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NCCE Urges Youth To partake in national governance

Posted by William Beeko on 5:31 pm at 5:31 pm

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has organised a national showcase on project citizen, a portfolio-based interdisciplinary civic education curriculum programme for the youth to promote qualitative participation in local and national governance. The event, which was held at the Ghana-Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Accra, was themed ‘Towards effective youth [...]

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Ministers,MPs accused of illegal fishing

Posted by William Beeko on 5:22 pm at 5:22 pm

The National Executive Committee of the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) has decried the alarming rate at which some politicians and power brokers defend and shield fishermen who engage in illegal fishing.

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GIABA-ECOWAS Empower Youth

Posted by William Beeko on 10:15 am at 10:15 am

…To fight money laundering The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will hold a day-open-house forum on “The Role of Youth in Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) in West Africa” tomorrow Thursday, March 10, 2011 at the Teachers’ Hall Complex, Accra, Ghana. The event — which is the fourth [...]

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AMA, MiDA Clear hawkers & encroachers off streets

Posted by William Beeko on 1:09 pm at 1:09 pm

Taskforce of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) joined their counterparts from the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) in the early hours of Wednesday to demolish structures and clear traders and encroachers at Abeka Lapaz in Accra. The exercise, which lasted for close to three (3) hours, sought to remove all illegal structures were hindering the smooth [...]

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PSIs collapsing

Posted by William Beeko on 12:05 pm at 12:05 pm

The dismissal of over 100 dressmakers, who are mostly women from the President’s Special Initiatives (PSIs) Secretariat at the North Industrial area in Accra, has sparked anxiety among the rank and file of the workers.

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Berekuso Roads In bad state

Posted by William Beeko on 12:24 pm at 12:24 pm

It sits right on top of the hilly mountains of the Akuapim Traditional Area, playing host to an assortment of business and commercial interests and activities, but the chiefs and people of the area take little pride in the road network that virtually links them to the capital, Accra and other adjoining towns. For a [...]

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Foot-soldiers’ invade Parliament

Posted by William Beeko on 11:33 am at 11:33 am

It has emerged that some elements within the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) marshaled and sponsored hoodlums to yell at President John Evans Atta Mills when he delivered the State of Nation’s Address last Thursday in Parliament.

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GPHA Bamboozles Staff

Posted by William Beeko on 12:42 pm at 12:42 pm

Mr. Charles Osei Owusu, a resident of Ashaiman-Lebanon in Tema, is up in arms against the management of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA).

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