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Claims by prosecution witness Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah that COCOBOD does not do sole sourcing in procuring fertilizers and other agrochemicals have been shot down in court. Dr. Adu-Ampomah, a former Deputy Chief Executive at Cocobod in charge of Agronomy and Quality Control had in his evidence-in-chief, told the court the procurement practice there had always been open tender. This, he said, were done through advertisement in the papers where product required is specified, and companies registered by CRIG that are interested were required to support their bid with documents. It however turned out in court on Tuesday that his claim…

Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah[/caption] Claims by prosecution witness Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah that COCOBOD does not do sole sourcing in procuring fertilizers and other agrochemicals have been shot down in court. Dr. Adu-Ampomah, a former Deputy Chief Executive at Cocobod in charge of Agronomy and Quality Control had in his evidence-in-chief, told the court the procurement practice there had always been open tender. This, he said, were done through advertisement in the papers where product required is specified, and companies registered by CRIG that are interested were required to support their bid with documents. It however turned out in court on Tuesday…

Well,  Charterhouse after meeting and deliberating with its board of directors and other media whatnots  decided to strip off the awards won by Stonebwoy  and Shatta Wale over the scuffle which ensued  between the two artistes during VGMA at 20. Assuming it is fine to nullify the awards of these two musicians, put them behind bars, and prosecute them in court, what shall we do to the organisers who failed their distinguished guests and patrons around the world? Is Charterhouse not killing a fly with a sledgehammer? Our sense of responsibility as a nation is too poor! How no one…

Captain (retd) Dennis Mahama, father of the the late Major Maxwell Mahama, has revealed he has not been able to muster courage to watch the viral videos of the May 29, 2017 incident that showed his son being chased, lynched and burnt as he begged for his life. Major Mahama was two years ago murdered in cold blood and his body partly burned by a mob of alleged ‘galamseyers’ who filmed the entire gruesome act on their mobile phones. “I pray I should not see that video,” he muttered, and added “if I see that video, I will die”. In…

Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul is demanding the removal of all road blocks mounted within the Saboba and Chereponi districts where ethnic conflicts have caused dozens of death and destroyed properties. He has thus directed the paramount chief of Saboba, Ubor John Mateer and the Regent of Chereponi, Jaminja Ndakar to direct the youth in the two areas to comply with the order as government attempts to resolve the conflict. “I am demanding the chiefs of both tribes to direct the youth in their areas to remove all road blocks mounted within their districts,” Mr Nitiwul stated when he visited the Saboba…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government has taken the policy decision to integrate climate action into Ghana’s national development agenda; the Co-ordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies (2017- 2022). According to President Akufo-Addo, the Paris Agreement and SDG Goal No. 13, which demand urgent action to combat climate change and its impact, is providing the framework for Ghana to forge ahead in this direction. Speaking at the R20 Austrian World Summit on Climate Change, on Tuesday, 28th May, 2019, the President revealed that, at the local level in Ghana, all local assemblies have been mandated to…

Lecturers of the Technical Universities (TUs) in the country are planning a strike over government’s delay in migrating them onto the public universities salary structure. For two years, the staff of the six technical universities have been working without the due and commensurate salaries, something the lecturers have described as “distasteful and unwarranted”. The Technical Universities Teachers Association (TUTAG) says the government’s failure to migrate them is causing tension among their members and become disincentive to both teaching and non-teaching staff. At a news conference Tuesday, TUTAG said they have suffered enough “unfairness and injustice” and will not stop at…

Lecturers of the Technical Universities (TUs) in the country are planning a strike over government’s delay in migrating them onto the public universities salary structure. For two years, the staff of the six technical universities have been working without the due and commensurate salaries, something the lecturers have described as “distasteful and unwarranted”. The Technical Universities Teachers Association (TUTAG) says the government’s failure to migrate them is causing tension among their members and become disincentive to both teaching and non-teaching staff. At a news conference Tuesday, TUTAG said they have suffered enough “unfairness and injustice” and will not stop at…

The United States of America has deported 642 Ghanaians convicted of various offences, including acts that undermined border control and the integrity of the US immigration system, in three years. A report on the activities of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in the 2018 fiscal year said the Ghanaians were deported between 2016 and 2018. According to the report, 94 Ghanaians were deported from the USA in 2016. In the year 2017, the number of Ghanaians deported from the USA witnessed an astronomical 69.1 per cent jump to 305. However, in 2018, the…

Some final year students of the Adonten Senior High School in the Eastern Region who are currently writing their WASSCE have been sacked from the school’s dormitory for allegedly putting up reckless behaviour. Apart from students who have papers to write this week, all other final years were on Monday, May 27 ordered by the school authorities to move out of their respective dormitories to their homes. The affected are mostly Visual Arts and General Arts students who have their final exams to write on June 4. Headmaster of the school, Stephen Aboagye, justified the decision, claiming the students who…