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