The new President of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE), Ing. Magnus Lincoln Quarshie, has stated that engineering is key to the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and the success of the National Strategic Infrastructure Development Programme. He said members of the GhIE believed that one of the key drivers of the SADA effort at alleviating poverty, empowering Ghanaians and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was to apply engineering expertise to spearhead an
A 36-year-old Banker and an IT professional has ascended the throne as Chief of the Suisi Division of the Manya Krobo State in the Eastern Region. Known in private life as Vincent Domertey Mensah, he is now known in the chieftaincy circles as Nene Angmor Owuoadjao II. He heads the Suisi Clan which is one of the six major divisions of the Manya Krobo state and will oversee all 13 Asafoatseme of the clan. The installation was climaxed on Sunday when he publicly swore allegiance to the Konor (Paramount
A high-powered meeting among West African countries under the aegis of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been held to brainstorm on how to boost food security in the sub-region. The three-day forum, which was held in Accra, was on the theme, “Transforming Agriculture and Food Security through Regional and National Co-operation and Integration.†The seminar brought together representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), officials from
The Director, Corporate Affairs of Kosmos Energy, Mr George Sarpong, last Tuesday paid a courtesy call on the Editor of the Daily Graphic, Mr Ransford Tetteh, to acquaint himself with the production processes in the newsroom. He was accompanied by Ms Ruth Adashie, the Communications Manager, and Mr Stanley Amamoo, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Co-ordinator of Kosmos Energy. The Deputy News Editor of the Daily Graphic, Mr Albert Salia, briefed the delegation on work in the newsroom and
The body of a boy, believed to be eight years old, was yesterday retrieved from an unused septic tank, with the head and the legs chopped off. It is believed that the body is that of a boy reported missing  by his parents on Sunday, April 20, 2014. Residents around the Ebenezer Senior High School at Dansoman, Accra, where the septic tank is located, found the body on Tuesday and raised an alarm.  Floating body The Dansoman District Police Commander, Superintendent of Police,  Mr Felix Apedo,
About 300 owners of the motorcycles impounded during a police swoop to clamp down on the use of motorbikes for crime have been put before court. Those prosecuted were among a total of 1,141 arrested for various offences during the first exercise by the Accra Regional Police Command on April 15, 2014. A second operation was carried out on April 21, 2014 during which 875 motorbikes were impounded. Charges The riders were charged with various offences, including riding motorbikes without licence
President John Dramani Mahama has made changes at the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). A letter addressed to the Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkpeh from the Chief of Staff, Mr Proper D. K. Bani, named Mr Wallace Kofi Akondor, Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the acting Commissioner, replacing Mr Isaac Apronti. It said Mr Frederick Gavor, Assistant Commissioner, takes over as acting Deputy Commissioner in charge of Operations, while another Assistant Commissioner, Mr
Ghana Commercial Bank has presented a cheque for GH¢50,000 towards the 15th anniversary of the enstoolment of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. According to the Board Chairman of the bank, Dr Fritz Gockel, the presentation was in recognition of the Asantehene’s injection of dynamism into the chieftaincy institution. Making the presentation at the Awukudae celebration in Kumasi, which saw the Asantehene sitting in state, Dr Gockel noted that Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s development-oriented approach
As I write  this article, the Central Regional Library in Cape Coast  is  in darkness, not as a casualty of the country’s energy crisis but because there is  no money to load the prepaid card with credit in order to have power! The public library at Kaneshie has not been functioning for a long time because the building is sitting in water. The one in Salaga has been closed down because of the conflict in the area, while the library at Teshie-Nungua in Accra has not been functioning for 10
The General Overseer and Founder of Miracle Life Gospel Church, Rev. Gordon Kisseih, has asked the government to  invest in the youth in the areas of employment creation and vocational education. He said Ghana might raise a generation of angry youth who would not hesitate to use any means to make a living, should they be neglected and offered no opportunity to improve their wellbeing. Rev. Kisseih said this after the church had presented items worth GH¢5,000 to the Akropong School for the Blind
A self-styled pastor, Ernest Abotsi, aka Selasi Koomson, who kidnapped three minors at some churches in Accra last year was yesterday sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment by a circuit court in Accra. Last year, Abotsi first kidnapped a10-year-old boy at the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC); a nine-year-old at the Lighthouse Chapel International, North Kaneshie branch, on December 22, and an eight-year-old girl at Winner’s Chapel at the North Industrial Area on December 8. He was
The fourth Africa Vaccination Week has been launched with a commendation to Ghana for its efforts at eradicating the childhood killer diseases. According to Ghana’s development partners in child health, Ghana had not recorded any measles related deaths in the last 10 years, nor had it recorded any polio case since 2008. The Country Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Magda Robalo, said, “Ghana deserves to be congratulated on these important achievements.†She made the
Ghana's laws and mechanisms which regulate the use of its natural resource funds are the best in Africa, the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) has concluded. According to the RWI, a global watchdog based in New York, Ghana had, among many other things, strong deposit and withdrawal rules that helped to prevent the mismanagement of oil revenues. The findings of the institute were captured in its 2013 report launched in Accra yesterday by Mr Andrew Bauer, an economic analyst with the RWI. Ghana’s natural
The police in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region have arrested 18 children and young adults for watching pornographic movies and playing video games. The children and young adults, between the ages of eight and 22, were arrested in two separate operations. Eight of them were arrested between the hours of 12 midnight and 1 a.m. at Ejisu-Krapa. They were caught watching a pornographic movie being shown by a night food vendor outside. The other 10 were arrested at Ejisu Zongo for playing
Road travel to and from the Afram Plains has always been hampered by the Afram Lake that separates Adawso and Ekye Amanfrom. Travel time has thus been increased by the long wait for the pontoon and boats from Adawso to Ekye Amanfrom. Sometimes too, the breakdown of the pontoon on the lake affects patrons, particularly traders who use big trucks to convey their goods to the marketing centres. Idea of alternative route When the idea was conceived in the early 1990s to open up the Afram Plains through
The plight of trafficked children can be dehumanising as some of  them are exposed to torture, rape and various forms of abuse that are life threatening, making them experience emotional and psychological trauma. Officials working against child trafficking say some trafficked children are sometimes sold for between GH¢20 to GH¢80 by their own parents, including their own mothers. Children as young as four and those aged up to 17 years are victims of trafficking, with the boys engaged in fishing
Nine bodies have been retrieved from two beaches near Accra. Â They are all males and believed to have drowned during the Easter festivities when many people went to the beaches to have fun. Five bodies were washed ashore along the Kokrobite and Bojo beaches, while the rest were found by fishermen at the Sakumono Beach. Reports indicate that the bodies were in decomposing states, but the police, who conveyed the bodies, said they could still be identified by family members. Found by fishermen The
A 40-year-old farmer, Yakubu Laari, was killed by some unidentified assailants at Sokogu, a farming community in the East Mamprusi District in the Northern Region at dawn Wednesday. Although the cause of Yakubu’s death is not immediately known, it is believed to be in connection with the recent violent clashes between the Bimobas, on the one hand, and Konkombas and Mamprusis, on the other, in some communities in the East Mamprusi and Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo districts. While some family members claimed
A 34-year-old farmer, Nene Dameh Agbewornu II, has been installed as a sub- chief of Sege in the Greater Accra Region. The ceremony attracted a lot of people from Sege and the surrounding villages. Nene Agbewornu promised to use the available natural resources to create employment for the unemployed youth in the area. According to him, teenage pregnancy is one of the major problems facing the youth in the area. He urged parents and  opinion leaders in the area to rally behind him to fight the
President John Dramani Mahama has given the strongest indication yet about Ghana’s resolve to support negotiations that will lead to the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). He, however, said the country would want the negotiation to take place at the sub-regional level, not unilaterally. Receiving a delegation of the ECOWAS Parliament at the Flagstaff House yesterday, the President said, “Ghana will continue to play a facilitating role in the signing
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