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The Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has issued new practice directives to judges and magistrates in trial courts across the country to be used in determining bail conditions and consequential orders. Per the directive which took effect from November 1, 2019, persons standing surety for accused persons will bear the cost of transportation to inspect their place of residence. It said ...

The Mpraeso District Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a notorious gang terrorizing commuters at Kwahu Tafo enclave in the Eastern Region. The suspects -Osumanu Abubakari, 23, and Osumanu Omaru, 22, were arrested upon intelligence that connected them to a recent robbery attack on Adawso to Kotoso road which occurred October 29, 2019. ...

The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has stated that the introduction of the Common Platform (CP) monitoring in the telecommunications sector has resulted in a savings of US $1.1 million monthly over the previous contracts. This, the Minister said will result in a total of US$66 million over the 5 year contract period. Additionally, she says unlike the previous ...

The Chairman of the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry, Emmanuel Martey has described the government’s plan to solve the problem of poor road networks in the country as one that would not be achieved in the shortest possible time. As part of the budget for 2020 which was delivered in Parliament by the Finance Minister on Wednesday, the government promised ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked that the government prioritizes the health care of prisoners in Ghana. According to the Association, a tour to some of the prisons revealed the outbreak of infectious and skin diseases due to its overcrowded nature. President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Frank Ankobea told Citi News that something must be done urgently ...

Penplusbytes, a leader in enhancing the capacity of journalists in various thematic areas, is pleased to announce its new cross-country training project – “Drilling Down Oil and Gas in West Africa. The new 2-year project with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is aimed at building the capacity of journalists in the West African sub-region to ...

Fifty per cent of Ghana’s overall primary source of energy is biomass with wood fuel supply contributing Eight million tons per annum Mrs. Akua Amoa Okyere-Nyako, a consultant and an environmentalist has stated. She pointed out that Biomass energy can no longer just be considered as the ‘’poor person’s fuel’’ but rather be recognized as an energy source that can ...

Director for the Regional Bureau for Africa at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has challenged African countries to move beyond aid and graduate towards a high and long-term investment plan to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). Ahunna Eziakonwa speaking at the UNDP High-Level Dialogue in Accra on November 7 said the move is required to close the current ...

Chairman of the Finance Committee, Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah has asked the government to pay attention to the road and health sector in the 2020 budget. The Finance Minister is expected to present the 2020 budget and financial policy of the government to Parliament next week. It will be the fourth budget of the Akufo-Addo administration, in accordance with Article ...

We are living in an Era and despensation when most prophesies have turned out to be death, coffin, buried, accident, blood etc targeted at Celebrities, politicians, Religious leaders and ordinary people. The Presiding Bishop of Victory Bible Church International, Bishop N A Tarkie-Yarboi has caution the end time doom prophets to see beyond death. “Death is supposed to be a ...