March 2012

The BUSAC Fund has organised a four-day training workshop on effective advocacy for 30 wood workers at Apremdo near Takoradi in the Western Region. The participants who were drawn from Apremdo and Kwesimintsim called on policy makers to…

About 800 customers of Onward Investment Limited, a financial company in Sunyani, which was closed down by Bank of Ghana (BoG) have called on the central bank to help in the repayment of their deposits. They threatened to take to the…

Samuel Tetteh, a 22-year old marketing officer of Rogai Micro-finance Services was on Friday remanded into prison custody for stealing GH¢16,088 from his employers. He pleaded guilty to the offence but the court deferred judgment to April…

The Public Procurement Authority (PPA), has announced that the results of its annual public procurement assessments of entities revealed non-compliance of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663). It said the assessment showed that…

A trader who dragged a student into his room and forcibly had sex with her has been jailed 10 years by a circuit court at Akim Swedru in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region. Samuel Kwaku Amponsah, 49, was convicted on his own…

The maiden induction of Allied Health professionals was  held on Friday with a call on the inductees to assert themselves and project the image of the profession leading to a paradigm shift. A total of 220 professionals made of 142…

The First National Schistosomiasis Control Forum has been held in Ghana with a call for a well focused and carefully planned integrated approach to finally eliminate the neglected tropical disease. The forum which brought together more…

Dr Mustapha Ahmed, Deputy Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, on Friday advised landlords to provide toilet units for use by tenants. He described as unsatisfactory the attitude of some landlords who for the love of selfish…

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, was on Friday issued with voter identification (ID) card after going through the biometric voters’ registration. He registered at the Manhyia Palace centre together with his wife, Julia, and was…

The chiefs and people of Zoko/Kanga Electoral Area in the Bongo District, have complained to the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Clement Akugre, that some contractors had undertaken shoddy work in the area. They appealed to the DCE to…