Anthony Forson, the ex-police officer, who allegedly killed four persons at the coronation of a chief, Nana Essel VI, at Ekumfi Esarkyir in the Central Region has been granted bail. Lawyers for Forson were said to have secured bail at the Human Rights Court. At the District Court today, Forson said he was not aware of the bail application as he was in Nsawam Medium Security Prison. Prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) C. K. Abandamlora said the Police were still investigating

An unidentified man has been crushed to death by a moving train Wednesday morning in Takoradi. The victim, believed to be in his early 30s and a dockworker at the Takoradi Port, died instantly after the train knocked him unto the rails beheading him. Narrating the incident to the Daily Graphic, an eyewitness, Mr. Samuel Quayson, said at about 8a.m. he, in the company of the deceased and others were walking on the rail line towards New Takoradi. According to him, the victim was walking in the direction

The controversy surrounding the collection of tolls by the University of Ghana, Legon deepened when operatives of the National Security pulled down a toll booth under construction at the Okponglo end of the university campus at dawn Tuesday. The action did not, however, stop the university authorities, which had no prior knowledge of the demolition exercise, from collecting the tolls.  Toll collectors, stationed about 150 metres away from the former toll booth, were seen busily handing tickets,

Payment of compensation to people whose properties were destroyed as a result of the construction of transmission lines for the Bui Power Project started yesterday. Beneficiaries in two out of the 41 communities along the Bui-Kintampo transmission lines received payments yesterday. Even though it was announced that the payments would start on February 17, it started a day later. It is expected that by the end of the exercise, 885 people whose crops, buildings and structures were affected by the construction

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has criticised the National Security Council (NSC) for demolishing a University of Ghana toll booth at Okponglo Tuesday. Mr Baako described the action as “needless and avoidable”, noting that the public “hue and cry” that has trailed the demolition could undermine the integrity of the NSC. In Baako's opinion, the university should not have built the toll booth, however the manner in which the NSC demolished it was unlawful,

The President of the Ghana Institute of Surveyors (GhIS), Mr James Ebenezer Kobina Dadson, has stressed the need for land developers to seek professional advice before acquiring land, to avoid future challenges. Procedures According to him, there were procedures to be followed to acquire security ownership of a piece of land. These included permits from the various district assemblies who have administrative jurisdiction over the area the land was located and a thorough search to generate authority

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is set to monitor the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in its bid to ensure the realisation of good health for Ghanaians. For a start, the commission has held a retreat,  for its regional directors, where actions for the year were discussed, plans set and strategies for realising the objective drawn. The regional directors will, in turn, meet with various district heads for the careful monitoring of hospitals,  and other

The Supreme Consultative Council of the Workers Union of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has commended the Chief Executive of the Board, Dr Stephen K. Opuni, for lifting the temporary ban placed on staff appraisal and promotion, annual staff increment and overtime payment in COCOBOD. A statement signed by the Supreme Chairman, Mr Idris Hassan, said the workers appreciated Dr Opuni’s courage and wisdom in taking those decisions. “You have brought a premium of professional management practice to COCOBOD,

The Ninth Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Management and Operations course began in Accra on Monday. The course, which is being organised by the Ghana Armed Forces is expected to create awareness among stakeholders of the enormity of the resource potential and the requirements for monitoring, control and surveillance of the EEZ. It is also expected to develop mechanisms to harness collaborative efforts to support the training and financing of the operations involved in the management of the EEZ.  It

Government, with support from the United Nations Habitat (Ghana), has announced plans to embark on the second phase of upgrading of slums in the Ashaiman municipality to improve the lives of the people. Already, 31 families have benefited from the first phase of the project which was implemented in 2010 by replacing their dilapidated shacks with improved housing options. An amount of $400,000 has been earmarked to kick-start phase two of the project. The Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Mr

Two individuals have donated items worth GH¢40,000 to three schools in the Eastern Region.The two - Patience Ayisibea and Pirjo Tuominen - both residents of Finland, presented 20 office cabinets, 20 office tables, 15 coffee tables, 15 chairs and 20 drawers and sofas to the beneficiary schools. The beneficiary schools were the Mampong School for the Deaf, Akropong School for the Blind and the Abiriw Presbyterian Junior High School. A staff of the Nationwide Mutual Healthcare, Mr Okyere Kwasi Ansah,

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has launched an automated system that allows the public to access its services from the comfort of their homes or at their workplaces. The system allows individuals and corporate bodies that plan to renew their licences or undertake activities relating to driving licensing and vehicle registration to log on to the website of the DVLA and access its services. The new system will run concurrently with the old manual system until the end of September

Two persons have been arrested by a joint police and military team for allegedly attempting to protect their makeshift structures and tents at Promise Land, near Adjei Kojo. The team had gone to clear debris from the area where a demolition exercise had taken place recently. The suspects, John Amedzro and Famous Gammey, who lived in makeshift structures and tents provided by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO),  were subjected to severe beatings before they were bundled into a

The Group of 77 developing countries (G77) have recommended that the situation of old people be taken into account in the Millennium Development Goals, and be given due consideration in the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015. It expressed concern that ageing had not received adequate attention, leading to older people being overlooked by and omitted from national development plans, poverty-reduction strategies and national employment priorities. In a resolution passed by the group after

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is currently undertaking a restructuring exercise to create a Department for Social Development with a division for social protection. Meanwhile, the ministry has rationalised social protection interventions; reducing the number from 44 to 11, to make spending on social protection more effective, efficient, and sustainable at system and individual programme levels. The interventions, include two new ones, which are Maternal Cash Benefits and

The 21-year-old student who posted nude pictures of his former fiancée on facebook, in retaliation for being dumped by her, was Tuesday jailed six months. Henry Alibah, who posted the nude pictures on November 25, 2013, after a 10-minute ultimatum to the complainant had elapsed, looked shaken and bewildered after he was sentenced by the Accra Circuit Court. Covering himself with a piece of cloth to conceal his face from cameras, the convict attempted to hit at photographers but the photographers

The Institute of Chartered Accountants –  (ICAG)  last Monday donated office furniture valued at  GH¢7,3500 and gave cheque for GH¢2,650 to the Demonstration School for the Deaf at Mampong Akuapem. The Chief Executive Officer  of ICAG, Mr Fred N.K. Moore, said the ICAG had selected the Kumasi Children’s Home, Tamale Children’s Home and the School for the Deaf to benefit from their donation. He also advised the school authorities to maintain the furniture periodically. Mr Moore encouraged

A charitable non-governmental organisation based in Accra has organised a leadership training programme for schoolchildren in James Town as part of activities to mark its third anniversary. No Limit Charity Organisation (NLCO)  support the education of the vulnerable in society, especially children in James Town, to become university heroes. The programme, which was sponsored by Good Schools for Africa Foundation, saw experts in leadership training from Korea, who educated the children on how to

The peace process initiated by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to amicably resolve the protracted dispute between him and the Omanhene of the Techiman Traditional Area was Tuesday given a big boost. Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw, as part of the efforts to promote peace, sent a three-member delegation to welcome the Asantehene home after his visit to South Africa. The delegation donated assorted drinks and 100 tubers of yam to the Asantehene. They also wished him well, particularly in the face of

A high number of women and girls in the country are continuously subjected to alarming forms of violence, mostly perpetrated by intimate relations and this worrisome situation is tacitly condoned by society. The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, in a statement delivered on her behalf at the relaunch of the Centre for Protection of Human Rights and Human Development in Accra, admitted that men and boys also faced some human rights abuses. Nana Oye Lithur said the relaunch of the