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The paramount chief of Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area, Katakyei Kwasi Bumankamah II, has appealed to the Chief Justice Georgina T. Wood and the government to construct a new High Court building for the people in the area. Currently, the court which is being housed in a dilapidated one-storey building, has become a disincentive to the users of the place, especially lawyers most of who refuse to have their cases heard in that court. The 40-year old building has no washroom for the presiding judge, lawyers and even the general public who access justice from the court on daily basis. The…

A security analyst, Adib Saani has called for the arrest of heads of vigilante groups and their financiers as a way of dealing with their menace which has caused mayhem in time past. According to Mr. Saani, various governments and security leaders have only paid lip service to efforts of nipping the vigilante problem in the bud. Speaking on TV3’s Midday News, the security analyst said “It is important to go beyond the rhetoric, let us approach this issue dispassionately. In the past it has always been ‘an arrest has been made here and there’ but from a security analytical…

A total of 1,345 trainee teachers covering four academic years, have graduated from the Gbewaa College of Education in Pusiga District of the Upper East Region. Of the number are 939 regular students, 322 UTDBE students, 84 sandwich students. Abanga Abigail, who is the first student to obtain first class since the diploma programme was introduced in 2004, was adjudged the best student for obtaining first class. She was presented with GHC500, certificate and a laptop for her excellent performances. Principal of the school, Dr. David Ayaaba Asakiba advised the graduands to be critical thinkers, analytical problem solvers wherever they…

The 8th General Assembly of the African Alliance for e-Commerce (AACE) and 14th Executive Committee Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya elected Cameroon and Kenya to assume the Chair and Presidency of the Executive Committee and General Assembly respectively, with Ghana among one of the countries to occupy the five Vice Chair positions of the Executive Council for the next four years. Commenting on Ghana’s election to the Vice Chair position, General Manager of GCNet, Mr. Alwin Hoegerle noted “GCNet is pleased to have been recognised in this massive manner having been a founding member of the AACE. We still remain committed…

The Sekondi High Court presided over by Justice Edward Amoako Asante on Monday remanded five Chinese and their five Ghanaian accomplices for allegedly engaging in illegal mining. They were arrested last Friday for conducting their activities at Ankobra river cutting across two communities – Bamiankor and Duwale – in the Nzema East district of the Western region. They have also constructed make shift structures on the river which includes their place of convenience. The Chinese suspects are Dong Cheng, 30; Hung Jian, 51; Ning Guorui, 42; Yin Biquiang, 46 and Li Zilong, 44. The Ghanaians are Eric Owusu, 28; Kwabena…

Some executives of the New Patriotic Party in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality have joined forces with a group of the party’s youth to resist any attempt to appoint a non-indigene as the Municipal Chief Executive. They have vowed to resist anyone appointed by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who is not a native of the area. Some youth of the party last Friday staged a demonstration to declare their intention to resist Serwaa Derkye, who is the first deputy regional chairperson of the NPP and the favourite among the five nominees presented to the President. They claim she does not…

Mrs Samira Bawumia, wife of the Vice President, has expressed concern about the rate of pregnancy among adolescent girls in Ghana. Though adolescent pregnancies declined from 12.1 percent in 2015 to 11.8 percent in 2016, Mrs Bawumia said the rate needs further reduction if Ghana is to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5 which targets gender equality and women empowerment by 2030. Mrs Bawumia said this while addressing the National Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy forum in Kumasi. The progamme, themed “Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy – A Shared Responsibility”, brought together stakeholders in the health sector to discuss and address issues…

The Bank of Ghana has fixed the country’s monetary policy rate at 23.5 per cent, indicating a 200 basis point reduction from the previous rate of 25.5 per cent. The new figure was announced Monday by the governor of the Bank, Dr. Abdul Nashiru Issahaku, at the second Monetary Policy Committee meeting for2017. Dr Issahaku cited the country’s declining inflation among others as reasons for the drop in the policy rate. “The Committee noted that underlying inflation pressures have eased considerably and inflation is projected to trend downwards the medium term target of 8 plus or minus 2 percent.” He…

The Christian Children’s Fund of Canada has launched its flagship project to promote safe delivery and reduce maternal and infant mortality in the Northern Region.  The project christened CCFC- PROMISE would also improve delivery of essential health services to mothers, pregnant women, new born, and children under five years. With financial support from Global Affairs Canada, the four year project would begin in April 2017 and end in March 2020 would be implemented in the Savulugu-Nanton, Saboba, and Nanumba-North Districts of the Northern Region through two local partners Tuma-Kavi Development Association and the Assemblies of God Reliefs and Development Services…

Claims that Ameri Energy is getting in excess of US$150 million as commission on the Ameri power deal and other findings in a committee’s report could be speculative, Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko tells TV3. The report which indicated that there is something fishy about the Ameri deal advised the government of Ghana to call for its renegotiations or possibly abrogate the contract if Ameri Energy is not cooperating. The content of the committee’s report led by Philip Addison, counsel for President Akufo-Addo in the 2012 election dispute, has widely been reported by the media. The 18-page document though has ‘Final…