Новости за 29.11.2019

ONGOING RENOVATION works on the Prempeh Assembly Hall project is rapidly nearing completion. A recent visit to the place revealed that contractors were seriously putting up finishing touches on the facility. The Prempeh Assembly Hall is one of the important monuments in Kumasi and the Ashanti Region in general. The famous facility had served as the venue for important government and private functions for several decades. Significantly, the Prempeh Assembly Hall also served as venue f ...

The Forum of Public Sector Registered Pension is demanding the restructuring of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). According to the group, the management of SSNIT is not prudently managing workers' contributions. This also follows SSNIT 8217;s claim that its past credit liability will unjustifiably increase to GHS 5.87 billion if it agrees to a directive by the National Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to pay 100 percent Treasury Bill rate on past credits of co ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam and Irrigation Project. The project, according to President Akufo-Addo, ldquo;will be the single, largest investment ever made by any Government in the Northern sector of the country rdquo;, and is in fulfillment of a pledge he made to the Ghanaian people on February 21, when he delivered the Message on the State of the Nation. Cutting the sod for the construction on Friday, 29th Nov ...

The Audit Service has instructed the Wa West and the Nadowli Kaleo District Assemblies to refund an amount of Ghc2,955.00 and GHC8,702.18 respectively being overpayments of contracts. The Service gave the instruction during separate town hall meetings in Kaleo and Wechiaw organised by the Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism Project (GSAM) in collaboration with the Wa west and Nadowli Kaleo District Assemblies on the theme: ldquo;Performance Audit on Implementation of Capital in the ...

Basic school leavers top the list of prisoners in the country, according to the Prisons Service's 2018 Annual Report. The report shows that out of the 9,034 persons who were convicted last year, 5,888 had only completed basic education, while 1,427 had attained secondary or post-basic education. http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/1129201973604-g3041r5ddx-prison-report-2.jpg The report also indicates that out of the total number of convicts admitted in 2018, 4,813 r ...

Two of the high-scoring schools at the preliminary stage of Citi TV 8216;s Best Brain will this Saturday battle it out in the last quarter-final contest. Funs of the show should, therefore, expect a tough contest featuring two top-notch schools 8211; Christ the King International School and St. Martin de Porres School. Christ the King is the school with the highest score in the competition so far with their overwhelming 89 points that eliminated Christian Home School from the com ...

The Northern Regional branch of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has constituted a disciplinary committee to investigate the alleged rape case involving a teacher of the Tamale Senior High School (Tamasco). The Northern Regional Director of Education, Edward Azure who confirmed this to DGN Online, said the matter was reported to the regional level by the authorities of the school. According to him, he directed the municipal director of education in the Sagnarigu municipality where the sc ...

The National Accreditation Board (NAB) headed by Dr. Kingsley Nyarko as Executive Secretary has held a press seminar in Kumasi. The event, held on Thursday, 28th November, 2019 served the purpose of sensitising media personnel and their agencies on the legal establishment and mandate of the NAB. Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary of NAB, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko noted with much concern how some higher learning institutions, especially private tertiary institutions have taken ...

The Police at Akatsi south District is currently investigating the sudden demise of a 58-year-old farmer who was found dead at his maize farm by elders of Agornu Kporkplortey, a village near Akatsi in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region. The deceased, Emmanuel Awudi, who resides at Agornu was said to have left home on Monday to visit his farm but did not return. Chief Superintendent Joseph Dzineku, Akatsi South District Commander of Police confirmed the incident to t ...

The Central Regional Police Command has picked up 14 suspected criminals at Adade and Kasoa Zongo in the Awutu Senya East Municipality. The suspects who were arrested in a dawn swoop on Tuesday would be screened and those found to have a case to answer investigated and arraigned. Commissioner of Police (COP), Paul Manly Awini, who is the Regional Commander made the announcement at a briefing to update the media on Policing strategies rolled out to maintain law and order before ...

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed its unwillingness to engage Nigerian traders in Ghana following the name-calling it has been subjected to by the latter. GUTA said members of the Nigerian Traders Association, Ghana (NUTAG) have at every opportunity hurled insults at them over their insistence in stopping foreigners 39; involvement in the retail market in Ghana. The two associations have been in bad terms following series of actions taken by GUTA to ...

Find below answers to questions that may be bothering on your mind about the yet to be introduced new banknotes. Why has the Bank of Ghana introduced higher denomination? Answer: To address the deadweight burden on the economy from the past inflation and cedi depreciation. Also, the structure of the banknotes denomination has changed resulting in a shift in demand for higher denominations (GH cent;50 and GH cent;20 account for about 70% of the total deman ...

Ghana and Italy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enhance defense and security co-operation between the two countries. The agreement was signed on Thursday, 28th November, 2019, when the Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation 39;s presidency. With the talks aimed at deepening the ties of co-operation and bonds of friendship bet ...

Former President John Mahama has caused the wrath of the Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) for defending managers of a 39;compromised 39; software of the state water provider without cross-checking the facts at stake. Dr. Clifford Braimah is upset that the former President did not cross-check his facts from GWCL regarding the fracas with the SOFTtribe Limited (SOFT), a local software developer, before rushing to lend support to the latter. ldquo;S ...

The Bank of Ghana on Friday announced it is introducing new denominations of the cedi. The new denominations are GH cent;100, GH cent;200 notes and GH cent;2 coins. According to the Central Bank, the move is to help shore up the value of the country rsquo;s currency, twelve years after its redenomination. http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/11292019120603-uaqctgfsrn-100-cedis-front.jpg The GH cent;100 note http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/c ...

The Federation of Muslim Women of Ghana, (FOMWAG) has paid a courtesy call on the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress,(NDC) former President John Dramani Mahama at his office. Their discussion centered on issues that could inure to the benefit of the Ghanaian womanhood. The former President in his welcome address expressed his discontent on an initial attempt by the government to change the educational curriculum for the aborted Comprehensive Sexual Education, (CSE ) for ...