Articles from the ‘Local News’ category

Stop scrap metal dealers—Veep tasks EPA

Posted by on May 21, 2012 at 8:14 am in Environment, Top Story

The Vice President, John Dramani Mahama, has stirred the hornet’s nest again by calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), not to allow scrap metal dealers to operate in the country.   He attributed the chocking of gutters which ostensibly caused flooding in some parts of the country to the indiscriminate dumping of the scrap [...]

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Two Cops In The Dock For Defrauding 36 People

Posted by on May 20, 2012 at 3:45 pm in Court News, Top Story

Two police officers have appeared before the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding 36 people in the Ashanti Region under the pretext of enlisting them into the Ghana Police Service. The two, Edward Bosomtwe Gyan and George Kwesi Appiah, pleaded not guilty to the charges and have been granted bail in the sum of GH¢60,000, [...]

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Pay For My Pictures – Kombian Tells Cameramen

Posted by on at 3:40 pm in Court News, Top Story

The notorious armed robber and two-time jail breaker, Johnson Kombian, caused laughter at the AMA Court B last Friday when he jokingly asked press photographers to pay before he would allow them to take pictures of him. “As for today, you have to pay me money before you take pictures of me oooo,” he told [...]

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The cost of poor educational policies in Ghana

Posted by on May 18, 2012 at 8:51 am in Education, Feature Articles

  ARTICLE BY: KWESI ATTA-KRUFI HAYFORD, Educationist, hattakrufi@hotmail.com   There are commonly held assumptions by economic analysts that a nation’s economic indices are inflation, interest rates, GDP growth or the size of the economy. What they often forget is that education and employment play a key role in the political economy of nations, contributing to [...]

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Kpeshie DOVVSU gets new office complex

Posted by on at 8:49 am in Local News

Management of Maa Sherawali India Ladies Association, a charitable organisation has constructed an office complex for the Kpeshie Divisional Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Elisabeth Dassah, National Coordinator of DOVVSU, inaugurating the office at Kpeshie on Wednesday, said it would strengthen the capacity [...]

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GRASAG calls for expedite action on released grants

Posted by on at 8:47 am in Education, Local News

After several months of dialogue, negotiation, threats of demonstration and media encounter, the National Office of the GRADUATE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF GHANA is pleased to announce to our colleague students and the general public that the grant has finally been released to institutions for onward payment to beneficiaries. We are calling on all connected to [...]

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Child nutrition campaign launched

Posted by on at 8:45 am in Health & Lifestyle, Local News

Four out of 5 children suffer from Aneamia, which means they have low blood which leads to learning difficulties, weaknesses and more severe illnesses.   A national child nutrition campaign “Aduane Pa Ma Asetena Pa” Good food for good life” has been launched in Accra Ghana by the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Services with [...]

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Pharmacy Council inducts new pharmacists

Posted by on at 8:26 am in Health & Lifestyle, Local News

The Pharmacy Council on Wednesday inducted 126 newly qualified and registered pharmacists into the service, to help bridge the gaps in access to health care. Joseph Nyoagbe, Registrar of Pharmacy Council, inducting the pharmacists said the country would need 1,238 pharmacists to meet health care expectation from the public. “Currently there are 2,184 pharmacists on [...]

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