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Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh,  Minister of Education,
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education,

Public SHSs unable to reopen for third term in three regions of the north

Government-assisted senior high schools (SHSs) in the three regions of the north are unable to reopen for the third term of the 2016/2017 academic year because of lack of funds to feed students.

Public sector SHSs across the country reopened for the third term on May 4, 2017 but those in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions remain closed because education authorities said for three-and-half terms, the government had not paid feeding grants to the schools.

Mr Robert Siaw addressing the durbar
Mr Robert Siaw addressing the durbar

Gold Fields provides treated bednets for communities

In support of this year’s celebration of the World Malaria Day, Gold Fields Ghana Limited, operating the Tarkwa Mine in the Western Region, has committed GH¢21,525 towards the provision of 750 long-lasting insecticide treated bednets (ITBs) to community members and some schoolchildren in its operational area.

‘Govt will abide by Constitution in creation of new regions’

The Minister for Regional Reorganisation and Development, Mr Dan Kwaku Botwe, has given an assurance that the government will conform to all constitutional demands before the creation of new regions.

“The government has not created boundaries and given names to new regions, as is being speculated on social media,” he stated.

Ms Mintah and Mr Ansah Asare at the meeting
Ms Mintah and Mr Ansah Asare at the meeting

Single Window to automate customs operations at Tema Port

The Joint Implementation Team of the Ghana National Single Window (GNSW) is set to roll out a new automation system which will entirely eliminate the use of paper in customs transactions.

The prioritised paperless system will allow the trading community to access service anywhere using any electronic device.

Dr Eric Osei- Assibey, Adjunct Research Fellow, IEA and Senior Economist, University of Ghana, addressing the forum. Picture: EBOW HANSON
Dr Eric Osei- Assibey, Adjunct Research Fellow, IEA and Senior Economist, University of Ghana, addressing the forum. Picture: EBOW HANSON

Financial sector stakeholders call for Fiscal Council

Stakeholders in the financial sector have pushed for the establishment of a Fiscal Council to put the government on its toes in observing prudence in public expenditure.

According to the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), the prime fiscal policy objective of the government is to ensure macroeconomic stability within the macroeconomic and fiscal framework.

Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid (right) explaining a point to Ms Sun Baohong (left), the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, when she paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Accra. Picture: GABRIEL AHIABOR
Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid (right) explaining a point to Ms Sun Baohong (left), the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, when she paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Accra. Picture: GABRIEL AHIABOR

‘Call Chinese illegal miners to order’ - Hamid tells Chinese Ambassador

The Minister of Information, Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has appealed to the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana to help call to order the few recalcitrant illegal Chinese miners in the country who are bringing the hard-earned reputation of China in Ghana into disrepute.

Mr Abdul-Hamid said he was making the appeal in view of the fact that some Chinese had been in the local news for the wrong reasons, particularly for indulging in illegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’, in recent times.

Prof. Ofori-Sarpong (middle) displaying her award
Prof. Ofori-Sarpong (middle) displaying her award

Ghanaian female Associate Professor wins international award

An Associate Professor at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) at Tarkwa in the Western Region, Prof. Grace Ofori-Sarpong is one of the proud recipients of the 2017 Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career Women Scientists in the developing world.

Rt Reverend Dr Seth Senyo Agidi, Moderator of Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
Rt Reverend Dr Seth Senyo Agidi, Moderator of Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana

Youth advised to eschew vices

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, Right Reverend Dr Seth Senyo Agidi, has advised the youth to eschew the sense of fear, laziness, procrastination, excuses among others, saying: “Excuses are garbage,” capable of making them keep away from success.

Opening the first National Youth Leaders Conference of the E.P Church on the theme, “Breaking New Grounds; Now is our turn as youths” at Peki Blengo in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region at the weekend, Rt Rev. Dr Agidi said, “Our youth must now be looking at a new paradigm shift as society is becoming more complex”.

Some parishioners serving themselves at the Family Breakfast
Some parishioners serving themselves at the Family Breakfast

St Catherine Catholic Church marks Family Breakfast

The priests and parishioners of the Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Burma Camp in Accra, have marked the First Family Breakfast of the parish.

The Parish Priest, Rev. Fr Commander (Ghana Navy) Alex Anaman, said the Family Sunday was to afford parishioners the opportunity to truly deepen their faith and commune as one people of God and also interact and help weak parishioners spiritually, physically and financially.

Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Minister for Employment and Labour Relations.
Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Minister for Employment and Labour Relations.

Labour Ministry fights to shed off old labeling

It used to be the ‘Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare’ until January 2013 when it was renamed Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR).

It appears however that a section of the public are stuck with the old name and are not ready to change anytime soon. They keep calling the Labour Ministry by its former name, a deed that appears to irk managers of the Ministry.

The four who were working for the Chinese woman, Aisha Huang, alias Yaa Asantewa who owns mining concessions in the area. They have been remanded in prison custody by the Accra High Court
The four who were working for the Chinese woman, Aisha Huang, alias Yaa Asantewa who owns mining concessions in the area. They have been remanded in prison custody by the Accra High Court

Aisha Huang, 4 other Chinese ‘caged’ at Nsawam Prison

For the next two weeks, the Nsawam Medium Security Prison will be the home of five Chinese who are alleged to be involved in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

The five — Gao Jin Cheng, 45; Lu Qi Jun, 39; Haibin Gao, 26; Zhang Pen, 23, and En Huang, 30, a woman, also known as Aisha Huang, reported to be a kingpin in the galamsey business — were yesterday remanded into prison custody by the Criminal Division of the  Accra High Court.

A fire tender arriving at the scene of the explosion
A fire tender arriving at the scene of the explosion

Explosion at Takoradi leaves more than 100 injured (video & photos)

 

More than 100 people sustained various degrees of injury when a gas tanker exploded at a spot near the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) on the Takoradi-Sekondi main road yesterday.

The injured, including four firemen,  three Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) officials and a newspaper vendor, were rushed to the Effia-Nkwanta Regional and the GPHA hospitals in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis for attention.

Daasebre Mampong Adjei II marching through the streets of Abene.
Daasebre Mampong Adjei II marching through the streets of Abene.

When Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa was installed a chief at Kwahu Abene (photos)

The chiefs and people of Kwahu Abene in the East Kwahu area of the Eastern Region on Thursday May 4, 2017 installed Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa as the Chief of the town.

Prof Akosa who is a former Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), was installed with the stool name, Daasebre Mampong Adjei II.

The deceased, Patrick Mensah
The deceased, Patrick Mensah

Police kill suspected "car snatcher" at Tema New Town

A 30-year-old man was in the early hours of Tuesday shot and killed by the police at Tema New Town in Accra.

Patrick Mensah, was fired at by some members of the Police Patrol Team who were responding to a distress call in the area at about 1:30 am.

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (right) speaking at a meeting with a Japanese delegation in Accra. Picture: SAMUEL TEI ADANO
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (right) speaking at a meeting with a Japanese delegation in Accra. Picture: SAMUEL TEI ADANO

Veep interacts with Japanese business delegation

The Vice-President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed the government’s resolve to build strong relationships with international business entities based on the principle of mutual trade benefits.

In the light of that, he said, the government was determined to engage with companies and countries interested in providing high quality infrastructure in Ghana, especially in the construction and the manufacturing sectors.

 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport. Also with him is Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia (right). Picture: Samuel Tei Adano
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport. Also with him is Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia (right). Picture: Samuel Tei Adano

President Akufo-Addo returns home after three-nation tour

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, returned home last Sunday night after a six-day visit to three West African countries — Togo, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire.

The trip had a three-pronged mission: to introduce himself to the people and leaders of the three countries as the new President of Ghana, interact with Ghanaians living in those countries and re-enforce Ghana’s position on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) project.

Mr Philip Kwame Oduro Acquaye, the National Security operative who was murdered allegedly by the two accused persons
Mr Philip Kwame Oduro Acquaye, the National Security operative who was murdered allegedly by the two accused persons

Trial of security operative’s murder suspects continues today

The Accra High Court has begun the trial of two men alleged to have murdered a national security operative on his farm at Agona Amanfrom in the Central Region.

One of the accused, Ebenezer Benyin, has been charged with the murder of Philip Kwame Oduro Acquaye, the national security operative.

Dr Toni Aubynn, Chief executive Officer of the Minerals Commission
Dr Toni Aubynn, Chief executive Officer of the Minerals Commission

‘Minerals Commission is to blame for galamsey scourge’

The Benkumhene of the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area, Obrempong Sintim Poku III, says the Minerals Commission should eat humble pie and accept blame for contributing to the alarming rate of ‘galamsey’ with its attendant destruction of lands, river bodies and other property across the length and breadth of the country.

He noted that the commission granted mining permits to prospective miners without the consent and knowledge of traditional rulers who were the custodians of the lands in their traditional areas.

The frontrunners are Messrs Justice Jones Victor Mawulom Dotse and Justice Anin Yeboah, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo
The frontrunners are Messrs Justice Jones Victor Mawulom Dotse and Justice Anin Yeboah, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo

Search for new CJ begins - President to present nominee to Parliament

The race for the position of the fourth most powerful person in Ghana is on, as the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, retires next month.

There are two frontrunners in the race, one of whom is likely to be mentioned this week to replace Mrs Justice Wood, who has been in public service for more than 40 years.

The frontrunners are Messrs Justice Jones Victor Mawulom Dotse and Justice Anin Yeboah.

A section of trhopaditional rulers at the works
A section of trhopaditional rulers at the works

Pay chiefs to cushion their financial challenges

The Lepowura and Director of the Otumfuo Centre for Traditional Leadership at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Alhaji M. N. D. Jawula, is proposing that the government should pay chiefs to help discourage them from giving lands out for illegal activities, in return for pittance.

While urging chiefs to make sacrifices, the Lepowura said the government had to ensure that chiefs were well paid to help cushion their financial challenges that possibly compelled them to grant lands for all sorts of illegal activities. 

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