The group that filed a law suit against the sale of 70% shares of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone Group Plc in August 2008 have decided to withdraw it. The suit pending before an Accra Commercial Court was initiated by some members of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) when the government went ahead to sell the [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Kumasi Central Market has been shut down indefinitely following Thursday’s fire outbreak which killed two children and destroyed several shops. Although the Fire Service is yet to confirm the cause of the inferno, traders blame it on an electric fault. The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is expected to visit the scene later Friday [...]
Read the rest of this story »Several workers from the Tema Dock Company have been arrested after clashes with the police. The arrest follows a decision by the workers to lock up management of the company for failing to hold a referendum to decide which labour union the workers could join. A worker, Eric Bull, speaking to Joy News’ Sammy Darko [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mr Cletus Avoka, Minister for Interior, has criticized recent public comments on the Dagbon crisis by Nana Akufo-Addo as criminal. The defeated 2008 presidential candidate of the NPP told teeming supporters at a press conference on Tuesday that the ruling NDC government had taken sides in the conflict, saying the development could make the conflict [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Deputy Minister of Energy, Dr. Kwabena Donkor has called for a national debate on the pricing of petroleum products. He said government is prepared to subsidize the prices of petroleum products if Ghanaians say so, but the economic implications of that decision should not be lost on them. Crude oil is currently selling at [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Inspector-General of Police Paul Tawiah Quaye, has directed the interdiction of two officers of the service. The Tesano District Police Commander and the Tesano Police Station Officer were interdicted following the death in custody of a 59-year-old man. The man is said to have been picked up during a recent police swoop at the [...]
Read the rest of this story »Some of us were very much relieved, indeed very much satisfied, when the Daily Graphic of Wednesday, May 6, 2009 reported that the Destination Inspection Companies (DICs) were to be probed. And even more refreshing was the revelation that the National Security Secretariat itself would be in charge. We were told that the probe, among [...]
Read the rest of this story »The 2009 Spinal Awareness Week was launched in Accra on Friday to provide free chiropractic care to Ghanaians and educate them about ways of strengthening their spines. The Spinal Awareness Week which was the first in West Africa offers Ghanaians the platform to learn about spinal health and to receive chiropractic care from 14 expatriate [...]
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