The European Union (EU) and the Conference of Regional Ministers Wednesday signed a grant agreement of 2.25 million Euros to support programmes and activities of the ten Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs). The grant, which forms part of the EU’s commitment to promoting decentralization in Ghana, comes with the ultimate objective of enhancing harmonization, monitoring public policies at the local level, and increasing access and quality of public services for citizens to improve their living

Parliament on Wednesday called for a national pre-emptive strategy to contain the growing threats of the deadly Ebola Virus that has occurred in some West African countries, should it hit Ghana. The Legislators contend that the emerging situation in Guinea and Liberia is very troubling, because the virulent disease had the potential of affecting Ghana, which has the same limitation in terms of medical infrastructure with its neighbours, whose health officials have been battling to contain the epidemic

The Juaso Circuit Court presided over by Mr Alex Obeng Asante has ordered that an illegal miner standing trial over sexual abuse of an imbecile should be held in prison custody. Awudu Nasiru, 35, reportedly, was caught right in the act of having sex with the victim at Nobewam in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality. He pleaded not guilty to the offence and would make his next court appearance on Thursday, March 27. Police Chief Inspector Joseph Obeng said the victim lives with her family in a house owned

About 50 suspected criminals have been arrested and a large quantity of dried leaves believed to be cannabis seized in a police swoop in parts of the Kumasi Metropolis. These areas included Alabar, Asafo, Amakom and Anlo-Fante New Town. This comes amid step-up efforts to reduce down crime in the city and assure residents of their security. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ampofo Duku, Deputy Ashanti Regional Commander, who led the operation, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the suspects

The police in Obuasi have seized a large cache of illegal weapons and dried leaves suspected to be cannabis from a house at Nyiaeso, a suburb of the gold mining town. The haul included 19 locally- manufactured pistols, one pump action gun and 10 double and single-barreled guns. Added to these were a quantity of used and live cartridges together with assorted tools that could be used for the manufacture of weapons. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kofi Dwumfuor Berchie, the Obuasi Divisional

Civil society groups and private sector organisations have urged President John Dramani Mahama to ensure that Ghana does not sign on to the Economic Partnership Agreement recently concluded between West Africa and the European Union (ECOWAS-EPA). Consequently, they have requested the President to direct his Minister to the forthcoming meeting of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire from 25-26 March, not to sign the ECOWAS-EPA. The request was made in a petition presented

A 28-year old chainsaw operator, Victor Mewugah has confessed to killing two taxi drivers and stealing their vehicles. He is said to have killed one Isaac Owusu, 29, on June 7, 2013 in Derma near Bechem in the Brong Ahafo Region and another person (name not given) at Asuoso near Abofour in the Ashanti Region. Mewugah confessed to the killings after being picked-up from his hide out on March 8, 2014 at Akim Abenaso in the Eastern Region. He had been on the run since June last year. Aside admitting

The United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA) has presented assorted health materials to the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Health Service at Ejisu. The materials included midwifery kits, protective goggles, stethoscopes, stainless steel bowls, plastic chairs, weighing scales, a TV set, DVD player, office desk, IUD insertion kits and a notice board.   Project The presentation is part of a collaboration, dubbed: “Country Programme Six” between Ghana and the UNFPA, which started

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has expressed utter shock and disgust at the recent brutalities meted out to journalists of TV Africa at the demolished site at Adjei Kojo, near Tema.   A statement signed by the GJA President, Mr Affail Monney, said the journalists had gone to the site to perform their professional duties when they were allegedly pounced upon by suspected operatives of National Security and the police and subjected to harrowing treatment.    Crew under attack The statement

The Judicial Service is to establish an independent fund to sustain the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process after the main donors pull out. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Millennium Development Authority and GTZ have been funding the programme. However, DANIDA is currently responsible for the payment of mediators on the programme. The National Co-ordinator of the ADR process, Mrs Justice Irene Danquah, announced this in

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is to finance the completion of the housing project at Borteyman in the Greater Accra Region. The SSNIT board has already approved GH¢195 million for the completion of the 1,536 housing units which were started in 2006 but stalled in 2008 due to lack of funding. The Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda, officially handed over the uncompleted housing units to the acting Director-General of SSNIT, Mr Ernest Thompson,

A Former Deputy National Co-ordinator of the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA), Mr Nuhu Hamidan, yesterday told the Financial Division of the High Court in Accra that he had now realised that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the GYEEDA management and the Goodwill International Group (GIG) was binding. Testifying in the trial of a former National Co-ordinator of GYEEDA, Abuga Pele, and Assibit Akpeena, the CEO of GIG, Mr Hamidan, who is now

The government is seeking private sector funding to construct a super highway between Accra and Kumasi, President John Dramani Mahama has announced. Addressing the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs in Koforidua yesterday as part of his two-day working visit to the region, the President said a transaction adviser had been sought and the procurement process was  going on and expressed the hope that the project would go before Parliament this year. He stated that a number of toll bridges would be put

Unknown assailants last Monday shot dead Samuel Akwasi Frimpong, the assembly member for the Nagoli Electoral Area in the Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti Region. The assailants allegedly opened fire on Frimpong, 33, a small-scale miner, in front of his house at Atwima Tekyiman. He was about to drive into his house in his Toyota Couzer vehicle, with registration number AW 9811-13, when the assailants, said to be five in number, opened fire and killed him instantly. Police sources said the incident

A former Foreign Affairs official did not live to enjoy the retirement benefit he had pursued for over 18 years, leaving his family to benefit from a GH¢54,514.13 judgement debt payment as ordered by the Fast Track High Court. The ex-official, Hubert Kofi Doh, retired in 1987 as a worker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but his retirement benefit was not paid. A Chief State Attorney at the Attorney-General’s Office, Mrs Dorothy Afriyie Ansah, told the Judgement Debt Commission at its sitting

About 3,000 government vehicles have been re-registered by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) as of mid-March 2014. The re-registration of  the government vehicles was in response to a directive by President John Dramani Mahama that all state vehicles be re-registered to ensure a judicious application of government funds. The exercise also formed part of the government’s  desire to prudently manage public resources. So far, about 11 ministries and their departments have had most

Ghana and South Korea have signed an agreement to develop a Transport Master Plan for the Greater Accra Region. The implementation of the master plan is expected to set a clear direction for transport in the region for the next 20 years and reduce traffic congestion and logistics cost. The Korean International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) is funding the $1.5-million project within an 18-month period. The Transport Minister, Mrs Dzifa Attivor, signed the agreement for Ghana, while Mr Cho Kwang-geol,

A task force from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) yesterday demolished  shops and other  structures  at Dansoman Last Stop, a suburb of Accra. Traders and shoppers who went there to transact   business, experienced the shock of their lives  and tried to resist  the  operation. The affected traders and inhabitants wailed as they rained curses  on the AMA officials. The demolition exercise, which started around 9 a.m., was supervised by  police officers and the AMA task force. The timely

A Child Protection Awareness Day instituted by Compassion International Ghana, a child-centred non-government organisation (NGO), has been observed by the Apam Mount Zion Methodist Project of the NGO at Apam. Speaking at the function, Mr Edward Ndzibah, project co-ordinator, said the celebration of the day was to bring to the fore issues concerning the abuse of the rights of children, saying that many parents did not know what constituted abuse of children’s rights. He said the Mount Zion Project,

An 11-member delegation from the Ghana Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP) of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MoEP) has visited Tip-Top Food Limited, a vegetable, livestock and food processing company at Anloga in the Volta Region, to acquaint themselves with the progress of the constructional works on the renewable energy project on the company's farm. The project co-ordinator of the GEDAP, Engineer Andrew Tonto Barfour, who led the delegation, said the aim of the project was to