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The Ashanti Command of the Ghana National Fire Service says it will strictly enforce fire safety laws as part of its activities to avert preventable fire outbreaks in the region. Regional Fire Commander, DCFO Semekor Fiadzo, says effective March 2017, his outfit will ensure individuals and institutions violating fire safety laws are penalised. The Ashanti region has recorded significant reduction in fire cases since the beginning of this year compared to the same period in 2016. The region recorded 339 fire incidents in January 2016, but the figure reduced to 142 within the same period this year. But the regional…

Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for resolving to celebrate Ghana’s 60th independence, but warned against using the occasion to squander public funds and reward party loyalists. Making his maiden statement on the floor of Parliament Thursday, the NDC MP disagreed with critics who have argued that the country has nothing to celebrate at age 60. “However, let the celebration not be used as an opportunity to dissipate public funds, reward political party loyalist or be a subtle means to celebrate an election victory at the polls,” he said, premising his…

Investigations have established the five vehicles seized from the National Orgainser of the National Democratic Congress, Kofi Adams, are his personal property and not for the State as suspected. The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police, which conducted the investigations, has consequently returned the vehicles – two V8 Land Cruisers and three Nissan pick-ups- to Mr Adams Thursday afternoon. “This afternoon the Police released the five vehicles that came to our custody to Kofi Adams after investigations have revealed that the cars are not state property,” Public Relations Director of the Police CID, Joseph Benefo Darkwa told Citi FM…

The Police Administration has condemned the stripping and assault of a lady who was alleged to have stolen something at Kejetia in Kumasi, a video of which has gone viral on social media. A statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police, Cephas Arthur, expressed worry at the resurgence of instant justice where persons suspected to have committed criminal offences are attacked by mob and in some instances lynch them. “Perpetrators of this unlawful and unfortunate practice are advised to desist from it and report all suspected criminals to the Police for the necessary action,” it…

The minority members in parliament say they will resist any attempt by the government to amend the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) to enable it use proceeds from the Heritage Fund to finance its proposed free Senior High School programme. An endowment reserve, the Fund, which is 9 per cent of petroleum revenues, was established by the PRMA to support the development of Ghana’s future generations when the country’s petroleum reserves are depleted.But the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo this week revealed that the government intends to review the Heritage Fund component of the Act (893) to finance the audacious…

The Ghana Highway Authority will from Friday close the Buipe bridge in the Northern Region to vehicular traffic for emergency repair works to be carried out on the bridge. The  bridge, which will be opened on March 8, will again be closed the next day between the hours of 2:00pm to 6:00am on March 10. Only vehicles weighing 20 tons will be allowed to cross the bridge between the period. A statement signed and issued by the Minister of Roads and Highways advised motorists travelling to and from the Northern Region to use the following alternative new designated routes. Those…

A 64-year-old woman has successfully given birth to healthy twins – a boy and a girl – in Burgos, northern Spain. The Recoletas Hospital delivered the twins by Caesarean section, the usual method in such rare cases. The unnamed woman had undergone fertility treatment in the US, Spanish media report. The hospital has posted a video clip of the Caesarean delivery. In 2012 the woman gave birth to a girl, who was later taken into care by social services, amid welfare concerns. Social workers said the girl was being brought up isolated, poorly clothed and with bad personal hygiene, the…

A 64-year-old woman has successfully given birth to healthy twins – a boy and a girl – in Burgos, northern Spain. The Recoletas Hospital delivered the twins by Caesarean section, the usual method in such rare cases. The unnamed woman had undergone fertility treatment in the US, Spanish media report. The hospital has posted a video clip of the Caesarean delivery. In 2012 the woman gave birth to a girl, who was later taken into care by social services, amid welfare concerns. Social workers said the girl was being brought up isolated, poorly clothed and with bad personal hygiene, the…

Gambian forces did not resist the ECOWAS troops when they entered The Gambia[/caption] Minister of Defense, Dominic Nitiwul has revealed that it cost the country 450,000 US dollars to transport troops that supported the ECOWAS forces during the precarious situation in The Gambia. About 205 soldiers were sent to the Senegal to back a joint regional force that had planned a military intervention when The Gambian former leader, Yahya Jammeh refused to step down after losing election. Briefing Parliament on Ghana’s involvement in the joint ECOWAS operation to secure The Gambia in January, the minister explained that the country spent…

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has noted the desire of Government to use oil revenues to finance campaign promise of free Senior High School (SHS) education. ACEP has been campaigning for the use oil revenue to finance the pro-poor sectors of education and agriculture for four years. Therefore, we cannot, in principle, be against the use of oil revenue to finance education. However, we want to alert government that the petroleum revenues are governed by the Petroleum Revenue Management Act, Act 815, which was passed after deep consultation with citizens. In spite of many implementation challenges, the PRMA…