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Former Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, says the government has not been candid on the ‘1-district, 1-factory’ initiative it promised the people of Ghana in the run up to the 2016 elections. He said the impression created by the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party at the time was that they were going to establish big factories in all the districts to employ thousands of people but on assumption of office the situation appeared different. Mr Kwakye-Ofosu was surprised that the government instead of establishing the factories is asking Ghanaians to seek investors to embark on that project. “There is…

Four 14-year-old school boys are expected to appear in a children’s Court in South Africa over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, public broadcaster SABC reports. One of the suspects apparently filmed the incident – at a school in Bloemfontein, the judicial capital of South Africa, last week – and posted it on social media, it adds. The footage showed two boys fondling the girl, who appeared to be intoxicated while two other boys were seen capturing the events on a mobile phone, SABC reports. Source BBC

Until next year, hopefully, when a broadcasting law is passed, government says it cannot compel television stations to stop showing pornographic materials. For now, the government can at best appeal to the conscience of local television stations not to broadcast explicit sexual content, Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid has said. Some TV stations have been cited for showing porn movies. At least the National Media Commission has been petitioned to stop them but it is also legally powerless. But the Information Minister told TV3’s Hot Issue on Saturday that the government is handicapped in controlling media content. However, he said, it…

Government has been urged to assist farmers with varieties of the new tomato hybrid to help boost production in the country. Senior research scientist and head of horticulture of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Kwasi Offei Bonsu made this appeal while speaking at the end of the Ghana-Indian pilot research project on tomato production technologies. He said this will create more jobs, boost trade and address problems associated with tomato cultivation. Tomato is one vegetable which is consumed on a daily basis in Ghana. Ghanaians consume tomatoes in excess of a 100,000 metric tonnes annually. Unfortunately, consumption outweighs…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that donor support to the budgets of the Ministries of Education, Health and Gender, Children and Social Protection, in 2016, is the equal to the revenue allegedly diverted by some 19 customs officials who were arrested recently. It will be recalled that three (3) weeks ago, the country’s law enforcement agencies cracked allegedly a syndicate of 19 persons at the Tema Harbour, comprising customs officials and representatives of three clearing and freight forwarding agencies, who were allegedly responsible for the loss of some GH¢1.2 billion in revenue to the…

Patrons of the Ghana Post can now receive their letters within 2 days of postage. Those within Accra can even be received within 24 hours. The minister for communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says the Ghana post will be revamped to keep up with modern technological trends. In times past, the postal system used to be the main medium of sending and receiving letters and parcels by individuals and organizations. The emergence of information and communication technology has however changed the tide. The postal service is now viewed as a slow option. This has affected income generation of the Ghana postal service,…

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has welcomed requests by middle men popularly referred to as ‘Goro boys’ to be regulated as agents of the authority. This follows moves by the authority to introduce new drivers’ licenses with improved security features which will be difficult to duplicate. The activities of ‘Goro Boys” have been blamed for the widespread fake vehicle and roadworthy documents and driver’s licenses. Chief Executive Officer of DVLA, Kwasi Agyemang Busia in an interview with TV3 said “the main stream activity we are about to undertake would put a dent in what they [Goro boys] do.…

As the world celebrates Fathers’ Day today, June 18, former President John Dramani Mahama has taken to his Twitter handle to celebrate the late Major Maxwell Mahama. Major Mahama, then a captain in the military, was lynched by some residents of Denkyira-Obuasi who mistook him for an armed robber, while on a routine morning fitness run. He has since been buried. The former president simply captioned the tweet: ‘Dedicating this father’s day to Maj. Max Mahama & all servicemen who’ve fallen in the line of duty & their children robbed of daddy’s joy’. Nana Afrane Asante/3news.com/Ghana

Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates have been advised against rushing into adulthood but rather remain focus on developing their careers. Mr Joseph Amoako-Ansah, Executive Director of Open Dove Children Foundation (ODOCEF), a non-governmental organization, who gave the advice, said children must follow the natural developmental transition into adulthood. Mr Amoako-Ansah in an interview with the Ghana News Agency stated that “children of today are forcing themselves into adulthood instead of following the process of development”. He added that completing basic school education should not be seen as an opportunity to engage in adult activities noting that some BECE graduates…

Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates have been advised against rushing into adulthood but rather remain focus on developing their careers. Mr Joseph Amoako-Ansah, Executive Director of Open Dove Children Foundation (ODOCEF), a non-governmental organization, who gave the advice, said children must follow the natural developmental transition into adulthood. Mr Amoako-Ansah in an interview with the Ghana News Agency stated that “children of today are forcing themselves into adulthood instead of following the process of development”. He added that completing basic school education should not be seen as an opportunity to engage in adult activities noting that some BECE graduates…