The MTN Heroes of Change awards ceremony will be held at the Accra International Conference Centre on Friday 4th April 2014.   Launched in July 2013, the MTN Heroes of Change initiative is organised by the MTN Ghana Foundation, the Corporate Social Investment arm of telecommunications leader MTN, to recognize and reward individuals who have volunteered their time and resources to improve their communities through impactful community initiatives. Following the July 2013 launch, members of the public

Five persons, including a six-year-old class one pupil, died of rabies within three weeks after a dog bite in the Suhum Municipality. Three people died at Suhum, one  at Nankese and one at Amanase. This was disclosed to the Ghana News Agency by an official of the Veterinary Service at Shum who wish to remain anonymous. According to the official, the pupil of the Suhum Anglican Primary School, died after being bitten by a dog belonging to the Anglican Parish Priest and that the case had been reported

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called for efforts by world leaders to help reverse the rapid deterioration of the environment which is wreaking havoc in many parts of the world.   President Kufuor said anywhere nature had struck, mankind, with all its modern technology, had not been able to find an answer. “It is about time we act together and be minded that where environmental degradation is concerned, we all swim together or sink together,” he said in a statement signed by his Spokesperson,

Two nominees of the Vlisco Women’s Month Award have made separate presentations to some institutions and individuals in the country. The nominees; Mrs Anita Erskine-Amaizo and Ms Ayesha Bedwei, made the presentations as part of their campaign to win the ultimate prize of being crowned the Vlisco Woman for 2014. On the theme ‘Dare to Dream Campaign’, the award was instituted to honour the outstanding achievements of West and Central African women by identifying and rewarding those who inspire

Australian revenue experts assisted the Ghana Revenue Authority in saving a whopping US$20 million in the 2012/2013 fiscal year, Ms Joanna Adamson, Australian High Commissioner in Ghana, said on Monday. The Australian technocrats with commanding revenue expertise in its governance, mobilization and management brought to bear on the Authority's efforts at ensuring compliance and improving generation, which resulted in securing the amount for the nation. Ms Adamson made this known in an interview

The Director of the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA) of the University of Ghana, Dr Akosua Darkwa,  has urged parents to cultivate the habit of teaching children their native language. She said, by that simple act, the older generation would help preserve the Ghanaian culture. Dr Darkwa made the appeal on the International Theatre Day when she spoke on the theme: “The Role of women, Culture and Creative Arts in National Development” at the British Council. The programme, which

The fourth EU-Africa Summit is underway in Brussels, Belgium under the theme “Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace”. Participants are expected to discuss peace, trade, security, investment, climate change and migration among others. It is being attended by about 49 African heads of state and government including Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama and 29 European Union (EU) heads of government. Already arrived from Africa for the summit amidst tight security, include Nigerian President

A Port Health Unit has opened at the Aflao Border, in accordance with the international health regulation of 2005. The international health regulation is to enable nations to achieve health security pertaining to disease surveillance and control, food safety and hygiene, environment and conveyance in vehicles and vector control across the border.Vaccination centreConsequently, a vaccination centre against yellow fever, cerebro-spinal meningitis (CSM), Hepatitis B and cholera has been established

The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) have organised a 10-day oil and gas training workshop for instructors from the Regional Maritime University, Takoradi Technical Institute and the Kikam Technical Institute. It was aimed at building the capacity of participants in instructing students, using Competency-based Training (CBT) methods. The CBT is a form of training being championed by the COTVET, which lays emphasis on

The Ghana Hajj Agents Association has commended the National Hajj Committee, the government and the Office of the National Chief Imam for the smooth and successful organisation of the 2013 pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. The agents acknowledged particularly the efforts of the Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Abdul Ra’uf Ibrahim Tanko, in ensuring that all paid pilgrims were airlifted to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform the annual religious rites without any hitch. The Vice-Chairman of the

The Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Francis Obiri, yesterday sentenced two persons to a total of 45 years in prison with hard labour for engaging in robbery. They are Renold Blay, alias Richard Blay, 26, and Kwasi Twumasi Ankrah, alias Kwasi Boutique. A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a third accomplice, Abu Mohammed, alias Alhaji, 32, who is on the run. Blay was sentenced to 20 years for conspiracy to rob and 20 years for robbery, while Ankrah was sentenced to 20 years

Some shops and industrial machines were Tuesday destroyed when fire gutted the plastic waste and metal manufacturing unit (Galaway) in the Timber Market in Accra. The fire, which started about 5:30a.m., razed down all the wooden shops containing plastic and metal products and industrial machines.  The cause of the fire was not immediately established.  Officials from the Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service arrived at the scene at about 5:45a.m. but the absence of water in the water hydrants

The Tema Police have arrested two suspects for allegedly carrying out two separate robberies at ECOBANK and the Ghana Commercial Bank, both at Tema Community One. The robberies are said to have been carried out about 3 p.m. yesterday, April 1, 2014.  The suspects have been identified as Mohammed Ahmed, 31, a motor mechanic who lives at Dome in Accra, and Emmanuel Ahiagbedzi, 23, a resident of Accra New Town. During a search on them, the police found a pistol, a Nokia mobile phone, GH¢2,605, as

Ghana is losing close to GH¢750 million per annum for poor sanitation service delivery, a 2011 World Bank Report has revealed. The cost incurred is as a result of poor sanitation delivery arising from time spent on accessing water and sanitation facilities, deaths of both adults and children as a result of poor sanitation and girl school dropouts, among many other issues.A programme officer at the Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate (EHSD) of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural

A survey conducted in public schools across the country has revealed that about 10,000 schools do not have toilet facilities. The number is half the estimated 20,000 public schools in Ghana, apart from the thousands of privately owned schools that may not have toilet facilities.This was made known at a dissemination workshop held on the theme: “National Minimum Standards and Implementation Models for WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) in Schools in the Country”.The workshop was to make known

The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Nathan Kofi Boakye, has called on metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) to support the police in the fight against crime in the Ashanti Region. He said MMDCEs were heads of security councils in the various  assemblies and must be committed to using profitably the security fund of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund (DACF) in building more police stations to help fight crime. He made the call

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has adjusted petroleum prices by seven per cent. The new prices took effect on April 1, 2014. Consequently, petrol will now sell at  GH¢2. 73 per litre. The NPA also increased the price of kerosene by 0.38 per cent and it now sells at GH¢2.36, while Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) now sells at GH¢2.87 per kilogramme. The price of premix has also gone up by almost five per cent and is selling at GH¢1.25 per litre, while diesel is now being sold at GH¢2.79. However,

A nationwide exercise to give free medical care to prisoners took off at the Medium Security Prisons at Nsawam yesterday. Three thousand seven hundred inmates are supposed to receive free medical care and medications. The five-day exercise at the Nsawam Prison, forms part of the national specialised medical outreach project to ensure that the vulnerable irrespective of location are given their constitutional right to good, quality health care. The medical exercise will be extended to other prison

The Sole Commissioner of the Judgement Debt Commission, Mr Justice Yaw Apau, yesterday charged the media to focus their attention on the activities of the Attorney-General’s Department to ensure that the officers there lived up to their duties and responsibilities. According to him, the lack of an effective mechanism to check the output of that department had led to so much of the taxpayer’s money going down the drain through default judgements in the courts. For him, instead of the media giving

The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr Seth Terkper, has stated that Ghana remains a stable and favourable investment destination, despite the economic challenges. Presenting an urgent policy statement on the economy to Parliament yesterday, he said the economy was beginning to adjust to the fiscal and monetary measures, with a positive change in nominal budget and a reduced pace of depreciation of the cedi.  Challenging developments The Finance Minister said since his appearance before