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Waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has rejected claims by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) that it sidestepped the Agency in recruiting some beneficiaries under the Youth in Sanitation module. Chief Executive Officer of YEA, Justin Kodua Frimpong had claimed at a press conference on Wednesday that some beneficiaries employed by Zoomlion are without appointment letters. “…no appointment letters were issued to these beneficiaries…a practice the agency find unacceptable… until now the service provider has been unable to furnish the Agency with the payment record of beneficiaries on its payroll,” the CEO said. But Zoomlion on Thursday issued a statement to counter…

Some members of the New Patriotic Party in Cape Coast are demanding the disqualification of one of the candidates vying for the Cape Coast South constituency chairmanship position in the party. The members at a news conference Thursday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the party’s regional and national steering committees to disqualify Alex Hagan-Mensah or face a court action. According to them, Mr. Hagan-Mensah, an international geologist, does not qualify to contest or vote in the Cape Coast South constituency election because he lacks the basic requirement to belong to the constituency. Three people are including Mr. Hagan-Mensah are vying…

A content developer in Ghana has revealed shocking sexual escapades of some cheating married women in the country. The supposed revelation, which was published on Facebook Thursday morning and titled “The Naked Kings,” catalogued the confessions of 25 married women who have been driven by various factors to establish extra marital affairs. Read the shocking confessions published by David Papa Bondze-Mbir “My mother raised me and my sisters as LADIES. She did her very best to train us up well. I know a lot more women were brought up well too, however, women are just as bad as men in…

Apparently tired of complaining about bad roads across the country, especially those within the cities, some Ghanaians have initiated what could be termed a subtle protest to get authorities to fix the roads with dispatch. Photos of plantain trees planted in potholes in the middle of unknown streets in a part of the country went viral on social media Thursday morning with some people sarcastically tagging it as a part of government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme. By 3news.com

Apparently tired of complaining about bad roads across the country, especially those within the cities, some Ghanaians have initiated what could be termed a subtle protest to get authorities to fix the roads with dispatch. Photos of plantain trees planted in potholes in the middle of unknown streets in a part of the country went viral on social media Thursday morning with some people sarcastically tagging it as a part of government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme. By 3news.com

Information contained in Amnesty International’s 2017/2018 annual report indicates that only some 23 lawyers are currently offering legal aid services in Ghana as against over 28 million people. The report revealed about 6 per cent of people who had been put on death row were officially considered mental and intellectual disabled people who had no proper legal representation during trial. This emphasized the poor legal aid regime where only 23 lawyers were captured offering legal services to the poor and marginalized in society. The report also revealed that fewer than 1 out of every 4 death row inmates interviewed by…

The Special prosecutor (SP), Martin Amidu, has said there is no need for any citizen to go into exile as some are alleged to have done because of his new position. He urged Ghanaians not to fear his approval and pending swearing-in so long as they have not seriously violated any law worth investigating or prosecuting. In his last article titled “my parting thought as citizen vigilante”, Mr. Amidu said the constitution protects every citizen from capricious exercise of discretion and he will ensure strict compliance. Per the terms of his appointment, Mr. Amidu will be barred from expressing his…

A brands manager of a locally manufactured alcoholic beverage, who allegedly assaulted a journalist last year over an expired product, has been put before a Magistrate Court in Accra. Isaac Mensah, Brands Manager of Distill Ghana Limited, local manufacturers of Savanna and Hunters, pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault and accordingly granted a 20,000-cedi bail with two sureties. According to the prosecution, a Daily Express journalist, Raphael Apetorgbor on August 12, 2017 bought a bottle Savanna Dry from a shop at Sowutuom and discovered the product had expired. The journalist consequently contacted Distill Ghana Limited, manufacturers of the…

Law Lecturer Professor Kweku Asare has cast a damning verdict on the General Legal Council (GLC), describing it as an organization which is fast losing its credibility\ and ought to be dissolved. According to Professor Kweku Asare, who was speaking on Onua FM’s morning show,  it is either the people at the helm of affairs at the General Legal Council do not understand the law that set up the institution or can no longer manage it. “Parliament has oversight responsibility to ensure that that body functions properly; they must get involved before that body General Legal Council becomes autocratic and…

Law Lecturer Professor Kweku Asare has cast a damning verdict on the General Legal Council (GLC), describing it as an organization which is fast losing its credibility\ and ought to be dissolved. According to Professor Kweku Asare, who was speaking on Onua FM’s morning show,  it is either the people at the helm of affairs at the General Legal Council do not understand the law that set up the institution or can no longer manage it. “Parliament has oversight responsibility to ensure that that body functions properly; they must get involved before that body General Legal Council becomes autocratic and…