‘DON’T USE FOUL LANGUAGE’

Former Minister of Local Government and Rural Government under the Kufuor administration, Kwadwo Adjei Darko, has called on members of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to use abusive language in their campaigns. This, according to him, would not win votes for the party in the 2012 General Election. [...]

MP on warpath With MCE

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunyani East, Hon. Kwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh, has indicated that he would soon tackle what he describes as ‘illegalities’ being perpetuated by the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Kwasi Oppong Ababio, and the Municipal Assembly. Hon. Ameyaw-Cheremeh alleges that Mr. Oppong Ababio illegally approved his assembly’s internally generated budget adding [...]

TOXIC DANGER!

…As galamseyers pollute Tano River

Illegal small-scale mining, popularly called galamsey, at Afrisipakrom and Adongo in the in the Tano North District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, is seriously polluting the Tano River, and equally affecting the operations of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL).

Teachers angry over delay in promotion

A number of teachers in the Sunyani Municipality are worried that their promotion has been delayed for more than a year; two years after satisfying all requirements. According to the teachers, the delay in their promotion to the right rank has become a canker not only in the Sunyani municipality, but across the length and [...]

P.V. Obeng lauds Newmont

Chairman of the National Development Commission (NDPC), Paul Victor Obeng, has commended Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) for its adherence to safety measures to protect lives and properties at the company’s work place and within its operational communities. According to him, safety precautions at work places are very important because they are prerequisites to the [...]

‘Ghanaians must be disciplined’

Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians to be disciplined According to him, discipline is a pre-requisite that when embedded in Ghanaians will help the NDC government to prosecute its Better Ghana agenda. He was addressing the parade at the 54th Independence anniversary ceremony held at Jubilee Park in [...]

Corruption confab held in B/A

Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Eric Opoku, has observed that in the quest to fight corruption in this country emphasis should be placed on prevention. He said administrative and regulatory mechanisms for the prevention of corrupt practices must focus on regulating official discretion, reducing procedural complexity as well as educating the citizenry on how public [...]

Wife of Krachi chief allegedly poison pupils

Wife of the Omanhene of the Krachi Traditional Area, Nana Mpra Besemuna II, is caught in the midst of an alleged food-poisoning controversy, which is believed to have occurred while food was being served to pupils of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Primary School at Krachi in the Volta Region. The Omanhene’s wife, Nana Akua [...]