Новости за 15.11.2019

Eastern Regional Chairman for the Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA), Yaw Adongo has been booted out after a Vote of No Confidence was passed against him. Out of the 36 members, 28 voted against him. Addressing the media and a section of Security personnel in Koforidua, the convener, Joshua Kofisiga, said an interim executive will be put in place to organize an election to elect new executives to steer the affairs. Mr. Yaw Adongo, has been accused over alleg ...

Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Health (MOH) Hon. Alexander K. Abban has said, government has taken measures to include the treatment of diabetes in the National Health Insurance Scheme. Speaking at the commemoration of World Diabetes Day at Apam in the Central Region yesterday, he said, the attention to diabetes has been on the low in spite of its high negative impact on society. He disclosed, after an appeal by the President of Diabetes Association, Elizabeth Denyoh that ...

Family of the deceased allegedly murdered by police in Asante Akim at Adomfe is requesting the remains be buried and erect a statue at the forecourt of the Agogo Divisional Police Command. Kofi Ampomah, 33, affectionately known as Barluso, met his untimely death on Wednesday after an alleged severe beaten meted out on him by the police on Tuesday. Lawyer for the family, Lawyer Asamoah, in an interview on Adom Fm Dwaso Nsem on Friday monitored by Modernghana said, the family is sadden ...

A Deputy Minister for Railways Development, Andy Appiah Kubi has said the Sky Train Project will help ease the country rsquo;s transportation system as he defuses the notion that the train will fly. He stated that the Sky Train will be built on raised pillars from the grounds that will not interrupt the traffic situation saying there is less space on our roads to contain the project. The government signed the Concession Agreement for the construction of the Accra Sky Train Project. ...

Accra: Nov. 4, 2019: Over 30 students from the Legacy Girls College have paid an educational visit to Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) to familiarize themselves with its operations. This is in recognition of GCNet as the ICT Company engaged in the provision of electronic solutions at the heart of the government rsquo;s digitisation journey. The students who were led by their teaching staff had the opportunity to learn about the smart integrated electronic solution ...

A Senior Lecturer at the faculty of communications studies, Wisconsin International University College, Dr. Kweku Rockson, has said against the exploitation of young journalists under the guise of talent acquisition. According to him, the long-standing organizational culture in some private media institutions in particular where young journalists are made to work for several months or in some cases years as interns without any contract or remuneration must stop. ldquo;The wor ...

There is intense debate over whether the government did not budget for road construction in the Volta Region when Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presented the 2020 Budget Statement in Parliament on Wednesday It was the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who started it when he claimed that the Akufo-Addo government was deliberately neglecting the people of the region regarding good r ...

The too many narrations being put out by persons suspected of planning to overthrow the government have prompted questions about the veracity of the defence by both the suspects and their counsel. When news of the arrest of Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, the Proprietor of the Citadel Hospital at Alajo in Accra, and the subsequent stockpile of weapons and the production of locally manufactured firearms including improvised explosive devices (IEDs), were discovered, lawyers of the medi ...

A 40-year-old woman is helping the Police in Mim over her alleged murder of her husband after hitting his head with a club. The remains of the deceased, 65 year old Yaw Awuah, has been deposited at Goaso Government hospital for preservation and autopsy. The incident happened at Kassre cottage, Gambia No1 in Mim District. On the evening of 10th November, 2019, at about 7pm, the suspect, Martha Afia, picked up a quarrel with her husband, a farmer. In the course of the ...

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa has cautioned officers against acts of association that could undermine the credibility of the institution to carry out its mandate of holding credible elections. While advising election officers against operating in secrecy and holding secret meetings with individuals or groups, she called for transparency and fairness through the creation of a level playing field for all parties. ldquo;It is important you bear in ...

A statement cited by this portal indicates that the King and president of the Gonja Traditional Council and president of the Northern Regional House of Chiefs, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Bore Essa I, in consultation with the elders of the Gonja kingdom, has placed a ban on the celebration of Damba festival in the Bole Traditional Area. According to the statement, the decision was arrived at based on the Bole skin which is before the Judicial Committee of the Northern Regional House of Ch ...

The committee probing the infamous ldquo;Sex for Grades rdquo; scandal at the University of Ghana, Legon has presented its report to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu. The committee presented the report on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. In a speech delivered on his behalf by Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfoh, Pro-Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academic and student affairs, at a congregation of the school of humanities on Thursday, the Vice-Chancellor said ...