Новости за 09.12.2019

Tema Traditional Council has expressed displeasure over illegal and unregulated fishing by foreign trawlers in the country. According to the council, the practice is decimating the country 39;s fish populations and affecting the economy. Nii Adjetey Agbo II, Mankralo of the Tema Traditional Council who poured out his anger during 35th Farmers 39; Day celebration in Tema, of the Greater Accra Region, feared the illegal activities especially by industrial trawlers, could deple ...

Cpl Samuel Boamah and L/Cpl Isifu Tahiru, both with the Kasoa Divisional Police Command, are in custody for allegedly shooting to death a certain Musah Mohammed, aged 22, at a drinking spot in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. The two police officers were among others who had turned up at the Kasoa High Tension JVC drinking spot on Farmers 39; Day but were armed with 13 live ammunition. An argument resulted in a scuffle between them and other patrons of the spot a ...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for West Gonja District, Hon Saeed Jebreel Muhazu has urged farmers in the district to see farming as a business that responds to the economic growth of Ghana and not just for the purposes of farming to feed the household. Speaking in Busunu to mark this year 39;s farmers day celebration under the theme 39; 39;Enhancing Small Scale Agriculture Towards Agribusiness Development 39; 39; Hon Muhazu said the agric sector is the engine of growth for t ...

President Akufo-Addo on Saturday joined hundreds of people in Sekondi-Takoradi to mourn the Takoradi Constituency Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who was killed at his resident. Mark Yaw Ofori was murdered in cold blood at his resident at Fijai, a suburb of Sekondi, by unidentified gunmen on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. The assailants reportedly went straight to the victim 39;s bedroom and shot him in the chest, killing him instantly. Hundreds of mourners, incl ...

The War Against Indiscipline team on Monday morning made a stop at the Amasaman Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) station to sensitise and warn commercial plus tipper truck drivers of the dangers of indisciplined driving. 25 commercial drivers who were arrested on the Pokuase Highway for using the wrong side of the road have been spared after receiving public education and a stern warning from the Police. http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/1292019103603- ...

Two persons are killed daily through road crashes in the Volta Region, the Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has disclosed. Mr Kwasi Tsibu Yirenkyi said seven persons are also injured daily through crashes in the region. He said this at the opening of a three-day training programme for drivers of high occupancy, long-distance running and high risked commercial passenger transport operators in Ho. Regional Director described the situation as wor ...

President Akufo-Addo has said he wants to leave a mark by making Ghana a world-class centre for skills development in Africa. ldquo;We want to emphasize the importance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and make Ghana the leading country in TVET in Africa, rdquo; he stressed. Addressing the 110th anniversary celebration of Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) in Takoradi on Saturday under the theme, ldquo;110 Years of Creativity in Second ...

The Mfantseman Municipal Director of the Bureau of National Investigations, Samuel Ampofo, and a student have been shot dead as others sustained gunshot injuries during the installation of a queen mother at Mankessim in the Central Region on Saturday. An Inspector of Police, Detective Inspector William Nyarko of the Mankessim Station Criminal Investigations Department (CID), is also in critical condition with pellets lodged in his body. The Injured The injured were a ...

Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has cautioned the youth to never make a mistake to follow the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) because it is capable of messing up their future aspirations. He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under President Akufo-Addo had demonstrated a high level of commitment towards positive youth development and must be supported to continue its good works. After leading the NPP youth to health walk through the principal streets of Tamal ...

President Akufo-Addo was the toast of the members of the Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Takoradi yesterday when he, after taking the podium, quoted some Bible verses to back his decision to implement certain pro-poor policies by his government. The President was the guest of honour at the climax of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sekondi-Takoradi. He started by quoting from Philippians 4:13 and said ldquo;I can do all things through Christ wh ...