Новости за 26.11.2019

ACCRA mdash;On November 4, 2019, jw.org, the official website of Jehovah rsquo;s Witnesses, reached an unprecedented translation milestone mdash;it now includes articles, videos, and audio content available in 1,000 languages, including 12 indigenous Ghanaian languages and 100 sign languages. The Ghanaian languages are Ahanta, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ewe, Fante, Frafra, Ga, Ghanaian Sign Language, Nzema, Sehwi, and Twi. This landmark figure was reached on November 4, 2019. Gerrit L oum ...

In Collective Response to the Opportunities and Challenges of the lsquo;Information Revolution rsquo;, Africa rsquo;s Official Ministerial Forum To Host 25 Ministries From Across the Continent, Driving ICT Adoption in Education. But weeks away (December 3rd-5th, 2019), the ninth annual Innovation Africa Forum, widely renowned as Africa rsquo;s lsquo;Official Ministerial Summit rsquo;, will take place in one of the jewels of the Economic Community of West African ...

The winner of the maiden edition of the Israeli Green Innovation Competition, an initiative by the Israeli Embassy in partnership with the Stratcomm Africa innovative Ghana Garden and Flower Show, Mr. Prince Pius Nutsugah, has lauded the example of Israel in solving the challenges of post-harvest losses. He says Israel has developed a robust system to address post-harvest losses which Ghana can tap into to enhance our agriculture and help farmers reap the value of their hard work. ...

Organisers of the lsquo;Ghana Job Fair Kumasi Edition rsquo; say all is set for the job fair slated for Kumasi on November 27. The fair, which is being organised by the Ghanaian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (GGC) and the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) in Kumasi for the first time, will bring together over 100 employers and 2,000 job seekers and entrepreneurs under one roof. The Head of the Centre, Benjamin Woesten says We are very ...

Five members of the Anointed Place Chapel, a church founded and owned by one man, Francis Antwi, popularly known as Rev. Obofuor, have been arrested following their attack on officials of the Tema West Municipal Assembly on Monday. The Head of the Local Government Service, Nana Ato Arthur in a Citi News interview said the five persons and other members of the church pounced on the officials when they visited the Tema branch of the church on a routine exercise to inspect their buil ...

A shoemaker, Kweku Barfo, 34, and his trader wife, Rosina Arthur 26, were last Thursday found dead in their matrimonial home at Winneba. Chief Superintendent Godfrey Tetteh Adjirakor of Winneba District Police Command told reporters on Monday that the father of Mr Barfo reported that on Thursday at about 7 am, he made several calls to his son without any response. He said worried the father went to his son 39;s house and after several knocks on his door went unanswered, he to ...

Eight thousand, eight hundred and forty-one (8,841) school children are currently benefiting from the School Feeding Programme in the Nzema East Municipality of Western Region. The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area, Hon. Frank Okpenyen disclosed this at a Meet the Press series organised by the Assembly to showcase its performance in the implementation of Government 39;s programmes and policies since January 7, 2017. He said transparency and accountability are amo ...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Ambassador Zurab Pololikashvili on Monday 25th November paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of Parliament the Rt. Hon. Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye. The Speaker and the Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu and some officials of the Parliamentary Service received the UNWTO Boss at the Speakers Conference Room in Parliament House. Ambassador Zurab Pololikashvili acc ...

The Prestigious Awards and Homecoming 2019 Programme organised by the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) of the New Patriotic Party 39;s (NPP) branch of the University of Winneba, Kumasi campus (UEW-K), under the theme; Re-Energizing, Re-tooling Re-Positioning TESCON UEW-K For Victory 2020 and Beyond, attracted lots of dignitaries, students, current and former TESCON members, and staunch members of the NPP in the Ashanti region and across the country. As part of the NPP 39;s ...

Senior Vice President of African Development Bank (Group), Charles Boamah has said on Monday that African countries must act faster to purge corruption in the land sector by harnessing technology and innovation. Mr Boamah, who was speaking to policymakers and stakeholders at a conference on Land Policy in Africa in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, also called for the deployment of more financial and human resources to land policy development, ldquo;especially in rural areas and among the ...

The Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs. Freda Prempeh has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) across the country to build standard kitchens for schools benefiting from the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) in their districts. This she said will demonstrate the commitment of the assemblies towards the implementation of the feeding programme which has over the years benefited millions of deprived Ghanaian school child ...

Deputy minister for information, Pius Enam Hadzide, has stated that government will not tolerate secessionist or any act of lawlessness. ldquo;Government is solidly behind the security and law agencies to apprehend any individual indulged in acts of lawlessness per the laws of the land. rdquo; Reacting to a recent declaration of independence in the Volta Region by a group of people on Okay Fm, Ade Akye Bia, he said, government will not tolerate any act of unlawful act by age, ...

The building housing the Zylofon Television station located at East Legon road is on flames this evening. Equipment running into millions of Ghana Cedis have been destroyed by the fire. The cause of the fire is yet unknown. The incident happened earlier this evening when the Tv station was telecasting a repeat of Deontay Wilder rsquo;s showdown with Luis Ortiz over the weekend. According to an eye witness who spoke to Modernghana, workers in the building run for ...

A Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Adutwum is asking young Ghanaians to be inspired by politics and not turn away from it. Dr. Adutwum says he sees politics as an opportunity to transform the nation and that is why he loves politics and is a politician himself. The minister told an audience of students at the University of Cape Coast during a roundtable discussion organized by the College of Humanities and Legal Studies the power of politics to cause change is what influenced h ...

Equip yourself for the world of work That rsquo;s an admonition from the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Senyo Hosi during a roundtable discussion about preparing graduates for work and the role of universities, organized by the University of Cape Coast. ldquo;We all get trained while working but being prepared precedes work rdquo;, Mr. Hosi explained in an analogy about the bible rsquo;s parable of the virgins in Matthew 25. He likened the kingd ...

The Ghana Police Hospital says it will embark on mass burial for some 120 unidentified and unclaimed bodies as part of routine measures to decongest the mortuary. ldquo;The unidentified and unclaimed bodies are made up of mostly paupers, unknown former patients, abandoned bodies, unidentified accident and crime victims, rdquo; DSP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, Head of Public Affairs of the Hospital said in a release, Monday. The Hospital is, therefore, informing the general public to co ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority and its Commissioner-General, Ghana COCOBOD and its CEO have been sued over the imposition of Valued Added Tax. The Agricultural companies in their writ say they have been exempted from the payment of VAT over the past 24 years. They allege in the writ that the Ghana Revenue Authority in 2019 wrote to the Ghana COCOBOD directing that it registers the companies for VAT purposes. The companies in the writ content this smacks of bad faith, unreason ...

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Director for the Yilo Krobo Municipality has confirmed that there have been about five casualties following the violent windstorm that hit Somanya in the Eastern Region, Monday. According to Michael Jackson Bruku, the victims sustained minor injuries and have been treated and discharged at the Somanya Polyclinic. ldquo;We received a distress call that the storm has caused a tree to fall onto the highway leading to Kpong, r ...

An earthquake guard equipment has been installed at the Weija-Gbawe Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region. The equipment records and monitors seismological activities, evacuation drills and includes a complete software server to prompt early signals of disasters. Speaking to Citi News, Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, Julius Sarpei said his outfit is hopeful that the introduction of the equipment will help mitigate any pending disasters. ldquo;It ...

The African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) want sanctions against contractors who execute oil-funded projects in a shoddy manner. ACEP, which was joined by Oxfam America, to assess the Dawa Irrigation Project Site in the Ningo Prampram District which was rehabilitated in 2012, expressed disappointment at the poor quality of work done on the oil-funded project. During a field trip conducted by Oxfam as part of its Extractive Industry Governance programme, the Executive Directo ...