THE DRIVER of a 207 Benz bus is being sought by police in Abuakwa after running over a group of hawkers at Tabre toll booth in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ashanti Region which killed two persons and critically injured four others. DSP Charles Ahiamale, deputy Ashanti Regional MTTU Commander, identified the deceased as Kwaku Manu […]

Local Black Stars coach Maxwell Konadu has explained why his side struggled to score goals at the 2014 African Nations Championship.

A 27-year-old Fulani herdsman, Abdul Karim, is in the grip of the Nkoranza Police for brutally attacking a woman and her daughter on their farm on Tuesday morning. The victims, Elizabeth Akundore, 54 and her 13-year-old daughter, Barbara Akundore, are currently in critical condition at the St Theresa’s Hospital in Nkoranza. DAILY GUIDE learnt that the […]

Kotoko midfielder Jordan Opoku believes the return of the eight experienced players from the CHAN tournament will hand them a massive win against Barrack Young Controllers on Sunday.

Former Asante Kotoko chairman Herbert Mensah is backing the club to make a huge statement in this year’s CAF Champions League.

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  The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, has called on non-state actors to help secure the welfare of women and children. According to her, “state responsibility aside, it is important that non-state parties and even individuals contribute to the advancement of this cause”. She made the call in a speech read on her behalf by the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, at the opening of Soroptimist International’s 25th General Assembly of African Federation West and Central Africa Zone (WACA) in Accra yesterday. The general assembly brought together soroptimists from Ghana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Nigeria, Guinea Conakry, Togo and Britain. The Accra conference was organised jointly by the Accra and Kumasi clubs of Soroptimist International on “A Well Woman for a Peaceful and Prosperous World”. Mrs Mahama said “for some reason, society, influenced by some cultural factors, has succeeded in branding this group as vulnerable when, in fact, it is a strong pillar for sustained national development and peace”. Soroptimist International The President of Soroptimist International, West and Central Africa Region, Madam Suzanne Loko, said the association would strive at working towards improving the status of women, human rights, education of the girl child, culture, health, environment, economic and social development, poverty alleviation and assistance to the needy and the vulnerable population. For her part, the President of Soroptimist International, Accra, Ms Effie Simpson-Ekuban, said the association would continue to work towards impacting the lives of the vulnerable in society to ensure that they felt a part of the bigger society.   Writer's email: [email protected]  

Beginning from the second quarter of 2014, manufacturers and dealers of radio and telecommunication terminal equipment will be required to register their facilities with the National Communications Authority (NCA) before they can use them in the country. The measure is in line with the new type approval and dealer licensing regime being introduced by the NCA to ensure the rights of consumers and safety of equipment. The Deputy Director of NCA, Mr Albert Enninful, made this known at a workshop to sensitise the public to the regulatory framework for the new regime in Accra last Thursday. He said the new regime would also improve and streamline existing procedures for approving telecommunication and radio terminal equipment. Legal backing He said new type approval and licensing regime was backed by the Electronic Communications Act of 2008. He said under the law, NCA was empowered to certify and ensure the testing of communication equipment complied with international, environmental health and safety standards, including electromagnetic radiation and emissions. Regulations 78 and 79 of the Electronic Communications Regulations L.I.1991 enjoin the authority to ensure that communication equipment used for radio transmission for commercial purposes is duly type-approved. According to Mr Albert Enninful, the act made it clear that telecommunications equipment brought into Ghana should meet the national and international standards. Expectations He said the NCA expected stakeholders to work with the NCA’s list of approved and accredited test laboratories and provide consumers and the general public with safe and quality products. Mr Isaac Boateng of the Regulatory Administration Division, NCA, in his presentation on the outline of the new type approval and dealer licensing regime, said that type approval was a simple demonstration that ensured that specified requirements relating to a product were fulfilled. He said type approval would be required before a product was introduced unto the market. Who should apply ? According to Mr Boateng, manufacturers of radio and telecommunication terminal equipment on implementation of the new regime would be mandated to apply and obtain type approval certificates. “Type Approval certificate is granted to a product that meets a minimum set of regulatory, technical and safety requirements. Type approval simply means that the product is guaranteed to meet certain requirements for its type, whatever that may be,” he added Mr Boateng said that the NCA would be engaging with appropriate security agencies to ensure that all such products imported were type-approved. He cautioned that stakeholders who did not comply would be sanctioned according to the law.Writer’s email: [email protected]