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Over 1,000 illegal structures destroyed near Adenta Redco Flats

More than 1,000 unauthorised structures in a slum near the Adenta Redco Flats were Sunday demolished to rid the area of suspected criminals. The operation was carried out by the police in collaboration with the La Nkwantanan Madina Municipal Assembly. The 10-hour exercise was undertaken by 100 policemen drawn from various formations within the Accra Regional Police Command. The place ...

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Women’s group builds farmers capacity on ecological Farming

Environment and Agriculture Farmers Association of Ghana (EAWAG) in collaboration with the Department of Gender and Climate Change of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, (UENRY) Sunyani, have organized a day’s capacity building training workshop on Ecological farming for selected women farmers within Sunyani West District. The Workshop which was held on the theme “Improving Farmers Knowledge on Ecological ...

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CSOs demand compensation packages for relatives of deceased

Civil Society Organizations working within the Ahafo Mine catchment area of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) are calling on government to ensure that adequate compensation packages are paid to the families and relatives of the deceased persons. While condemning the disaster that occurred at the Company’s plant site recently, killing six people and injuring four others, the Civil Society Organizations ...

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NaBCo will restore the self-esteem of graduates – Akufo-Addo

Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged unemployed graduates to sign up to the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) programme to assist with the public sector service delivery in the country. According to him, the programme, aside giving graduates the opportunity to help build the country, would also enhance their dignity and self-esteem. Launching the NaBCo programme in Kumasi as part ...

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Amend Labour Act to prevent frequent lay-offs—TUC

  The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has described the frequent redundancy at workplaces as a worrying development in many working environments in the country. It has therefore called on the government to amend the country’s Labour Act, Act 651 to help protect Ghanaian workers from exploitation, mainly by foreign-owned firms. Speaking at the May Day celebration in Accra on behalf ...

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Govt set to protect local salt Miners …As it readies to block areas for indigenes

Dr Yao Graham, TWN-Africa

Government has indicated its readiness to grow the salt industry by ceding portions of the country’s salt endowed areas to the local people, a move intended to prevent potential clashes between indigenes and foreign companies who acquire concessions within these areas. Mr Nelson Ahedor, Assistant Manager In -Charge of Small Scale and Industrial Minerals at the Minerals Commission who disclosed ...

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Work to commence on concrete road project in Tema

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia (3rd right) being briefed on the project designs by officials of the Department of Urban Roads. With them are the Minister of Roads and Transport, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta (4thright) and Mr Titus-Glover (2nd right), the MP for Tema East.

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday cut the sod for work to begin on a 5.4-kilometre road from the Tema Steel Works Junction through the offices of the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Authority (DVLA) to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Junction in Tema. The project, being financed by the government of Ghana, is expected to be completed in 18 ...

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Mother arrested for beating daughter to death, burying body

Larteley Mensah

A 38-year-old woman is in the grip of the police for allegedly beating her eight-year-old child to death and secretly burying the body at a spot near the Lavender Hill, Korle Gono, in the Greater Accra Region. Larteley Mensah, a trader, is said to have buried the body of her daughter with the assistance of her boyfriend, Ebenezer Annor, and ...

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26 KNUST pharmacy students emback on intentenship in FAMU,Florida

Dr. Dokurugu with Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education.

About 26 pharmacy students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and four professional workers will be embarking on the second edition of the Advance Pharmacy Initiative in Florida’s Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), USA, this year. The exchange program which has been described as an ambitious agenda for deepening bilateral relations between Ghana and Florida, USA, ...

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Education for All leaves Kindergartens behind

A research conducted by Send- Ghana in 188 Kindergartens (KG) in the country has depicted a gloomy picture of Ghana’s Foundation of education, a situation that calls for urgent attention from duty bearers. The survey which was conducted in both public and private kindergartens in 30 districts of four regions including the Greater Accra, Northern, Upper West and Upper East ...

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