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The Free Senior High School policy being implemented by the NPP Government under the leadership of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be sustained by the commitment of this and subsequent governments to the development of her citizens, not the passage of laws, Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawuwia, has stated. Citing the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which, although backed by law, have often been starved of funds, Dr Bawumia said any government committed to developing the human resource of her citizens would show this commitment by making funds available for the sustenance…

White House national security adviser HR McMaster says the US is “in a race” to address the threat from North Korea. The potential for war is increasing every day but armed conflict is not the only solution, he told a defence forum. His comments came three days after North Korea carried out its first ballistic missile test in two months, in defiance of UN resolutions. The latest missile flew higher than any others previously tested, before falling into Japanese waters. Tensions have heated up in recent months over the north’s continued development of its nuclear and missile programme, in spite…

Government is poised to spend 100 million dollars to reclaim lands destroyed by activities of illegal miners in the country through the Multi-sectorial Mining Integrated Project (MMIP). The five-year project is an initiative of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) aimed at combating ‘galamsey’ and also sanitizing the artisanal small scale miners in the country. Dr. Isaac Karikari, the Project Lead made this known during the Media Coalition Against Galamsey (MCAG)/National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) 6th Town Hall Meeting in Bole in the Northern Region. Components of MMIP included; the reclamation and dredging of affected rivers, a…

The Western region is the first to benefit from government’s one region one industrial park policy following the acquisition of a 405 acre land by BlackIvy Group LLC company to establish an industrial park, WestPark. BlackIvy Group LLC, is a U.S based multinational company. The company builds and grows logistics and infrastructure solutions for emerging economies. WestPark like other nine proposed parks will accommodate different industries and factories as it is geared towards government’s industry democratization agenda. The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan K. Kyeremanten speaking at the ground breaking ceremony at Yabiw in the Shama district of the…

A multimedia organization, Countrywise Communication Ghana has launched its maiden awards scheme at Nyankpala in the Northern region. The Harmattan Awards for Development Journalists is aimed at stimulating journalists’ interest in promoting development journalism and agriculture as business in the Northern part of the country. Speaking on the theme: “The role of the journalists in promoting agriculture as a business”, the Executive Director of Countrywise Communication Ghana, Raymond Vuol said the harmattan awards scheme will encourage journalists to show interest in agribusiness reporting. “The harmattan awards scheme is seeking to encourage journalists to develop and renew their interest in development…

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has embarked on a massive clean-up exercise to ride the city of filth. The exercise forms part of preparations towards the grand final funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwah Ampem II. It saw massive participation of residents in areas like Adum Pampaso, Bantama high street, Suame roundabout, Airport roundabout, Manhyia palace among others. The exercise was deemed appropriate since thousands of people are expected to attend the final funeral rites, Kumasi Mayor, Osei Assibey Antwi, has remarked. “As you are all aware, Asanteman has lost a Queenmother and the programme has started…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated that the Free Senior High School Policy on 12th September will be sustained. According to President Akufo-Addo, “I know, and I am sure I am not the only one who has heard, the people who are mounting political platforms, speaking on television and radio, and putting up posts on social media, hoping and praying for this policy to collapse.” He continued, “We know those who have a record for scrapping pro-poor policies – nursing and teacher trainees will bear testimony. I wish to assure them that Free SHS will be sustained, that…

Jospong Group of Companies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pureco, a Hungarian company, for the construction and installation of sewage and waste water treatment plants in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The project, which is expected to begin this month and will be completed in the middle of 2019, will cost about seven million euros, with additional 4.5 million euros for a solid waste recycling plant. When completed, the facility, which will be the first of its kind in the region, will treat all the liquid waste generated in Kumasi and its surrounding areas. Currently, liquid waste…

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, has dismissed reports of impropriety in a $64 million agreement the University signed with Africa Integras under his tenure. Professor Aryeetey told journalists that the University of Ghana had carried out the necessary due diligence and gone through the right procedures before the deal was signed. The University in 2015 signed a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with Africa Integras to construct four new academic buildings and 1,000 student hostel beds on the Legon campus. The project was structured as a 25-year Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) contract. Professor Aryeetey…

The widely condemned slavery in Libya goes beyond the sale of human beings as some ‘slave masters’ engage in organ trade, a private legal practitioner reveals. Organ trade is the trade of human organs, tissues or other body parts for the purpose of transplantation. According Bobby Banson, he has seen videos, where at least one person caught up in the slavery alleged that body parts of his colleagues were removed and sold abroad. “One of the persons I heard, said the truth is that they are not sold to go and work, but their human parts are harvested…kidney, liver are in high demand in…