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President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly in the Central Region, Ernest Arthur, was Tuesday afternoon confirmed as the chief executive for the Assembly. Mr Arthur who was the Cape Coast South Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, secured an overwhelming endorsement by the assembly members as he polled 60 out 61 the votes cast representing 98.36 per cent, with one ballot being rejected. Prior to his confirmation, the assembly members elected Joel Eshun as their Presiding Member having failed at seven attempts. He stood unopposed. A total of 58 members voted for his nomination while two voted…

The Minority Leader in Parliament has raised red flag over decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to review the ECG concession agreement. Government of Ghana signed the Ghana Power Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent United States government agency on August 5, 2014. Under the Power Compact agreement, government was expected to allow about 80 percent private sector control in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for the country to benefit from a cash injection of about $1 billion over a period of five years. President Akufo-Addo addressing the May Day parade on Monday explained that government will…

THEME: Sustaining Your Stamina for the End-Times (Last Days) TEXT(S): Mathew 25:1-10; Daniel 11:32; John 17:20-23 INTRODUCTION No true Christian with eyes on the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ will doubt the fact that we are in the last of the last days in the history of the world. All the signs of the eminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ is being fulfilled in our very eyes today especially the last sign which Jesus Himself stated in Mathew 24:14- “And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to the nations, then…

Heads of Churches in Ashanti Region have resolved to assist the government in the fight against illegal mining locally referred to as galamsey. The Christian group says they cannot keep mute on the issue because their silence against the menace makes them accomplices in the destruction of the environment and water bodies. Addressing the media in the Ashanti region, Right Reverend Professor Osei Sarfo Kantanka, Immediate Past Bishop of Methodist Church of Ghana said “we are stewards of the environment and we shall give account of our stewardship to God. We cannot tolerate the selfish ambitions of some individuals and…

About 2,000 employees from various institutions in Ashanti region have benefitted from a free health screening exercise as part of activities to commemorate this year’s May Day celebrations; a day set aside to celebrate workers. The exercise, which was organized by Ray Ben Laboratories and Imaging with sponsorship from GOIL, offered participants the opportunity to check their wellbeing and improve on it. Beneficiaries who thronged the Adum Post Office and the Kumasi Jubilee Park were screened for hepatitis B, diabetes, cholesterol level, and blood pressure among others. The middle belt zonal manager of GOIL, Stephen Ernest Asare, said having realised…

After several hours of gruesome auditions across the country in major capital cities – Tamale, Kumasi and Accra, the final set has been named and would be participating in the show which exhibits muscles, tact, strategy and pure strength. The 13 week show would test the resolve of men who want to exhibit how strong they are by undertaking various competitions including the ‘Loading Race, Car Pull, Overhead Press, Squat, Dead-lift, Yoke-walk (Lua Lua), Duck walk, Farmers walk amongst others strength testing exercises. The show would start airing on Saturday May 6 at 2pm on TV3 and management of TV3…

For the eighth time, the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly will this morning attempt the election of a Presiding Member to pave the way for the confirmation of the Municipal Chief Executive nominated by President Akufo-Addo. The Assembly has since this year failed seven times to elect a presiding member since all the candidates who stood failed on those times to get the two-thirds majority vote required to occupy the position of chairing the Assembly, TV3’s Thomas Cann reported.Currently, the assembly members and officials of the Electoral Commission have gathered at the hall of the Assembly in Cape Coast to elect…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to implement a new corporate governance guidelines for the banking sector next month, as it seeks to ensure that proper corporate governance practices are entrenched. The new guidelines will see the capping of the tenure of CEOs at a maximum of three 5-year terms. The tenure of non-Executive Directors is also expected to be capped at two three-year terms. Under the new guidelines, the positions of Managing Director and Board Chair cannot be occupied concurrently in the case of foreign banks. Additionally, the size of bank Boards shall be limited, as well as the…

Central Regional Minister, Kwame Duncan, has appealed to Ghanaian workers to avoid labour unrest in order to build a strong country, promising the government will do its part in that regard. Addressing workers in the region during a May Day parade Monday, Mr Duncan underscored the need for workers to take personal interest in their jobs, arguing that its survival or otherwise will have effect on their lives. “When our work survive, we also survive. It must not be that I am here to do some job to take my salary or to take my wage. It must be in…

From the earth’s creation, the Bible says God charged the man (Adam) in Genesis 2:15 to be in charge of the earth (the garden of Eden) to ‘dress it and keep it!’. I am sure the good Lord is very disappointed with us as a people for failing to dress our environment and rather destroying it for our selfish interests. From the throwing of garbage about with careless abandon to doing open defecation along our beaches and the reckless destruction of the land in search of God’s gift of mineral wealth underneath the earth, we have broken God’s heart. We…