May 2013

Melinda Gates, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Wednesday said family planning should be a strong link to good health for women and their children. “Women should be allowed to have a say and decide on family planning…

Mrs Cecelia Senyo, Executive Director of Hope For Future Generation (HFFG), a non-governmental organization (NGO), on Wednesday expressed shock at the alarming rate of sexual promiscuity among teenage girls in the Brong-Ahafo Region. She…

Despite the tremendous benefits of decentralization, Ghana’s strides towards the achievement of development at the grassroots level has remained stagnant, a Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana has said. Dr Emmanuel…

The Eastern Regional Police Command on Wednesday arrested 14 Chinese men and a Ghanaian for engaging in illegal mining at Abasewase near Anyinam. The suspects including Alhaji Mohammed Abdulai, the Ghanaian, were rounded up at their…

The Seed Producers Association of Ghana (SEEPAG) has renewed its call on Parliament to pass without delay the National Seed Policy and Regulations Bill into law. Reverend Patrick Apullah, National President of SEEPAG who reiterated the…

Government has over the past four years placed a total of GH¢120 million into the development of education in Ashanti, the Regional Minister, Mr Eric Opoku, has said. This led to the construction of structures including science and…

The Eastern Regional Command of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) has arrested 55 drivers for using trade license plates, also known as DV, beyond the legally stipulated time. In a special operation to halt the use of these…

About 25 per cent of children of school-going age in the Central Region are out of school, Mr. Augustus Nii Lante Cleland, Central Regional Director of Education, has observed. Instead, they are either found engaging in fishing at the…

Mr Eric Opoku, Ashanti Regional Minister, has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to do more to enhance their revenue generation performance. He said they need to fine-tune their revenue collection machinery to help them…

Mr Peter Ahiagbor, Head of Legal Services, Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), on Wednesday told the Judgment Debt Commission that SSNIT was not informed about payment of judgment debt to International Tobacco Ghana (ITG).…