June 2011

Car snatching is on the increase in Accra despite public education and arrests of culprits, the Accra Regional Police Command cautioned on Wednesday. In a statement signed in Accra by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Zenge Cyprian,…

Takoradi Circuit Court “A” on Wednesday remanded 13 dockworkers for attempted stowaway, conspiracy to commit crime and unlawful entry. The accused are Ebenezer Mensah, 24, Francis Atiso, 25, Alfred Assuman, 23, Alex Abraham Amoh, 23,…

A 25-year old convict, serving a three-year jail term, has received additional three years sentence for escaping from prison custody. John Anane pleaded guilty to the charge. Police Chief Inspector Isaac Mensah Apenteng told the KMA…

The Western regional branch of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), spent over GH¢1 million on disaster management alone in 2010. The NADMO provided relief items such as polymers, mattresses and food items, among others,…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday gave the assurance that it is working in close collaboration with stakeholders to deal with oil spillage from the Jubilee oil fields. Referring to the largest oil spillage that hit the…

The management of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in collaboration with the DANIDA Fellowship, will organize a management course dubbed: Women-in-Management in September to improve the operational…

Mr Moses Bukari Mabengba, the Northern Regional Minister, has expressed concern about the spate of lawlessness and indiscipline in the Tamale Metropolis. He cited haphazard development, especially in peri-urban settlements, where…

Feverish preparations are on-going at the Sunyani Coronation Park, venue for the upcoming congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), slated for July 8 to 9 to elect the party’s flagbearer for the 2012 Presidential Election. The…

Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), on Wednesday announced that the commission would commence biometric voter registration before the end of this year. He, however, dismissed speculations that the EC would…

Telecommunications company, MTN Ghana has recorded an increase in its subscriber base in the country from 8,721,000 in December 2010 to 9,070,000 at the end of first quarter 2011. According to the subscriber database released by the MTN…