The Commission for Social Development has concluded its 52nd session with the approval of six draft resolutions to address issues of empowerment, older persons and the family. The 10-day session included a high-level panel discussion and general debate on the priority theme of “Promoting empowerment of people in achieving poverty eradication, social integration and full employment and decent work for all.”   Ghana was represented at the session by an eight-member delegation led by Nana Oye

The first Gonjaland Economic Forum opens in Accra on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The two-day event is being organised by AKK Risk Management Consulting Limited in collaboration with the Yagbon Foundation and under the auspices  of  Yagbonwwura Tutumba Boresa, Paramount chief of the Gonja Traditional Area. According to Lepowura, Alhaji MND Jawula, chairman of the organising committee of the forum, who also chairs the Gonjaland Economic Forum, the objective of the forum was to bring together like-minded

The National Communications Authority (NCA) will, from April this year, seize and destroy any communications gadget, especially cellular phones, whose manufacturers do not have the NCA certification called Type Approval. Such phones, tablets and laptops will not be allowed into the country and those that find their way in will be seized and destroyed. A Manager at the NCA, Mr Isaac Boateng, gave the hint at a public sensitisation workshop on Type Approval and Dealership Licensing in Kumasi. Objective The

The Director of the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI), Dr George Owusu Essegbey, has urged public institutions to develop innovative ways of generating funds to improve their working conditions. “Public organisations in Ghana can effectively improve their service conditions through internal generation of resources, and this requires that all the critical actors should be open minded, ready to change and ready to

Four persons died in an accident at Savietula, on the Dabala-Keta road last Saturday. The accident occurred when a Sprinter Mercedes bus with registration number GE4346, heading towards Accra from Keta in the Volta Region burst a tyre, somersaulted several times and fell into a ditch. Three of the victims, according to reports, died on the spot, while the other died while being conveyed to the Keta Government Hospital. The Anloga District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)

The Alto  Villagio Vista,  even at its  uncompleted state at 24 storeys now, is believed to be  Accra and Ghana’s tallest building. Even before it  reaches its full potential at 27 floors, the Alto, which forms part of the Villagio Vista group of residential and office accommodation at the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange in Accra,  has  made Accra’s skyline more beautiful. It belongs to the Trasaaco Group and is under its Accra real  estate development programme. The building has already

President John Dramani Mahama has given full backing to the decision by the Ministry of Education to cancel the payment of the age-old teacher–trainee allowance and replace it with the students’ loan scheme. He said the decision, which was taken to ensure uniformity in financing tertiary education, was paying off, with enrolment of students in teacher training institutions going up from 9,000 to 15,000 in the first year. Addressing students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) last

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has officially handed over the oversight responsibility of a US$2-million endowment fund to the Ghana Heritage Conservation Trust (GHCT). The endowment fund is to help the GHCT preserve and maintain Ghana’s forest reserve.  It is also to assist the trust in the preservation and conservation of Ghana’s heritage, particularly the development of tourism in the Central Region. Ghana US ties At the handover ceremony in Accra, the Chairman

A former Vice President of Spain, Mrs Maria Teresa Fernández de la Vega Sanz, has called for more support for women in Ghana to improve their leadership skills. According to her, there is the need for women to be given the needed skills and training so that they can take up more leadership positions to bring out their potential. Mrs Fernández de la Vega Sanz, who is the first female Vice President in Spanish democracy, made this known when she paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Gender, Children

Activism to mark the United Nations International Women’s Day begins in Ghana today with the maiden “Ghana Women’s Summit”,  to acknowledge the efforts of gender pacesetters in Ghana, Africa and on the international scene. The Ghana Women’s Summit will provide a platform to recognise women’s contribution, celebrate the country’s progress and to once again call for the advancement of women and the promotion of gender equality. It will bring together former first ladies, female parliamentarians,

Some prominent citizens and other stakeholders have offered to mediate in the impasse between the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) and the Dormaa Traditional Council over the security of the General Manager of the Presbyterian Hospital in Dormaa Ahenkro, Mr Effah-Yeboah. In an interview, the Legal Officer and acting Public Relations Officer of the PCG, Reverend George Obeng-Agyei, however, did not give the names of the prominent citizens and the stakeholders who had decided to mediate in the dispute

Motorists who wish to access the University of Ghana (UG) Legon campus are required to get stickers being issued by the university authorities. A statement issued by the university indicated that members of the public who wished to be considered for a UG sticker could submit an application to the Director of Physical Development and Municipal Services. The new directive follows the suspension of the controversial user charges (tolls) by the university  last week at the request of the government

A five - hour general clean-up exercise to mark Ghana’s 57th Independence Day celebration has been carried out in  Sekondi Takoradi in the Western Region. The exercise, which started from 6 a.m. to about 11 a.m. , was led by the Western Regional Minister, Mr. E. K. T. Addo, and his deputy, Alfred Ekow Gyan, to rekindle the spirit of communal labour, while promoting hygienic living conditions, as well as remembering the day of  Ghana’s independence. Zoomlion, a waste management company, supported

The Effiakuma Circuit of the Methodist Church, Ghana in the Sekondi Diocese has donated GH¢3,000 to the Rafiki Orphanage at Gyahadze at Winneba in the Central Region. The donation formed part of the church’s social responsibility and activities to mark the 25th anniversary of the circuit. Presenting the amount and the items to the management of the orphanage, the Superintendent Minister, Very Rev. Emmanuel Kwesi Arhin, said the gesture was in response to the fire disaster that recently gutted

Water supply to certain parts of the capital is expected to normalize by the close of day Monday following the completion of maintenance work at the Kpong Water Treatment Plant. The Kpong Water Treatment Plant was shutdown on Thursday, February 27, 2013 after some leakages were identified on some of the pipes, resulting in an acute water shortage in some parts of Accra. Speaking on Radio Gold, the Communications Manager of the Ghana Water Company Limited, Mr Michael Agyeman said the maintenance