Mp Urges Parliament To Reject Rlg BoreholesThursday, June 20, 2013 Member of Parliament MP for Effutu in the Central region, Alex Afenyo Markin, has told Joy News he is opposed to RLGs offer to build boreholes in their constituencies for free.In a letter addressed to the Clerk of Parliament, the ICT and electronics company proposed to construct boreho ... |
Our fish is safe: Western Region fisher folks declareThursday, June 20, 2013 Fishmongers at Lower Dixcove in the Ahanta West District in the Western Region have embarked on a peaceful demonstration to draw attention to the negative impact that a statement made by a minister of state accusing the fishing community in the region of using formalin in preserving their fish, has ... |
Mobile phone users angry with telcos for poor servicesThursday, June 20, 2013 From Accra through Sunyani to Tamale, mobile phone users have raised issues with the poor services rendered by telecommunication companies telcos in the country. The poor services, characterised by call drops, call breaks, network congestion and Internet interruptions, have compelled some users to ... |
269 Chinese, Nigeriens deportedThursday, June 20, 2013 Two hundred and sixty-nine foreigners who were arrested by the Inter Ministerial Task Force Against Illegal Small-scale Mining for alleged illegal mining have so far been deported.The illegal miners, who comprised 218 Chinese and 51 Nigeriens, were deported to their respective countries with t ... |
Catholic Church commends Bawku residents for peaceThursday, June 20, 2013 The Navrongo-Bolgatanga Dioceses of the Catholic Church in the Upper East Region has commended the people of Bawku for maintaining peace in the area for the past four years.The move was to encourage people in the area to view peace as a tool for national development and practice it for the devel ... |
AMA boss vows to sanitize Accra upon his reappointmentThursday, June 20, 2013 Accra Mayor Alfred Oko Vanderpuije says his retention as the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Accra only indicates that God is still in charge and recognizes the efforts of men.According to Dr Vanderpiuje, who has been re-nominated by the president for a second term, his achievements over the p ... |
Lesedi foundation donates house to a blind leperThursday, June 20, 2013 Lesedi foundation, a non-profit organisation has donated one bedroom house at the cost of Ghc 20,000 to Maame Maku Amanor, a leper and blind woman at Sekesua in the Eastern Region.The foundation also provided her a bed and a mattress as well as other household items, including food and drinks. ... |
Over $47,563 disbursed to fight povertyThursday, June 20, 2013 A total of US47,563,254.19 has been disbursed within the past two years under the Ghana Social Opportunities Project GSOP to fight poverty.This went into the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty LEAP programme, Labour Intensive Public Works LIPW and capacity building activities.The ... |
About 50 children engaged in child labour near Half AssiniThursday, June 20, 2013 About 50 children of school going age engaged in fishing at the expense of their education at Newtown Wharf near Half Assini, in the Western Region.Mr. Edward Ackah, Head teacher of Newtown Wharf Primary School disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency GNA on Tuesday during this years celebrati ... |
President retains AMA boss Alfred Oko VanderpuijeThursday, June 20, 2013 Accra Mayor Alfred Oko Vanderpuije has be re-nominated as head of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly.President John Dramani Mahama has, in accordance with Section 2431 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 201 of the Local Government Act 1993, Act 462, re-nominated him in addition to nine others ... |
RLG to build boreholes for all 275 MPsThursday, June 20, 2013 Leading ICT and electronics company, RLG has proposed to the leadership of parliament, it wants to build a borehole in each of the 275 constituencies in Ghana.In a letter sighted by myjoyonline and copied to all 275 members of parliament, the company said it had a Water For All Initiative as p ... |
Waterville's contract documents were forged – lawyer suspectsThursday, June 20, 2013 Lawyer Augustine Obuor, formerly of the Attorney Generals Department, is challenging the police to investigate the fraudulent contract between the government of Ghana and Waterville Holdings Limited.He suspects that since the contract has been declared illegal by the Supreme Court, documents ... |
Community hails water aid from Baptist churchWednesday, June 19, 2013 An intervention by the Grace Baptist Church in Kumasi to provide water facility to the Amakom suburb of the metropolis has alleviated the risk of children crossing high streets to access potable water.According to chiefs and opinion leaders in the community, children and some adults have been ex ... |