NDC, NPP agree to disband vigilante groups

The National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party have agreed to engage in deliberations aimed at disbanding vigilante groups operating within political parties or for political purpose. The assurance from the political parties was contained in a communiqué signed by, the Chairman of the NDC Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and the Chairman of the NPP, […]

AMA holds stakeholders engagement on sanitation and noise pollution

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has organised a one day stakeholders engagement with residents of Ashiedu Keteke as part of efforts to improve sanitation and reduce noise pollution in the area. Addressing the stakeholders, Chief Executive Officer of AMA, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, reiterated the Assembly’s commitment towards making Accra the cleanest city in Africa as […]

Parliament approves US$100M housing project for military

Parliament of Ghana has approved a loan agreement between Ghana government and a Chinese company, an amount of US$100,000,000.00 to execute and complete a Military Housing Project for The Ministry of Defence. The agreement which was signed by the Defence Ministry and Poly Changda Overseas Engineering Company Limited and Poly Technologies, Inc of China was […]

Republic Bank to open outlets in newly created regions

The Republic Bank formerly called HFC Bank is considering opening new branches in the newly created Savannah and North East regions in the Northern part of the country. It says management of the bank is taking steps in that regard as consideration was high on the table and it will soon initiate feasibility studies on […]

Former President Rawlings rejects proposed UDS renaming after him

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reiterate his position on the request suggesting that the re-naming of University of Development Studies, (UDS) after him be withdrawn from the Draft Bill to be submitted to Parliament. He said he has taken note of media publications on a proposed Universities Bill to be submitted to Parliament to […]

Volta Regional Minister files tax returns

The  Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, on Monday filed his 2018 annual tax returns and urged others to faithfully pay their taxes as required by law. He said government could undertake developmental projects such as good roads, markets, hospitals, educational infrastructure only when the citizenry honoured their tax obligations to the state and […]

Assessing mental health of pregnant women and lactating mothers

The Center for People’s Empowerment and Rights Initiatives (CPRI) has said an estimated 40 percent of mental health cases go undetected at Out Patients Departments (OPDs). The organization is therefore seeking to implement a screening tool to compliment the efforts of clinicians and mental health staff at the OPD units. The tool would be targeted […]

Chiefs and people of Karni grateful to President Akufo-Addo

The Chiefs and people of Karni have expressed their appreciation to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for realigning the area, by taking it from the Lambussie District back to Jirapa Municipality. Chairman of the Karni Area Youth and Development Association (KAYDA), Aggrey Faabar said or some years now the Area Council has been calling for […]

Societe Generale, Ghana Rugby to develop youth program

Societe Generale Ghana and Ghana Rugby announced their intention to build character for youth together based on the World Rugby “Get Into Rugby” (GIR) youth development programme that is underpinned by the Rugby values of integrity, passion, solidarity, discipline and respect. The announcement was made at the Secretariat of Ghana Rugby during a meeting between the […]

Afadzato South MP not happy with her district poor BECE performance

The Member of Parliament for Afadzato South has revealed that, she can no longer sleep well due to abysmal performance by her District in the last Basic Education Certificate Examination organized by West Africa Examination Council. According to Angela Alorwu-Tay, the recent performance of The District in the Basic Education Certificate Examination has been very […]