The Vice-President, Mr Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has paid glowing tribute to the late P.V. Obeng. He says Mr Obeng played a tremendous role in shaping his political career especially as he was the one who introduced him to the PNDC government in 1983 and from the day he became the Vice-President, the astute politician consistently advised him, which went a long way to enrich his delivery. Mr Amissah-Arthur and his wife, Matilda, were at the Tema Community Two residence of the late senior presidential

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has reduced its customer debt from 27 to 22 per cent following the introduction of street meters in two districts in the Greater Accra region, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the company has said. A few years ago, the ECG introduced Prepaid Street Meters at Teshie-Nungua and Bortianor on pilot basis primarily to reduce losses and stop customers from tampering with the meters.  Under the project, a number of meters owned by different customers are mounted

The Accra metropolis is under ‘siege’ from mounting garbage that now threatens the health of residents. There is growing concern about garbage piling up in the city centre, the commercial areas and even homes, as solid waste contractors fail to lift filled-up containers.  The mess, the nauseating stench and the flies hovering over the heaps have become a grave source of worry to residents, but the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has issued a cheque for GH¢600,000 to the nine waste management

A three day African Biblical Leadership forum  expected to bring transformational leadership in the country is  underway in Accra.It is being organised by the Bible Society of Ghana( BSG)  with the support of the British, American and other foreign bible societies, to contribute to the socio-economic development of the country.   The meeting, on the theme, “The missing factor in Leadership”, will also draw members from the legislative arm of government, together with a 14-member delegation

The Police have busted a  motorbike stealing syndicate at Kpaguri, a suburb of Wa, in the Upper West Region.  Two of the four-member  gang, Aminu Dauda, 22,  painter, and Mohammed Ibrahim, 20, a driver's assistant, are in Police custody while the remaining two are on the run. Briefing The Mirror, the Upper West Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Kwesi Mensah Duku, said their modus operandi was to steal motorbikes, hide them  until the heat about their loss had subsided

Kwame Awuku, 21, a machine  greaser  was fined GH¢240 for conspiracy and stealing.   He  was also bonded by the Odumase Krobo Circuit Court to be of good behaviour for a period of nine months or in default serve six months imprisonment in hard labour. In addition, he is  to pay compensation of GH¢120 to the complainant. He was convicted on  his own plea of guilty to  the  charges. Briefing the court, presided over by Asmah Akwasi Asiedu, the prosecutor, Inspector Emmanuel Tetteh, said

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has expressed dissatisfaction over the Auditor-General’s report on pre-university educational institutions in the country. He has, therefore, urged those institutions to follow due process when conducting business on behalf of the institutions. He was speaking at the public hearing of pre-university institutions from the Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta regions for the year ending December 31, 2010 and 2011. Expenditure The

  The two-way bridge spanning the Odaw River at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, near the Neoplan Station, will soon be demolished to pave the way for the construction of an overhead as part of the Circle Interchange project. Before the demolition, however, another bridge will be built behind the Neoplan Station to connect motorists who use the station to the Nsawam Road. The Chief Resident Engineer on the project, Mr Atta Kwaw Diafo, told the Daily Graphic that work on the new bridge was scheduled

The Managing Director of Cal Bank, Mr Frank Adu Jnr, has sounded alarm bells about the increasing rate of mobile banking in the country. He said mobile banking was not regulated by rules such as the reserve requirement of banks, as in the case of commercial banks guaranteeing the safety of the monies of clients. According to him, there is no legislation as to who is responsible for the safety of the money when it is in cyber space. Mr Adu was answering questions from students of the Kwame Nkrumah

The World Bank has approved $229 million to boost access to education and health services in the country. Out of the amount, $73 million has been allocated to the Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Improvement Project, while $156 million has been voted for the Ghana Secondary Education Improvement Project. Another project, Ghana Social Opportunities (GSP), for which $50 million has been approved, is meant to strengthen and expand support to Ghanaians to access the Livelihood Empowerment Against

A water, sanitation and hygiene programme through which 50 selected communities in two districts in the Upper West Region will obtain safe water from local sources has been launched at Nandom. The two districts, Lawra and Nandom, share borders with Burkina Faso. The project was dubbed ‘USAID Wa-WASH’. As part of the programme, the people in the communities were introduced to two techniques of obtaining safe water from contaminated water. The techniques are ‘point of use (POU) water treatment

A field workshop to create awareness for citrus farmers, crop researchers and interest groups on angular leaf spot of citrus, also known as citrus airborne disease, has been held at Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South District in the Ashanti Region. The two-day workshop, attended by about 50 participants, was organised by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in collaboration with the Platform for Africa-European Partnership on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD), an agent of the

IMT International, an Italian international dredging company, has put forward plans to provide the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing with eight revolutionary water well systems. IMT made the offer to the sector Minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda, during a brief ceremony in Accra on Tuesday. The revolutionary water well system, which is similar to the borehole, is an innovative technology developed to allow the digging of up to 3,000mm diameter wells of 500m deep holes. The system itself

Eight blacksmiths have been arrested by the police for allegedly manufacturing and selling locally made guns to armed robbers. Speaking at a press conference in Accra Thursday, the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Commissioner of Police (COP) Prosper Kwame Agblor, said intelligence gathered by the CID led to the arrest on Monday May 19, 2014, of Daniel Forfoe, 45, a blacksmith, known for allegedly manufacturing and selling guns to armed robbers. According to Mr Agblor,

Handwritten passports will no more be valid for travel from November 2015. This is due to a directive from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to all member countries to phase them out by the said date. Member countries have therefore begun taking steps to ensure those passports are not used by their citizens by the November 2015 deadline. Disclosing this to the Daily Graphic in an interview in Accra, the Director of Passports, Mr Eric Odoi-Anim, said Ghana had already moved from

The Apostles Revelation Society (ARS) has opened an adult education class for members of the congregation, especially women at the Edem and Kekeli branches in Ho. The church, in collaboration with the Non-Formal Education Department (NFED) of the Ministry of Education, is offering  training for members who have not been to school but have the interest to read and write the English language and also for school drop-outs who wish to further their education. About 75 women and five men have enrolled

Third World Network, a civil society organisation, has called on the government of Ghana to consider alternative means available to it to enter the European market rather than signing the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). According to the organisation, signing the EPA would lead to the total collapse of the Ghanaian economy, which was already facing serious challenges. “The fact that Ghana would have 100 per cent access to the EU market does not mean everything is free,” the

Some women in the Agona West Municipality and Agona East District in the Central Region have marched through the principal streets of their respective district capitals to demand improved medical services at hospitals in the area. The march was organised by the Young and Lonely Foundation (YLF) with support from the Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), as part of a STAR-Ghana funded project, to call for improved services from health workers and other stakeholders in both districts. At

Anglogold Ashanti Ghana is to embark on a major retrenchment exercise by August this year. The number of workers to be affected under the exercise is, however, yet to be agreed on by management and organised labour. The exercise is the final phase of downsizing the workforce, which began last year with 430 sent home.  The company is expected to spend about $220 million in settlement packages, which is being negotiated for among the management, the local union and representatives of the Ghana Mine

A dispute is brewing over a documentary on Ghana’s oil find which was premiered in Accra last Wednesday night. The documentary captures the behind-the-scenes stories on boardroom discussions and how Texas-based oil exploration companies allegedly exploited Ghana and Nigeria's oil resources.  The 99-minute documentary highlighted the lessons learnt from Nigeria, which is widely seen as being the victim of a resource curse. The documentary, titled Big Men, was produced by Brad Pitt, a Hollywood