Новости за 16.08.2019

Konamah 39;s entertainment, organisers of the Ghana Actors and Entertainers Awards have paid a courtesy call on Ghana 39;s National Chief Imam Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu for his blessings and good wish for the awards scheme. The Chief Imam prayed for Allah 39;s blessing on the awards scheme and urged the organisers to endeavour to show some uniqueness to make their awards scheme the best among the rest. He also urged them to always make unity the prime purpose of the scheme an ...

A 28-year-old carpenter, who was sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court for indecent assault, said it was the devil that tempted him to finger the girl, who is aged eight. ldquo;I did not even know what my fingers were doing under the private part of the girl, rdquo; Tettey Sewu confessed to the police when he was arrested. The Court presided over by Mrs Rita Abrokwa Doko in passing sentence said by your own words you have been convicted. What do you have to say? It was then that T ...

Chiefs of Atebubu in the Bono East Region have invoked curses on Sanja Nanja, former NDC MP for Atebubu Amanten, calling on their 39;gods 39; to strike him if he dares to contest the seat again. The Atebubu Tradtional Council led by Nsumakwanhene, Nana Kofi Amoakohene, yesterday performed a ritual by slaughtering a white ram to the gods for Sanja Nanja who has already filed to contest the seat once again. Whilst in office as MP, the traditional authority had a long running feud af ...

President of the Ghana Journalists 39; Association (GJA), Dr. Affail Monney has emphasized the media in Ghana is ldquo;reasonably rdquo; free. He said: ldquo;To say that Ghana is bereft of press freedom is to ditch the fact that our media space is reasonably free. And to claim that there 39;s nothing wrong with our environment is to play the ostrich. rdquo; Speaking at the 70th anniversary celebration of the GJA, established on August 15, 1949, Dr. Monney commended for ...

President Akufo-Addo has been made chief for the poor and vulnerable in Fumbisi in the Builsa South district of the Upper East Region. The Chiefs and people of the Builsa South conferred the title on the President. According to the Paramount Chief of Fumbisi, Nab Clement Akanko Anyatiuk, the decision taken to confer the title, Aniwoba Nab on President Akufo-Addo is in recognition of the fact that ldquo;most of your policies are geared towards helping the poor in society, that is Fre ...

The Karpower barge has relocated to Sekondi Naval Base. The relocation of the powership is to enable it to utilize Natural Gas from the Western Enclave, which is expected to save government millions of cedis yearly. This is expected to save the state a significant amount of money. The Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan replaced a 225 megawatts barge which was delivered on November 2015. The arrival of the vessel was part of the Power Purchase Agreement signed with the Electricity ...

President Akufo-Addo has cut sod for the construction of the 62km Kpandai- Salaga road in the Kpandai district of the Northern Region. The Kpandai-Salaga road since independence has never seen a facelift by any government . The 62 km road will be constructed by Jiangxi Non Ferrous Engineers and Construction Limited. It will cost GH cent; 54m and is expected to be completed within 24 months. Addressing a Durbar of Chiefs and people of Kpandai, the Minister for Roads and Highwa ...

The National Peace Council is exploring avenues to partner Ghanaian media houses to roll out programmes to enhance professional reporting in conflict sensitivities. As the media provide and facilitate the flow of information, the Council acknowledges that they constitute an important component of the political process in democracies. Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, however says the media must be encouraged to discourage political insults, lies and i ...

ldquo;Any Regional or District Manager of the Forestry Commission (FC) or of the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD), who would indulge him/herself in any matter relating to the illegal harvesting, transport and export of rosewood or timber, I will let you go home before the matter is even investigated rdquo;. ldquo;I will stop you from working, you go home, you would be interdicted and then, you will be given half salary until the matter is fully investigated, so thi ...

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has been educated on pensions. The sensitization was done by the Sunyani zonal Office of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA). The zonal corporate affairs of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority, Mr. Samuel Baffour Awuah admonished workers to be interested in issues regarding their pensions since according to him it is during old age that health expenses of people increase. He traced the historical bac ...

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at STAR Ghana, Frank Kwaku Amoateng has disclosed that the foundation is working hard to strengthen civil society and allow citizens to connect with the state in ensuring a peaceful, credible and an all inclusive governance at all levels. According to him, STAR Ghana Foundation is seeking to support variety of citizens rsquo; actions and proposals towards achieving a free and fair Presidential and Parliamentary Electio ...

The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday 15th August 2019, commissioned Ghana rsquo;s largest fertilizer factory at Asuboi in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region. With a production capacity of over 800,000 metric tonnes per year, the Glofert Fertilizer Factory, a wholly-owned Ghanaian company built under the One District One Factory initiative of the Nana Akufo-Addo government, is the first fertilizer production plant outside the Tema Industrial enc ...