It is for assisting children in upper primary levels of basic school in the country, to learn how to read.

“I will therefore like to appeal to you chiefs, who are the custodians of the areas to maintain peace and stability that would bring development and encourage investors from the country and beyond to invest in the region to create more jobs,” he added.

Dwelling on the macro economic gains the country had made in recent times, the Vice President stressed the need for businesses to take advantage of the gains to translate the low inflation rate in the country into jobs and business growth.  

The police said the robbers attacked Ayittey at his residence at Wassa Akropong around 0240 hours on Monday, February 11.

The box contains 12 of the 275-millilitre-volume bottle and is being sold at an affordable price.

Winneba, Feb. 12, GNA – A 53-year-old security officer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Mr Moses Ohene, was on Monday killed on the spot when he was knocked down by a vehicle at Gyatekrom Area near Winneba.

Tarkwa, Feb. 12, GNA - A 26 year-old labour, Bless Davodzi, who stole twenty boards valued 280 Ghana cedis belonging to Only Prayer Can Save Furniture Works, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by a Tarkwa circuit court.

Accra Feb. 12, GNA- A Police officer on Tuesday mounted the witness box to testify in respect of Deeba Acheampong’s case, a musician currently facing extradition to the United Kingdom over alleged defilement and assault of his two step daughters.

Takinta (W/R), Feb. 12, GNA – Site clearing of the Dominli enclave in the Western Region has resumed for the construction of two thermal plants after a year’s suspension of work.

Ho, Feb 12,  GNA-Compulsory HIV testing by prospective couples is against the National HIV and AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) policy, Prof Margaret Lartey of the University of Ghana Medical School has said.    

He said efforts were still underway to resolve some petty misunderstanding among illegal miners, traditional leaders and some community members.

A statement to the Ghana News Agency signed by Mr J. T. Abebrese, CPP Spokesperson on Works, Housing and Water Resources indicated that the problem was also caused by the lack of attention to the water sector by successive governments.

Accra, Feb. 12, GNA - The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in partnership with the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) would organize this year’s National Chocolate Day celebration on Thursday, February 14, 2013.

The RTI Bill has been going back and forth from one government to the other over the past 10 years, and it is time for Members of Parliament to connect it to the daily lives of the electorate they represent and their right to development.

The establishment of the fund would help  to reduce the challenges SMEs face in accessing capital, Mr Lukman Abdul-Rahim, NBSSI Executive Director, told the Ghana News Agency, in an interview on Tuesday in Accra.

The inability of the prosecution to produce the witness to testify in the trial is hampering the case at the court.

This means the price level of communication services such as telephone charges (with a weight of 90%), EMS charges (5% weight) and standard postage (5% weight), as captured by the Consumer Price Index for the sector, has remained largely unchanged over the period.

Accra, Feb. 12, GNA - Mr Hassan Ayariga, Minister of Information on Tuesday asked the media to continue to play its strategic role of bridging the information gap in the pursuit of achieving economic growth in the country.

“We are organising the masses to hit the road with a massive poly tanks, jerry cans, buckets, and any other vessels to exhibit our abhorrence to the manner Ghana Water Company Limited is managing water supplies to Abelenkpe and its environs.

Information about the shortage came up when some of the participants opted to undergo HIV testing.