President John Mahama has reiterated his assurance to workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) that there will be no lay-offs during and after the implementation of the new Millennium Compact. There is uneasy calm at the ECG following the implementation of the second phase of the compact which is intended to pump capital […]
The Presiding Member (PM) for the Shai-Osudoku District Assembly, Benjamin Manyeh, says the district cannot boast of any major project it has carried out from its internally generated fund (IGF). He said for his about eight years as an assembly member, the Shai-Osudoku District can only pride itself of the erection of some forty streetlights
Former Black Stars & Asante Kotoko legend, Rev Osei Kofi has revealed the senior men’s senior soccer team, the Black stars may have qualified for three world cup tournaments following their specialty in bribe payment. The veteran footballer was reacting to comments made by Kotoko’s head coach Michael Osei on our current generation of players
“I said a lot of things on that day, even this one, I was joking, I immediately took my seat after making those comments…yes, I was joking,” the controversial legislator said on Adom FM on Tuesday. His backtrack comes two months after he made the claim while addressing supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board Dr. Stephen Opuni has threatened to terminate the contract of road engineers working on the road between Obuasi junction through to Dunkwa-Ayanfori in the Central Region if he does not speed up work. He expressed dissatisfaction about what he described as the lackadaisical attitude of road engineers working on the
Members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Afienya in Ningo-Prampram, Greater Accra, say they are ashamed to campaign in the area following government’s inability to fix a major road in the constituency. Habib Mohammed, who is also the Assemblyman for Afienya, said party members could hardly pride themselves because the electorates in the
Residents of Kotokuo, a farming community in the Atwima Mponua district of the Ashanti region are calling on state authorities to help drive away illegal small scale miners in the community. They are accusing their leaders of selling the River Offin, which serves as the only water source in the community for farming and domestic
Fishermen in the Keta municipality of Volta region have benefitted from a government subsidized outboard motor programme aimed at improving the efficiency and output of the fishing industry. The fisherfolks from all 14 landing communities received 83 outboard motors distributed by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aqua-culture at a brief ceremony in Keta. Government through
The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested a sixteen-year old junior high school (JHS) student and resident of Ashaiman on the Tema motorway in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The suspect, Isaac Awotwum, was in the company of two other accomplices at about 7.30pm Thursday, when they nearly pounced on a driver on the
Medical care for victims of sexual abuse remains a dream in many communities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Parents of abused persons, mostly children, make little or no effort to take them to the hospital, even at police request because they cannot afford the cost. Two health workers who were confronted with the story
