A time has come for us all to show more concern about pedestrian safety on our roads. The issue of pedestrian safety in Ghana is alarming and raises more questions that ought to be looked at because its consequences go a long way to negatively affect individuals, families and the nation as a whole In Ghana, collisions between pedestrians and vehicles happen on average, twice every day on our roads at intersections, pedestrian crossing points and walkways or areas where a pedestrian has the ... Read More

The Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Command is searching for two suspected armed robbers who allegedly attacked and robbed the manager of DAD Micro Finance Company in Sunyani. The robbers attacked the manager, Mr Mark Augustine, at gun point and robbed him of his vehicle, mobile phone and some documents at Berlin-Top, a suburb of Sunyani. Briefing the media in Sunyani on Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Robert Ayalingo, Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Commander, said the victim was ... Read More

Mr. Ebenezer Teye Addo, Western Regional Minister, on Tuesday called on teachers and stakeholders to express their views on the implementation of the compulsory aspect of free education. He made the call during the opening of the 2012/2013 Western Regional Education Sector Review Meeting at Fijai, near Takoradi. The theme for the meeting is ?Building a high-performing pre-tertiary education system in Ghana?. Mr. Addo said the compulsory aspect of free education has been forgotten and ... Read More

A former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, has said politicians in the country do not seek after knowledge and as a result, the nation is churning out ignorant politicians. In an interview with Radio Gold on Monday, Professor Badu Akosa, wondered where politicians get their information on issues basically concerning the country, explaining that, ?the fact of the matter is that our politicians, themselves, do not learn. I have never gone to any ... Read More

The Member of Parliament for the Sissala West Constituency of the Upper West Region, Alhaji Amin Amidu Sulemani, has appealed to his constituents to put behind them events of last year?s election and forge ahead in unity to develop the area. He said as a people, it was important that they would not allow politics to divide them, since the ultimate goal of seeking political power was to help alleviate poverty and diseases that confronted the people. ?Irrespective of who won an election, all ... Read More

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor returned home from South Africa and Switzerland on Monday, after engagements to woo investors to Africa. Speaking at either forum, he said Africa was witnessing rapid transformation and that the continent would soon turn into a hotbed of global economic activity in two decades from now. A press statement copied to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Mr. Frank Agyekum, spokesperson for the former President, on Monday, quoted ex-President Kufuor as ... Read More

A Human Rights Court hearing the case in which Anglogold Ashanti Ghana Limited (AAGL), has been sued by some residents in Obuasi, has adjourned sitting to June 3. The adjournment was to enable the Counsel for the AAGL, Mr. Kwesi Fynn, to be served with the names and addresses of the 153 complainants in the case. This is because; when the case was initially filed the addresses of the complainants were not included. A large number of the residents stormed the premises of the court, to ... Read More

A Berekum Circuit Court has ordered the police to send a 36-year-old man to a psychiatric hospital for medical examination. Shadrack Kusi is alleged to have killed a 60-year-old woman, Madam Akua Fosuah, with a cutlass at Kota near Berekum. His plea was not taken. Chief Superintendent of Police, Peter Baba, Brong-Ahafo Regional Crime Officer told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani that Kusi and the complainant Madam Patricia Gyabaah stayed in the same area at Kota. He said on ... Read More

Citibank and Barclays are likely to be named the lead advisers for Ghana?s plans to issue up to $1 billion of Eurobonds this year, officials involved in the discussion said on Monday. Ghana last week announced plans to issue its second Eurobond worth up to $1 billion to refinance debt and fund infrastructure projects after successfully selling $750 million in 10-year bonds in 2007. ?It?s almost a done deal and Citibank and Barclays are likely to lead the transaction,? an official close to ... Read More

Watchers in the extractive industry have called for greater understanding and the upgrading of knowledge among stakeholders to ensure accountability and transparency in the operations of the mining, oil and gas sectors for the full benefit of the people. They argue that, the sector holds the key to the future of the citizenry across Africa and should be well guarded to propel the continent to another state of economic development. The group made up of Revenue Watch, STAR-Ghana, GIZ Ghana ... Read More

Founder and Chairman of Berock Ventures ltd, an indigenous building and civil engineering company, Rockson Dogbegah, has picked up a second award, the International Nobles Award, in just two weeks after an earlier award. The latest award by the West Africa Nobel?s Forum is in recognition of his achievement as an entrepreneur, his contribution to economic growth, integrity and courage to speak to issues of public interest dispassionately when others have shied away. A fortnight ago, the ... Read More