President Mills urges the religious bodies to preach virtues

President John Evans Atta Mills on Saturday urged religious leaders to preach virtues of love, honesty, transparency and unity to dissuade people from engaging in criminal and corrupt practices. He said the rising crime rate in society needed a religious intervention to complement the laid down rules and regulations to ensure good governance and rapid [...]

Credit Unions vital for socio-economic development- Lecturer

Dr. Yaw Forkuoh, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacy of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has said credit unions are potentially important institutions which help to reduce poverty among people. He therefore appealed to the government to channel Poverty Alleviation Funds through the credit unions for disbursement to people as [...]

Sakawa recieves Holy Spirit Impactation

Reverend James Noble Tulasi, Head Pastor of Jubilee Christian Centre at Ho on Sunday called on Christians, especially Pastors to declare war against cyber fraud also known as “sakawa” and all other forms of crime in the society. He asked Pastors to rally their members to wage a prayer crusade against that “spirit” and other [...]

Ho Poly are SIFE Champions

Ho Polytechnic was on Saturday declared the 2009 Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) Champions in a competition which saw 16 tertiary institutions from across the country participate. University of Ghana which was the defending champions took the second position while, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) also took the third position with the [...]

US Navy in Ghana: Not a question of oil for security !

…US Navy denies oil for security allegations

An American ship has docked in Ghana with over 500 naval officers and civilians leading to allegations that the US government was making overtures to her counterpart in Ghana because of its oil.

Single Spine Salary Structure broadly acceptable- Minister

The Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Mr Stephen Amoanor Kwao on Friday stated that it is crystal clear that the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP) is no longer a debatable issue. He said the emerging consensus was that the policy is broadly acceptable and should be implemented while efforts are made to address concerns [...]

Workshop issues communiqué on Single Spine Pay structure

Government employers and Organised Labour have announced that the Single Spine Pay Policy will be implemented effective January 1, 2010. This is the outcome of the three-day Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop on the Single Pay Policy at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) from May 27 to 29 2009. A statement issued by [...]

Government Must Come Clean On Duration of SHS

A the two-day national forum on the duration of Senior High School started in Accra on Wednesday and closed on Thursday. According to the organizers, the broad aim of the forum was to foster consensus for enhancing an effective implementation of programmes to ensure equity in education. Specifically, the forum was to examine the feasibility [...]