Today's Front Pages

CRITICAL CARE IN DANGER FOLLOWING CLOSURE OF 3 CLINICS AT KORLE BU

Patients who turned up at three surgical clinics of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital yesterday left disappointed when they got to know they have been closed down, putting critical care in danger.

JUSTICE DERY PETITIONS PRESIDENT OVER TRUE IDENTITY OF TIGER EYE PI

Lawyers for Justice Paul Dery, the embattled Justice of the High Court, have called on the President to cause an investigation into the true identity of Tiger Eye PI, the company that petitioned the Chief Justice for the removal of their client from the bench.

REDUCTION IN WATER TARIFFS WILL AFFECT OPERATIONS – GWCL

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says a reduction in water tariffs is requested by the organized labour will affect the operations of the company and urban water supply.

DERY DRAGS ANAS TO MAHAMA
Justice Paul Dery, one of the judges indicted in the judicial corruption scandal, is leaving no stone unturned in his quest to avoid being sacked from the judiciary over the scandal.

EC BOSS HOT
Pressure is mounting on the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, to resign her position or be removed from office.

RUNAWAY ACID GIRL BUSTED
The Accra Regional police have finally apprehended a 23-year-old lady Esther Enyornam Pekyi, who allegedly bolted after allegedly bathing her boyfriend with a substance suspected to be acid.

GHANA’S DEBT EXTREMELY HIGH – DEPUTY MD OF IMF

Despite commending government’s commitment to ensure that targets in the three-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes are achieved, Deputy Managing Direcotr of the IMF Min Zhu has described Ghana’s debt as extremely high and cautioned government against further borrowing to pay interest on its loans.

OCCUPYGHANA, GOVERNMENT SET FOR COURT BATTLE
Pressure group, OccupyGhana is set to offer Ghanaians the opportunity to know all about the controversial bus branding saga as it has instructed its lawyers to commence legal action against government since a deadline given to the Attorney General asking for all the information surrounding the Smarttys bus branding contract has expired without any progress.

FPSO KWAME NKRUMAH SHUTS DOWN FOR REPAIRS
Gas exports from FPSO Kwame Nkrumah to the Ghana National Gas Company’s onshore processing plant at Atuabo was temporarily halted yesterday at 4pm to fix a leak in the pump of the gas export system.

MOBILE MONEY KEY TO BANKS’ SUCCESS – MOODY’S

A Moody’s report has state that the fast growth of mobile money banking within the sub-Saharan Africa region presents an exciting opportunity for banks to push for a greater financial inclusion agenda.

MAHAMA WANTS MORE PPPS
President John Mahama has called for the use of local entrepreneurs, through Public Private Partnerships, in solving the myriad of problems facing the country.

NVTI TARGETS EMPLOYABILITY RATE OF 80%
The National Vocational Technical Institute (NVTI) is hopeful that through a series of new measures it will be able to increase the annual employability rate of its trainees – from 56% currently to 80% in the next five years.