu, announced this in Accra when his

One person was burnt to death after fire swept through fuel pipelines linking the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to the Tema Harbour Tuesday. The authorities suspect the deceased might have died in the scorching blaze in an attempt to siphon fuel from the leaking pipes.  The incident, which occurred between the wall separating the former Akasanoma Factory and the Cocoa Processing Factory, took place about 3:30 p.m. The Fire Officer for the Tema Metropolitan Area, Mr William Abeka Blankson, in an interview

An innovative online system which will enable workers to lodge complaints on minimum wage compliance at their workplaces was launched in Accra Tuesday. Under the system, a complainant would be required to visit Mywage.org/Ghana and Africapay.org/Ghana  fill a form online, submit it to the National Labour Commission (NLC), the Labour Department or the Trades Union Congress (TUC), whose addresses have been provided, for onward submission. After perusal, all similar complaints will be compiled for

Ghana made significant inroads into the global maritime industry Tuesday when the President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, inaugurated Africa's biggest Vessel Traffic Management Information System (VTMIS) at the Ghana Maritime Authority ( GMA) in Accra. The about 16-million Euros facility, a collaboration between the governments of Ghana and Finland, has a long range identification system that can track vessels within a range of 1,000 nautical miles. Facility The system meets up to 99.8 per cent of the