The Chief Executive Officer for digital security surveillance experts Virtual Security Africa has advised government to adopt the use of digital monitoring stations in government institutions and flash points of the country to deal with crime, corruption and arson situations. Mr. Emmanuel Sekyere Asiedu says digital monitoring technology is a panacea to the unsolved murders, robberies, bribery and atrocities on the countries highways and ports. He says he has recommended to government to deploy

The Police administration says it has instituted measures to increase its visibility during the two-week national load-shedding exercise. According to the Greater Accra Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Freeman Tettey, various patrol teams would be on the ground to secure life and property especially in areas that would be experiencing power outages at a particular point in time. He said on Joy FM that guided by the national load-shedding timetable, there would be regular patrolling in the various

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)  has released a temporary timetable for the emergency electricity management ( load shedding) programme that has been put in place. The ECG's Public Relations Officer ( PRO), Mr William Boateng,said Tuesday that the timetable - titled 'National Load shedding Guide'.- has been drafted to guide load shedding for two weeks,  As per the schedule, households will lose electricity for 12 hours, and when power is restored, it will stay on for 48 hours.According

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) is to roll out a nationwide electronic salary payment voucher (E-SPV) for all government employees by the end of June, this year. It is part of the drive to inject sanity and tackle the challenges in the manual payroll system to minimize irregularities and unauthorized payments. Mr. James Ntim Amponsah, Deputy Controller in-charge of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) said it had already been piloted at its headquarters and

Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has called on security chiefs in the West African sub-region to forge closer collaboration to effectively protect the maritime borders. Opening the Coastal and Maritime Surveillance Conference and Exhibition in Accra Thursday, the Vice-President quoted figures that indicated that an excess of $2 billion was lost in the sub-region annually as a result of insecurity along the maritime borders. He said the Gulf of Guinea was associated with security concerns,

Notorious robber, Johnson Kombian, is expected back in court today, after the Fast Track High Court last Monday adjourned his trial to March 19, 2014. He is facing two counts of murder and one count of conspiracy. The adjournment followed the absence of the accused person’s counsel at the court when the case was called at 10.22 a.m. However, Mr George Asomani, the counsel, showed up at the court at about 10.30 a.m. after his client had been whisked away from the court by prison wardens. At the

The government has stepped up efforts at increasing the production and processing of rice locally to reduce the current over-dependence on imported rice, a senior policy advisor at the Office of the President, Dr Sulley Gariba, has announced. According to him, although over the last five years rice production had increased significantly by 60 per cent, the volume and value of rice imports had seen a dramatic increase during the same period. Baseline survey Dr Gariba, who announced this at an official

The Pompora Treatment Plant (PTP) of the AngloGold Smoke Effect Association (PASEA) has filed a suit against the AngloGold Ashanti demanding payment of compensation for injuries its members have suffered from chemical emissions by the mining company. The association is also seeking an order to restrain AngloGold Ashanti from resuming its operations at the PTP site without due adherence to strict statutory procedures. It is also praying the court to direct the AngloGold Ashanti to finance the general

The Ministry of Defence has placed a ban on the importation of footwear for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). The move is to ensure patronage of footwear manufactured by the Footwear Division Limited of the Defence Industries Holding Company Limited (DIHOC), which is producing shoes for all uniformed security agencies in the country. The Minister of Defence, Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, announced the decision when he took his turn at the meet-the-press series in Accra yesterday. In a presentation that touched

The Ministry of Roads and Highways is exploring ways by which it can bridge the funding gap in road construction at its 2014 retreat, which is underway in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital. The move, according to the sector Minister, Alhaji Amin Amidu Sulemani, has become necessary in view of the prevailing economic situation. Currently, there is a freeze on the award of new projects as a result of the ministry's indebtedness to its contractors, both local and foreign. Speaking on the theme:

The police have arrested 14 suspected criminals in a special operation conducted in a number of suburbs in the Kumasi metropolis. The suspects include Emmanuel Osei, 23, who the police described as a notorious car snatcher, and his girlfriend, Adams Ikima, at Tafo Pankrono. Osei is reported to have snatched at least 10 cars so far, and had been on the police wanted list for sometime. He reportedly uses his girlfriend, Ikima, 19, as a decoy to outwit his victims. The other suspects include Maxwell

A programme to promote creativity among pupils in the primary and junior high schools has been initiated by Aquafresh Limited, producers of Kalyppo fruit juice and other beverages in the country. The programme, dubbed: “Kalyppo Make a Model Contest 2014”, seeks to shape the minds of pupils in first cycle schools by encouraging them to create imaginable figures with empty kalyppo packs. The programme According to the Country Head of Aquafresh Limited, Mr Sanjeet Kumar Pattnaik, the programme

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has extended its working hours to Saturdays. Until further notice, the NIA’s office will be opened from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. A statement issued by the Corporate Affairs Department of the NIA said the new schedule, which will begin from March 22, 2014, was to enable people to collect their national identification cards. It explained that the move was to give people who wished to collect their national ID cards but could not do so during the

The acting Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has said most suicide cases in Ghana are attributable to mental disorders. Dr Osei said this at a forum on key provisions in the Mental Health Law (Act 846) organised by Basic Needs in Bolgatanga. He said considering the magnitude of the problem, there was the urgent need for the government to pay attention to the sector and that the situation of mental health care in the country was not the best. Dr Osei said the

The Ministry of Education has requested the Council of the University of Ghana to , as a matter of urgency,  submit a report that informed the university’s decision to regulate access to its premises. The ministry also asked the Council to submit “a specific report on the new guidelines that informed its thought processes to check security, collect tolls and control traffic at the university”. “The Minister of Education expects that the report is submitted latest by Friday, March 21, 2014,”

The Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tamale, Hanan Gundadow Abdul-Rahman, has cut the sod for the commencement of work on new stores at the Tamale Central Market. The two-storey facility would contain 40 stores each and will  be completed within a period of six months. He also announced that a new market would be constructed at Kakpagyili and Lamashegu, both suburbs of Tamale, to decongest the central business district. Mr Abdul-Rahman explained that “these initiatives have been put in place to

The empowerment of women and girls is one of the most effective ways to achieve higher economic growth and better living standards among the millions of people in developing countries in our region. As Australia’s first female foreign minister, support for the empowerment of women and girls in our region, the Indian Ocean and Asia Pacific, is one of my highest priorities.  This support will take many forms, from direct business assistance to higher standards of education, healthcare, and agricultural

The Advantage Group (TAG), a  communication and design services group at Osu, has handed over a  furnished 40-seater kindergarten classroom with study materials and toys to the La Dadekotopon Municipal Education Director for the Tenashie A & B Primary School. The donation formed part of the group’s corporate social responsibility.   TAG, which  believes in the importance of accessing education at a tender age, agreed to support the school in line with the Ministry of Education’s directive

The Bolgatanga municipality in the Upper East Region is to join an international trade movement known as the Fair Trade Town Organisation (FTTO). Local artisans, food vendors and the business community are being encouraged to form cooperatives as a way of helping the municipality to acquire that fair trade town status. The membership status involves networking with a variety of global partners and demonstrating the municipality's adherence to fair trade values. Bolgatanga has the opportunity to

Some residents of Apatrapa, a suburb of Kumasi, are calling on the Asantehene and the Manhyia Palace to intervene in what they term the "illegal activity" going on at the Apatrapa Old Cemetery. They are also calling on authorities of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to halt the "illegal activity" taking place at the cemetery. A spokesperson for the aggrieved residents, Osei Ahenkora, alleged that the Obaapanin of Apatrapa, Oheneba Akyaa Panin III, had developed about half a plot of the Apatrapa