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There is a saying that God helps those who help themselves, but the people of Funko in the Ahanta West district of the Western Region who are living by this principle say their already bad situation is worsening. Residents of the coastal community have for years been struggling to stop tidal waves from eroding their buildings using unorthodox means; a collection of heaps of solid waste to block tidal waves.According to them, lack of sea defence compelled them to dump all kinds of solid waste, particularly plastic materials, along the coast to keep tidal waves at bay in order to…

Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) Dr. Wilberforce Dzisah, who was forced to proceed on his annual leave, is alleged to have been removing important documents that could aid in on-going investigations into financial malfeasance under his leadership. A letter by the governing council of the Institute to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) claimed Mr. Dzisah has been using his driver to “remove material (files and equipment) out of his office” at odd hours. Dr. Dzisah who has since 2013 been the rector of the Institute, was asked to proceed on his annual leave for 2018…

Inflation rate for January 2018 dropped by 1.5% from the 11.8% recorded in December last year to was 10.3%. Acting government statistician,  Dr.  Baah Wadieh, attributed the decrease to a base-drift effect associated with fall in prices of major food and non-food items, especially those produced locally. “There were reduction in the inflation rates in areas such as food and non-food inflation, health inflation rate and transport,” he indicated. The food and non-alcoholic beverages group recorded a year-on-year inflation rate of 6.8 percent. This is 1.2 percentage points lower than the rate recorded in December 2017. Six subgroups of the…

Staff of the six polytechnics converted into technical universities are demanding the Ministry of Education withdraws from Parliament, the technical universities amendment bill of 2017. According to them, sections 24, 26, 27 and 42 of Technical University Act 922 (2016) which are up for amendment would grant powers to the National Council for Tertiary Education to carry out the very functions being performed by the governing council of the technical universities. They argued that the governing councils are empowered under sections 26 and 42 of the Act to enact statutes to regulate the appointment, conditions of service, termination of appointments…

My friend got married some months ago. She wanted her day to be very special just like any other lady on her wedding day. I was part of the wedding plans from day one and I loved the zeal and energy she put in to see the wedding happened. She told me “Carol, I’ve been reckless in so many things but this is one moment I can’t afford to be reckless about” and she was right. At some point, we both had to sit down and assess what can be included and what cannot be included. At first, we made…

My friend got married some months ago. She wanted her day to be very special just like any other lady on her wedding day. I was part of the wedding plans from day one and I loved the zeal and energy she put in to see the wedding happened. She told me “Carol, I’ve been reckless in so many things but this is one moment I can’t afford to be reckless about” and she was right. At some point, we both had to sit down and assess what can be included and what cannot be included. At first, we made…

Residents of Assin Bosomadwe, a farming community in the Assin South District of the Central Region who fall sick have to wait for weeks in every month in order to access good and affordable healthcare. This is because the only Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound can only be accessed two times in a month. Assin Bosomadwe has a population of about five thousand. The CHPS compound established about five years ago was abandoned until recently when health workers from a nearby community, Assin Kumasi, began visiting the facility twice in a month to attend to patients. Kweku Awortwe…

Policy think-tank IMANI Ghana says former Attorney General Martin Amidu who was vetted by parliament Tuesday for the Office of the Special Prosecutor, has given a good account of himself as the best person for the job. According to IMANI, the nominee “exhibited great wit, candour, anger sometimes, and above all boundless knowledge of his forte, the law”. A statement issued Wednesday said IMANI has “greater faith” in Mr. Amidu as he would work “without negative pride, prejudice and preference towards anyone”. It consequently wants some allegations it made against some ministers who are attempting to use their power to…

Two of the three suspects, who escaped from lawful custody at the Kwabenya Police station, were on Tuesday sentenced to 30 months imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court. The two, Prince Osei and Atta Kwadwo, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit crime, and escape from lawful custody. They are to spend 30 months each on each count, and both counts are to run concurrently. The third accused, Kofi Darko, who was also charged with the same offences, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The three were part of escapees who were freed by some robbers, after they…