Новости за 30.08.2019

The Dean of Students at the University of Ghana, Professor Godfred Bokpin has made the case for some students to pay higher residential fees as the university deals with accommodation challenges for students. On the Citi Breakfast Show, Prof. Bokpin acknowledged the systemic failings that have influenced the accommodation problem that has persisted for some two decades. ldquo;You can say its poor management across different levels; on the government level, from parent ...

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the inquiry into the breach in the concession agreement with Power Distribution Service (PDS) has been completed and report will soon be ready. The government announced a suspension of the concession agreement with PDS, after the detection of fundamental and material breaches of obligation in the provision of Payment Securities. Two teams of inquiry comprising insurance investigation experts, officials of Electricity Company of Ghana (EC ...

Information reaching Daily Guide indicates that Sawla police in the Savannah region have arrested two suspected armed robbers who were allegedly operating on the Sawla ndash; Wa highway. The suspects are Yakubu Haruna, 24 and Seidu Haruna, 18. The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Yusif Tanko, who confirmed the arrest to DGN Online, said on August 27, 2019, Kwabena Baah ,42, a driver was in charge of a Guinness Distribution Kia Rhino Truck ...

The office of former president John Kufour is asking the public to disregard information on social media about the demise of former first lady, Theresa Kufuor. According to the office, the former first lady is alive and is in good health contrary to such reports. Speaking to Citi News, an aide to the former president, Dr. Kwabena Osei Adubofour urged the public to desist from sending out such false information. ldquo;The former first lady, Theresa Kufor has not pa ...

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government will put adequate measures in place to help protect the lives of officials whiles on duty. He made this statement at Abuakwa in the Ashanti region while speaking at the funeral grounds of Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, one of the officers killed at Kasoa Buduburam in the Central Region. He also expressed confidence in the police to make the perpetrators of the dastardly act to face the law. ldquo;These gallant men will forev ...

A Civil Society Group, Cluster on Decentralization and Citizen Participation, has petitioned the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection to lay before Parliament the Affirmative Action Bill by the end of this year. The bill, which has been pending for about 13 years, is expected to increase the participation of women in decision making. The Convener of the group, Efua Chidi in an address after they marched to protest the delay in the passage of the bill said it is critical ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned against sacking students who do not have the new uniform it introduced for Junior High School students. The Director-General of the GES, Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa in an interaction with the media said since the uniform will be phased out in three years, there shouldn rsquo;t be instances of students being sent home for not having it. ldquo;The school uniforms for JHS as we announced the last time, comes in September and we ...

Mercury is remains an important element and has many uses across the world from health care to electronic and electrical applications. However, mercury related issues have become a matter of general concern in the recent past and continues to be matters to be with us for some time unless we take the bull by the horn to understand the issues and why they must be addressed. The Minamata Convention on Mercury became a working document for the world and Ghana when it came into existence as a g ...

Tourism investors are being urged to visit Kwahu and explore the untapped tourism potential in the area. Kwahu features the authentic experience of local culture and traditions and some natural tourist sites such as Waterfall, Caves and several fortresses, given its position as the highest habitable elevation in Ghana The President of Kwahu Professionals Network (KPN), Mr. Davis Opoku Ansah, made these comments at a press conference organized by the Ghana Tourism Authority to outdoor t ...

The Australian High Commission in Ghana, Geodrill Ghana Limited and numerous others have supported the NGO Children of the Light (CotL) , to build a fantastic Learning Centre at Peduase, near Aburi, in Ghana s Eastern Region. The organization was established in 2005 by Jeanette Brown, a New Zealander whose mission for the institute was to provide creative, holistic, child centred education in order to build lives that influence society. On Friday, 23rd August 2019, CotL held the Gr ...

As part of Government rsquo;s One District One Factory Project promised to the Ghanaians, the Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Dafour together with the Netherlands Government have cut sod for the construction of Compost and Briquette plants for farmers in the Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly. The project which is private partnership from the Netherlands government and Jekora Ventures Limited seeks to reduce the burden of farmers as well as create employment for the youth thereb ...

Suspended Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has said he is unnecessarily being vilified by Ghanaians over unsubstantiated claims of corruption levelled against him. 8220;The public is simply speaking words of untruth. I regret the way I am being crucified for doing nothing, 8221; he told the media after his interrogation by the Special Prosecutor. Investigators at the Office of the Special Prosecutor questioned Mr. Adjenim Boateng Adjei t ...