Новости за 23.11.2019

Activities in the District capital came to a standstill as His Excellency Mahamadu Bawumia led a powerful government delegation to cut sod for Road construction in certain parts of Atwima Mponua. The communities to benefit from the barter agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Sinohydro of China have been on the drawing board for sometime and it became a reality today. Scores of people from all the catchment areas thronged the durbar site to be part of this perpetual nove ...

A commercial driver has been shot tp death in an armed robbery attack at Ekumfi Esakyir in the Central region. The 36-year-old driver was shot in the head for failing to stop at about 2:00 am on the highway on Thursday. Cassiel Ato Forson, Member of Parliament for Ajumako Enyan Essiam constituency, in a press release on Friday extended his condolences to the bereaved family. ldquo;Our prayers are also with the passengers who were injured and traumatized by the unfortunate ...

427 suspected criminals have been picked up by a joint military and police team from Ghana and Togo after a swoop along the borders and selected areas of the two countries. A total of 3,000 troops made up of 1,800 from Ghana and 1,200 from Togo were deployed for the operation leading to the arrest of the criminals comprising 333 Ghanaians and 94 other nationalities. Speaking at Bawku in the Upper East Region to climax operation Koudanlgou III, Commander of the Operation, Col. ...

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for broader stakeholder consultation on the December 17 referendum on whether local level elections should be partisan or not. He says the exercise cannot be rushed given its crucial nature, hence the need for thorough engagements with all the relevant stakeholders. Already, there is deep division over the referendum as identifiable groups such as the National House of Chiefs and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ...

The U.S. Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan has presented plaques to outstanding participants in the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) West Africa Regional Leadership Center (RLC) training program. One hundred twenty-five participants representing nine countries in the sub-region completed the three-week on-site training in Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic Leadership, and Public Policy Management at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in Acc ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama presented two MacBook Pro laptops to the GJA as prize packages for the 2019 GJA Journalist of the Year and the 2019 Most Promising Female Journalist. The GJA will on Saturday host the 2019 Journalist of the year award, which coincides with its 70th anniversary. President Mahama who is also the Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said in a letter signed by Special Aide Joyce Bawah Mogtari that: ldquo;The donatio ...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has paid a courtesy call on former President John Dramani Mahama. Asantehene rsquo;s visit to the office of John Dramani Mahama on Friday was ahead of a lecture the king was scheduled to deliver at the University of Professional Studies. http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/1123201943629-0f72ylkxwr-4782735422357 9487772086893.jpeg Former President Mahama who was joined by the National Chairman of the NDC Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Seco ...

Leader of the Homeland Study Group Foundation, Charles Kwame Kudzordzi has condemned the alleged manner in which security agencies are arresting his fellow Western Togoland secessionists. In a video, Mr. Kudzordzi accused the government of detaining his elderly wife amid other arrests by security operatives following the group rsquo;s so-called declaration of independence. He complained that security operatives have been ldquo;going around, arresting people in the str ...

Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Francis Kingsley Ato Cudjoe has refuted claims that his outfit is selling premix fuel to fishermen aligned to the ruling NPP. Some fishermen say officials in charge of selling premix fuel sell it mostly to pro-NPP fishermen who hoard the product and sell it to the rest of them at outrageous prices. This they say is responsible for the shortage of premix fuel currently being experienced in the country. But the Deputy Minister s ...

The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has debunked media reports over an arrest of some 170 terrorists in the just ended joint international security operation dubbed: ldquo;Koudanlgou III rdquo;. According to him, rather a total of 427 people were arrested in the cross border joint operation. Out of the number of people arrested, he said, 333 were Ghanaians and 94 were foreign nationals, including Burkinabes, Nigerians and Togolese, most of whom have been deported t ...