Новости за 23.12.2019

Plastic Punch, an NGO raising awareness on the dangers of plastics for the environment, humans and marine life as well as coming up with sustainable waste management is partnering with the Afro Nation festival from 27th ndash; 30th December 2019. About 8 billion metric tons of plastics go into the ocean every year for which 70% is from land-based sources on top of the estimated 150 million metric tons that currently circulate our marine environments. The problem is that plast ...

Abantu for Development, an international women rsquo;s non-governmental organisation (NGO), has organised a day rsquo;s advocacy training workshop for women, stakeholders, media to speed up public support towards the passage of the Affirmative Action Law. The event, supported by the African Women rsquo;s Development Fund (AWDF), was part of a project dubbed: ldquo;Strengthening advocacy for the passage of an Affirmative Action Law in Ghana, rdquo; with the ultimate goal to secure a le ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Todays Group of Companies and Kontihene of Ejura Divisional Council), Nana Odiasempa Antwi Obugyei on Sunday 22nd December 2019 decided to spread kindness by sharing lsquo;money, items and drinks rsquo; to the Asante Mampong Children rsquo;s Home (Orphanage) to mark his special day. On the eve of his birthday, he spent the day at the orphanages, interacted with the kids who were obviously delighted to be with him. Nana Odiasempa who was accompanied by some C ...

Thousands of individuals from all walks of life have attended the grand durbar of the 2019 edition of the Kwafie festival and 20th anniversary celebration of the enstoolment of Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang-Badu II, and Odeneho Akosua Fima II, the paramount chief and Queen of the Dormaa Traditional Area. The celebration came off on Saturday December 21, 2019, in Dormaa, Bono Region. Scores of high profile personalities including former President John Mahama, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumi ...

Sametro Group of Companies, made up of Space FM and Sametro Links has donated some food items at a cost of Ghc20,000, to needy widows in the Tarkwa Nsuem and Prestea Huni ndash; Valley Municipalities of the Western Region. The first 200 widows from over 20 communities in two municipalities were asked to register at the company rsquo;s offices, after which due diligence were taken to verify whether the registered women were needy widows or not. The widows received full bags of rice, ...

Ghana is described as a beacon of hope for Africa because of its democratic gains over the years. The country has enjoyed relative peace since returning to multi-party democracy in 1992, organizing seven successful elections that have seen the peaceful transfer of power between political parties. As Ghana prepares for the 2020 general elections, consolidating these gains has become even more critical. As a result, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) with support from the ...

The Member of Parliament for the Afram Plains North Constituency in the Eastern region, Betty Nana Afua Crosbi Mensah has expressed concern about the increasing rate of teenage pregnancy in the area, the highest among 33 constituencies in the Eastern Region. This she noted is unacceptable and has accordingly launched a crusade dubbed lsquo; rsquo;Leave My Girls Alone rsquo; rsquo; urging irresponsible Boys and men to desist from impregnating vulnerable girls indiscriminately. Data ...

Local and international experts have cautioned that Ghana 39;s fishing sector will collapse if drastic measures are not taken. In July 2018, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Scientific and Technical Working Group for Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) warned that the spate of depletion of Ghana 39;s fish stock would defeat the goals towards food security, economic growth and poverty reduction, especially in fishing communi ...

It came out that the Turkish contractor putting up the structure which made the headlines last week was acting lawfully and not in contempt of court. The Association International School had earlier filed an application for contempt proceedings against the contractor for allegedly ignoring a court order to stop work until a determination of a case it had instituted against it. A court ruling signed by Mrs. Olivia Obeng Owusu, a High Court judge, had allowed the contractors, Ka ...

Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor has urged Ghanaians to be proud of their country because 39;others wish to be like us. 39; According to him, the year of return is proof that other people love the country, reiterating that the foreigners wouldn 39;t even think of coming if there was nothing good to be proud of in the country. Speaking on Nkawkaw based Agoo FM 39;s Morning Show, Ene Nso Biom with Kwame Koranteng, the former president stated that the current president has d ...

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Ian Walker, last week, paid a working visit to the Director-General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah-Boateng. The visit was to enable him get a better understanding of the operations of the newly established organisation. He was received on arrival by Asamoah-Boateng who briefed him on the developments that led to the repeal of the acts relating to the defunct State Enterprises Commission (SEC) and ...

Rat hunters have been cautioned against starting fire indiscriminately to eject rodents from their holes and habitats as the Harmattan season nears. A similar warning has been extended to palm wine tappers, charcoal burners, bee hunters and other people who employ fire in their trade. Saviour Anderson Coffie, Second-in-Command at the Ghana National Fire Service, Offinso, who gave the warning, urged farmers to desist from clearing lands with fire. According to him, fire cou ...

A 4-year-old boy died in a rather bizarre note after his body was found in an uncovered manhole. Identified as Amos Boadi, the toddler was declared missing for some minutes only to be found floating in a manhole. People who saw the boy in the manhole quickly rescued the body and rushed him to hospital but he was declared dead. The shocking incident was said to have happened at Twumduase New Site in Kumasi on December 15, this year. What exactly led to the sad incident ...

Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Most Rev. Dr. Paul K. Boafo, has called on Ghanaians to consolidate the peace Ghana is experiencing as the New Year approaches. In his message to the nation for the Yuletide, Most Rev. Dr. Boafo said as the world is about to celebrate the birth of Christ, it was important that all strive to live in peace. He said 2020 is a unique year, as it is a leap year and also a year when the country will have its general election. He ...

The United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator for Ghana, Ms Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, has called on Ghana to prioritise investment in the social sector to accelerate the country 39;s chances of meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target by 2030. She said such investments must hinge on an integrated finance strategy that mobilised resources from the public and private sources to implement programmes that would help to achieve the targets. Ms Lopez-Ekra said although middle-inco ...

Six out of 16 persons who were on board a minibus with registration number AS 3976-18, travelling from Kumasi to Yeji, have lost their lives in a gory accident at Kobre. The accident occurred seven kilometres to Yeji in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region. The injured persons are currently receiving treatment at the St Matthias Hospital at Yeji. Speaking to Citi News, a doctor at the St. Mattias Hospital at Yeji, Dr. Lukeman Ahmed said injured persons had been stabilised. ...

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says the party will now take disciplinary action against members who take to social media and other platforms to disrespect party executives and leadership. John Boadu who has been a victim of social media slander said the practice is unhealthy and not helping the party in sticking together. ldquo;In these days of social media, it is the expectation of the party that our rank and file will use the various social media platforms to projec ...

The Executive Secretary of the National Teaching Council (NTC), Christian Addai-Poku, has said about 25 per cent of newly trained teachers are not qualified to be in the classroom. This comes as a result of the average pass rate in the past three Ghana Teacher Licensure Examinations (GLTE) written by the newly trained teachers hovering around 75 per cent. ldquo;This is an issue we, as a nation, cannot just gloss over, rdquo; Mr Addai-Poku said and has, therefore, called for a concerted ef ...

Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has urged members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to help secure parliamentary seats occupied by the party before venturing into new territories. In 2016, the NPP increased its seats in Parliament from 123 to 169, while the NDC went down from 148 to 106. Ahead of the 2020 elections, many government officials and appointees have called for an increase in the 46 new seats won by the party. But speaking at the NPP National Delegates rs ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has warned his party against any discord ahead of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries in April 2020. In his address at the NPP 8217;s National Delegates conference, he stressed that it was 8220;extremely important that this process goes on in a sensible, peaceful and serene manner. The whole country will be looking at us. We are the party in government and we shouldn't go and do this exercise with a lot of backbiting and fighting. It ...

The governing New Patriotic Party 8217;s (NPP) held its National Delegates Conference at the Fantasy Dome of Trade Fair Centre in Accra. Over 6,000 delegates from across the 16 regions were at the conference which was under the theme: We have Performed Better, Four More to do More . http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/1222201953603-osjvm8x442-npp-2-29.jpg http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/1222201953604-txobsfer5l-npp-holds-annual-delegates-conferenc ...

The New Patriotic Party 8217;s (NPP) General Secretary, John Boadu has cautioned party members and supporters to refrain from using social media to curse and malign party executives and leadership. Speaking at NPP 8217;s Annual National Delegates Conference in Accra, Mr. Boadu said no disagreements warranted such tensions. 8220;With the least problem in a constituency, party members will decide to record audio and some cases videos, criticize unjustifiably and sometimes cursing ...

Delegates, leaders and members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have converged at the Trade Fair Centre at La in Accra, for the annual Conference. Gracing the conference is President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Vice President Bawumia, former President Kufuor, NPP chairman Freddie Blay and a delegation from other parties including the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), headed by Slyvester Mensah. See photos below: http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/122 ...

President Akufo-Addo has said Ghanaians will not allow the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to review government rsquo;s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) programme when it comes into office. The President believes such a move will be ill-advised and will deprive the youth of access to quality education. ldquo; Since I hinted of introducing the Free SHS policy, the opposition gave all kinds of excuses as to doubt its possible implementation. But now, their stance is not ...

Formerly conjoined twins, Lydia and Linda Awui, have called on former President Jerry John Rawlings to thank him for his kind support in ensuring that the bill for their surgery, aimed at separating them, was taken care of. The identical twins were born conjoined and separated at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in 1999, three months after their birth. Accompanied by their parents, Eunice and Benjamin Awui, the delegation thanked Mr Rawlings for intervening to ensure the cost of the surgery ...