The Ghana national amputee football team, the Black Challenge, gallantly lost 1-2 to their Russian counterparts at the Amputee Football World Cup in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. The chilling weather had an effect on the Black Challenge who had to delve deep into their reserves to pull one goal back in the second half after a beautifully coordinated move initiated between Kofi Asare and Cephas Anum and perfectly finished by Collins Gyamfi. The two first half goals by the Russians ... Read More

THE management of Ashantigold Sporting Club has released rates for its titanic premier league tie against Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium on Sunday. A statement signed yesterday by the club's Chief Executive, Mr. Kudjo Fianoo, says the VIP stand will attract GH¢20, with the wings, centre line and popular stand going for GH¢10, GH¢5 and GH¢3 respectively. The statement directed that only the technical teams of the two sides wearing identification tags, would be allowed ... Read More

GHANA's coach Kwesi Appiah has been boosted by the arrival of 18 players on his first day of camping ahead of Saturday?s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi. The Black Stars are camping in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in preparation towards the second-leg clash in Lilongwe. Ahead of the team?s first day of training, 18 players were in camp with the remaining three expected to join the team later on Tuesday, a GFA statement said. Star players Asamoah Gyan, Andre Ayew, ... Read More

The Tema Circuit Court ?A? on Monday sentenced a 30 year old unemployed native of Anloga in the Volta region, Simon Bewu Agblevor to 40 years imprisonment in hard labour for conspiracy to rob and robbery. According to the facts of the case presented by the Prosecutor, Inspector Samuel Dadzie , on February 21, 2009 Simon and three others still at large conspired and robbed a couple who owned a Guinness distributing depot called Planiter Company Limited in Community 22 at Ashaiman of an amount ... Read More

The Catholic Bishop of Sunyani, Most Rev. Matthew Gyamfi, has urged the government to initiate the process for a clear partnership framework to ensure the involvement of the church in every policy change and direction in the education sector. This he said would ensure quality education for the betterment of the country. He mentioned this on Tuesday when he addressed a joint national conference on education organised by Ghana Catholic Bishops in collaboration with the Ministry of Education ... Read More

The lives of several number of little children in the Ashaiman Municipality and its environs are endangered daily as many parents, guardians and drivers carry them on the front seats of vehicles in a manner contrary to Act 683 of the Road Traffic Act of 2004 the Times has observed. According to Section 14 of the Act, ?no driver shall permit a child of five years and under to sit on a front seat of a motor vehicle?, however, this practice is very prevalent in the early hours of the morning and ... Read More

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will issue GH¢500 million ($264.6 million) worth of three-year government bonds on October 25 to restructure short-term debt, Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffuor said in Accra. "It's purely debt management and is targeted at restructuring our short-dated instruments such as the 91-day and 180-day bills," Dr. Duffuor told Reuters. Ghana, exporter of cocoa, gold and oil, has issued a series of three-year and five-year bonds this year to raise funds for ... Read More

Mr Festus Mogae, Former President of Botswana, has commended Ghana for her quality democratic governance, which he said had been recognized across the globe. He said Ghana?s high ratings, among the leading democratic country on the African continent, was because of the good quality of leadership exhibited by the past governments. ?In democracy, leaders lead by example and the past leaders of this country showed good leadership skills and paved the way for peace and development?, he ... Read More

The Center for African Development and Progress (CADeP) has condemned the country?s multi-party democracy, describing it as an abuse and drain on the economy. Speaking to the Ghanaian Times in an interview on Tuesday in Accra, its Executive Chair, Mr. Johanes Koku Nyagblordzro, said Ghana has not adopted the right kind of democracy and that she is only experimenting deferent kinds of democracy which hinder development. ?I suggest a two -party state for Ghana, which will require integration ... Read More

The Abodakpi family of the Volta Region, has said Charles Abodakpi, a cargo security officer at Aviance Cargo Limited, who is one of the three suspects being held for their involvement in the illegal export of 7.5kilogrammes of cocaine and 1.5 tonnes of cannabis to the United Kingdom, is unknown to the family. ?We wish to categorically state that the said Charles Abodakpi is not known in the Abodakpi family and is not a member of the family as his name seems to suggest. ?Intense checks ... Read More

Consumers of electricity have been cautioned against leaving their gadgets on or on standby when leaving their houses for work else they risk recording high energy consumption charges or faulty gadgets due to the inconsistency in power outages. Mr. Ishmael Tetteh Oku who is a Revenue Protection Coordinator at the Electricity Company of Ghana Head Office made this known when he led the Power Queens Club of the ECG to the New Times Corporation to sensitize members on the ideal ways of using ... Read More