Новости за 05.07.2019

Senior Journalist and Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has downplayed a request by the National Security set-up for the editor of ModernGhana Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri to provide a medical report as evidence of his torture while in custody. He says it is usually difficult for doctors to medically find evidence of torture of a victim after 72hours because after that time the pains and evidence might have subsided and its impact ameliorated. He said opera ...

A pressure group calling itself, Economic Fighters League (Fighters) has scheduled a protest march today July 5, to register its displeasure at a proposed 450-seat new chamber for Parliament. In a press statement sighted by Modernghana, indicated that the group expressed its decision to ldquo;join the national resistance movement to end the impunity and nonsense of the political establishment now rdquo;. The statement signed by Leader of the group, Ernesto Yeboah pointed that, ldqu ...

The District Chief Executive for Wassa Amenfi Central Hon.Patrick Hockson Amponteng(P.H.) had paid a working visit to two of the registration centres in the District to monitor the exercise during which he interacted with registration Officials and representatives of political parties present to assess the effectiveness of the entire processes. The limited voters 39; registration exercise took off on Monday June 17,2019 and is expected to end on Sunday 7,2019. This exercise forms pa ...

Peacefmonline.com has stumbled upon a piece of correspondence from Parliament and signed by its speaker Rt. Hon. Aaron Mike Oquaye to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo inviting the latter to the sod cutting ceremony of a new chamber complex for the House. Contents of the explosive letter clearly indicate parliament had already proposed date for the sod cutting by booking the president, whiles the Finance Ministry has also dutifully given budgetary allocation for the project estimated ...

The Deputy Chief of staff of the Republic of Ghana, Hon. Lawyer Abu Jinapor has donated one hundred (100) anti snake Venoms vials to the West GONJA hospital. The donation was done on his behalf by the NPP Constituency Secretary Mr Karim Kusubari and the Communication Director of the NPP for Damongo Constituency Mr Iddrisu Lamin with the Aid to the deputy Chief of staff Mr. Quaye. Handing over the vaccines to the hospital,the NPP Secretary for Damongo constituency Mr Kusubari Karim sa ...

Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister has said it is his priority to ensure that the Wa Polytechnic is seen a facelift and converted into a technical university before he leaves office. ldquo;Like I indicated the other time, nothing will gladden my heart more than to supervise the conversion of the Wa Polytechnic into a technical university. I will want it happen in the nearest future rdquo;, he said. Dr Bin-Salih stated this when a team from the Wa Polytechnic, led by Mr M ...

The ongoing debate about decision of putting up a new modern 450 capacity chamber for Ghana 39;s Parliament has been described as unnecessary. The Parliamentary Council is said to have taken the decision which is yet to be presented to cabinet as well as Parliament for approval. Reacting to the issue on Dadi Fm morning show Efa Woho with the host Abena Opokua Ahwenee, the Eastern Regional 1st Vice Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Omar Bodinga has described the de ...

The Dubai High Court has upheld its initial ruling of the case involving Menzgold CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah and his Arabian debtors, Royal Horizon, the court has again ordered the United Arab Emirates-based company to pay up $39 million owed the Ghanaian. The court also ordered Royal Horizon to pay NAM1 compensation for the period he has been imprisoned in Dubai. Royal Horizon, feeling hard done by when the court ruled in April in favour of NAM and Menzgold, filed an appeal to overturn the r ...

Human Rights Organisations have hinted of petitioning the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate and take necessary action in an alleged manhandling and torture of a journalist who is also the editor of an online news portal, ModernGhana.com. The two journalists are reportedly being investigated for their alleged roles in some cybercrimes and were picked up by the National Security officers last Thursday. Mr. Britwum was released the following da ...

Education at Kragyie, a community in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region is on the brink of collapse over serious infrastructure deficit. The school which has no Headmaster has only four teachers taking charge of Nursery one to Class six, with the whole population of the school sharing a three mud classroom block. The lack of infrastructure is affecting teaching and learning at the only basic school in the community, Kragyie D/A. School. Nursery to class one uses one c ...