2,700 Ghanaians evacuated from Libya so far

After the initial evacuation of 55 Ghanaians to Accra from Libya on February 26, 2011 by the government, a day hardly passes by without more stranded Ghanaians being brought in from that country. With the arrival of 250 more Ghanaians at…

Porter sentenced to 50 years for car-jacking

A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Justice Emmanuel Amoh-Yartey, has ordered that Haruna Alhassan, a 29-year-old porter, who stole a taxi-cab at gun-point, be kept in jail for 50 years in hard labour. He pleaded not guilty to the…

GES, partners sign agreement to promote e-reading

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Worldreader, a US Non-Profit Organisation, to adopt a device that allows students to…

Ghana queen-mothers get allowances

Government for the first time included queen-mothers in the list of traditional rulers to receive allowances, hitherto limited only to registered paramount chiefs,     Mr Alexander Asum-Ahensah, Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, said on…