The Ghana Water Company limited (GWCL) is considering two proposals to resolve the perennial water shortage experienced in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and its surrounding communities. The two considerations are the processing of sea water into potable water and the expansion of the Daboase Water Treatment Plant. The Western Regional Manager of the GWCL, Mr. Daniel Moumaala, told the media in Sekondi that the first option by the company in rectifying the water shortage in the twin-city is by
The Ministry of Transport will soon launch a vessel traffic management information system (VTMIS) to provide a 24-hour electronic surveillance and monitoring of Ghana’s coastline. The Transport Minister, Mrs Dzifa Attivor, who announced this, said the VTMIS would ensure the protection of Ghana’s maritime territories, offshore installations, oil terminals and gas pipelines and prevent unlawful activities at sea.  Seminar Mrs Attivor, who announced this at the opening ceremony of a three-day
Stakeholders in the energy sector have been urged to develop strategies to solve the energy challenges confronting the country. Energy issues, according to the Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, are critical to the survival of every nation, so a collective attempt to solve them would promote the country’s development. He also indicated that though many achievements had been chalked up in the sector, more should be done to  develop the country. The minister said
The Western regional office of National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has hinted of heavy rains and flooding in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis and other parts of the region ahead of this year’s raining season. The flooding however, is mainly due to human behaviour. It said places in the metropolis which hitherto were reserved areas for road construction and drainage have seriously been encroached upon by private developers. Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the Regional NADMO Coordinator,
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has secured the services of the Ghana Armed Forces to train the assembly’s metro guards. An officer from the Northern Command has sbeen seconded as a security liaison to facilitate the training. Subsequently, the guards have begun a medical screening exercise to determine their fitness before they commence training under the watch of officers from the the Northern Commad of the GAF. The training involved work ethics, endurance drills, first aid, martial arts
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Monday demolished a three-storey building at Kisseiman in Accra. The exercise was undertaken as part of  AMA’s weekly inspection, with the support of the security agencies, sub-metro directors, district environmental health officers and the district cleansing officers, to detect unsafe buildings in the metropolis. The three-storey building comprised stores and residential apartments. An uncompleted storey building operating as Ateco Senior High School
Vice-president Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has proposed a national forum on the economy to find the best way to resolve the current economic difficulties. Such a forum should involve all stakeholders and be devoid of partisan considerations to brainstorm on the challenges. He said at the meeting of the Economic Management Team, President John Mahama had agreed that before the end of June this year, there would be an open discussion on the path the government had chosen. Mr Amissah-Arthur said the
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Thursday jailed Christian Sheriff Asem Darkey, the kingpin behind the importation of 76 parcels of cocaine on board the MV Benjamin in 2006, for 22 years. Asem Darkey, aka Limping Man, was found guilty on charges of conspiracy to import narcotic drugs, importation of narcotic drugs without lawful authority, possession of narcotic drugs and corruption of a public officer. He was discharged on charges of undertaking prohibited business. The court said it took into
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adopting multiple approaches to deepen public knowledge on sustainable development. Â The new approaches include translating various environmental policies into the local languages. The Deputy Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Bernice Heloo, announced this at a workshop organised by the EPA to engage stakeholders in the revision of the national Environmental Education Strategy. Education The Environmental Education Strategy
A senior research expert with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has said Ghana needs to brace up for modern agricultural bio-technology in order to meet the targets of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on food sufficiency. Dr Margaret Ottah Atikpo said the challenges of the times which had resulted in population increase and the attendant higher demand in food requirement for the populace warranted new methods to increase yields without compromising the health of the
The Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Public Private Partnership, Mr Rashid Pelpuo, has reiterated the commitment of the government to partner the private sector in reducing the housing deficit in Ghana. He said this when executive members of a Moroccan real estates company, Palmeraie Holding, led by the Moroccan Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Nesha Alaoui M’hammdi, paid a courtesy call on him in Accra. Mr Pelpuo also gave the assurance that the government would provide the necessary
The Jomoro District Police Command has granted bail to the three suspects who were arrested for purchasing equipment and accessories from the Osagyefo Power Barge at Efasu after the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague had ordered the return of the plant to the state. The three — Paul Gyimah, a state auctioneer, Ahmedu Iddrisu and Emmanuel Eshun — were arrested while carting the items out of the restricted area.  According to the District Police Commander, Supt John F. Dzineku, the
The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum is to revisit the door-to-door liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) delivery system in order to make it easy for consumers to access cooking fuel. The system, which used to be in place some years ago, collapsed as a result of inefficient guidelines and regulations. Known as “Cylinder recirculationâ€, the model allowed consumers to exchange their empty cylinders with already filled LPG cylinders, instead of going to the gas station to refill them. The Minister of
The Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Kenneth Ashigbey, has challenged the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) to undertake a soul-searching exercise to purge itself of corrupt practices that continue to put the lives of people at risk. Speaking at the premiering of a film on driver’s licence racketeering within the DVLA yesterday, Mr Ashigbey said Ghana was not safe if a critical state institution tasked to play a crucial role in ensuring safety
Global opinion leaders and stakeholders have held an interactive high level debate at the United Nations headquarters in New York about the centrality of human rights and dignity, good health, and freedom of mobility to a sustainable world. The debate, organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), centred round the achievements and challenges the world still faced 20 years after the adoption of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). This
Despite the death of the Omanhene of the Kwahu Traditional Area, Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng, activities planned for this year’s Easter in the area will not be disrupted. The assurance was given by Nana Asiedu Agyeman, the Abetifihene and Adontenhene of the Kwahu Traditional Area, who is the acting President of the traditional council. According to him, activities for the Easter festivities in the traditional area would not affect the funeral of the Omanhene because the funeral was slated for December
The Okataban family has petitioned the Judgement Debt Commission to intervene and impress on the State Housing Company Limited (SHC) to pay the family an outstanding compensation for the acquisition of a stretch of land at Adentan in Accra. Counsel for the family, Mr Benjamin Badu Quaye, told the commission yesterday that the High Court gave judgement in 1994 for the payment of 600 million old cedis (GH¢60,000) as compensation to the family. He said the charges and cost raised the amount to 725
Thirty-nine suspected armed robbers have been arrested by the Ashanti Regional Police Command over the past one week, for their alleged involvement in criminal activities within the Kumasi metropolis. Items retrieved from the suspects included pistols, live cartridges, laptops, assorted mobile phones, knives and cash. The suspects include 32-year-old Ibrahim Tanko, aka Joe, who, together with three others now at large, allegedly robbed a house at Atimatim Maase, held the househelp at knife point
The Tiger Eye undercover investigations into licensing racketeering at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) appear to have put fear in some officials of the authority, while others are undaunted and damned the consequences. Dominic Moses Awiah, who visited some offices of the DVLA Wednesday, reports that the situation was the same as it was before the investigations at the Weija branch, as some officials continued to issue licences to unqualified individuals who were willing and ready
The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors has called on the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company (BOST) to suspend its contract with a foreign company to manage its petroleum storage facilities. According to the Chamber, the outsourcing of the facilities to TSL, a Ghanaian subsidiary of a Nigerian-owned company, was in flagrant disregard of the Public Procurement Law of Ghana. It said the action was also in clear violation and breach of the government’s publicly declared commitment to promote
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