Новости за 29.07.2019

In what appears to be a move to instil discipline within the security service, the acting Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh has interdicted the Lakeside District Police Commander, DSP Eric Partey Opata, for illegally detaining a suspect for nine days. According to a statement from the Police, DSP Eric Party Opata kept a suspect behind bars for nine days without going through the lsquo;due process rsquo;. The statement added that the Adenta Divisional Police Commander, ...

The Chairman for the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Prof. Stephen Adei, has said, it is unfair and unacceptable to discriminate against private university graduates in the public sector employment in Ghana. He said, currently, fees structure show that private university students paid higher and should be considered first in job placements than the public university graduates who pays less as the state has taken much of their fees. The former GIMPA Rector said this ...

The Management Committee of the Dormaa East District Center of Agriculture Commerce and Technology (DCACT) has taken delivery of agriculture mechanization equipment to support farming activities in the district and its environs. The equipment which reached the door step of the district few days ago would enable the DCACT committee set up an Agriculture Mechanization Center, (an equipped center to support the use of machines in farming). This is in line with promoting government rsquo;s fla ...

The Command of UNIFIL rsquo;s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) changed during a transfer of ceremony held at the GHANBATT Headquarters in Al-Qawzah, South-western Lebanon last week. The 16 July ceremony saw the passing on of command from the outgoing Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Fiifi Deegbe, to the incoming Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Abass Atuluk. Sector West Commander Brigadier General Bruno Pisciotta, who was the Guest of Honour, symbolically passed the UN flag ...

The District Chief Executive for Kwahu Afram Plains North, Mr Samuel Kena has assured the NADMO office in the District of the Assembly rsquo;s resolve to fully support their activities to enable them discharge their mandate effectively. He said, despite the financial constraint the Assembly is grappling with, it will not renege in supporting NADMO in the District. This assertion was made by Mr Peter Sae Afari, the Deputy District Coordinating Director who represented the DCE during the ...

A group calling itself 2013/14 Dislocated Workers Group of Anglogold Ashanti Ghana Limited, Obuasi Mine; on Monday protested at the Gold House in Accra. The members of the group, who were rendered redundant between 2013 and 2014, are amongst other things demanding special compensation of the leadership of Anglogold Ashanti (AGA). http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/729201913604-0f72ylkxxs-anglogold-3.jpg They claimed they are about 4,000 affected ex-wo ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta says the ruling NPP government will not tow the path of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to claim that it made strides in infrastructural development as captured in the Green Book but with nothing to show on the ground. The sector minister who was presenting the Mid-Year budget review in Parliament on Monday assured Ghanaians that unlike the NDC, the government will, in reality, embark on infrastructure and road projects to bring r ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Attah has disclosed Government rsquo;s planned referendum on the election of Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) will take place in December 2019. According to the Finance Minister, the upcoming election of MMDCEs is proof that the government is keeping faith with its promise to Ghanaians. The Finance Minister made this known during his 2019 mid-year budget review presentation in parliament. The election of MMDCEs was d ...

President Akufo-Addo has cut sod for the construction of a mini-harbour and landing site at Moree in the Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese constituency, in the Central Region. The President has assured that the project will be completed in 18 months. The project, which will be executed by China Harbour and Engineering Company, will involve the construction of breakwater, a quay wall, dredging and ancillary facilities not only in Moree but also in Senya Beraku, Dixcove, Elmina, Moree, Mum ...

Some aggrieved customers of Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) picket ahead of the budget review today, Monday. The upset customers of Gold Coast Fund Management lined the street opposite Parliament to demand action from the Finance Minister and President over their locked up funds. Police have tried to ward them off saying they did not give prior notice but leaders of the group have ignored the warnings. They say police are complicit in their troubles because they ignored ...

The Speaker of the United States (US) Congress lower chamber, the House of Representatives, Nancy Patricia Pelosi, arrived in the country yesterday. She arrived with a high-powered congressional delegation on an official visit to the country. She is expected to address Ghana 39;s Parliament on Wednesday, July 31, after bilateral talks with President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House. The US House of Representatives 39; Speaker is leading a delegation comprising members of ...

Founder and leader of Glorious Wave Church International Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi has incurred the wrath of many by describing Ashanti women as greedy, heartless, disrespectful, evil and materialistic, claiming they are not good materials for marriage. A video of the pastor has gone viral on social media where he is heard launching an unprovoked scathing attack on Ashanti women. Besides, he did not spare Fante women, whom he tagged as 39;foolish 39; and Ewe women, whom he ...