The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. John Alexander Ackon, has urged metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to step up their disaster risk reduction efforts, particularly in the urban areas. He said the steady drift of people to these centres, required that they moved to properly plan and manage things to minimise disasters. Mr. Ackon was speaking at the opening of [...] The post MMDAs urged to step up disaster risk reduction appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Madam Ophelia Ankrah, La Nkwantanang – Madina Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has advised Ghanaians to tolerate the views of their political opponents, to promote harmony and peace, ahead of the December 7 polls. She explained that elections were about contest of ideas, and not insults, violence or war. Madam Ankrah was speaking at a [...] The post Ghanaians advised to tolerate opposing views appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
A Durbar to climax a five-day celebration of Girls’ Education for private schools in the Ga West Municipality has been held. More than 2000 girls from 300 private basic and senior high schools, participated in the programme, which was organised on the theme: “Empowering Girls for optional performance in life”. The Ga West Municipal Girl-Child Co-ordinator, Mamaga Evelyn Dogbatse said [...] The post GA West promotes girl-child education appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Officials in Pakistan say at least nine people were killed when cross-border shelling from India hit a passenger bus in the disputed Kashmir region. Eleven others were reportedly wounded. Officials say two people also died in Indian shelling elsewhere in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. India had earlier vowed to avenge the killing of three soldiers, one of whose bodies it said had [...] The post Indian shelling kills 9 on bus appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The 2016 annual meeting of the Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for poliomyelitis eradication, opened in Accra yesterday. The weeklong meeting would afford members the opportunity to update their knowledge in global polio eradication. The meeting is expected to also review the documentation of the sate of poliomyelitis in Algeria and Cape Verde. It was been attended by health professionals [...] The post African experts discuss polio appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Billionaire US President-elect Donald Trump has said he is not obliged to cut ties to his business empire when he takes office on January 20. A Democratic senator is tabling a resolution calling on him to liquidate his assets to prove he does not intend to profit from the office of president. There is no legal requirement to liquidate assets [...] The post Trump denies conflict of interest appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said her investigations into alleged war crimes would not be impacted by the plans of three African countries to withdraw from the court and she would keep going after the perpetrators of atrocities. Fatou Bensouda said her office would press ahead with the preliminary investigation in Burundi and her work had the support of more [...] The post ICC prosecutor uphold fight against atrocities appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
More than 4,500 children in Zimbabwe dropped out of school to get married this year, despite a court ruling that no person should marry before reaching 18 years. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora told the state-controlled Herald newspaper Tuesday that 3,650 girls and 251 boys had dropped out of secondary school between January and November this year. Another [...] The post 4500 children drop out of school in Zimbabwe this year to get married appeared first on The Ghanaian T
Elsewhere in this edition, we have published a story on the ban on motorbikes near polling stations, which cannot be allowed to pass. The Ghanaian Times associates itself with the Police for banning the riding of motorbikes at polling stations on December 7, because of the misbehaviour of some of them across the country. The lawlessness of the riders is [...] The post ENFORCING THE BAN ON MOTORBIKES AT POLLING STATION appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome yesterday filed two separate affidavits at the Supreme Court. The first is asking the court not to grant Mr. Martin Alamisi Amidu leave to examine him orally on oath this morning. His second affidavit also calls for a review of the ruling of Mr. Justice Anin Yeboah on November 16, which ordered him (Mr. Woyome) to [...] The post Woyome files suits to stop Amidu appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Innolink Print and Packaging Company Limited, one of the firms printing the ballot papers for the December elections, has denied allegations that it has breached any security guidelines in discharging its duty. The company, contracted to print the presidential and parliamentary papers for the Greater Accra and Volta regions, said its mandate had been carried out effectively without any bases. [...] The post Innolink Print denies allegation appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
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