October 2012

Professor Joseph Bediako Asare, Former Chief Psychiatrist has called for the establishment of a Mental Health Board which would oversee the implementation of the Mental Act that was passed in May. He said there are so many issues under the…

Dr. Buenor  Puplampu,  a Neurologist at the 37 Military Hospital  in Accra has suggested to government to consider making changes on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)  to cover diseases that required major medical surgery rather…

Mr Kweku Agyemang Manu, former Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning on Tuesday testified at the ongoing trial of Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the businessman involved in the GH¢51.2 million judgment debt case. Mr Agyemang Manu…

Mr Ralf Wittek, Country Representative of Hanns Seidel Foundation, a based German organisation which specializes in political education, has lauded Ghana for the successes it had chalked as far as democracy on the African continent was…

Two drivers of Melcom Trading Company Limited who stole the company’s products and hid them in a room and reported that they had been robbed by armed men on Tuesday appeared before a Circuit Court in Accra. Philip Yamoah Mensah and Michael…

The Northern Regional House of Chiefs, on Tuesday elected and sworn into office Nayire Naa Bohugu Mahami Abdulai, Paramount chief of Mamprugu, as the new President of the House, in Tamale. The Yagbonwura Tuntumbe Boresa Sulemana Jakpa II,…

The Afigya-Kwabre District Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has launched a campaign to educate voters on the proper way to thumb print on ballot papers in the coming elections. Mr Wilberforce Zangina, the…

Professor Joseph Bediako Asare, former Chief Psychiatrist of the Ministry of Health, has said about 725,000 Ghanaians are suffering from severe mental disorders. Another group of 2,410 are also suffering from mild or moderate forms of…

The Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) is prepared to improve on the efficiency in the country’s public financial governance. Mr Felix Chaahaah, Chief Director at the Brong-Ahafo Regional Coordinating Council…

The Forum for Governance and Justice, (FGJ) an NGO has challenged Nana Akufo Addo, flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to clarify his alleged involvement in a bribery scandal in 2005. “We have a 15th July 2010 judgment by an…