Новости за 25.09.2019

National Youth Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) George Opare Addo says government rsquo;s continuous political mistakes is a cause to worry. He is demanding to know the number of mistakes made by President Akufo-Addo beginning from when he assume the governance of government. According to him, the President rsquo;s hindsight mistake comment on how regretful he is, is distasteful. He was speaking in regards to the President rsquo;s reaction of the deportation ...

National Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Joshua Akamba, says President Akufo-Addo rsquo;s lsquo;hindsight mistake 39; on Aisha Huang was nothing but a deliberate move. According to him, government in a well calculated manner executed her exit to appease the Chinese. He said government exchanged her release for the 2billion Chinese loan. Joshua Akamba says comments by some government personnel clearly confirms Aisha Huang freeing was deliberate. Presiden ...

Basic school children in the Greater Accra region, who reported at school for the first time in the new academic year, have been urged to adopt a reading culture, to help excel in their studies. This was made known when Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketers and distributors of Shell branded products and services supported the Ghana Education Service rsquo; (GES) initiative lsquo;My First Day at School rsquo; with a collection of educational materials to aid teaching and learning ...

The United States President rsquo;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in its bid to see HIV and AIDS managed, has encouraged the media to push for more awareness on the HIV and AIDS. This is because, the zeal in which the media used in creating awareness about the reality of the condition, has waned. PEPFAR believes this does not auger well for the HIV and AIDS awareness campaign in Ghana. Speaking at a two-day training workshop for journalists in Tarkwa Thursday S ...

One of Ghana's topmost private schools, DPS International, Ghana organized the maiden edition of what promises to be its annual art competition for parents, grandparents, and students. The competition aimed at developing self-expression and creativity based on the theme Being Close to Nature . The gathering of 400 participants was entertained by the students who present melodious songs and rocking orchestra. Students and parents were given two topics based on which they came ...

The government has appealed to the Chinese government for support in afforestation, forest protection and timber diversification towards environmental safety and sustainability. A Deputy Minister of the Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Forestry, Benito Owusu Bio, who made the appeal through the Chinese Embassy in Ghana, noted that most of the timber and wood processing companies in the country particularly in the Ashanti Region have either collapsed or on the verge of coll ...

One of the architects of the June 4th uprising, Major (RTD) Yaw Boakye Gyan, has questioned the capacity of the suspects in the alleged plot to take over the reins of government. Boakye Gyan, who became head of government under the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, AFRC, after successfully executing the 1979 Coup, says the incident can only be proven to be a coup d 39; eacute;tat by a competent court of jurisdiction. The three, Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Donya Kafui and Br ...

The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) embarked on a clean-up exercise at the Independence Square Beach on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, as part of activities to mark this year rsquo;s World Maritime Day. The day which falls on the fourth Thursday in September of every year is being celebrated under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) with the theme Empowering Women in the Maritime Industry. This celebration is to give an opportunity for the internation ...

ACCRA, 24th September 2019 ndash; The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Government of Ghana and Government of Switzerland through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), launched on Tuesday the Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP) to improve standards and quality of exports. The GQSP is an innovative new global programme developed by UNIDO and funded by SECO that addresses country-specific quality and standards compliance capacity challeng ...

The Makola Division of the Ghana Police Service has arrested Amos Debi and Emmanuel Nartey for allegedly engaging in electricity fraud. Their arrest follows a report made to the Police by officials of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Ltd, according to an official statement issued to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday. Narrating the details of the case, the Acting Accra West Regional General Manager of the PDS, Engineer Ankomah Emmanuel, stated that while on routine mo ...

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has admonished the various Assemblies to make sure the issue of sanitation in the country is tackled effectively. She made the call during a tour on September 24, 2019 of some municipalities in Greater Accra Region to ascertain the situation on the ground in relation to the sanitation conditions within the various municipalities. The municipalities visited were, Ablekuma Central, Ablekuma North and Ablekuma ...

Okyehene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the Paramount Chief of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area has offered a 20-acre stretch of land to the management of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) at Akyem Nsutam in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern Region for the construction of a training school. The land which was reclaimed by the traditional authority under the auspices of the Chief of Nsutam, Osabarima Sarpong Kumankuma after it was heavily mined is to be used for the c ...

There is an adage which starts that rdquo; A Nation that does not honor it rsquo;s heroes is not worth dying for rdquo;. Based on this, organizers of the biggest music awards festival across the three (3) regions of BA (BONO, BONO EAST AND AHAFO) have identified the Winner of 2019 Entertainment Show host in Ashanti Region, Nana Kwasi Boateng Murphy popularly known as Grandmaster Murphy as one of the key players who have worked so hard to support young talents in the region; hence, the need to h ...

Some residents in the Volta region took to the streets earlier today to protest over the deplorable nature of roads in the region. The group with the hashtag, FixAbandonedVoltaRoads, mounted road blocks with flaming car tyres at Kpeve, on the Accra-Hohoe stretch of the Eastern corridor road to demand immediate action from government in bringing back to site, contractors to continue the construction of roads awarded or started under the erstwhile Mahama administration. The Coverner ...

A group of men believed to be members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly traffic guards have seriously injured an Uber driver at the entrance of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ). The incident occurred at around 4pm on Tuesday,24th September 2019 when an Uber driver parked around the entrance of the campus. The said traffic guards according to eyewitnesses were at their usual hideout around campus to continually harass innocent drivers who come around to pick up students ...

A Ghanaian-born US citizen, Prince Yeboah Wiredu, who allegedly committed suicide had been sacked from the US navy in August 2017. The deceased was a Personnel Specialist Second Class (E-5) in the U.S. Navy A copy of the judgement obtained by JoyNews reads ldquo;the members sentenced the appellant to 12 months rsquo; confinement, reduction to pay grade E-1, total forfeitures for 12 months, and a dishonourable discharge. rdquo; This was after three women came forwa ...

The Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) says the Buduburam settlement camp established since 1990 is not closed but still operational with about 1,300 occupants officially recognised by the Board. Of the total numbers that are of concern to the Board, about 600 are refugees, and the rest are those that opted to locally integrate following the end of the refugees. Mr Tetteh Padi, the Programme Coordinator at the GRB speaking in an interview said processes were ongoing to ensure that the population of ...

Ghana 39;s small arms management regime has come on the radar of Dr Kwesi Aning, following revelations by the government that it has successfully foiled a coup plot. Dr Aning, who is Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), said Tuesday morning that, data on the availability, circulation and registration of locally manufactured and imported industrial guns have become dire. ldquo;If we don rsquo;t reso ...

The Ghana School of Law has recorded yet another case of mass examination failure only months after a similar one was witnessed which saw more than half of the candidates for the Bar exams failing. This time around, the mass failure was recorded at the entrance exams. Of the nearly 1,820 prospective students, only 128 reportedly passed the entrance examination. A notice at the school on Tuesday showed that more than 90 percent of those who sat for the entrance exam failed ...