Новости за 23.08.2019

The Board of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has welcomed President Akufo-Addo rsquo;s direction for its suspended Chief Executive Officer (CEO), A.B Adjei to be investigated for corruption and conflict of interest. Following the suspension of Mr. Adjei over the lsquo;Contracts for Sale rsquo; documentary by Manasseh Awuni Azure, many civil society organizations have called for the dissolution of the PPA Board for failing to exercise oversight responsibility in the award o ...

A former Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof Mawutor Avoke has apologised to the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh for his actions which undermined the resolution process of an impasse at the university. There has been a prolonged tussle between Prof Avoke and the current V-C, Very Rev. Fr. Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni over who is legitimate to head the university. At his Thursday, 22 August 2019 meeting with the minister along ...

Some properties belonging to former Member of Parliament for the Salaga constituency, Ibrahim Dey Abubakari, has been seized to settle a GH cent;1.5 million judgment debt. The assets, a house and a Land Cruiser will be sold off and the money given to a former National Security Advisor, Alhaji Baba Kamara as damages for defamation. Court officials and an auctioneer have already begun the process of auctioning the house located at Adenta. The High Court on April 5, 2019, ord ...

Antananarivo, Madagascar - An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today completed a nuclear security advisory mission in Madagascar, which was carried out at the request of the Government of Madagascar. The scope of the two-week International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission included the legal and regulatory framework for the security of radioactive sources and facilities, including during transport as well as coordination among authorities and ...

WASHINGTON, August 20, 2019 ndash; The world faces an invisible crisis of water quality that is eliminating one-third of potential economic growth in heavily polluted areas and threatening human and environmental well-being, according to a World Bank report released today. Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis shows, with new data and methods, how a combination of bacteria, sewage, chemicals, and plastics can suck oxygen from water supplies and transform water into poison ...

The youth have been admonished to be proactive to impact the world positively instead of allowing the negative trends of the world to influence them. By honouring God, maintaining integrity, being visionary, using technology positively, managing time and resources-- the youth can make great impact on their generations. These were some nuggets of advice from speakers at the 21st edition of the Annual National Youth Conference of the Churches of Christ held at the Sunyani Technical University o ...

A 252-count federal grand jury indictment unsealed on Thursday charged 80 defendants, most of whom are Nigerians, with participating in a massive conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through a variety of fraud schemes and launder the funds through a Los Angeles-based money laundering network. The indictment was unsealed after law enforcement authorities on Thursday morning arrested 14 defendants across the United States, with 11 of those arrests taking place in the Los Angeles region. ...

The National Polio Laboratory at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, has confirmed a case of Poliomyelitis in the Chereponi District of the Northern Region. The viral disease was detected in a sample of a two year, eight month old girl with Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) from Andonyama, a sub-district in Chereponi. A statement released by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicated that the child was seen at Chereponi District Hospital on July 27 ...

After 29 years service in the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), President Akufo-Addo has promoted Col. Felicia Twum-Barima to the rank of Brig-Gen which makes her the second female General in the military. Her promotion was based on the recommendation of the Armed Forces Council, the chairman of which is the Vice President. The One-Star General has a long history in the military, having held 22 positions locally and in UN Peacekeeping missions abroad. She is a former Director of Educatio ...

The Presbyterian Church of Ghana is asking the authorities to stop lamenting on corruption and act decisively to save the nation from the scourge. It said it was a matter of concern that in spite of the persistent corruption in the public service, there was a seeming lack of commitment on the part of authorities to deal with the canker. ldquo;The high-place lamentation alone does not shape morality; action does, rdquo; the PCG said in a communique issued at the end of its 19th Gener ...

In response to a recent recorded case of poliomyelitis in the Chereponi District of the Northern Region, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has outlined measures to curb a further outbreak of the childhood killer disease which was last recorded in November 2008. In a press release sent to ModernGhana, the Director General of GHS, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, stated that while a national team has been deployed to assist the Chereponi District to carry out investigations, a vaccination campaign at ...

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hon. Joseph Boahen Aidoo has expressed optimism that the Cocoa Producer Price for the 2019/2020 crop year will come as good news to cocoa farmers. The COCOBOD Chief said he trusts that in deciding the Cocoa Producer Price, the Producer Price Review Committee (PPRC), which is responsible for setting the price for each season, will be mindful of the need to improve the living standards of cocoa farmers. The PPRC is expected ...

The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr. Kwame Asuah Takyi has honoured six officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at a staff durbar at the National Headquarters in Accra for their dedication to duty. The honoured officers on 1st August, 2019 at Fielmon, an unapproved route, at the Ghana ndash; Burkina Faso border in the Upper West Region, intercepted 1,950 bags of NPK fertilizers meant for the Planting for Food and Jobs programme and for declining a bribe of GH ...

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has issued a warning to cocoa farmers across the country to desist from engaging the services of children in cocoa farming. He said COCOBOD has taken a stance against the use of children for such tasks as weeding, spraying, the application of fertilisers and harvesting of pods, particularly, in lieu of time supposed to be spent in school. Mr. Aidoo served the warning while addressing a gathering of ch ...

The Director of Technical Services at the Ghana Aids Commission, Dr Fred Nana Poku, has revealed that data from the 2018 National Estimates and Projections for HIV/AIDs shows five people get infected with HIV/AIDS every week in the Upper West Region. He also added that the regional prevalence rate of 0.83 per cent which was below the national average of 1.69 but highest in the five regions of the north, put a burden on the region rsquo;s development drive. Dr Poku revealed this when ...

Business magnate and philanthropist, Mr. Samuel Kofi Danku has called on government and other stakeholders in Ghana rsquo;s agricultural sector to shift attention towards investment in technology. According to Mr. Danku, such an investment will not only promote food security in the country but will also empower local farmers to produce more for export and promote job creation, in addressing issues of unemployment the country is currently constrained with. Mr. Danku believes the 2030 ...