Новости за 25.10.2019

A Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Anthony Karbo, has admitted that although government has released GHc2.2 billion to pay road contractors, the amount is still not enough to fix all roads in the country. The Roads Ministry announced in a statement issued on Thursday that government had released the said amount describing it as 39;unprecedented 39; in the entire history of the road sector. But the contractors say they want more funds released. Some Ghanaians had ...

Five suspected fraudsters have been picked up by the Police in the Ashanti Region for duping unsuspecting persons. The suspects urged victims to purchase winning lottery numbers to stake, in some instances promising to double their money. 33-year-old Karim Mohammed, 31-year-old Yaw Barfo, Nana Kwadwo, and Kwaku Yeboah, as well as 20-year old Daniel Oppong, were picked up at a hotel at Atimatim by personnel from Tafo Pankrono Divisional Police Command. According to ASP Godw ...

Head of United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Ifeoma Esther Charles-Monwuba, has charged the Ghana government to ban the use of single-use plastics in the country. Addressing the media on Friday, madam Charles-Monwuba said that careless disposal of single-use plastic waste has become a threat to agriculture, water sources as well as human and marine lives. The UN Ghana organised a cleanup exercise at the Labamba Beach on Friday to encourage citizens to work towar ...

Some law students who sat for the July 2019 Ghana School of Law entrance exam have sued the General Legal Council and the Attorney General for the unprecedented mass failure. The students who filed the suit at an Accra High Court are among other things seeking an order that the undertaking they signed ahead of the exams is null and void. The students complained that prior to the exams they were compelled to sign an undertaking that they will accept the results without seeking ...

Brothels in a popular red-light district in Kumasi were razed by fire by angry residents on Thursday morning. The incident follows the alleged stabbing to death of a 20-year-old man identified only as lsquo;Tupac rsquo; at one of the brothels. The angry youth who set ablaze the brothels claim lsquo;Tupac rsquo;, their friend, was attacked by some of the prostitutes after he had patronised their services. http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/1025201933622-vaqd ...

Former Chairman of the National Population Council (NPC), has said the recently constructed tunnel connecting the Spintex Road to the Shiashie-Boundary Road in East Legon has exacerbated traffic congestion. Dr A. Arkutu said, ldquo;by failing to make the numbers count, and at significant cost to the taxpayer and to the frustration of the intended beneficiaries, the planners have succeeded in making an existing bad situation worse. rdquo; The inhabitant of East Legon says duri ...

Africa rsquo;s vast, untapped human potential is on the verge of incredible technological leaps forward with the rapid spread of digital technologies across the continent, along with the growing accessibly of NextGen technology. Major obstacles facing the continent, include the structural challenges required to develop Africa rsquo;s digital ecosystem, along with the importance of building a skills base. This topic, among many that have the power to truly propel Africa into owning its ...

The United States of America is partnering with Ghana rsquo;s Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service to encourage all Ghanaians to ldquo;Live a Good Life rdquo; In 2016, the Ghana Health Service revived the GoodLife brand, a mass media campaign to promote healthy lifestyle messages through television, radio, posters, and brochures. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported the Ghana Health Service to reach 17.5 million people with messages on ...

Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has sympathized with flood victims at Gbedembilisi in Builsa District in the Upper East Region. Mahama commiserated and sympathized with bereaved families that lost lives and properties as a result of the heavy downpour. Lives, schools, farms, and properties were lost and residents displaced. The former President donated monies and other relieve items to support bereaved families affected ...

The 3rd Executive Women Network Annual Conference ended on a new high note this year calling for greater participation of women in leadership and energizing participants to be change-makers and leaders in their communities and organizations. The conference, held under the theme: Our Voices In Action: Get On Board, brought together over 300 women leaders from diverse backgrounds under the chairship of Dr. Joyce Aryee of the Salt and Light Ministry to lead a call to action ...

According to the 2019 International Finance Corporation (IFC) report entitled ldquo;Digital Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa: Spotlight on Ghana rdquo;, the fourth industrial revolution is expected to create over 9 million digital jobs in Ghana by 2030. However, there is a huge skills gap. To address this, we need to tackle challenges such as affordability, scalability and sustainability of training, lack of qualified instructors, lack of infrastructure, relevant curriculum and issues of inequaliti ...

An Australian inventor David Miles who has been peddling weather modification technology for almost 20 years, has been accused of preying on desperate farmers by charging up to $50,000 Australian dollars for delivering rain on demand without so much as explaining the technology behind his business. On the official Miles Research website, controversial inventor David Miles explains that in the 1990 rsquo;s he realised that ldquo;it was possible to incrementally influence weather p ...

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has released GH?2.2 billion to pay all debts owed road contractors. In a statement released by the Ministry and signed by the sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako Attah, GH cent;1 billion of the money will be used to pay for Government of Ghana contracts, while the GH cent;1.2 billion will be paid into the Road Fund to settle other debts. ldquo;The government has secured an amount of GHs 2.2 billion to defray part of arrears owed to road co ...

The Coalition of Allied Health Graduates has expressed their displeasure over government 39;s failure to give financial clearance for their employment. According to the group, its members have been unemployed since 2017 despite completing their formal education and successfully taking the required examination. Agbesi Kelly, the president of the Coalition said the group will soon take measures to impress upon the government to employ them. ldquo;For all of us we have c ...

The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said the country rsquo;s Medical Drone Delivery service initiative which was recently introduced is rated the largest in the world. He was speaking at the 2nd Africa Public Sector Conference and Awards (APSCA) 2019 on October 24, 2019 at the M ouml;venpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra. ldquo;Today Ghana runs the largest Medical Drone Delivery Service in the world, rdquo; Dr. Bawumia stated. ...

Ghana Electrical Contractors Association (GECA) has commended government for the onerous decision to terminate the PDS concessionaire agreement. In a press release signed by the President of the Association Nana Addo-Tetebo, it stated that the approach in terminating the Concession agreement was swift, describing it as ldquo;meticulous. rdquo; ldquo;We write to show our appreciation to the Government of Ghana for its swift, albeit meticulous approach in terminating the Conce ...