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June 2013

Ningo drivers protest payment of tolls

Ningo commercial drivers in the Greater Accra Region, have protested against the payment of tolls to the Ningo/Prampram District Assembly. They said their stance was as a result of two toll booths mounted recently at Miopso and Abia by the…

Effutu Assembly confirms MCE

The 27-member Effutu Municipal Assembly on Friday confirmed President John Dramani Mahama’s nominee, Nii Ephraim as Municipal Chief Executive. He polled 18 out of 26 votes to get his nomination confirmed. Nii Ephraim was prevented from…

Ghana needs dental health policy – Andani

Mr Alhassan Andani, Managing Director of Stanbic Bank, has appealed to the Ghana Dental Association (GDA) to lead the crusade for a comprehensive national dental policy to ensure fair geographical distribution of dentistry practice. He…

Farmer jailed two years for defrauding

A 24-year old farmer at Dahomey, a farming community in the Atwima-Mponua District, who tricked a cocoa purchasing clerk and succeeded in duping him of GH¢948.00, has been jailed for two years. Kwaku Agyemang took the money under the…

Commodity prices in mixed trading

Seasonal factors affected the prices of commodities traded in most markets across the country in the week ended June 28, 2013. The seven markets, 12 commodities monitored prices captured in the Esoko-GNA Commodity Index showed mixed…

Assembly clamps down on illegal mining

A Taskforce set up by the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly to check illegal mining in the area, on Friday seized 16 excavators and other equipment. These included four water pumping machines and an unlicensed motorbike. The miners fled…

Mampong gets new magistrate court building

A GH¢400,000 Magistrate Court building has been inaugurated at Mampong with a reminder to Ghanaians to live within the confines of the law. Justice Reuben Batu, Supervising High Court Judge in Kumasi, said under no circumstance should they…

Western Accord exercise ends in Accra

The Western Accord 2013 Command Post Exercise to help build the capacity of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Forces to enhance their capacity to support regional peace keeping operations has ended in Accra. The…

National forum on maternal mortality opens

The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH) has opened its Fifth Annual National Civil Society Organisation forum to discuss how the country could achieve the MDG goal five by the stipulated date. The two-day forum which was on the theme:…