Новости за 04.10.2019

The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has inaugurated a 2500 capacity Chapel as one of the largest in the Bono and Ahafo Presbytery. The well-furnished edifice with state of the art facilities, fully air-conditioned, accompanied with washrooms, offices amongst others, was started in November 2003 and completed in August 2019. The Emmanuel Congregation which began in a classroom in 1995 with 5 adults and 12th children can now boast of over 500 members including Children Service and Jun ...

The Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive, Justina Owusu-Banahene, has visited some caterers working under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) in the municipality to assess the quality of food being prepared by the caterers and also interact with the school children, since they are the beneficiaries of the programme. Her first stop was the Presby Primary lsquo;B rsquo; school at Abesim where she followed up on a report which raised red-flags about the unhygienic nature of the environm ...

Minister of Food and Agriculture Dr. Afriyie Akoto has commended Nigeria for supporting Ghana rsquo;s bid to host the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Speaking at the 59th of Nigeria rsquo;s independence, he hailed Ghana rsquo;s partnership with Nigeria in the areas of trade and sustainable development. In a short presentation, he said, the AfCFTA stands as an opportunity for Africa to economically strengthen it base. He added that the free trade A ...

The Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International ministry, Nicholas Duncan ndash; Williams has said some individuals have resorted to lampooning our elders and people in authority all in the name of politics. Speaking this morning on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM, he indicated, ldquo;It rsquo;s not right to insult politicians, our leaders; you don rsquo;t speak evil of them hellip;we must have a culture of honour in this country hellip;It looks ...

The Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo says the existing systems and structures for the training of lawyers in the country will remain changed despite public outcry. She stressed that the current system that many deem as strict and unfair, is meant to ensure that lawyers who are trained in the country are of global standards. Sophia Akuffo made this known while speaking at the passing out ceremony of 305 new lawyers in Accra on Friday. ldquo;The General Legal Council (G ...

The Executive Director of Center for Extractives and Development Africa (CEDA) Mr. Emmanuel Kuyole has expressed misgivings about capping the percentage of mineral royalties to mining communities by the Central Government. What is even worse according to the CEDA boss is the delay in disbursing what he called the meager 20 percent to the communities involved thereby delaying developmental projects in those areas. Addressing journalists at a training workshop on the Mining Developmen ...

A vegetable farmer at Awutu Bereku in the central region says the reconstruction of traditional earthen dams will help transform the lives of thousands of villagers in Ghana rsquo;s most arid regions and even across Africa. According to Chief Osman Moro Fukuyama, if the fast disappearing traditional technology has helped transform the lives of thousands of villagers in one of India rsquo;s most arid regions, why can rsquo;t we embrace the ancient technology in Africa?, he quizzed ...

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education Winneba, Rev. Father Professor Anthony Afful Broni has expressed optimism that the new council will steer the university to greater peace and prosperity. He says diligent search by government for a new Council chair has yielded results. According to him, the expiration of the term of office of the old council which resulted in the delay in congregation. ldquo;The delay in reconstituting a new board caused the dela ...

A contest to promote Media Information Literacy (MIL) in Ghana is expected to be outdoored Monday by Penplusbytes and its partners Milli Namibia with support from DW Akademie. The contest named lsquo;Show and Share rsquo; video is between Ghanaians and Namibians who are aged between 15 and 35 years. The contest seeks to promote critical thinking and effective use of social media among the youth, the organisers have said. They add that the changing phase of media consumpti ...

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has described the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program as ldquo;Comprehensive Satanic Engagement. rdquo; GPCC wants the programme withdrawn entirely from the Ghana Education Service (GES) curriculum for basic schools. There is intense pressure on the Ministry of Education and the GES to withdraw the program which critics consider as a subtle attempt to sexualize children and indoctrinate them into e ...

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called on communities without police stations or security facility, to report corrupt practices to their chiefs, District Chief Executives or any local lawmaker. The Chief Director of CHRAJ, Alhaji Suleiman Ahmed, was of the view that this would help his office to reach out and investigate these complaints to ensure justice is served. He made the call on Monday, October 3, at a sensitisation workshop on the ...

The National Identification Authority (NIA) would begin its mass registration exercise in the Northern, North East and Savannah regions beginning October 4. In all, 750 centres are expected to open for the registration exercise in these three regions. The Northern Region has 400 registration centres, the Savanna Region, 175 and the North East Region 175. A total of 3,000 registration assistants, registration officers among other officers, have been trained for the exercise ...

A fraudster who funded luxury holidays by conning people out of their bank details in ldquo;an industrial scale rdquo; text message scam has been arrested and jailed. Emanuel Poku, 24, of Enfield, was pictured enjoying a helicopter ride in Mexico, and posed next to a luxury car by the Eiffel Tower in Paris. When arrested, Poku had 500,000 phone numbers and 35,000 bank card numbers, linked to more than pound;2 million of reported losses, on laptops and mobiles. He used do ...

As part of efforts to battle the effects of climate change globally, some youth groups in the Ashanti region have made a strong call to city authorities to lead the charge for change. The youth who were mostly United Nations Ambassadors and drawn from several tertiary institutions in Kumasi, on Friday September 27 marched through the principal streets, holding placards to also educate the general public on climate-related issues. The groups included A Rocha Ghana, its Kwame Nkrumah Univers ...

Leading domestic airline, Africa World Airlines (AWA) has been inducted into the prestigious Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Hall of Fame. This achievement follows the airline, winning the ldquo;Best Domestic Airline in Ghana rdquo; at the 30th CIMG Awards which came off at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra on September 27, 2019. Receiving the awards on Friday, Head of Commercial for AWA, Richard Kyereh expressed the airline rsquo;s gratitude to their numero ...