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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut sod for the construction of a fish landing site at Moree in the Central Region, in fulfillment of a pledge made to the people of the town in the run-up to the 2016 elections. “The pledge I made in 2016 was not an empty one, and it was not a lie, I knew I would fulfil it, and by God’s grace, we are about to witness the start of the construction of this project, which will lift up the standards of living of the people of Moree,” the president asserted. The President…

Candidates who promise to organise regular community meetings to address the concerns of constituents are mostly preferred, according to a research conducted by Dr George K. Ofosu, an Associate of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana). The study revealed that candidates who promise to sometimes or always help constituents in dealing with the government bureaucracy or finding state employment were more likely to be voted for, compared to those who would hardly do so. The finding also noted that attending or financially supporting social events such as funerals, religious services, traditional festivals and naming ceremonies influenced vote choice; compared…

Vice President of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Robert Sabbah has conceded that the union failed in ensuring that every commercial vehicle has dustbin. The GPRTU in March 2015 launched a program in Koforidua to provide members with dustbins to help improve sanitation in the country. The National Chairman of the union at the time, Alhaji Yaw Manu, had promised to distribute dustbins to every branch of the union across the country. The bins were to be placed in all passenger vehicles in support of the then national sanitation day campaign. As part of Media General’s sanitation campaign…

Students of St Thomas Aquinas Senior High School (SHS) will now enjoy fibre optic internet connectivity with support from the 1983 year group of the School. The connectivity covers the headmaster’s office, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) department, the science and maths department and other parts of the school’s administration. The fast track internet connectivity is to aid teaching and learning. The year group also donated two fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and a 42 inch LED television for the staff common room. Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications in a speech read on her behalf said the use…

Governance expert, Dr. Eric Oduro Osae has said the office of the Inspector General of Police should have a system that allows the IGP to have a defined tenure of office. According to him, the lack of a guaranteed tenure hinders the effective implementation of reforms and policies, and this affects the work of the police. His comments follow discussions about various governments removing and appointing new IGPs when they assume power. This issue is coming up again after President Akufo-Addo this week directed the IGP David Asante-Apeatu to proceed on leave ahead of his retirement in August. In his…

Rapper Strongman has hinted of a possible collaboration between himself and rapper Medikal in the near future. Following a rap battle between the two, there have been conversations about them being at logger heads with each other. The two took a dig at each other in separate rap songs over last weekend. Speaking in an interview with Giovani Caleb on the 3FM Drive, Strongman said although he is not friends with Medikal, there is no bad blood between them either. According to him, they have never spoken even though they have met a couple of times at different shows. “We…

The US Supreme Court has said that President Donald Trump can use $2.5bn (£2bn) of Pentagon funds for a section of wall on the southern border. The court ruled by five votes to four to block a ruling by a federal judge in California that barred the president from spending the money on the wall. The wall, dividing the US and Mexico, was Mr Trump’s major campaign promise during the 2016 election. It is fiercely opposed by Democrats. The decision by the Supreme Court means that the money will be used for wall projects in California, Arizona and New Mexico.…

Director for Creative Arts at the National Commission on Culture (NCC), Socrates Sarfo, says Ghana’s first ever Film Village will be put up in Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. According to Socrates Sarfo, there are deliberations for a second Film Village to be established at Kyebi, the hometown of President Akufo-Addo, in the Eastern Region. “There was a first proposal for Eastern Region, then there was a second request for Kumasi”, he confirmed. His explanation put to rest the hullabaloo about whether the Film Village will be sited in Kumasi where actors and actresses are readily available for movie production or…

Director for Creative Arts at the National Commission on Culture (NCC), Socrates Sarfo, says Ghana’s first ever Film Village will be put up in Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. According to Socrates Sarfo, there are deliberations for a second Film Village to be established at Kyebi, the hometown of President Akufo-Addo, in the Eastern Region. “There was a first proposal for Eastern Region, then there was a second request for Kumasi”, he confirmed. His explanation put to rest the hullabaloo about whether the Film Village will be sited in Kumasi where actors and actresses are readily available for movie production or…

The police in Navrongo have intercepted an articulated truck loaded with 1,000 bags of fertilizer being smuggled to neighboring Burkina Faso following a tip off by the Bureau of National Investigations. The bags, each weighing 50kg meant for government’s flagship programme, Planting for Food and Jobs, were being offloaded onto another truck for diversion on Thursday night but luck eluded the suspected criminals. The police subsequently impounded the two trucks. One has a Ghanaian number plate with registration number AS 928 – 13. Police have already taken statements from the consignee, one Aisha Ibrahim and the driver of the Ghanaian…