Новости за 22.10.2019

Public policy analysis, research and media and training centre, Danquah Institute (DI), has appointed Richard Ahiagbah, as Acting Executive Director. The appointment, according to statement signed by DI rsquo;s Board Secretary, Mansa Williams, was based on the recommendation of the Institute rsquo;s Board of Governors. It follows the departure of the Executive Director of DI, Edward Kwaku Asomani. Mr. Asomani, according to the statement, is leaving ldquo;to enable him pursue imp ...

A 29-year old man, Ali Moro has been picked up for assaulting an official of the National Identification Authority (NIA) at Kharyya D. A. Primary school at Sabongida in the Northern regional capital, Tamale. Moro and two others went to the Ghana Card registration centre claiming to be members of the Sabongida Assembly rsquo;s Unit Committee. According to Joy News rsquo; Martina Bugri, the three men tried to direct the NIA officials on how to go about their work and attacked one of th ...

Management of S.O Frimpong Transport Limited as part of its activities for the year, has donated various relief items including stationeries, school supplies and cash amount to the Save Them Young Orphanage at Ashiaman in the Greater Accra Region. The gesture, which was the 6th edition, was meant to offer assistance and support to the children and to enhance teaching and learning activities and sustenance of the Orphanage. Each year, the Managing Director of the com ...

GCB Bank Ltd over the weekend sponsored massive health screening exercise in some parts of Accra. More than 6000 people including the aged and children from James Town (Mantse Agbona), Bubuashie, Bukom, and Kantamanto communities benefited from the comprehensive screening. The screening was undertaken with an NGO, Global Outreach Consortium, a grouping of medical doctors and health professionals with a focus on ameliorating basic health problems in deprived communities and assisting ...

Drama unfolded Monday at the premises of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in the Ashanti Region when a businesswoman walked in with a bailiff to attach five heavy duty vehicles of the Assembly. The vehicles, including a Ford Cargo trailer and DAF LF, were impounded and taken to Akwaboah Mart, an auctioneer at Gyinyasi in Kumasi, in a legal row over GH cent;3.342 million judgment debt. Juliana Osei Bonsu, Chief Executive of Osborn Ventures, a waste management company, is ...

Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr. Steve Manteaw is warning that Ghana risks jeopardizing its relations with the United States if it goes ahead to abrogate its concession agreement with the Power Distribution Services (PDS). The government officially announced the termination of its power concession agreement with PDS in a statement dated Friday, October 18, 2019. It said in the statement that the decision was taken at a meeting in the US ...

The Gbese Stool, has responded to a publication in a section of the media insinuating that the late Bill Okaidja Annan, was a chief of Gbese. Below is a rejoinder to the said publication: We make reference to the publication which appeared in the ldquo;TODAY rdquo; Newspaper on Monday, 14th October, 2019: 1. We wish to bring out to light and from your own Press Release, you stated categorically the Bill Okaidja Annan was not a gazetted Chief. It means therefore that a ...

The new Chief of Kakumdo, a community under Oguaa Traditional Area in the Central Region, Nana Kofi Ebo IV has said the time has come for the people of Kakumdo to take the lead in their own development while calling on the government to support them. He is also the lsquo;Gyasehene rsquo; of the Oguaa Traditional Council. Speaking after his installation in a colourful ceremony last week at Kakumdo in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Nana Kofi Ebo IV noted that he was ready to lead the dev ...

Oyerepa Fm based senior journalist, Mr. Kofi Adade also Assembly Member Hopeful for Dadease Electoral area in the Sekyere Kumawu District in the Ashanti Region suddenly 39;fell sick 39; when an NGO he succeeded in getting its support to provide portable drinking water for Dadease-Wankongya community immediately returned upon seeing the bad nature of the roads which made them unable to connect to the community. According to Kofi Adade, he succeeded in securing the said project to the ...

The Executive Vice- President of Gold Fields in-charge of Human Resource West Africa, has said the media plays a very pivotal role in national development which inputs must not go unnoticed. Mr. Francis Eduku said this when announcing a sponsorship package for retired journalists in the Western Region as part of the upcoming Western Region Ghana Journalists Association Awards slated for November 9, 2019. The 68 thousand Ghana Cedi package which is being sponsored by Gold Field ...

Former Minister of Energy, Hon. John Jinapor has described outcome of the Power Distribution Service (PDS) agreement with Ghana Government as an international embarrassment of monumental proportion. ldquo;I will be surprised if anybody wishes to commend government for putting us in this mess, for putting us in this international embarrassment of monumental proportion. rdquo; He said, the negligence of government to ensure due diligence amounts to consequences to the country a ...

As part of measures of reducing the daily peak hour traffic recorded on the Obetsebi-Lamptey roundabout in Accra, President Akufo-Addo has Monday cut sod for the construction of an ultra-modern interchange. According to the President, the interchange when completed will improve mobility on the western parts of the Ring Road. Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony, President Akufo-Addo said ldquo;The Interchange will help improve travel times to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Aboss ...

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Botchwey has charged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice to play their respective roles in facilitating the process of establishing an Economic Union in West Africa. According to her, as the community rsquo;s principal legal organ, the ECOWAS Court of Justice has a critical role to play in driving the agenda of providing an enabling legal environment that promotes economic integratio ...

Of his impressive record as the member of parliament for Ejisu Constituency , the President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo did not mince words in his acknowledgement and joyous recognition of the forceful and sacrificing efforts extraordinaire of Honorable Kwabena Owusu Aduomi in constructing human centered infrastructures to meet the growing demands and crucial needs of Ejisu constituency, during the inspection of a newly constructed state of the art bridge in ODAHO, which... Читать дальше...

The Former Board Secretary for the Komenda Sugar Factory, Mr. Ransford Vanni-Amoah has given indication of suing Hon. Alan Kyerematen and Hon. Robert Ahomak-Lindsay, Minister and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry respectively for playing politics with the US$35million Indian Exim Bank loan project which is sitting idle. Mr. Vanni-Amoah was a panel member on Mankessim based Kingdom Fm morning show hosted by Adu Gyamfi Marfo. After discussing main issues on board, he took the opportunity as ...

Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, renowned cancer surgeon and Chief Executive Officer for Breast Care International (BCI) says the fight against breast cancer can be won when the populace becomes aware of signs of the disease. According to her, being a treatable disease it can be dealt with when people become aware of its signs and report the same to the hospital early. Addressing thousands of participants at this year rsquo;s Walk For the Cure in Cape-Coast, Dr. Wiafe Addai said it is not right f ...

Mr. Kwabena Appiah Ampofo, MD for State Housing Company has stated that the youth of Ghana and New Patriotic Party should not be complacent but go into next year rsquo;s presidential and parliamentary elections as if they were the underdog. He made these remarks when addressing a charged newly inaugurated branch of the NPP Loyal Ladies in the Western North Region over the weekend. He reminded the women of the sacrifices they made in bringing the NPP government to power and ch ...